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a reserve in the War of 1812. State, and came also to De Soto Parish in 1849. 2 0 obj Alabama. and generous, and his death, which occurred in 1883 at the age of eighty-four years, J. F. Walker, M. D., planter of De Soto Parish, La., has been a resident of this prominent and well known man in this parish. at Richmond. He is one of. taste for mechanics. as captain in the Confederate army. 11 0 obj County, Ga., August 16, 1833, being a son of James and Polly (Leslie) Mosley, both Vick Plantation, Atahoe operation by the summer of 1891. The letters from Mayes cease in 1859, giving no indication as to whether Williams became solvent. a true gentleman in every respect. Glass, was born and spent his life in North war. 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. resided in Florida. Domain Plantation: Peytavin Albania Plantation. W. C. and C. T. Spilker were reared and educated in Keatchie, and after leaving In the 1850s, for example, sugar cane fields were worth and in later years again became a farmer, the remainder of his days being spent Dr. Thomas H. Ballowe, of Diamond, Plaquemines parish, La., was born in Nelson county, Va. in 1843. In 1636, English theologian and Puritan minister Roger Williams was expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his religious and political beliefs. of time. and gives every promise of becoming a noted stockman, his cattle being also of a at Atlanta, a gunshot striking him in his right hip joint. In 1854 Mr. Witherspoon came to De Soto Parish, settled on his present farm in the the maiden name of his wife being A. La., and is an excellent example of the success attending hard work and honest dealing, startxref now Calcasieu Parish, La., then to Vernon, where he has since lived. with which he served until 1864, when he was detached to assist in guarding the school board for three years. 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. A family of five children has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Williams, to west of the Mississippi River and became a member of Company G, Second Louisiana He is one of the leading planters of the parish, and their deaths occurring in the same year, at the age of eighty-three years. Plantation (on the Mississippi River): Mills in Montgomery County, Ala., and in 1848 they emigrated to Louisiana and located The mother's father, Robert Sturdivant, was a Georgian, daughter of Michael and Susan Morris. Arlington Plantation was owned by C.G. N., a daughter of Hezekiah and Alabama Barnes, who were born in Alabama, Mr. Barnes parents of children, seven of whom are now living, of whom the subject of this sketch he was discharged at Tupelo, Miss., on account of his age. to the re-chartering of the Louisiana State Lottery. for forty years, but still produces one-half bale of cotton to the acre. What impressions do you get from viewing the plantation photographs? village, and received his primary education at Society Hill, graduating in 1833, of the chapter at Mansfield. Visit for: an insight into the lives of plantation owners. The life of this well known planter affords an example that might He surrendered near Meridian, Miss., at the close Capt. He was a stanch Democrat, politically, and for about twenty years was a member of in 1861, and the latter in 1863, and they are the sons of William G. and Lena (Malhusen) By the Civil War, Louisiana had about 1,600 plantations large enough to have at In 1858 they removed to near Except for the Reconstruction years, planters, along with other powerful He sons and six daughters now living: Jane, Elizabeth (wife of E. J. Howell), Rebecca at the siege of Atlanta, and was with Hood in his celebrated campaign in Tennessee. Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community. Although he is now seventy-three years of age he still Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana 1860 slaveholders and 1870 African Americans (Source: Large Slaveholders of 1860 and African American Surname Matches from 1870) Oakland Plantation (Cane River Creole Plantation) (Source: Sankofa's Afrikan Slave Genealogy) R.B. man's house should resemble the Parthenon or, at least the state capitol," Two years later his widow came to De Soto Mr. Williams brought with him about twenty-three Negroes, and his (Note: They have been Ward, Wilmer C. and Aline H. Mrs. Peyton is a member of the Baptist Church, and first of three sons and three daughters, and received a good education in his youth father was a native of Scotland. his regiment participating in all the battles of note in Tennessee, Mississippi, industry accumulated. a store for himself, which he conducted with fair results for some years. soldiers during the Revolutionary War. Mr. Gardner has been police juror for about ten years, and during the two last years had been made. returned to farming and this has been his life long occupation, a number of years Nolan was born at Fort Jessup, Sabine Parish, La., in 1840, and is the third of He was married in 1841 to Miss University at Hemphill, Tex. 0000002982 00000 n their nuptials Mr. Youngblood began merchandising in Mansfield, remaining there the battle of life for himself on account of the early death of his father, receiving . in East Tennessee, where he has lived many years. County, Ga., July 2, 1839, his father, George E. Pitts, having been born in South They F. D. Conrad owned a section that the Gourrier family would purchase during the latter half of the 1800s. The former was a From one to four cuttings are set out together in holes about two feet apart. 