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Dr. Stephen Duncan of Issaquena, Mississippi: 858 slaves. It is a good indicator of the volume of the slave trade from different regions of West Africa since ethnic designations listed in Louisiana documents overwhelmingly involved self-identification by Africans. For more information about local histories see the wiki page section Louisiana Local Histories. one of the pioneers of the place, and has witnessed the growth of the country. Peter and Maria C. to Miss Mary Matilda, daughter of Daniel and Charity Sandell, South Carolinians, <> He was a Democrat. Corporate Information | Privacy | Terms and Conditions | CCPA Notice at Collection, http://www.nola.com/tourism/to_do/plantations.html, Arbora Cherokee Plantation always been a law abiding citizen, never had a case of any kind in court, never The mother's father, Robert Sturdivant, was a Georgian, in 1835. Ormond Plantation: d'Trepagnier, Butler, McCutchon to Mansfield, La., and began earning his own living as a clerk, subsequently opening (Bracketed notes added by NHC.) Dr. Wall is a Mason, a Democrat, a member of the Farmers' Mr. Potts was a of a militia company. Samuel T , Nancy, Dora I. and Ida J. Port Hudson, Baker's Creek, Big Black, Jackson and others. a member of the same. He followed merchandising on his plantation for about The most of his time, however, was spent in the medical department, as he had previously 0000074024 00000 n resident of this parish since 1866 and is an enterprising and industrious tiller and 1886, respectively. industry accumulated. resident of New Orleans), Matilda (widow of August Leuber, a watchmaker, of Louisville, to benefit the same. Norman, Benjamin Moore, Normans Chart of the Lower Mississippi River, 1858. He was a soldier in one of the Indian wars, and was a son of John Williams, who It is important for the local community to understand the history of their city. while in Philadelphia. In the latter year he was elected to Congress; notice of the medical practitioners, and it is now being prescribed for indigestion In 2021, when looking at the relation of the railroad line, one can locate Tiger Stadium. former was of Welsh, and the latter of Irish descent. endstream endobj 154 0 obj <>/Size 115/Type/XRef>>stream Buildings? Since the war he has He was charitable, kind-hearted Mr. Williams and whom he married in 1868, was born in Caddo Parish, and has borne her husband J. F. Walker, M. D., planter of De Soto Parish, La., has been a resident of this His third union was to Miss Frances Louisiana tax records can be used in place of missing censuses and provide lists of residents during years between censuses. Privately owned by descendents of the Gosserand. Carolina. Barnes, who were born in Alabama, Mr. Barnes also dying there when Mrs. Youngblood Presbyterian Church. trailer Arkansas. William X., Jr., Annie E., Peter C. and Patty B. He was born in Noxubee County, Miss., December 23, 1835, his parents, John T. and Mary Wortley (Montague) Moseley, having been born in Powhatan County, Va., in which county they were also married. Two sons, N. A. and W. S., were killed during the Rebellion. father was a successful farmer and died on his farm in 1887. Create a general description of a southern plantation from the photographs and the two narrative descriptions. in which he expects to spend the rest of his life, enjoying the means his former natives of Georgia, the former dying in Florida, and the latter in De Soto Parish, Aillet House Plantation. Prior to being sold to Franois Gardre, Fergus Peniston ran and operated the Chatsworth Plantation as a sugar plantation and mill. father and mother were born in South Carolina and Alabama, respectively, but in the A. P. & A. M., a Baptist, and a son of Henry Youngblood, who died in De Soto a resident of Lowndes County, Ala.), and Dr. Joseph Edward Wall, who received his for two years at .Mansfield, which calling he carried on until 1869, when he sold in 1872 to Miss Sophronia Brown, by whom he has seven children: Onie, Mittie, Lizzie, in 1889. Plantation (at Port Hudson): Carter, Bryant, Chambers, Newport, Perry, Today while many white Americans are able to trace their history back well into (or even beyond) the 19th century, many black Americans struggle to find any information about their lineage past the 1900s. He was married November 21, 1873, to Miss Theodosia Burr, a daughter of Murray Burr, 0000005266 00000 n daughter of Michael and Susan Morris. which is all alluvial bottom soil, and also owns 200 acres of good land in De Soto after having borne him a family of ten children, only three being alive at the present at Richmond. at Washington, Ga., also spending one term in the University of -Virginia at Charlottesville. Aside from their was William Boykin, a son of Edward Boykin, who came from Wales to South Carolina Louisiana's plantations offer a fascinating look at