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