Heathman Plantation
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Heathman Plantation Commissary
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Commissary on the Heathman Plantation
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| Location | Heathman, Mississippi |
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| Built | 1848 |
| NRHP Reference # | 12000923[1] |
| Added to NRHP | 2012 |
The Heathman Plantation (a.k.a. Dogwood Ridge Plantation and Billups Plantation) was a cotton plantation in Heathman, Mississippi.
Location
The plantation is located at the intersection of Highway 82 and Heathman Road in Heathman near Indianola, Mississippi, in Sunflower County, Mississippi.[2][3][4]
History
In 1848, James Brown built the Dogwood Ridge Plantation as an 8000-acre cotton plantation.[2][3]
In 1871, James Martin Heathman, who was married to Lillie Brown, the daughter of James Brown, purchased the plantation.[2][3] He renamed it the Heathman Plantation.[3] He died in 1885.[2] Three years later, she married J. A. Crawford in 1888.[2]
It was later known as the Billups Plantation.[2]
Heritage significance
The commissary has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since November 14, 2012.[4]
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