Surget, Francis

Francis Surget was a highly respected planter and slave owner living in Adams County, Mississippi, with extensive land holdings in the vicinity of Natchez, Mississippi and in Arkansas. John F. H. Clairborne credits Surget as being "the most extensive and successful planter in Mississippi" who was "the first to introduce circular or horizontal plowing, to preserve the hill land from washing".

From the guide to the Daybook of Highland Plantation, Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi, and other plantations owned by Francis Surget. Book C., 1820-1847, (University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kansas Collection)

Francis (Frank) Surget was one of the wealthiest men in the antebellum south. A resident of Natchez, Miss., he owned thirteen vast plantations in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. His brother, James, owned nine plantations. Together, they owned over 1,000 slaves. Charles P. Leverich was president of the Bank of New York and cotton factor for Surget and other Mississippi planters. He handled many of Surget's financial and business dealings in New York.

From the description of Francis Surget letters, 1860 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 34641222

Francis (Frank) Surget was one of the wealthiest men in the antebellum South. A resident of Natchez, Miss., he owned thirteen vast plantations in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. His brother, James, owned nine plantations. Together, they owned over 1,000 slaves. Charles P. Leverich was president of the Bank of New York and cotton factor for Surget and other Mississippi planters. He handled many of Surget's financial and business dealings in New York.

From the guide to the Francis Surget Letters, 1860, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)

Francis Surget was a planter and land speculator whose extensive holdings in Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi. Together with his brother, James, they owned approximately 10,000 slaves to work their sugar and cotton plantations. This made him one of the largest planters and slaveholders of the antebellum South.

From the description of Francis Surget estate papers, 1848-1867. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122588194