Robert
Jemison Jr was born September 17th 1802 in Lincoln County, Georgia. He owned several business including toll
roads and bridges, a stagecoach line, grist and sawmill, and a hotel. He also owned six plantations in Alabama
totaling about 10,000 acres of land and about 500 slaves. He lived on the largest known as Cherokee
Place plantation in Northport, Alabama.
His main occupation was in bridge building.
Jemison was
against Alabama succeeding. He attended
the Secession Convention in Montgomery, Alabama in January 1861, where he
argued against taking that action. Once
the state joined the Confederacy however Jemison supported them finically. He served in the Confederate Senate beginning
December 28th 1863 through till the end of the Civil War.
Jemison died
October 16th 1871 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama at the family home the
Jemison Van de Graaff Mansion. He is
buried in the Jemison Family Cemetery in Northport, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
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