Saragossa | |
Location | Natchez, Mississippi |
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Coordinates | 31°29′30″N 91°24′6″W / 31.49167°N 91.40167°W |
Area | 8.3 acres (3.4 ha) |
Built | 1810 |
NRHP reference No. | 80002196 [1] |
Added to NRHP | November 24, 1980 |
Saragossa was a plantation in Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi.
It is located on Saragossa Road in Natchez, Mississippi. [2]
The plantation was established in 1823 by Dr Stephen Duncan (1787-1867), the wealthiest cotton planter and the second largest slaveowner in the Antebellum South. [3] [4] Cotton was the main cash crop grown here. [3]
In 1835, William St. John Elliot purchased the plantation, who also owned D'Evereux. [3] [4] In 1849, it was purchased by William G. Conner, who sold it back to Elliot in 1852. [3] That same year, in 1852, it was purchased by Winfield Gibson. [3] Three years later, in 1855, it was purchased by Caroline Williams, who bequeathed it to her daughter, Anna (Williams) Smith, and her son-in-law, Walton Pembroke Smith. [3] [5] It then stayed in the Smith family until the 1970s. [3]
It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since November 24, 1980.
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Saragossa | |
Location | Natchez, Mississippi |
---|---|
Coordinates | 31°29′30″N 91°24′6″W / 31.49167°N 91.40167°W |
Area | 8.3 acres (3.4 ha) |
Built | 1810 |
NRHP reference No. | 80002196 [1] |
Added to NRHP | November 24, 1980 |
Saragossa was a plantation in Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi.
It is located on Saragossa Road in Natchez, Mississippi. [2]
The plantation was established in 1823 by Dr Stephen Duncan (1787-1867), the wealthiest cotton planter and the second largest slaveowner in the Antebellum South. [3] [4] Cotton was the main cash crop grown here. [3]
In 1835, William St. John Elliot purchased the plantation, who also owned D'Evereux. [3] [4] In 1849, it was purchased by William G. Conner, who sold it back to Elliot in 1852. [3] That same year, in 1852, it was purchased by Winfield Gibson. [3] Three years later, in 1855, it was purchased by Caroline Williams, who bequeathed it to her daughter, Anna (Williams) Smith, and her son-in-law, Walton Pembroke Smith. [3] [5] It then stayed in the Smith family until the 1970s. [3]
It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since November 24, 1980.
Media related to Saragossa Plantation at Wikimedia Commons