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Cherry Grove

Page history last edited by PBworks 15 years, 10 months ago


 

Overview

 

Location

Adams County, MS. Located at map coordinates T6N, R2W, section 40. The previous map coordinates may be used to locate the plantation on the county highway maps at the MS dept of trans website Mississippi Department of Transportation website. The original land survey is on-line at the General Land Office website of he bureau of land management.

 

The plantation is off Highway 61, one mile down Kingston Road.

 

Date Constructed/ Founded

This plantation was started on a 1788 Spanish land grant to Pierre Surget.

 

Associated Surnames

Surget

 

Historical notes

Pierre Surget came to America and started Cherry Grove Plantation. When Pierre died in 1796, his wife Catherine enlarged the land holdings to 8,000 acres. When Catherine died in 1805, her children inherited this large estate.

 

One son kept his plantation, but moved out of state - mabe to New York - and had it managed by someone else for him.

 

One son - Francis - expanded his share of his parent's estate to about 8,000 acres of cotton land. He lived at "The Highlands" plantation. His plantations produced 4,000 bales of cotton per year, and he was worth about 2 million dollars at his death in about 1850. His son Francis II (Frank) married Charlotte Linton Surget. Francis II bought the Clifton mansion on the Natchez Bluff from Charlotte's mom. The house was destroyed during the Civil War to make way for the Union Fort McPherson.

 

One son - James inherited Cherry Grove from his parents - Pierre and Catherine. James eventually had nine plantations with 453 slaves. His son, James Jr, inherited most of his parent's estate. James Jr. inherited about 1,000 slaves from both his Father - James - estate and other relatives.

 

Associated Slave Workplaces

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Associated Free Persons

 

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Associated Enslaved Persons

 

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Research Leads and Plantation Records

 

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Miscellaneous Information

 

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References

 

  • __Natchez: An Illustrated History__, by David G. Sansing, Sim C. Callon and Carolyn Vance Smith. Published 1992. Second Edition 1995


 

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