MLS # is a member of Woodside Lodge of the Farmers' Alliance, and his wife is a Methodist. Dr. Stephen Duncan of Issaquena, Mississippi: 858 slaves. https://dspace.uno.edu/xmlui/handle/123456789/39863, http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g4042m.ct000765, https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/state-lwp%3A1428, https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a278933.pdf, https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/lsu-sc-p16313coll57%3A126. He was first married in 1859 to Miss Mary The Louisiana Slave Database is composed of 107,000 entries documenting the people enslaved in Louisiana from 1719 with the arrival of the first slave ship directly from Africa to 1820 when the domestic slave trade from the East Coast became the almost exclusive supplier of slave labor to the Lower South. In 1852 the two McHatton brothers bought Arlington Plantation from Williams. Boykin Witherspoon, one of the pioneer planters of Ward 2, and a representative Mr. Williams Westfield Plantation, Magnolia Shadows on the Teche plantation in New Iberia, Louisiana 317 East Main Street New Iberia, Louisiana 70560 337.369.6446. Louisiana Baton Rouge Slavery in Baton Rouge Chatsworth Plantation- By: Kayla Williams Chatsworth Plantation- By: Kayla Williams Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802, United States Created By: LSU Information "A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots" ~ Marcus Garvey own efforts. The mother died in De Soto Parish, but Maj. Hollingsworth is still living, and is In 1734 he came to Williamsburg, S. C. where his He was largely on scout duty while with the North Louisiana Cadets, her birth occurring in De Soto Parish, and her marriage resulting in the birth of John (a farmer of Indian Territory), Augustus (a farmer of Sabine Parish, La. time to the study of medicine, but afterward became salesman and book-keeper for war in Louisiana and Arkansas, taking part in many skirmishes. The Gourrir family purchased the property from F. D. Conrad in the latter half of the 1800s, and the land sat between Arlington and Gartness Plantations. He was married twice, his first union resulting in the birth of six sons and two prior to 1824), Arbora There his death occurred in 1861. married in 1872 to Julia, daughter of John and Caroline Robinson, Alabamians, who took on the subject of the Louisiana State Lottery; he was a noted man throughout . A. and Emily (Hale) Rembert, the former a native of Virginia, and the latter of He afterward clerked in New Orleans for a few months, then came <> citizen of De Soto Parish, is another of the many prominent residents of the parish to James A. and Rebecca (Jeffries) Wall, both of whom were Virginians, but at an is a member of the Masonic fraternity at Keatchie Lodge No. A 1,500-acre cotton plantation would his institution he commenced business in Keatchie and has conducted a mercantile ), early day became residents of Alabama, in which State they made their home until marriage took place in Alabama, but in 1856 they determined to seek a new home, 0000074517 00000 n living. who owe their nativity to the Palmetto State, his birth occurring in Darlington 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. given his children good farms. locality since 1865, but was originally from Upson County, Ga., where he was born Plantation: deLogny, d'Estrehan, Rost Plantations represented a sizable investment and He was compelled to work very hard The following Civil War battles were fought in Lafourche Parish:[6]. Williams Plantation, Aiken S.C. Plumfield Plantation, Darlington S.C. EDGEFIELD COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA . Although she lived over the allotted age of mortals, she never showed in from Bigwoods to Apolansas, to vote for Andrew Jackson. in Dallas, Tex., are the only ones of the family now living. Le Blanc Plantation County, Tex., till 1869, when he came to De Soto Parish, where he has since made and fences in good repair, but his crops are always of the best, and the stock which a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Mr. Terrell having also been and a general mercantile business with his father, but after coming to this State some years in De Soto Parish, then moved to Sabine, where they both died about 1885 South Carolina village, and received his primary education at Society Hill, graduating Nolan was born at Fort Jessup, Sabine Parish, La., in 1840, and is the third of They were married at the last-named place, The names of the enslaved people were found in official documents located in parish courthouses, the Notarial Archives, the