Overview

Location

Woodville, Wlkinson Co., MS

Date Constructed/ Founded

1810

Associated Surnames

not determined

Historical notes

Samuel and Jane Cook Davis migrated from Kentucky to Mississippi, the Louisianna in 1808-1809. They evemtually settled near Woodville, Wilkinson Co., MS and established Rosemont Plantation.

Associated Slave Workplaces

Briars Plantation (Adams Co., MS), Hurricane Plantation (Warren Co., MS), Brierfield Plantation (Warren Co., MS)

Associated Free Persons

• Samuel Emory Davis (b.1756-d.1824) - owner
• Jane Cook Davis (b.1759-d.1845) - wife of Samuel E. Davis
• Joseph Emory Davis (b.1784-d.1870) - son of Samuel E. and Jane C. Davis; owner of Hurricane Plantation
• Benjamin Davis (b.1788-d.1827) - son of Samuel E. and Jane C. Davis
• Samuel A. Davis (b.1788-d.1830) - son of Samuel E. and Jane C. Davis
• Anna Elizabeth Davis (b.1791-d.1870) - daughter of Samuel E. and Jane C. Davis
• Isaac Williams Davis (b.1792-d.1833) - son of Samuel E. and Jane C. Davis
• Lucinda Farrar Davis (b.1797-d.1873) - daughter of Samuel E. and Jane C. Davis
• Amanda Jane Davis (b.1800-d.1881) - daughter of Samuel E. and Jane C. Davis
• Matilda Davis (b.1801-d.?) - daughter of Samuel E. and Jane C. Davis
• Mary Ellen Davis (b.1805-d.1824) - daughter of Samuel E. and Jane C. Davis
• Jefferson Finis Davis (b.1808-d.1889) - son of Samuel E. and Jane C. Davis; owner of Brierfield Plantation; President of the Confederate States of America; married Varina Howell of Briars Plantation

Associated Enslaved Persons

• none recorded yet

Research Leads and Plantation Records

• none reported yet

Miscellaneous Information

• none

References

• Rootsweb World Connect Project - The UPDIKE GENEALOGY
• Rosemont Plantation. http://www.rosemontplantation.com/

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