Saragossa was a plantation in

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, Adams County,

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Location

It is located on Saragossa Road in Natchez, Mississippi.

History

The plantation was established in 1823 by

Stephen Duncan Stephen Duncan (March 4, 1787 – January 29, 1867) was an American planter and banker in Mississippi. He was born and studied medicine in Pennsylvania, but moved to Natchez District, Mississippi Territory in 1808 and became the wealthiest ...

(1787-1867), the wealthiest cotton planter and the second largest slaveowner in the Antebellum South.Amy L. Young, Michael Tuma, Cliff Jenkins
The Role of Hunting to Cope with Risk at Saragossa Plantation, Natchez, Mississippi
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'', January 2001Louisiana State University Libraries: ELLIOT (WILLIAM ST. JOHN) PAPERS
/ref> Cotton was the main cash crop grown here. In 1835, William St. John Elliot, who also owned D'Evereux, purchased the plantation. In 1849, it was purchased by William G. Conner, who sold it back to Elliot in 1852. That same year, in 1852, it was purchased by Winfield Gibson. 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.ROUTH-WILLIAMS-SMITH FAMILY PAPERS
Mississippi Department of Archives & History It then stayed in the Smith family until the 1970s. It has been listed on the

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since November 24, 1980.

References

External links

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi Houses in Natchez, Mississippi National Register of Historic Places in Natchez, Mississippi Plantations in Mississippi {{Mississippi-NRHP-stub