John Carmichael Jenkins (1809–1855) was an American plantation owner, medical doctor and horticulturalist in the Antebellum South.
Jenkins was born on December 13, 1809, at the Windsor Forge Mansion in Churchtown, Pennsylvania.
[1][2][3][4] His parents were Robert Jenkins (1769–1848), a Congressman from Pennsylvania, and Catherine Carmichael (1774–1853).
[2][6] He owned several plantations in the Natchez District, some of which he inherited, some of which he purchased and developed.
[2][4][8] A horticulturalist, he would use his Natchez residence, Elgin, as a plant nursery for different varieties of fruit trees and cotton he would later use on other plantations.