DavisPlantation
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kwashnak
N 32° 06.982 W 091° 13.172
15S E 667974 N 3554721
Located in Tensas Parish on Louisiana 605 at Louisiana 608, North of Newellton.
Waymark Code: WMDBRG
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 12/21/2011
Views: 4
Four miles east of this marker in Warren County, Mississippi is Davis Island on which was located Briarfield Plantation, owned by Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy. Hurricane Plantation, owned by Joseph Davis, older brother of Jefferson Davis, was also located on this island. Both homes were occupied by Union Troops in 1863.
The marker is part of the Grant's March Trail in Louisiana.
Marker Name: Davis Plantation
Marker Type: Roadside
What does marker relate to?: Battle (war)
Parish: Tensas
Link to more information:: Not listed
Year Erected or Date Dedicated: Not listed
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