Saragossa (Natchez, Mississippi)
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| Location | Natchez, Mississippi |
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| Coordinates | 31°29′30″N 91°24′6″W / 31.49167°N 91.40167°W / 31.49167; -91.40167 |
| Area | 8.3 acres (3.4 ha) |
| Built | 1810 (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]
History
The plantation was established in 1823 by 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, who also owned D'Evereux, purchased the plantation.[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.
References
- ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ↑ Nancy Capace, Encyclopedia of Mississippi, North American Book Distribution, 2001, p. 473
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Amy L. Young, Michael Tuma, Cliff Jenkins, The Role of Hunting to Cope with Risk at Saragossa Plantation, Natchez, Mississippi, American Anthropologist, January 2001
- 1 2 Louisiana State University Libraries: ELLIOT (WILLIAM ST. JOHN) PAPERS
- ↑ ROUTH-WILLIAMS-SMITH FAMILY PAPERS, Mississippi Department of Archives & History
External links
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