McGehee Plantation

The land belonged to the Chickasaw Nation until 1830.^[2] In 1854, it was acquired by planter Abner F. McGehee, the son of Hugh McGehee,^[2] and nephew of Edward McGehee. The Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad ran through the grounds, making it a desirable business opportunity.^[2]

The mansion, designed in the Greek Revival architectural style, was completed in 1856.^[2] The mansion was built with the forced labor of enslaved African Americans, who also picked cotton in the fields.^[2]

Author Stark Young grew up on the plantation, as his mother was a direct descendant of McGehee.^[2] His 1934 novel, So Red the Rose, was based on this plantation, thus the fictionalized version was set in Natchez, Mississippi.^[2]

• List of plantations in Mississippi
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Tate County, Mississippi