Overview

Location

Jefferson Co., MS. This plantation was on Southside/Ashland Road. It was ten miles below Rodney, MS along the MS River.

This land in this area (as well as where the MS River and islands were before the Civil War) is shown in the original survey at the General Land Office records at the Bureau of Land Management website at: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/SurveySearch/Survey_Detail.asp?dmid=74311&Index=1&QryID=1745%2E244&DetailTab=3

The C Locations website shows the site of the Buena Vista Landing - this was a river landing at Buena Vista Plantation. The link is: http://www.clocations.com/cviewmap.aspx?list=caty&state=MS&caty=Locale&lid=904254

Buena Vista was at land coordinates T10N-R2W, sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12. It adjoined Ashland Plantation. The land can be found at the MS Dept. of Transportation's county highway maps at: www.gomdot.com

Date Constructed/ Founded

not determined

Associated Surnames

Hunt, Taylor, New

Historical notes

This plantation land belonging to David Hunt was sold to John Hagan who combined it with the land of others to form Cypress Grove which was then sold to U.S. President Zachary Taylor in 1840. Taylor's widow sold the plantation to Charles B. New in 1850. It was probably known as Buena Vista beginning with Mr. News ownership.

Buena Vista Island was just off shore from this plantation out in the MS River. The water between the island and the plantation was known as Gillam's Shute. Boats went through this shute to cut several miles of their trip along the MS River. This is probably the reason that Buena Vista Landing was located on this plantation.

Associated Slave Workplaces

• prior to 1840 a lot of this plantation land belonged to David Hunt (Woodlawn Plantation MS)
• briefly around 1840 John Hagan owned the plantation when he bought David Hunt and others land to consolidate and sell as a 2,000 acre plantation to Zachary Taylor
• 1840 - 1850 the plantation belonged to U.S. President Zachary Taylor
• 1850 to the Civil War and beyond the plantation belonged to Charles B. New.

Associated Free Persons

• none recorded yet

Associated Enslaved Persons

• the plantation had 86 slaves during U.S. President Zachary Taylor's ownership when it was known as Cypress Grove.

Research Leads and Plantation Records

• none reported yet

Miscellaneous Information

• none

References

*Plantations of David Hunt, by Andy McMillon. http://jeffersoncountyms.org/davidhunt.htm
*The Hunt Family of Jefferson County, by Andy McMillion. http://jeffersoncountyms.org/hunt_family.htm

• Marie T. Logan, Mississippi - Louisiana Border Country: A History of Rodney, Miss., St. Joseph, La., and Environs , Claitor's Publishing Division, Baton Rouge, 1970

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