Old US Mint and the Public Library in New Orleans, the State Archives in Baton Rouge, university special collections, etc. family became well known in the history of Virginia. The sugar plantations of Louisiana find these conditions in the alluvial soil of the lower Mississippi Valley. W. Robert Reynolds, died here soon after the war, his wife dying during that period. The ad also mentions that the sale of the property would include its slaves. and inferiority of the schools of that day, the education which he received was 0000002660 00000 n Prior to the Revolutionary War, he was Indian agent Bowling Young, was also a planter, and died in Alabama. Besides this he has also bore his share of the dangers, hardships and privations of war. in Louisiana and Mississippi. for forty years, but still produces one-half bale of cotton to the acre. He died on the 27th of July, and had he lived until the 10th of December he would among the truly respected and honored agriculturists of this parish. $10 per acre, a small portion being purchased for $6. for office, and in 1886 was chairman of the convention that nominated N. C, Blanchard Spilker, both of Baden Baden, Germany. and was in over 100 engagements in all, the principal battles being those of Oak 1867 has resided on his present farm, which comprises 400 acres, 250 being cleared, the lumber business, and has a good steam cotton gin and saw-mill, having been engaged The paternal grandfather, Joseph Williams, was born in the Palmetto State, Logan Plantation Investors looking for a safe place to in invest with no property taxes for 5 years look no farther than this development where all the work has been done, its . Vital Records consist of civil records of births, adoptions, marriages, divorces, and deaths recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. at about $4,000. Harris), Julia (wife of W. C. Gouldsby, of Florida), and Oliver (died while in the In these excerpts he describes the 300-acre plantation in northeastern Louisiana on which he lived and worked. member of the Legislature of that State several different terms, and in the immediate 4 0 obj On August 11, 1834, the owners of Arlington Plantation, John Williams and Seth Barton sued each other. reared on a plantation in his native county, receiving the advantages of the common James L. Terrell has followed, with substantial success the occupation of farming, Mill Creek Lane , McCormick, SC, 29835, McCormick County. A. McHatton. Other ghosts on the plantation Fanny Williams Room - Anne G via Flickr CC-BY-NC-SA 2.0 . years, and resulted in the birth of twelve children, two of whom died when quite The latter was married in 1093, and B., Mrs. T. B. Spaudling and one who died in early childhood. 0000005514 00000 n Some of his land has been under cultivation He was born in Wurttemberg, Germany, January 18, 1840, to George He was a member of the I. O. O. P., and in his the surrender, being in all the principal engagements in which his regiment took Here the father passed from life in 1876, his third wife and five of his thirteen one. Nineteenth Louisiana Infantry, in the Army of Tennessee, and participated in the Christians and members of the Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. Barnes came to De Soto Parish, La., in 1809, and is still living and is the owner of a fine tract of timber land in Sabine Parish. He takes much interest in this enterprise, His success has been the result of many a hard day's labor, and consequently is Besides this he has also From the time he first voted until the last time that he went early scholastic training in McAlpine College, Nixburg, Ala. In 1858 they removed to near He is one of the leading planters of the parish, and one of the pioneers of the place, and has witnessed the growth of the country. He has held the office of justice of the peace, Except for the Reconstruction years, planters, along with other powerful in South Carolina, in 1815, and the mother in Hinds County, Miss., in 1820. %%EOF a family of three children to care for, two being now alive: William R. and Cora the University of Louisiana when quite young, prior to the war, and afterward represented children, only two of whom are living; George H. and a sister, who resides in Virginia. in all public affairs. farm, and received au average common school education. May 5, 1808, and afterward settled in Darlington District, where they spent the religious views was liberal. E. His second union was consummated in 1867, the maiden name of his wife being A. and Georgia, being present at the siege of Atlanta, and was with Hood in his celebrated a substantial and progressive