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Stephen Minor (1760–1815) was an American plantation owner and banker in the antebellum South.
Stephen Minor | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 8, 1760 |
| Died | November 29, 1815 |
| Occupation(s) | Planter, banker |
| Spouse(s) | Martha (Ellis) Minor Anna (Bingaman) Minor Katherine (Lintot) Minor |
| Children | 3, including William J. Minor |
Stephen Minor was born on February 8, 1760, in Greene County, Pennsylvania.[1][2][3] One of his grandsons, John Minor, went on to live at the Oakland Plantation in Natchez.[4]
He moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1779 and served as Captain in the Spanish Army, participating in the Battle of Fort Charlotte.[1][3][5] He then served as the Secretary to the Spanish Governor Manuel Gayoso de Lemos (1747–1799).[2][5][6] In 1791, he received generous land grants from the Spanish government for his service.[2][5]
He turned his land grants into nine plantations, including the Southdown Plantation in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, where he grew sugar cane.[2][6] In 1797, his plantations produced twenty-five hundred bales of cotton.[5] He became one of Natchez's richest residents in the 1810s and 1820s.[5]
Additionally, he served as the first President of the Bank of Mississippi from 1797 to 1815.[2]
There was a building in Port Gibson, Mississippi that was described in 1818 as "the tavern of Stephen Minor."[7]
He resided in Natchez, Mississippi from 1780 to 1815.[3] He purchased the Concord in Natchez, which burned down in 1901.[2][8][9][10]
He married three times. His first wife was Anna Bingaman Minor. His second wife was Martha Ellis Minor. His third wife was Katherine Lintot Minor, the daughter of Bernard Lintot,[2][3] "a founding member of the United States Mississippi Territory."[11] They had three children.
He died on November 29, 1815, in Natchez, Mississippi.[3]
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