John Perkins Sr. (1781-1866) was an American

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and planter.

Biography

Perkins was born on May 17, 1781, in Somerset County, Maryland. His father was an English-born immigrant. He was the owner of a plantation in Vidalia, Louisiana, from 1807 to 1811. He eventually became the owner of "Somerset", an 18,000-acre estate in

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and Tensas Parish. He married Mrs. Bynum, a widow, in 1818. They had two sons, including

John Perkins Jr. John Perkins Jr. (July 1, 1819 – November 28, 1885) was an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from Louisiana. Biography Perkins was born on July 1, 1819, in Adams County, Mississippi, to John and Mary ( née Rives) ...

, a politician, and William Perkins, who died at sea in 1854. After he was widowed, he married Mrs. Seaton of Port Gibson, Mississippi. They resided at " The Briars" in Natchez. Perkins died on November 30, 1866, in

Adams County, Mississippi Adams County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 29,538. The county seat is Natchez. The county is the first to have been organized in the former Mississippi Territory. It is named ...

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External links

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The John Perkins Family of Northeast Louisiana
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1781 births 1866 deaths American people of English descent American planters Burials in Mississippi People from Somerset County, Maryland 19th-century American judges {{US-judge-stub