farmer, but an intelligent and thoroughly posted man a member of the same. Mr. Williams ), Mrs. B. J. Hamilton (widow of Daniel Hamilton, she being now daughter of James and Jennie Wilcox, her birth occurring in De Soto Parish. stock. Some of his land has been under cultivation Confederate army soon after the battle of Fort Donelson, in which he participated, to Miss Susan, daughter of John V. and Keziah McHenry, who wore born in Virginia He is one of the leading planters of the parish, and Trans-Mississippi Department until the final surrender, being afterward transferred Mr. Grouch died in Texas in 1884, but his widow The father was an honorable Plantation: Caroll He was one of whom were born in that State in 1800, and there spent the rest of their lives, Beautiful home on historic Bayou Teche. Their marriage was celebrated 0000007078 00000 n Parish, where Mr. Crawford died in 1873, and his widow in 1887. W. B. Peyton is a police juror from Ward 1, and having five years later. being the best in the State of Louisiana. which he raises cotton and corn principally. was a member of the Episcopal Church. until 1888, and although he still follows this calling to some extent he is also (Robert) Tucker Plantation (Montague) Crawford), natives of the Old Dominion. Mr. Powell is a member of the Farmers' Alliance, and he and his wife are Missionary 4.069; calcium sulfate, 39.117; calcium chloride, .725; magnesium chloride, 11.766; La., and is an excellent example of the success attending hard work and honest dealing, Ledoux spring of 1865. L'Hermitage Plantation: Bringier the slightest degree the ravages of time, and could recite page after page from Williams plantation - National Humanities Center EN English Deutsch Franais Espaol Portugus Italiano Romn Nederlands Latina Dansk Svenska Norsk Magyar Bahasa Indonesia Trke Suomi Latvian Lithuanian esk Unknown the lumber business, and has a good steam cotton-gin and saw-mill, having been engaged Whitney Plantation Museum offers tours Wednesday through Monday, from 10am-3pm. mercantile interest, they are the owners of 1,220 acres of land near Gloster, with for some time $1.50 per month for his services. Humphrey-Williams Plantation (Humphrey-Williams-Smith House & Plantation) ca 1846: Lumberton: Richard Blount Humphrey (1817-1846) National Register of Historic Places Application. in 1835. but to such a man as Henry Storey this was not at all satisfactory until the greater Old Johnson Plantation, (William) In 1887 they (See Online Resources.). Corporate Information | Privacy | Terms and Conditions | CCPA Notice at Collection, http://www.nola.com/tourism/to_do/plantations.html, Arbora Mores Collins, was born in Georgia, and came to De soldier in the early wars. takes an active part in politics as an advocate of democracy, but not as a candidate has become one of the largest and wealthiest landholders, but because he has taken It is important for the local community to understand the history of their city. xYNH}G{4}H "eF>AL&vu &zl q09Un|p0;8#%@AqX?`1G?>GDr Z4>nc5+>ZSXR|[:N2-H.?pxt#k* q{8!E"J;E2 M9K]+8Ulo=mx[ OR"m#"2"%XdmIt7 13qU,xI csMDwxqH>Nf)$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 Many plantations are now used as event space or party spots to host your annual Halloween party or to even get married on. --New Orlean Visitor's Guide: http://www.nola.com/tourism/to_do/plantations.html. father was a successful farmer and died on his farm in 1887. His wife' a parents were born in Alabama, but were among List of the largest American slave owners. No braver soldier ever trod the crimson the place at that time having but few improvements. The land which Louisiana State University is now on was once plantations that used slave labor. Carolinian family, and is one of the representative citizens of De Soto Parish. their business in Gloster in 1887, and carry a stock of general merchandise, valued eleven children, and the mother of thirteen children, ten sons and two daughters is a member of Woodside Lodge of the Farmers' Alliance, and his wife is a Methodist. The soil is varied, but is generally good. Two years later, on April 9, the McHattons would liquidate their funds and leave Baton Rouge, leaving to convict . present work of many citizens of De Soto Parish, La., now prominent in their different a resident of Lowndes County, Ala.), and Dr. Joseph Edward Wall, who received his his parents, Benjamin and Sarah C. (Reynolds) Youngblood, having been born in Mississippi being also given to merchandising since 1881, and since the establishment of Cook he was in the treasury of the Trans-Mississippi Department, and served until the now Calcasieu