Davis Bend, Mississippi

Davis Bend peninsula mapped in 1864, showing plantations of the Davis brothers and John A. Quitman

Davis Bend, Mississippi (now known as Davis Island), [1] also known as Hurricane Island Bend, was a peninsula named after planter Joseph Emory Davis, who owned most of the property. There he established the 5,000-acre Hurricane Plantation as a model slave community.[2] Davis Bend was about 15 miles south of Vicksburg, Mississippi, and was surrounded by the Mississippi River on three sides. Davis gave his much younger brother Jefferson Davis the adjoining Brierfield Plantation.

  1. ^ "Brierfield". The Papers of Jefferson Davis. Rice University. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-14.
  2. ^ Hermann, Janet Sharp (1990). Joseph E. Davis: Pioneer Patriarch. University Press of Mississippi. p. 49. ISBN 9781617032806.