WARREN COUNTY
MISSISSIPPI
MSGENWEB
PROJECT
Basil Gordon Kiger
Kiger was born about
1817 in Virginia and married Caroline J. Gwin (ba 1827 TN) on
October 15, 1846 in
Warren County (MS Marriages 1776-1935).
They are listed in the
1850-1900 census of
Warren County. Their children were
William Gwin Kiger, Basil
Gordon Kiger, Jr. and
Mary Bell Kiger. Neither son had
any children. Mary Bell
Kiger married John Armistead Conway and had four
children.
Kiger built Buena Vista Plantation at Eagle Bend around
1842. It was made of locally
harvested cypress wood and most of the nails were made by
the plantation blacksmith.
The picture below is of the house after it was completely
restored in 2007.
