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.Heathman Plantation
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History

The plantation is located at the intersection of Highway 82 and Heathman Road in Heathman near

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/ref> In 1848, James Brown built the Dogwood Ridge Plantation as an 8,000-acre cotton plantation. In 1871, James Martin Heathman, who was married to Lillie Brown, the daughter of James Brown, purchased the plantation. He renamed it the Heathman Plantation. He died in 1885. Three years later, she married J. A. Crawford in 1888. It was later known as the Billups Plantation.

Heritage significance

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

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi Houses in Sunflower County, Mississippi Houses completed in 1848 National Register of Historic Places in Sunflower County, Mississippi Cotton plantations in Mississippi {{Mississippi-stub