| Heathman Plantation Commissary | |
| Nrhp Type: | nhs |
| Coordinates: | 33.4404°N -90.7187°W |
| Location: | Heathman, Mississippi |
| Built: | 1848 |
| Added: | 2012 |
| Refnum: | 12000923[1] |
The Heathman Plantation, also known as Dogwood Ridge Plantation and Billups Plantation, is a historical site that was a former cotton plantation in Heathman, Mississippi. It was founded in 1848 as a forced-labor operation worked by African American people enslaved by the land's white owners.[2]
The plantation is located at the intersection of Highway 82 and Heathman Road in Heathman near Indianola, Mississippi, in Sunflower County, Mississippi.[3] [4] In 1848, James Brown built the Dogwood Ridge Plantation as an 8,000-acre cotton plantation.[2] [3]
In 1871, James Martin Heathman, who was married to Lillie Brown, the daughter of James Brown, purchased the plantation.[2] [3] He renamed it the Heathman Plantation.[3] He died in 1885.[2] Three years later, she married J. A. Crawford in 1888.[2]
It was later known as the Billups Plantation.[2]
The commissary has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since November 14, 2012.[4]