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on an outside wall which reads: "Mount Holly, Ca. 1856, Excellent example of Italianate style steeped in history of the Mississippi Delta, built for Margaret (Johnson) Erwin Dudley, an early settler's daughter, used as headquarters for relief committees in 1927 flood, marked by Mississippi State
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From 1903 to 1956, the mansion belonged to Mary Griffin Lee. In 1927, it was used as a relief shelter during the
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A year later, in 1855, she married Dr. Charles Wilkins Dudley, the son of Kentucky surgeon
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The plantation mansion burnt down on June 17, 2015. The ruins remain privately owned.
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in 1831. By 1833, he sold it to Henry Johnson and his wife, Elizabeth Julia Flournoy.
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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since August 14, 1973. The house contains a historical marker commissioned by the
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as a present for his wife. Made of red bricks and built with the forced labor of
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National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Mississippi
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Walker Percy Remembered: A Portrait in the Words of Those who Knew Him
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Simon, John Y. (March 1983). "In Search of Margaret Johnson Erwin".
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and member of the Mississippi Senate. His grandson was the author
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi
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Fire destroys Mount Holly Plantation near Greenville
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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Mount Holly (Foote, Mississippi) is located in Mississippi
Mount Holly (Foote, Mississippi) is located in the United States
Foote, Mississippi
33°5′42″N 91°2′12″W / 33.09500°N 91.03667°W / 33.09500; -91.03667
73001030
plantation
Foote, Mississippi
Confederate
Jefferson Davis
Shelby Foote
Foote
Washington County
Mississippi
Lake Washington
John C. Miller
Margaret Johnson Erwin Dudley
Benjamin Winslow Dudley
mansion
enslaved people
Italianate architectural style
Samuel Sloan
Calvert Vaux
Confederate
Jefferson Davis
Albert Sidney Johnston
John C. Pemberton
Ulysses S. Grant
William T. Sherman

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