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Adams Place

OVERVIEW Location: Yazoo County, Mississippi Date Constructed/ Founded: ca. 1775 Associated Surnames: Adams, Ballance, Donahue, Grubb, Leonard, Rawls, Thistle, Warnock, Zingline Historical Notes: William Adams was a first cousin to President…

Walnut Grove Plantation

21 Jan 201921 Jan 2019

OVERVIEW Location: Yazoo County, Mississippi Date Constructed/ Founded: unknown Associated Surnames: Adams, Alexander, Brimm, Carter, Cochrine, Chancy, Christmas, Giles, Gould, Hawthorn, Hogan, Jackson, Miles, Morris, Nackle, Payford, Prize, Roach, Rockingham,…

Wolf Lake Plantation

21 Jan 201922 Jan 2019

OVERVIEW Location: Yazoo County, Mississippi Date Constructed/ Founded: unknown Associated Surnames: Adams, Allen, Banks, Becks, Brown, Carter, Combs, Cosby, Cox, Hardy, Holland, Keen, Kibble, Manning, Miller, Sanders, Simmons, Smith, Thomas,…

Buckland Plantation

OVERVIEW Location: Washington County, Mississippi Date Constructed/ Founded: ~1834 Associated Surnames: Anderson, Buckner, Evans, Parker Historical Notes: After the Land Act of 1820 (April 24, 1820) Robert H. Buckner, from…

Windsor Plantation

2 Jan 201920 Jan 2019

OVERVIEW Location: Claiborne County, Mississippi [1840 Census, Claiborne, Mississippi, T. Freeland, page 68; 1860, Claiborne County MS District 1, page 417B, T. Freeland] Date Constructed/ Founded: not determined Associated Surnames: Buckner,…

Taliaferro Plantation

27 Dec 201821 Jan 2019

OVERVIEW Location: Copiah County, Mississippi; fifteen miles from Hazelhurst Date Constructed/ Founded: ca. 1840 Associated Surnames: Beasley, Brown, Chapman, Taliaferro, Tolliver Historical Notes: none Associated Pages: Reed Plantation (Chicot Co.,…

Edmond Greer Plantation

18 Jun 201824 Jan 2019

OVERVIEW Location: Carroll County, MS; town of Duck Hill; County later changed to Montgomery Date Constructed/ Founded: ca. 1830 Associated Surnames: Greer, Perkins, Reese, Randle, Gordin, Murphy Historical Notes: Edmond…

Charles McCarroll Plantation

OVERVIEW Location: Carroll County, Mississippi Date Constructed/ Founded: not determined Associated Surnames: McCarroll Historical Notes: Charles McCarroll migrated to Carroll County from Adams County in 1805. In his will (probated…

Samuel Brown Plantation

OVERVIEW Location: Carroll County, Mississippi Date Constructed/ Founded: not determined Associated Surnames: Brown Historical Notes: Samuel M. Brown, deceased, left his property to his heirs in 1840. Associated Pages: none…

Bourbon Plantation

OVERVIEW Location: South of Ellis Cliffs, Adams County, Mississippi Date Constructed/ Founded: 1836 Associated Surnames: Metcalfe, Baker, Gillespie, Semple Historical Notes: Dr. James Metcalfe moved from Kentucky to Mississippi in…