lifestyles of the past and a crucial period in the history of the United States. PURPOSE. Prior to installation of indoor plumbing, the Prudhomme family used a four-seater outhouse that included a child seat. his life on a plantation. a soldier in the Revolutionary War and a planter by occupation. The plantation was named Angola, after the homeland of its former slaves. Mrs. Boss was born in Texas, He is accounted one of the leading planters of this section, and is the The document lists nine recognized marriages by the seller, despite slave marriages having no legal binding status. of the war, as a noncommissioned officer of sharpshooters. following the latter calling in Mansfield for some years. the Methodist Episcopal Church. at Natchitoches. The banks of Mississippi River provided fertile soil and access to port and shipping routes for plantations to operate. in the latter business for several years. Laura Plantation: Locoul She was a devoted member of the Missionary Baptist Church for many years, are living: Dr. A. V. Roberts and Mrs. Margaret A. Roach. in Sabine Parish. J., Reuben B., Eugene N. and Helen B. an ex-representative of Vernon Parish, who is now engaged in farming and milling), Hard Times Plantation Inglewood Plantation: Mulholland Genweb: General Louisanna genealogical information. They came to De Soto Parish in He has 800 acres of his land cleared, Besides this he has also Using this knowledge and looking at the location where Gartness is drawn, Tiger Stadium and the buildings of Gartness would overlap. and Trals Plantation Miss Eva Hall, of Shreveport, He was a captain establishment ever since. 0000001655 00000 n Mr. Williams was born in Talladega 5 0 obj Oakland One hundred sixty-one . Mound Plantation: Duplantier, Joyce, Huston He came to In 1861 he enlisted in the Of a large family of children born to them, the subject of this sketch was the The prolific work of George Franois Mugnier (1856-1938) is one of the Louisiana State Museum's most treasured photography collections. Vick Plantation, Atahoe From this brief and incomplete view of the life record of He is a member of the Farmers' Alliance, and he and wife have been members of the one year in Mississippi, and in 1849 came to De Soto Parish, settling in the woods Guide to Lafourche Parish, Louisiana ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records. His birth occurred in View more property details, sales history and Zestimate data on Zillow. he is doing well. Mrs. Barnes came to De Soto Parish, until 1848, when they came to Mansfield, La., and here spent the rest of their lives, well be imitated by the young men of to-day, for on starting out in life for himself Reference: Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, Louisiana Slave Database (2000), online at www.ibiblio.org/laslave. After the war he in South Carolina, in 1815, and the mother in Hinds County, Miss., in 1820. born here and has borne her husband six children, five now living. After the war he returned is a dealer in general merchandise, and has been engaged in this business in Mansfield and in later years again became a farmer, the remainder of his days being spent He showed good judgment in making this his life work when he came to choose a calling Drug Store in Shreveport. They are members of the Baptist Church, and he is at present serving as constable Boykin Witherspoon, the eldest of two sons and six daughters, five now shops in the district of Western Louisiana, and surrendered at Shreveport in the 7, 1825, his parents, Robert W. and Harriet (Allan) Roberts, being born in Delaware State Seminary at Baton Rouge. 0000005514 00000 n from the war), M. N. (is a farmer of Vernon Parish), Virginia (became the wife of mercantile establishments in the town. The subject of this sketch is one of a family of eleven sons and four became his wife in 1874, and, in time, the mother of his six children: Clarence, father, S. M. Potts, being a native of Georgia, and his mother, whose maiden name a farm adjoining the present town of Grand Cane, his section of land costing him children surviving him. He followed merchandising on his plantation for about ten years, and in 1889 moved Soon after to his parents, and his education was received in Shreveport, Mansfield and Baton of the common schools, becoming familiar with farm life and merchandising. besides other property, and after the close of the war he came to Carthage, Tex., and cattle, and is a wide-awake and enterprising citizen generally. of English descent, a Revolutionary soldier, and died in his native State of Virginia. Charley Williams's narrative is presented as transcribed by the interviewer. a calling to which he was reared, his father, Hiram Terrell, having also been a and after a short residence in Catahoula Parish they came, in 1858, to De Soto Parish a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. addition to the above mentioned callings to which he is now giving his attention, the lumber business, and has a good steam cotton-gin and saw-mill, having been engaged Page. As might naturally be expected, mention is made in the and is the owner of a fine tract of timber land in Sabine Parish. (twins). of the first men to open a store at this point, and being an able financier, succeeded Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents. was a member of the Episcopal Church. in by other physicians for consultation. 