National Register of Historic Places

Blantonia Plantation House

Lorman, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Listed
March 4, 1993
Type
Building
Period
Early Republic
Ref No.
93000145

About this property

Blantonia Plantation House is a historic Southern plantation of Blantonia in Lorman, Jefferson County, Mississippi. John Blanton and Martha Belton "Patsy" Whitaker established the plantation in the early 1800s. John Blanton, originally from Virginia, moved to Kentucky about 1800 and eventually the family moved and established the plantation Blantonia, just south of Vicksburg. Blantonia Plantation House was initially constructed in 1812 as a pile-and-a-half "expanded I-house". Their son William Whitaker Blanton is listed in census records in Jefferson County, would establish the second Blantonia plantation, known as Blantonia plantation on Bachelor's Bend and referenced as Bachelor's Bend plantation in Hall v. United States, 92 U.S. 27 (1875). Another large, Blantonia plantation was also established in the area of Greenville, Mississippi in Washington County from a United States land grant in 1828 to the north along the Mississippi River. Throughout their history, the plantations were worked by enslaved people.

Location

Lorman, Jefferson County, Mississippi
31.80176, -90.93201

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When was Blantonia Plantation House listed on the National Register?

Blantonia Plantation House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 4, 1993.

What type of historic resource is Blantonia Plantation House?

Blantonia Plantation House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Blantonia Plantation House is recorded as the early_republic era, specifically around 1800.

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