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South — 80 dossiers on file

The heaviest files in Mississippi

The Mississippi drawer of the South record runs 80 files deep — 14 of them historic houses, 42 of them open to the public. What follows is the record ranked heaviest first, starting with Stuckey's Bridge.

80
dossiers on file
42
open to visitors
1837
oldest dated · Temple Heights
Apparition
most-filed claim · 33 files

The 25 deepest files

  1. 01Stuckey's Bridge3 claims

    The iron bridge where the murderous innkeeper was hanged.

  2. 02Auburn3 claims

    Levi Weeks’s 1812 masterpiece—the "most magnificent" of Natchez.

  3. 03Monmouth2 claims

    John A. Quitman’s 1818 house—the general’s ghost and the inn’s lore.

  4. 04House on Ellicott Hill2 claims

    The 1798 house on the hill—where the Spanish flag came down.

  5. 05Magnolia Hall2 claims

    The 1858 Greek Revival—Henderson Britton’s last house.

  6. 06Melrose2 claims
  7. 07Rocky Springs2 claims
  8. 08Beauvoir2 claims
  9. 09Bryant’s Grocery2 claims
  10. 10Elvis Presley Birthplace2 claims
  11. 11Grand Village of the Natchez2 claims
  12. 12Jimmie Rodgers Museum2 claims
  13. 13Longfellow House2 claims
  14. 14Old Noxubee County Jail2 claims
  15. 15Ship Island2 claims
  16. 16Shubuta bridge2 claims
  17. 17Stanton Hall2 claims
  18. 18Tallahatchie County Courthouse2 claims
  19. 19Walter Place2 claims
  20. 20Fort Massachusetts1 claim
  21. 21Windsor Ruins1 claim
  22. 22Amory Regional Museum1 claim
  23. 23Amos Deason Home1 claim
  24. 24Bride’s House1 claim
  25. 25D’Evereux1 claim

The rest of the shelf

Ranks 26–80 — shallower files, still on record, still sorted by depth.

Filed alongside

Record last amended October 2, 2026 · ranked with the archive