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Rushworth Nutt was an American physician and planter.

Early life
Rushworth Nutt was born in Virginia. He had a brother, Rittenhouse Nutt.

Career
In 1805, he went exploring many states on horseback, no less than his home state of Virginia, but also Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi. Natchez Trace

Nutt visited Egypt with his brother Rittenhouse in the 1830s.

He purchased the Laurel Hill Plantation in Rodney, Jefferson County, Mississippi.

He experimented with several breeds of cotton. In 1833, he invented a new cotton hybrid known as Petit Gulf cotton.

Personal life
Nutt married Mary Ker, the daughter of David Ker. They had a son, Haller Nutt, who resided at Longwood.