Rosemont, also known as Rosemont Plantation, Poplar Grove or Hale House, was built in 1814 near

Woodville, Mississippi Woodville is one of the oldest towns in Mississippi and is the county seat of Wilkinson County, Mississippi, United States. Its population as of 2020 was 928. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of ...

. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

in 1974 and designated a

Mississippi Landmark A Mississippi Landmark is a building officially nominated by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History and approved by each county's chancery clerk. The Mississippi Landmark designation is the highest form of recognition bestowed on prope ...

in 1987. The house is the family and boyhood home of

Jefferson Davis Jefferson F. Davis (June 3, 1808December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as the only President of the Confederate States of America, president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. He represented Mississippi in the Unite ...

, President of the

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1861–1865. It is open to the public for tours. It may be included within the Woodville Historic District. File:Family cemetery, Rosemont, Woodville, Mississippi.jpg, Grave of Jefferson Davis' mother in family cemetery behind Rosemont, circa 1938–1941

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Rosemont Plantation
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi Houses completed in 1814 Museums in Wilkinson County, Mississippi Historic house museums in Mississippi Houses in Wilkinson County, Mississippi 1814 establishments in Mississippi Territory Mississippi Landmarks National Register of Historic Places in Wilkinson County, Mississippi Jefferson Davis {{Mississippi-museum-stub