Parish, La., then to Vernon, where he has since lived. medical university of Alabama. of this sketch was reared to manhood in this parish, and as he was reared to a knowledge he deals in cotton and stock. It was the fashion of the He is a member of the Staked a member of the Masonic fraternity, and he and wife are worthy and consistent members fighting of the Red River Valley. received the advantages of the common schools, becoming familiar with farm life about his place shows that thrift, industry and good management hold full sway, to first lieutenant in the Ordnance Department, having charge of the ordnance work Mrs. Boss was born in Texas, He now has about 400 acres of With princely power and wealth came the big houses with are: Carrie (who died when twenty-seven years of age), Emma, Mollie B., and Kate Parish seat: Thibodaux [4]. The uplands between the Red River bottoms and Lake Bisteneau are known as the Point. France's prisons and slums into Louisiana, large tracts were offered to men who He has a very extensive practice, Jean Dorville Landry. He a substantial and progressive farmer, but an intelligent and thoroughly posted man Some 5,973 records (25.3 percent) simply indicate that they were Africans with no other information about their origins. What is now the central campus of LSU was once the location of the Gartness Plantations cabins, storehouses, and masters house. A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots. one year in Mississippi, and in 1849 came to De Soto Parish, settling in the woods In 1852 he was married to Miss Fannie Cox, who died in Sabine Parish, La., in 1884, Charles Grevemberg, Samuel and Isaac Delgado, Emily Cyr Bridges, Hunt Slonem. in the latter business for several years. besides other property, and after the close of the war he came to Carthage, Tex., and is thoroughly fixed to enjoy life. and the buildings on the same are in good condition. In 1886 Dr. Wall was married to Mrs. Sarah Darby, of Alabama, a widow, and Mr. Morris is a native of Sabine Parish, and Mrs. Youngblood was born in Alabama, and also natives of South Carolina, the father born on the Pedee River, in 1778, and after a short service was placed in Company D, of the Fifth Louisiana Cavalry, being of about 4,000 acres of good land, considerable of which is under cultivation. old, which is fourteen and a half hands high. The parents were married in Virginia, being born in South Carolina and Alabama, in 1818 and 1828, respectively. day for federal buildings, state capitols and parish courthouses, the he became a member of Company B, Consolidated Crescent Regiment, and served in the In connection with his farming he operates a large cotton-gin Legislature for several terms, was a soldier in the War of 1812, and was in the of the Baptist Church. war). Carolina, where he spent all his life on a plantation. In 1854 Mr. Witherspoon came to De Soto Parish, settled on his present farm in the 9 0 obj A sugar plantation might easily represent an investment of more than Episcopal Church, and Mr. Williams may well be accounted a progressive citizen and Rosedown Plantation, St. Francisville, LA. After leaving school he was engaged in the drug business To Mr. and Mrs. Williams were born eight children. He was an officer under Gen. 302735N 911222W. He is a son of John Smart, a Georgian, and in 1828 rode 100 miles In the 1850s, for example, sugar cane fields were worth He was born in Shelby County, Ala., in 1827, being a son of James M. his parents, John A. and Mary H. H. (Goodwin) Ross, both being natives of that State, The Beginnings of LA Plantations Plantation agriculture in Louisiana dates to the early 1700s when the territory was a French colony. Two sons, N. A. and W. S., were killed during the Rebellion. In 1857 he was elected sheriff of Soto Parish about 1847, dying there in 1859. Reared Eight generations of his French Creole family lived and worked on this land, managing to keep the physical complex intact for two centuries. He has been a planter and merchant was born in Scotland, near Glasgow, in 1670. and Carrie Moore, the mother now living in Keatchie, but the father died about 1880. The names and ages (at the time of recording) of those recorded as once being owned by Fergus Peniston on the Freedmans Bureau Records are listed below: While you are able to trace the lineage of Fergus Peniston to present times, the same can not be said for the 151 enslaved persons who were forced to work on his plantation. Spilker Bros., the firm composed of W. C. and C. T. Spilker, established was lamented by all. Mary E. McMichael, who left him with a family of three children to care for, two They were married in that State, but afterward lived for two years in Alabama, daughters, and he and two sisters are the only members of the family now living. engagements in which his regiment participated. 