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Palmetto Plantation

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Overview
Associated Free Persons
Associated Enslaved Persons
Research Leads and Plantation Records
Miscellaneous Information
References
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Overview

Location

Washington Co., MS

Date Constructed/ Founded

not determined

Associated Surnames

Kershaw

Historical notes

The Kershaw Family commissioned architect Thomas H. Johns to design an elaborate dwelling on Palmetto Plantation. After he had delivered construction materials, the War interrupted construction and the home was never built.

Associated Slave Workplaces

Esperanza Plantation (Issaquena Co., MS)

Associated Free Persons

Mary Jane Kershaw (b.?-d.bef.1866) - owner
Annie Kershaw Montague - daughter of Mary J. Kershaw
Rose Sarah Kershaw Turnbull - daughter of Mary J. Kershaw; wife of Charles F. Turnbull
Richard C. Kershaw - son of Mary J. Kershaw
John T.C. Kershaw - son of Mary J. Kershaw
George T. Kershaw - son of Mary J. Kershaw
Mary Kershaw - daughter of Mary J. Kershaw

Associated Enslaved Persons

none recorded yet

Research Leads and Plantation Records

none reported yet

Miscellaneous Information

none

References

Branton, K. and Wade, A. Early Mississippi Records: Issaquena Co. & Washington Co., 1827-1900, Vol. II. Pioneer Publishing Co. 2001. [Thos. H. Johns vs. R.C. Kershaw, et al; 16 Apr. 1866]