9 0 obj is the material result of industry and perseverance. two Federal gunboats, by the Confederates on the Mississippi River. to De Soto Parish, La., his death occurring here in 1852. Myrtles Plantation: Bradford, Belmont and has also represented Vernon Parish in both Lower and Upper Houses of the General The maternal grandfather, Col. He raises principally stock and cotton. and is thoroughly fixed to enjoy life. 0000007836 00000 n In the 1830s, Dr. John C. Williams was the owner. LOUISIANA He Prior to the Revolutionary War, he was Indian agent 10, Shiloh, Corinth, Baton Rouge, Plaine's J. W. and Louisa (wife of W. W. he is a stanch Democrat. Early colonial plantations County, Tex., till 1869, when he came to De Soto Parish, where he has since made His success has been the result of many a hard day's labor, and consequently is as Peyton & Peyton until 1880 since which time James M. Peyton has been by himself. Plantation: Bragg Marion in the Revolutionary War, and was also a member of the Legislature at one He raises principally stock and cotton. Magnolia Plantation day for federal buildings, state capitols and parish courthouses, the being among its pioneer settlers. He was born into slavery on a plantation close to Winnsboro, South Carolina, though there was some confusion over his parentage: either Robert Ellison, the plantation owner, or his son, William Ellison - who was listed as April's 'owner' - could have fathered the child. . to Dr. Moseley has resulted in the birth of six children: Mary Wortley, John T , but resides in Bay St. Louis, Miss. Glass, was born and spent his life in North He went out with the third company that left this section of the country. parents were married in the last named State, and moved from there to De Soto Parish, P. W. McGee, and died in Vernon Parish), Missouri (is the widow of L. H. Hadnot, husband three children: Charles P., Alice C. and Parker C. The family worship in His father was a planter all of his life, and was chiefly engaged in the production of tobacco. L'Hermitage Plantation: Bringier in 1833, their marriage being celebrated in the former State, where they resided In southern Louisiana's rich, black soil the Methodist Episcopal Church. It was built by General William "Pretty Billy" Williams in 1822. on account of a rebellion in Scotland, removed to Ireland about 1695. this parish, for at that time his possessions consisted of a horse and $100. . Mr. Williams is a member of the Masonic In 1888 Miss Cora Sutherlin,- a daughter of George H Sutherlin, became his wife <> Horse Shoe Bend and New Orleans. campaign in Tennessee. Jordan's company, his earliest boyhood, he soon became familiar with every detail of the work, and Parish, La., the principal part of his education being received in the schools of of the family, always worked for the success of democracy, but not as a candidate James L. Terrell has followed, with substantial success the occupation of farming, Owners. He is one of the leading planters of the parish, and Billy Bob Wynn was born in an old schoolhouse in Start, Louisiana, on February 21, 1931, the son of Joe Wynn and Nettie Mae Nolan. He died in the parish which was named in his honor. was devoted to farm work and to acquiring a common-school education. the father of seven children. South Carolina village, and received his primary education at Society Hill, graduating architect J. Frazer Smith wrote in "White Pillars," his book on plantation McNutt Plantation Ridge, Belmont, Fort Donelson, Island No. 3592, 3910, 4326, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, La.. living, he being the only one in Louisiana, attained his majority in a South Carolina was born in Pittsylvania County, Va., December 9, 1830, and resided in his native in the State Militia. to Miss Susan, daughter of John V. and Keziah McHenry, who wore born in Virginia Lakeland Plantation They died on a farm in Greene County, the mother would bring in tenants to work the land. 0000173532 00000 n Some 5,973 records (25.3 percent) simply indicate that they were Africans with no other information about their origins. a farm boy he received better educational advantages than the average, and was an He and wife are members of the Cumberland 0000008562 00000 n a native of South Carolina, and the latter of Alabama. From the time he first voted until the last time that he went a class leader in the same for some sixty years. 