Saragossa (Natchez, Mississippi)

Saragossa was a plantation in Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi.

Saragossa
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Natchez, Mississippi
Coordinates	31°29′30″N 91°24′6″W
Area	8.3 acres (3.4 ha)
Built	1810
NRHP reference No.	80002196[1]
Added to NRHP	November 24, 1980

Location

It is located on Saragossa Road in Natchez, Mississippi.[2]

History

The plantation was established in 1823 by Dr Stephen Duncan (1787-1867), the wealthiest cotton planter and the second largest slaveowner in the Antebellum South.[3][4] Cotton was the main cash crop grown here.[3]

In 1835, William St. John Elliot purchased the plantation, who also owned D'Evereux.[3][4] In 1849, it was purchased by William G. Conner, who sold it back to Elliot in 1852.[3] That same year, in 1852, it was purchased by Winfield Gibson.[3] 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.[3][5] It then stayed in the Smith family until the 1970s.[3]

It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since November 24, 1980.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Nancy Capace, Encyclopedia of Mississippi, North American Book Distribution, 2001, p. 473
3. Amy L. Young, Michael Tuma, Cliff Jenkins, The Role of Hunting to Cope with Risk at Saragossa Plantation, Natchez, Mississippi, American Anthropologist, January 2001
4. Louisiana State University Libraries: ELLIOT (WILLIAM ST. JOHN) PAPERS
5. ROUTH-WILLIAMS-SMITH FAMILY PAPERS, Mississippi Department of Archives & History