Monmouth Plantation was built in 1818 by Natchez postmaster John Hankinson. Hankinson died in 1825 of yellow fever. In 1826, Monmouth was purchased by John Anthony Quitman. Monmouth would remain in the Quitman family until 1919.

Monmouth currently operates as a Small Luxury Hotel of the World. It is open 365 days as a bed and breakfast. Daily house tours are available to house guests and walk ins. Their webpage is MonmouthPlantation.com

Monmouth was built in 1818. Its most prominent occupant was John A. Quitman, a Natchez lawyer, politician, planter, and slaveholder. He acquired the house in 1826 for his wife Eliza. Quitman, a northerner born in New York, lived his life in Natchez until his death in 1858. He was the father of eleven children. Quitman served in the U.S. Congress and was the Governor of Mississippi for one term in the 1850s; he was a victorious and much decorated General commanding volunteer American forces during the war with Mexico. Quitman is remembered, moreover, as one of Mississippi’s most vehement secessionists, or “fire-eaters”. Quitman owned approximately 400 slaves on four plantations in Louisiana and Mississippi. Along with the Quitman family, enslaved blacks lived and worked at Monmouth as well. They served as domestics, gardeners, and drivers. The relationship between the Quitman family and the enslaved workers of Monmouth, along with their descendants, spanned over six decades. Timeline 1799 John Quitman is born September 1, in Rhinebeck, New York.