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Rosedown Plantation

Spanish Land Grant made in 1789 to John Mills, American Revolutionary soldier. (Founder of Bayou Sara in 1790, Mills was also a leader in the West Florida Rebellion, 1810.) In 1835 Daniel Turnbull built the present home at Rosedown.

Lower plaque:
Dedicated April 1963 by the Baton Rouge Chapter National Society D.A.R.

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