Heathman Plantation, building in Heathman, Mississippi, United States
Heathman Plantation is a former cotton plantation at the junction of Highway 82 and Heathman Road near Indianola, Mississippi. Founded in 1848 as Dogwood Ridge Plantation, it covered 8,000 acres. Its commissary building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012, is the main historic structure remaining on the site.
Originally called Dogwood Ridge Plantation, the property was founded in 1848 by James Brown and covered roughly 8000 acres of cotton cultivation. In 1871, James Martin Heathman purchased the estate after marrying Lillie Brown and renamed it; the property was later also known as Billups Plantation.
The name comes from James Martin Heathman, who bought the plantation in 1871 after marrying Lillie Brown, daughter of founder James Brown; the site was later called Billups Plantation. The commissary, listed on the National Register in 2012, is the surviving building a visitor can see.
The property lies at the intersection of Highway 82 and Heathman Road near Indianola. There is no public transit serving the site, so a car is required. The commissary is a listed building; do not climb on structures or disturb the grounds.
The commissary, the only structure cited in the National Register listing, was added to the register on November 14, 2012. The plantation itself began in 1848 as an 8,000-acre forced-labor cotton operation worked by enslaved African Americans, and it later carried the names Dogwood Ridge and Billups before becoming Heathman.
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