Saragossa (Natchez, Mississippi)

	Saragossa
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Natchez, Mississippi
Coordinates	31°29′30″N 91°24′6″W / 31.49167°N 91.40167°WCoordinates: 31°29′30″N 91°24′6″W / 31.49167°N 91.40167°W
Area	8.3 acres (3.4 ha)
Built	1810
NRHP reference No.	80002196
Added to NRHP	November 24, 1980

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

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[]

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

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[nris-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 [1]

[amylyoung-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Amy L. Young, Michael Tuma, Cliff Jenkins, The Role of Hunting to Cope with Risk at Saragossa Plantation, Natchez, Mississippi, American Anthropologist, January 2001

[lsuelliot-4] Louisiana State University Libraries: ELLIOT (WILLIAM ST. JOHN) PAPERS

[5] ROUTH-WILLIAMS-SMITH FAMILY PAPERS, Mississippi Department of Archives & History

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