{"id":5660,"date":"2017-05-28T16:16:22","date_gmt":"2017-05-28T21:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/?p=5660"},"modified":"2017-11-17T16:46:20","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T21:46:20","slug":"the-clifton-plantation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/the-clifton-plantation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Clifton Plantation, Carroll County, Mississippi"},"content":{"rendered":"

My great-grandfather and second great-grandfather lived on Clifton Plantation in Carroll County, Mississippi. That’s interesting, I’d love to know more. I tried and failed to find it on my own, but luckily, some Smith relatives stepped up to help me locate it – thanks, Smiths!!!<\/p>\n

Although no Smiths own any of the property now, and it’s presumably been partitioned up somewhat, the house is still standing. It’s located about a mile down 220 from county road 23 on the left.<\/p>\n

\"Clifton<\/a>
Clifton House, photos from the 1960’s. Sketch of the likeness of the home is in the lower right-hand corner and was made in 1960 from an old home of that era, and retouched by Naomi Smith-Brown, Pet Roberts and Judson Smith-DeFoore, all of whom lived there in their childhood. Photos Courtesy Doug Smith.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here’s how the house appears today. The columns were removed in the mid 1960’s.<\/p>\n

\"May<\/a>
The Clifton House as it appeared in May 2017, Photo Courtesy Doug Smith.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Looks like it’s seen better days.<\/p>\n

Not “OUR” Clifton Plantation<\/h2>\n

There seem to be multiple Clifton Plantations in Mississippi. These are the Clifton Plantations that weren’t owned by Smiths:<\/p>\n

Clifton Plantation, Holmes County, MS<\/h3>\n

Here’s a Clifton Plantation in Holmes County, MS. I found it online at a real estate company’s website. This is not “my” Clifton Plantation as the chain of ownership doesn’t match up with my ancestors. Plus it’s in the wrong county.<\/p>\n

\"Clifton<\/a>
Clifton Plantation, Holmes County, MS. From https:\/\/www.sartainsheritage.com\/clifton-plantation-hunting-preserve-stockholder-share\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here’s their FB page: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Clifton-Plantation\/214306118588630<\/a><\/p>\n

The screen shot below is from a book called Must See Mississippi: 50 Favorite Places<\/a>, available on Google.<\/p>\n

\"Clifton<\/a>
Clifton Plantation, Holmes County, MS, from book Must See Mississippi 50 Favorite Places<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This book clearly states the owners of the property, none of whom are Smiths.<\/p>\n

Clifton Plantation, Jefferson County<\/h3>\n

I found this newspaper article about the sale of a Clifton Plantation in Clifton, Jefferson County, in 1839.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The Natchez Daily Courier (Natchez, MS) Mon Jan 21, 1839, p1, Clifton Plantation for Sale<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My great-grandfather and second great-grandfather lived on Clifton Plantation in Carroll County, Mississippi. That’s interesting, I’d love to know more. I tried and failed to find it on my own, but luckily, some Smith relatives stepped up to help me locate it – thanks, Smiths!!! Although no Smiths own any of the property now, and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[44],"tags":[67],"class_list":["post-5660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-carroll-county","tag-smith"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3viLY-1ti","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9496,"url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/useful-genealogy-links\/","url_meta":{"origin":5660,"position":0},"title":"Useful Genealogy Links","author":"Karen","date":"September 18, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Primary Sources Making of America is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. 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