Index to Locations Nevitt CemeteryPrivate or family graveyardsNatchezGloucester PlantationCemeteryNatchezNatchez City CemeteryNatchezTrinity Cemetery
NevittCemetery
Adams County, Mississippi
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: |  |  Solomon D. Jacobs (1797-1858) — of Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.;Washington,D.C.BornNovember3, 1797.Whig.Merchant;railroadpresident;mayorof Knoxville, Tenn., 1834-35; member of Tennessee statelegislature, 1839-41.Died inAdamsCounty, Miss.,May 22,1858 (age60 years, 200days).Interment at Nevitt Cemetery.
Private or familygraveyard
Adams County, Mississippi
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Louis L. Winston (1784-1824) — of Mississippi. Born in Germanton,StokesCounty, N.C.,November24, 1784.Delegateto Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1817;justice ofMississippi state supreme court, 1821-24; died in office 1824.Died in Natchez,AdamsCounty, Miss.,August20, 1824 (age39 years, 270days).Interment in a private or family graveyard.
GloucesterPlantation Cemetery
Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi
| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Winthrop Sargent (1753-1820) — of Ohio. Born in Gloucester,EssexCounty, Mass.,May 1,1753.Shipcaptain; major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;secretaryof Northwest Territory, 1788-98;Governorof Mississippi Territory, 1798-1801;planter.Diedonboard ship at sea in theGulf ofMexico,June 3,1820 (age67 years, 33days).Interment at Gloucester Plantation Cemetery.  | Seargent Smith Prentiss (1808-1850) — also known asSeargent S. Prentiss — of Vicksburg,WarrenCounty, Miss.; New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,September30, 1808.Lawyer;famed for his oratory; member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1836-37;U.S.Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1838-39.Hisrightleg was "lame and feeble" due to childhood disease.Died near Natchez,AdamsCounty, Miss.,July 1,1850 (age41 years, 274days).Interment at Gloucester Plantation Cemetery.
Natchez CityCemetery
Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Robert Huntington Adams (1792-1830) — also known asRobert H. Adams — of Natchez,AdamsCounty, Miss.Born inRockbridgeCounty, Va.,1792.Lawyer;member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1828;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1830; died in office 1830.Died in Natchez,AdamsCounty, Miss.,July 2,1830 (ageabout 38years).Interment at Natchez City Cemetery. | | John Anthony Quitman (1799-1858) — also known asJohn A. Quitman — of Mississippi. Born in Rhinebeck,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,September1, 1799.Democrat.Lawyer;cotton andsugarplanter;member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1826-27;delegateto Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1832; member ofMississippistate senate, 1835-36;Governor ofMississippi, 1835-36, 1850-51; state court judge in Mississippi,1838; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate forDemocratic nomination for Vice President,1848,1856;U.S.Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1855-58; died inoffice 1858.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons.Slaveowner. While in Washington, D.C., for the inauguration of PresidentJamesBuchanan, he became ill with "National Hotel disease" (attributedtopoison,but probablydysentery),and subsequently died, near Natchez,AdamsCounty, Miss.,July 17,1858 (age58 years, 319days).Interment at Natchez City Cemetery; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Richard Smith (1735-1803) — of New Jersey. Born in Burlington,BurlingtonCounty, N.J.,March22, 1735.Delegateto Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1774.DiedSeptember17, 1803 (age68 years, 179days).Interment at Natchez City Cemetery. | | Ayres Phillips Merrill (1825-1883) — of Natchez,AdamsCounty, Miss.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Natchez,AdamsCounty, Miss.,December24, 1825.Lawyer;evacuated from Natchez during the Civil War, along with otherNorthern sympathizers, with the help of Gen.UlyssesS. Grant; U.S. Minister toBelgium, 1876-77.Died in New Jersey,September16, 1883 (age57 years, 266days).Interment at Natchez City Cemetery. | | William A. Allain (1928-2013) — also known asBill Allain — of Mississippi. Born in Washington,AdamsCounty, Miss.,February14, 1928.Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;Mississippistate attorney general, 1979-83;Governor ofMississippi, 1984-88.Catholic.Died, frompneumonia,in St. DominicHospital,Jackson,HindsCounty, Miss.,December2, 2013 (age85 years, 291days).Interment at Natchez City Cemetery. | | Percy Edwards Quin (1872-1932) — also known asPercy E. Quin — of McComb,PikeCounty, Miss.Born near Liberty,AmiteCounty, Miss.,October30, 1872.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1900-02;U.S.Representative from Mississippi 7th District, 1913-32; died inoffice 1932.Baptist.Died inWashington,D.C.,February4, 1932 (age59 years, 97days).Interment at Natchez City Cemetery. | | John Perkins Jr. (1819-1885) — of Ashwood Landing,TensasParish, La.Born in Natchez,AdamsCounty, Miss.,July 1,1819.Democrat. State court judge in Louisiana, 1851;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1853-55;delegateto Louisiana secession convention, 1861;Delegatefrom Louisiana to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Representativefrom Louisiana in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.Slaveowner. Died inBaltimore,Md.,November28, 1885 (age66 years, 150days).Interment at Natchez City Cemetery. | | William Gwin Benbrook (1837-1922) — of Natchez,AdamsCounty, Miss.BornMay 16,1837.Mayorof Natchez, Miss., 1889-1922.DiedNovember6, 1922 (age85 years, 174days).Interment at Natchez City Cemetery.
TrinityCemetery
Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne (1809-1884) — of Natchez,AdamsCounty, Miss.; New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in Natchez,AdamsCounty, Miss.,April24, 1809.Lawyer;member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1830-34;U.S.Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1835-37, 1837-38.Slaveowner. Died near Natchez,AdamsCounty, Miss.,May 17,1884 (age75 years, 23days).Interment at Trinity Cemetery.
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