Canemount Plantation Explained

The Canemount Plantation is a historic Southern plantation in Lorman, Mississippi.

Location

It is located on Route 2 in the town of Lorman, in Jefferson County, Mississippi.^[1] It is one mile north of the town of Alcorn and four miles away the Windsor Ruins.^{[2] [3]} It spans 10,000 acres of land.^[1]

History

The plantation mansion was built for the Murdoch family in 1855.^{[1] [2] [3]} It was designed in the Italianate Revival architectural style.^[1] Four outbuildings were also built prior to the Civil War, some as early as 1826, including a barn and a slave cabin.^{[1] [2]}

It is now owned by the MDWFP. The state has turned the property into the Canemount Wildlife Management Area. This site has approx. 3500 AC that is now open to the public hunting through WMA draw hunt permits.^[4]

References

31.8943°N -91.1266°W

Notes and References

1. Jack Baldwin, Baldwin's Guide to Inns of Mississippi, Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing, pp. 75-77 https://books.google.com/books?id=M4tm4J_zY7wC&dq=canemount+plantation&pg=PA75
2. http://www.natcheztracetravel.com/natchez-trace-mississippi/loop-routes/573-windsor-ruins.html Natchez Trace Travel: Windsor Ruins Loop Route: Alcorn / Port Gibson, Mississippi
3. Cathy Summerlin, Traveling the Trace: A Complete Tour Guide to the Historic Natchez Trace from Nashville to Natchez, Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1995 https://books.google.com/books?id=gg0quSvPloQC&dq=%22canemount+plantation%22&pg=PT224
4. Web site: Canemount Wildlife Management Area. MDWFP. 2019-07-29.