clermont plantation
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Clermont
Plantation
Location: Near Natchez, Adams Co., MS
History: John Nevitt, fl. 1803-1832, was the owner of Clermont Plantation in
Adams County, Mississippi, near Natchez. Nevitt was in the U.S. Navy as a midshipman
in 1803, and retired in 1811 as a lieutenant. Tradition has it that he named his
plantation for a ship (the Clermont) that he commanded. Nevitt had at least two
children, Matilda and Albert.
Associated Surnames: Nevitt
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Description of Associated Architecture
Research Leads
- Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations, Series J: John Nevitt Diary,
1826-1854, Adams County, Mississippi. http://www.lexis-nexis.com/cispubs/guides/southern_hist/plantations/plantj6.htm
This collection consists chiefly of a diary kept by John
Nevitt between 1826 and 1832, and a typed transcription of that diary.
In the diary, Nevitt discussed at length activities on the plantation, where cotton
seems to have been the chief crop. Nevitt mentioned his slaves
daily: their duties, health, when they ran away, their punishments, and when he
sold, bought, or hired them out, as well as when he hired those belonging to others.
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