Dockery Plantation, Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States
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Dockery Plantation in Sunflower County, Mississippi, is a historic cotton plantation widely regarded as one of the birthplaces of Delta blues music.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dockery Plantation, Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7854145 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dockery Plantation, Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States Context triple: [Charley Patton, raisedIn, Dockery Plantation, Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States]
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A.
Leighton Plantation, Louisiana
Leighton Plantation, Louisiana was a Southern plantation historically associated with Confederate general and Episcopal bishop Leonidas Polk.
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B.
Locust Grove Plantation, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States
Locust Grove Plantation in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, is a historic Southern plantation best known as the place where Sarah Knox Taylor, daughter of U.S. President Zachary Taylor and wife of future Confederate President Jefferson Davis, died.
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C.
Julington Creek Plantation, Florida
Julington Creek Plantation, Florida is a large master-planned residential community in St. Johns County known for its family-oriented neighborhoods, schools, and recreational amenities.
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D.
Barrington Plantation State Historic Site
Barrington Plantation State Historic Site is a living history farm and historic plantation in Texas that preserves and interprets the 19th-century home and agricultural operations of Anson Jones, the last president of the Republic of Texas.
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E.
Mound Bayou, Mississippi, United States
Mound Bayou, Mississippi, United States, is a historically significant, predominantly African American town founded by formerly enslaved people and known as one of the first all-Black municipalities in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dockery Plantation, Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States Target entity description: Dockery Plantation in Sunflower County, Mississippi, is a historic cotton plantation widely regarded as one of the birthplaces of Delta blues music.
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A.
Leighton Plantation, Louisiana
Leighton Plantation, Louisiana was a Southern plantation historically associated with Confederate general and Episcopal bishop Leonidas Polk.
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B.
Locust Grove Plantation, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States
Locust Grove Plantation in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, is a historic Southern plantation best known as the place where Sarah Knox Taylor, daughter of U.S. President Zachary Taylor and wife of future Confederate President Jefferson Davis, died.
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C.
Julington Creek Plantation, Florida
Julington Creek Plantation, Florida is a large master-planned residential community in St. Johns County known for its family-oriented neighborhoods, schools, and recreational amenities.
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D.
Barrington Plantation State Historic Site
Barrington Plantation State Historic Site is a living history farm and historic plantation in Texas that preserves and interprets the 19th-century home and agricultural operations of Anson Jones, the last president of the Republic of Texas.
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E.
Mound Bayou, Mississippi, United States
Mound Bayou, Mississippi, United States, is a historically significant, predominantly African American town founded by formerly enslaved people and known as one of the first all-Black municipalities in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
birthplace of Delta blues
ⓘ
cotton plantation ⓘ historic site ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Charley Patton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Delta blues musicians ⓘ Howlin' Wolf NERFINISHED ⓘ Tommy Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Willie Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalSignificance |
important site in African American music history
ⓘ
important site in American cultural history ⓘ one of the birthplaces of Delta blues ⓘ |
| employed |
lumber workers
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sawmill workers ⓘ sharecroppers ⓘ tenant farmers ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Will Dockery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHeritageDesignation | Mississippi Landmark ⓘ |
| hasMarker | historical marker ⓘ |
| hasResident |
Charley Patton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Howlin' Wolf NERFINISHED ⓘ Tommy Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Willie Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
commissary
ⓘ
cotton gin ⓘ main house ⓘ sawmill ⓘ tenant houses ⓘ |
| hasUse |
agricultural production
ⓘ
commissary operations ⓘ cotton gin operations ⓘ lumber mill operations ⓘ sawmill operations ⓘ tenant housing ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationGrantedBy | Mississippi Department of Archives and History NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
early 20th century
ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ |
| inception | 1895 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
African American musical culture
ⓘ
Delta blues music ⓘ sharecropping community ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mississippi Delta
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sunflower County, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Cleveland, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicGenreOrigin | Delta blues NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Will Dockery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Mississippi Blues Trail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| product | cotton ⓘ |
| region | Delta region of Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
development of Delta blues style
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residence of early blues musicians ⓘ |
| state | Mississippi ⓘ |
| tourism |
blues tourism destination
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heritage tourism destination ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dockery Plantation, Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States Description of subject: Dockery Plantation in Sunflower County, Mississippi, is a historic cotton plantation widely regarded as one of the birthplaces of Delta blues music.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.