Saragossa (Natchez, Mississippi)

Saragossa
Location Natchez, Mississippi
Coordinates 31°29′30″N 91°24′6″W / 31.49167°N 91.40167°W / 31.49167; -91.40167Coordinates: 31°29′30″N 91°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 # 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 Dr 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 purchased the plantation, who also owned D'Evereux.[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 Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  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. 1 2 Louisiana State University Libraries: ELLIOT (WILLIAM ST. JOHN) PAPERS
  5. ↑ ROUTH-WILLIAMS-SMITH FAMILY PAPERS, Mississippi Department of Archives & History
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