Stephen Minor

Stephen Minor
Born February 8, 1760
Greene County, Pennsylvania
Died November 29, 1815
Natchez, Mississippi
Occupation Planter, banker
Spouse(s) Martha (Ellis) Minor
Anna (Bingaman) Minor
Katherine (Lintot) Minor
Children Frances (Minor) Chotard
Catherine (Lintot Minor) Wilkins
William J. Minor
Relatives Samuel Minor (brother)
Stephen Minor (brother)

Stephen Minor (17601815) was an American plantation owner and banker in the antebellum South.

Early life

Stephen Minor was born on February 8, 1760, in Greene County, Pennsylvania.[1][2][3][4] His father was William Minor (1735-1804) and his mother, Frances Ellen Phillips Minor (1739-unknown).[1] His brother Samuel Minor (1777-1859) was elected as sheriff of Monongalia County, West Virginia in 1842.[1] His other brother, John Minor, went on to live at the Oakland Plantation in Natchez.[5]

Career

He moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1779 and served as Captain in the Spanish Army.[2][4][6] He then served as the Secretary to the Spanish Governor Manuel Gayoso de Lemos (1747–1799).[3][6][7] In 1791, he received generous land grants from the Spanish government for his service.[3][6]

He turned his land grants into nine plantations, including the Southdown Plantation in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, where he grew sugar cane.[3][7] In 1797, his plantations produced twenty-five hundred bales of cotton.[6] He became one of Natchez's richest residents in the 1810s and 1820s.[6]

Additionally, he served as the first President of the Bank of Mississippi from 1797 to 1815.[3]

Personal life

He resided in Natchez, Mississippi from 1780 to 1815.[4] He purchased the Concord in Natchez, which burned down in 1901.[3][8][9][10]

He married three times.[1] His first wife was Anna Bingaman Minor (1762-1784).[1] His second wife was Martha Ellis Minor (1764-1791).[1] His third wife was Katherine Lintot Minor (1770 - 1844), the daughter of Bernard Lintot.[1][3][4] They had three children:

Death

He died on November 29, 1815, in Natchez, Mississippi.[1][4]

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