Hezekiah William Foote

Hezekiah William Foote (a.k.a. Henry Foote) (1813–1899) was an American Confederate veteran, attorney, planter, slaveholder, and state politician from Mississippi.

Early life Hezekiah William Foote was born on December 17, 1813, in Chester County, South Carolina. He moved to Macon, Noxubee County, Mississippi as a teenager. He studied the Law and passed the Mississippi Bar.

Foote was elected as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives and the Mississippi Senate. the Egremont Plantation. the Hardscramble Plantation. the Mount Holly Plantation in Foote, Mississippi. He acquired it in the early 1880s.

Foote served as superintendent of the Methodist Sunday School in Macon, Mississippi, for fifty-six years. He was one of the co-founders of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, founded as a Methodist institution, and served on its board of trustees. He was related to Henry S. Foote, the governor of Mississippi from 1852 to 1854, who lived where the campus of Vanderbilt University was established.

Personal life Foote married Lucinda Frances Dade (1816–1856) in 1836. She inherited 3,000 acres of land in Issaquena County, Mississippi. They had a son, Huger Lee Foote.

Death and legacy Foote died on January 29, 1899, in Macon, Mississippi, where he was buried. His great-grandson was Shelby Foote, the Civil War author.