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Jefferson. Brierfield Plantation. Davis Bend. 32°09′12″N 91°07′15″W / 32.15320°N 91.12094°W / 32.15320; -91.12094 (Brierfield) Warren. Built 1847 by Jefferson Davis adjacent to his older brother's Hurricane Plantation; destroyed by fire in 1931. [citation needed] 83000949. Cherry Grove Plantation.
Dockery Plantation was a 25,600-acre (104 km 2) cotton plantation and sawmill in Dockery, Mississippi, on the Sunflower River between Ruleville and Cleveland, Mississippi. It is widely regarded as the place where Delta blues music was born. [2] Blues musicians resident at Dockery included Charley Patton, Robert Johnson and Howlin' Wolf.
March 4, 1993. Blantonia Plantation House is a historic Southern plantation of Blantonia in Lorman, Jefferson County, Mississippi. John Blanton and Martha Belton "Patsy" Whitaker established the plantation in the early 1800s. John Blanton, originally from Virginia, moved to Kentucky about 1800 and eventually the family moved and established the ...
Conspiring to injure, oppress, threaten, and intimidate. Olen Lavelle Burrage (March 16, 1930 – March 15, 2013) was a Mississippi farmer and businessman. He was alleged to have been linked to the murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner who were murdered by the Ku Klux Klan in June 1964. The bodies of the Civil Rights workers were found ...
IG = Immature Green, GP = Green Pink, BP = Blue Pink, and R = Ripe. Blueberry is a widely distributed and widespread group of perennial flowering plants with blue or purple berries. They are classified in the section Cyanococcus within the genus Vaccinium. [ 1 ] Commercial blueberries—both wild (lowbush) and cultivated (highbush)—are all ...
GNIS feature ID. 0676247. Website. www.poplarvillems.gov. Poplarville is a city in Pearl River County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 2,894. It is the county seat of Pearl River County. [2] It hosts an annual Blueberry Jubilee, which includes rides, craft vendors and rodeos.
Greek Revival. NRHP reference No. 07000648. Added to NRHP. July 3, 2007. The McGehee Plantation is a historic site and former cotton plantation, located at 50 Ed Nelson Drive in Senatobia, Mississippi. [1] The mansion has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since July 3, 2007, for its architectural significance.
Will Dockery. William Alfred Dockery (November 10, 1865 – December 29, 1936) was an American landowner who built from scratch the Dockery Plantation, the famous home of such original Delta blues musicians as Charley Patton, Robert Johnson, Son House, Howlin' Wolf, Willie Brown, Tommy Johnson, and Pops Staples. [1][2]