" Back To Natchez"..The Burn, A Buried Statue and A White Rose.

I toured 8 homes on my Natchez visit.
I stayed at The Burn and a tour was included.
It was the first one I toured after check in.



It was built in 1834 by John P. Walworth and
served as a hospital for Union Troops during
" The War".




A night shot of The Burn.................

The Mistress of The Burn, Bridget Green

gives a tour..........

If you notice in this shot, there is a solid marble

statue of two children setting in front of the mantle.

Some years ago this was found buried on the back

grounds by workers digging. It is believed the Walworth

family may have buried it during the war when they were

given 24 hours to vacate and forgot where it was buried!

This is the bedroom suite I stayed in.

" Clara's Room".

This is another B & B bedroom...............

Here is the main floor formal Dining Room.........

Another view in the Dining Room................

Still another Dining Room shot.........

This is the Dining Room used to serve the

fantastic breakfast to B & B Guests...........

The floating spiral staircase...........................

On the back garden patio looking up at

the main floor of the house........

Gardens were everywhere! A side garden........

A back garden............

Another beautiful garden......................

There are one hundred and fifty different varieties

of Camellia's at The Burn and the National Camellia

Society has them labeled and documented.......

This picture in no way does the size of this

Live Oak Tree justice! It was massive !

Even the entrance and exit drives were just beautiful!

A beautiful way to exit.................

An Azaela in all its glory!

The Azalea and Camellia make a perfect picture !

In 1853 the Walworth's 8 year old daughter Lucy

passed away after contracting the "fever". Lucy loved

flowers and had planted and tended her very own garden.

In this garden was a White Rose bush she cherished! After

her death, much TLC was given to this bush. When the war

ended and the family returned to The Burn it seemed the

Rose was gone, trampled by Union horse hooves. The next

Spring up came a small shoot of the rose! For the next 100

years the family descendants cared for the rose and kept it

blooming. When The Burn was sold out of the family, the

Rose was moved and planted at Lucy's grave in Natchez City

Cemetery where it still blooms today! John Walworth's great,

great granddaughter author Louise Wilbourn Collier who is

is now 84 years old and lives in Memphis has made arrangements

for the continual care of Lucy's White Rose................

You have seen 2 of the 8 so far...............

Come back as we continue to visit Natchez..........