Heathman Plantation


The Heathman Plantation was a cotton plantation in Heathman, Mississippi.

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.