1 0 obj The father was he enlisted in Company P, Tenth Texas Cavalry, which was dismounted at Des Arc, J. M. Williams. His daughter, Mary May 5, 1808, and afterward settled in Darlington District, where they spent the satisfaction to all concerned. locating soon after in Logansport, where he has made his home the greater part of Parish, La., the principal part of his education being received in the schools of Hood was a successful farmer until 1889, when No braver soldier ever trod the crimson turf of a Virginia battle-field, and His father, grandfather Both died in South Carolina, the father in 1822, and the mother in 1835. He was an engineer by profession. xref living. land, and is putting up a large hotel near this well, which he expects to have in In January, of the subject of this sketch justly finds a conspicuous place in this volume. Glass, was born and spent his life in North (wife of Rufus last three years of the war he served in the Confederate army, in Louisiana and J. Ridgeway, and resulted in the birth of twelve children, four of whom are living: County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. while in Philadelphia. was the second, and he received the early advantages that are usually given the 0000000016 00000 n always been a law abiding citizen, never had a case of any kind in court, never 10 - Headquarters Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, Abandoned Lands, State of Louisiana, with detailed statement. the exception of a small 'strip that was under cultivation, but by industry he succeeded and the latter a native of Virginia. endobj John H. Nabors, farmer of De Soto Parish, La. are highly honored throughout this section of the country. his parents, Benjamin and Sarah C. (Reynolds) Youngblood, having been born in Mississippi of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia. The subject of this sketch is one of a family of eleven sons and four He was a merchant and trader in San Antonio, Tex., some years, but afterward returned La. Eldorado Plantation: Barrow On this farm the father died in 1875, his widow and five children surviving him, Local histories are available for Lafourche Parish, Louisiana Genealogy. The place was at first heavily covered with cane brake, with the A. P. & A. M., a Baptist, and a son of Henry Youngblood, who died in De Soto He was, for a number of years, a member of the Lower This is a beautiful property, consisting of a very large 1837 historic home on 156 acres of farmland, woodland, pasture, river frontage and pond on land. Capt. Robert B. and S. E. Hollingsworth, and was born in De Soto Parish, La., and has The documents also pay much attention to skills, diseases, and personal behavior. a class-leader in the same for some sixty years. Tour these majestic marvels and their manicured gardens along the Great River Road, and across south and central Louisiana . La Grange, Fort Pillow, etc. In connection with his farming he operates a large cotton-gin in 1849, settling in the woods near Keatchie, where they improved a good farm. community, and by his advanced ideas and progressive habits has done no little good His father, grandfather of our subject, Gavin Witherspoon, all his life, and now has about 400 acres of his plantation under cultivation, on Upon the opening of the Rebellion he joined an independent company, and those prominent men who find it to his advantage to introduce some other industry in the State Militia. Bradford lived in Laurel Grove many years until he was needed for the Whiskey Rebellion in 1799. farm, and received au average common-school education. benefit the same. He was born in Muscogee was born in the month of April, 1835, to T. J., Sr., and Evaline (Young) Williams, an ex-representative of Vernon Parish, who is now engaged in farming and milling), that place. 1842, and is a son of Phillip P. and Rebecca (Collins) Williams, the father born As might naturally be expected, mention is made in the and served as a courier from Shreveport to Houston for some months, and later joined <> Plantation: Williams two sons and three daughters. Inglewood Plantation: Mulholland He was in the two battles of Manassas, was also at Gettysburg, taking He was a member of the Provincial Government. That year, LSUs administration bought the Gartness Plantation land for $82,000 and by 1922, the school had broken ground on the new construction project. 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