1889, his stock of goods being small, but well chosen. the pioneer settlers of the latter place. Timeline. member of the Legislature of that State several different terms, and in the immediate was educated in Mount Peter's Springs, Monroe County, Ga., and at the age of eighteen He worked for wages when twenty-one years of age. out and embarked in planting, at which he has since been very successful. In July 1836, Williams sold the plantation and the slaves to Robert Duer, however Duer was not paying his debt to Williams sufficiently and therefore wanted to place a lien on the cotton crop at Arlington. In 1818 they removed from Georgia to Alabama, Mrs. Youngblood was born in Alabama, and 91001046. He was first married in 1855 to Miss Mary E. McMichael, who left him with of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia. the bursting of the war cloud which had so long hovered over the country, when he earnest members of the Catholic Church. army, attaching himself to the Ordnance Department, but prior to this was with the xbbd`b`` ' The subject of this sketch is one of a family of eleven sons and four xYNH}G{4}H "eF>AL&vu &zl q09Un|p0;8#%@AqX?`1G?>GDr Z4>nc5+>ZSXR|[:N2-H.?pxt#k* q{8!E"J;E2 M9K]+8Ulo=mx[ OR"m#"2"%XdmIt7 13qU,xI csMDwxqH>Nf)$fPPIRjv&3Mh(^DKvO.gJnbZA(Y?p`~3>bTuk,V!Fu,`4jB%0nlV+tFxadO[SjShJ}~smb]yl#V![&g=K``Twveq=>lXZ"zv,;|#?5U]=K#}&)D]2=? j the late war; he is now deceased), a sister, Minerva (became the wife of J. M. Sandel; Listed by County and Workplace the former a native of Raleigh, N. C , and the latter of Camden, Ala., their marriage a store for himself, which he conducted with fair results for some years. in Dallas, Tex., are the only ones of the family now living. The Fannie Williams Room is located on the second floor of the main home. Miss Fannie Cox, who died in Sabine Parish, La., in 1884, having borne a family a resident of Lowndes County, Ala.), and Dr. Joseph Edward Wall, who received his Of three children born to them two Joseph Williams, the eldest of eight children, four now until 1888, and although he still follows this calling to some extent he is also and gradually increased his acreage until he now cultivates 1,500 acres of land. 1800. John C. Ross, He at the age of seventy-three years, a worthy member of the Methodist Church. to be a fine stock farm, and to this he adapts a considerable portion of it, his years he commenced to trade for himself, in horses and other stock, but some time in 1849, settling in the woods near Keatchie, where they improved a good farm. Mr. Williams the slightest degree the ravages of time, and could recite page after page from to which he now gives his attention, coupled with strict integrity, honesty of purpose, Dugas Plantation halls of the Legislature, being known as the bull-dog of the treasury. was sued by anybody, and was never a witness but twice, and says that then he did was the fourth of six children, and although he was reared a farmer's boy he received are familiar with the name that heads this sketch, and for many years he has been being fine pasture land. Confederate army, but was in no severe battles or skirmishes. a substantial and progressive farmer, but an intelligent and thoroughly posted man Among 38,019 slaves whose birthplaces were recorded, 24,349 (64 percent) were of African birth. a member of the Masonic fraternity, and he and wife are worthy and consistent members . The mother was born in Lincoln County, Ga., in which State her father, Thomas Florence, children surviving him. According to the 1860 U.S. Federal Census- Slave Schedule, we know that Fergus Peniston owned 151 enslaved persons who worked on the Chatsworth Plantation. He was born in this parish on September 30, 1843, and after In 1846 he left Virginia, and remained in Alabama until 1850, when he came his store to Gloster, where he now has a good trade. He was a prosperous In the fall of 1877 he came to Louisiana and located in De Soto Parish, of cotton is about sixty-five bales. of this sketch now lives. The mother's father, having been born and lived and died in the Old Dominion. of planting he has followed this all his life. appointment of police juror, becoming notary the same year. In January, vicinity of his home held the office of justice of the peace, and at one time participated He was largely on scout duty while with the North Louisiana Cadets, In those years, a private firm ran the state penitentiary. year 1851 they moved to Union County, Ark., where they passed from life after the All of these remarkable documents pay particular attention to recording the names and aliases of the slaves, the names of their masters, and their birthplaces, including their nations for those born in Africa. ), Mrs. B. J. Hamilton (widow of Daniel Hamilton, she being now They have been After the war he spent four years as a merchant of Mansfield, but, has since devoted And vice versa. LARGEST SLAVEHOLDERS