Moses Liddell
Mississippi planter (1785–1856)
Moses Liddell (March 5, 1785 – June 13, 1856) was a 19th-century American cotton plantation owner and Mississippi state legislator from Wilkinson County, Mississippi.
Moses Liddell was the fourth-born child of Andrew Liddell and Jean Johnston of South Carolina. He grew up in South Carolina but left the Pendleton District for Natchez about 1805 when he was about 20 years old. He settled near Woodville in Wilkinson County around 1812.
As of 1817 he was a trustee of Wilkinson Academy. He served three terms in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1820, 1822, and 1823. In 1826 he was involved in the organization of the Woodville and Homochitto Turnpike Company. He also served as a county court judge. His property was near that of future U.S. Senator George Poindexter.
He owned sugar plantations in St.
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