The Heathman Plantation, also known as Dogwood Ridge Plantation and Billups Plantation, is a historical site that was a former cotton plantation in Heathman, Mississippi. It was founded in 1848 as a forced-labor operation worked by African American people enslaved by the land's white owners.[2]
Heathman Plantation Commissary | |
 Commissary on the Heathman Plantation | |
  Location in Mississippi | |
| Location | Heathman, Mississippi |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 33°26′25.6″N 90°43′07.4″W / 33.440444°N 90.718722°W |
| Built | 1848 |
| NRHP reference No. | 12000923[1] |
| Added to NRHP | 2012 |
History
editThe plantation is located at the intersection of Highway 82 and Heathman Road in Heathman near Indianola, Mississippi, in Sunflower County, Mississippi.[2][3][4] In 1848, James Brown built the Dogwood Ridge Plantation as an 8,000-acre cotton plantation.[2][3]
In 1871, James Martin Heathman, who was married to Lillie Brown, the daughter of James Brown, purchased the plantation.[2][3] He renamed it the Heathman Plantation.[3] He died in 1885.[2] Three years later, she married J. A. Crawford in 1888.[2]
It was later known as the Billups Plantation.[2]
Heritage significance
editThe commissary has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since November 14, 2012.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Weekly list of actions taken on properties: 11/13/12 through 11/16/12". National Park Service. November 23, 2012. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g Heathman Plantation, Preservation in Mississippi
- ^ a b c d Heathman Plantation, Visit Mississippi
- ^ a b Historic Resources Inventory
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