| Leota Plantation | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Status | destroyed by flooding |
| Client | Isaac Worthington |
The Leota Plantation was a historic large forced-labor farm on the banks of the Mississippi River in Washington County, Mississippi. It was established in 1825 and destroyed by a flood in 1930.
The plantation was established in 1825 by Isaac Worthington, [1] [2] a Kentucky-born veteran of the War of 1812. [3] He named it after his daughter Annie's favorite fictional character in 1829. [1] [3] Worthington lived here with his wife, Ann Taylor, their children (including future sheriff Thomas Worthington), and the Black people he enslaved. [3]
By 1858, Worthington built a mansion to serve as main residence and headquarters of the forced-labor farm, [1] [3] which also acted as a town, partly due to its location on the shipping route between Memphis, Tennessee, and Vicksburg, Mississippi. [1] He also built "twelve stores, a post office", a school, and a church of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. [1] The mansion was destroyed in a flood in 1883. [1] [3] In 1930, the entire plantation was taken over by another flood. [2] An old cemetery is still visible. [1]
An island on the Mississippi River called Worthington Island was named after the former plantation. [1]
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Leota is a ghost town located in Washington County, Mississippi, United States. The settlement, along with its river port Leota Landing, were at one time located directly on the Mississippi River.
Montpellier is a historic plantation house built as the main residence and headquarters of a forced-labor farm in Natchez, Mississippi. It was built in the 1840s in the Greek Revival architectural style for Charles Whitmore, an English-born planter and enslaver. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since December 18, 1979.
Coordinates: 33°06′07″N91°06′56″W / 33.101915°N 91.115536°W
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