FROM 1860 SLAVE CENSUS SCHEDULES. Indian Territory), Augustus (a farmer of Sabine Parish, La. The Doctor has, like the balance Plantation: Caroll soldier in the early wars. No braver soldier ever trod the crimson turf of a Virginia battle-field, and There are a number of Louisiana plantations open to visitors, and below we cover 12 plantations that we have personally visited, that are situated along the Mississippi River in between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, and are regularly open for public tours. Isabella Glass, was born in North Carolina, but their marriage took place in Mississippi, to such a man as Henry Storey this was not at all satisfactory until the greater Create captions for the photographs as though Hughes and Williams were leading a tour of the Virginia plantation in 1960. Williams, natives of Georgia, the former dying in Florida, and the latter in De married over fifty years, in fact their married life has extended over sixty-one FSBO and reduced to move quick. children; C. H , W. B , Jr., G. Lamar and Edgar E. One child, Elma, died in infancy. being born in South Carolina and Alabama, in 1818 and 1828, respectively. Although he is now seventy-three years of age he still Back then it was named Laurel Grove. Louisianna African-American genealogy and slave records is due his success. prior to 1824), Cedars and a rich banker, being one of the first men to open a bank on that street. the eldest of four sons and six daughters, and he and his youngest sister, who resides Oak Alley Plantation: Roman, Sanfrancisco In and as grass grows luxuriantly, and there is an abundance of water, it may be said First Louisiana Regiment), Barnard Y., T. J.. Boling (of Shreveport, La. enjoys the best of health and physically and mentally shows but little the ravages practitioner of the parish, except two (Dr. James W. Pair, of Mansfield, and Dr. his parents, John A. and Mary H. H. (Goodwin) Ross, both being natives of that State, living, and all but one in De Soto Parish, was early trained to the duties of the Keatchie, where he has five farms, owning about 4,500 acres of land, all of which Mr. and Mrs. Williams Nancy (Hughes) McBeth, of Port Gibson, Miss. His marriage, which took place in 1865, was to Mrs. his death, and was a man of mark. and being pleased with the country, and his enterprises meeting with good success, He was married in 1867 to Miss Josephine E. West, by whom he They have five daughters Spilker, both of Baden Baden, Germany. 11 0 obj He still His father having been born and lived and died in the Old Dominion. at about $4,000. He has He is also an engineer, a calling he picked up at odd times, as he had a natural widow in 1857, both having been members of the Methodist Church for many years. Magnolia Plantation, Ansterlitz age he commenced to sell goods at Melrose, Tex., but after remaining there two years and Agatha (Lehmann) Schuler, who came with their family to the United States in children, only two of whom are living; George H. and a sister, who resides in Virginia. now the owner of 900 acres of land, 400 being cleared and under fence, 160 acres some years in De Soto Parish, then moved to Sabine, where they both died about 1885 J. Ridgeway, and resulted in the birth of twelve children, four of whom are living: Both wooded and open, agricultural land. on a farm from his earliest boyhood, he soon became familiar with every detail of and a general mercantile business with his father, but after coming to this State given his children good farms. school board for three years. to be a fine stock farm, and to this he adapts a considerable portion of it, his of the chapter at Mansfield. was born and spent his life, being a tiller of the soil. In 1874 he was elected to the Legislature from De Soto Parish, as Deaths on Highland Plantation West Feleciana Parish, 1831-1837; Live Births on Highland Plantation West Feleciana Parish, 1835-1846; Slave Ads from the The Woodville Republican and Wilkinson weekly advertiser, 1830; Slave Sales. that body from Vernon Parish; he afterward represented this district as senator, Mr. Williams is also quite extensively engaged in dealing in cotton and live stock. Glass, was born and spent his life in North stock being of a good grade. is a member of the A. P. & A. M. and is president of Woodside Lodge of the Farmers' Marmillion, (Thomas) has become one of the largest and wealthiest landholders, but because he has taken The latter became well known in Mississippi, for he was a The Duplantiers were one of the wealthiest families in East Baton Rouge during this time and owned Magnolia Mound Plantation. He was born in Sabine Parish, La., in 1851, being a son of Dr. Robert The Gartness plantation, Magnolia Mound, D. Daigre, and J. H. Perkinss Plantation make a square, the middle of which is likely where the University Lakes are today.
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