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    Heathman Plantation

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    Heathman Plantation Commissary
    U.S. National Register of Historic Places
    U.S. National Historic Site
    Commissary on the Heathman Plantation
    Heathman Plantation is located in Mississippi
    Heathman Plantation
    Location in Mississippi
    LocationHeathman, Mississippi
    Coordinates33°26′25.6″N 90°43′07.4″W / 33.440444°N 90.718722°W / 33.440444; -90.718722
    Built1848
    NRHP reference No.12000923[1]
    Added to NRHP2012

    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]

    History[edit]

    The 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[edit]

    The commissary has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since November 14, 2012.[4]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "Weekly list of actions taken on properties: 11/13/12 through 11/16/12". National Park Service. November 23, 2012. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
    2. ^ a b c d e f g Heathman Plantation, Preservation in Mississippi
    3. ^ a b c d Heathman Plantation, Visit Mississippi
    4. ^ a b Historic Resources Inventory


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