Saragossa (Natchez, Mississippi)

Saragossa
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Natchez, Mississippi
Coordinates	31°29′30″N91°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.

Location

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

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Nancy Capace, Encyclopedia of Mississippi, North American Book Distribution, 2001, p. 473
3. 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
4. Louisiana State University Libraries: ELLIOT (WILLIAM ST. JOHN) PAPERS
5. ROUTH-WILLIAMS-SMITH FAMILY PAPERS, Mississippi Department of Archives & History

External links

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