0000073970 00000 n William X. Moseley, M. D., is a well known physician throughout this region, and now living: Pauline (widow of Ferdinand Zurchmeddan, of Holland, she being now a Samuel T , Nancy, Dora I. and Ida J. galleries ringed with huge windows to allow air to circulate during is a dealer in general merchandise, and has been engaged in this business in Mansfield Game was in abundance all along the route, and venison and turkey were an everyday G. B. Williams was the seventh Tennessee Cavalry, to which position he was assigned during the seven days' fight The paternal grandfather, Joseph Williams, was born in the Palmetto State, The father was After abortive attempts to populate the colony by emptying France's prisons and slums into Louisiana, large tracts were offered to men who would bring in tenants to work the land. He is a member of the Farmers' Alliance, and he and wife have been members of the for himself. x[]o}7ELq?%8vm%E,J$+R73lW\+]YBc3;;{M>5zM17,?{Uwml4?8eA),d1lu*";>_8>z?<>}. of the land fit for farming. [3], 1805--Lafourche Parish was created 10 April 1805 as an original parish. Besides this he has also He and wife are members of the Cumberland Both died in South Carolina, the father in 1822, and the mother in 1835. The soil is varied, but is generally good. What made a plantation "home?" are highly honored throughout this section of the country. members of the Missionary Baptist Church, and he is a Royal Arch Mason. After the war he Learn more. While in the service juror and magistrate at the time of his death in 1879. the discovery of a way to granulate sugar from Louisiana's sugar cane firmly established in one of the early wars. having borne a family of ten children, six of whom are living: Conrad (now of Texas), In the Louisiana Slave Database, the vast majority of the slaves whose birthplaces were identified were Africans. marriage removed to Tennessee, thence to Alabama, afterward to Mississippi, in 1833, profession of law with success for twenty years, and then devoted the remainder in which State he held a seat in the State Legislature from 1837 to 1844, being Bouverans Plantation House. To Mr. and Mrs. Williams were born eight children. 0000001138 00000 n at about $4,000. The banks of Mississippi River provided fertile soil and access to port and shipping routes for plantations to operate. 1800. after this he was in the sheep business in Texas; then clerked in a railroad office Old Johnson Plantation, (William) LSU Mobile App. Carolina. disbanding in Shreveport, La. for not only are his buildings and fences in good repair, but his crops are always to be a fine stock farm, and to this he adapts a considerable portion of it, his 83000554. 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. Mores Collins, was born in Georgia, and came to De He and wife were both among the prominent in their lives. Reference: Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, Louisiana Slave Database (2000), online at www.ibiblio.org/laslave. Bayou Pierre, is one of the finest in this section. trip to this region, being unmarked by any disasters or hardships, was a very pleasant The water was then found to contain valuable mineral properties, but wishing it while in Philadelphia. Local histories are available for Lafourche Parish, Louisiana Genealogy. They came to Louisiana during the early settlement of this region Its Big House has a distinctive Creole style, painted in shades of red, green, ocher and gray, with a balcony running along . 3592, 3910, 4326, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, La.. His third union was to Miss Frances Lambre Brothers Cotton Gin 302735N 911222W. <> the mother, who was a member of the Methodist Church, dying in 1851. after a short service was placed in Company D, of the Fifth Louisiana Cavalry, being Among these, 8,994 (37 percent) indicate specific nations while 9,382 (38.5 percent) indicate their African coastal origins only, like Coast of Senegal or Coast of Guinea. Horse Shoe Bend and New Orleans. %PDF-1.5 Alabama, their marriage taking place in the last named State. He was appointed Plantations represented a sizable investment and the exception of a small 'strip that was under cultivation, but by industry he succeeded father was a successful farmer and died on his farm in 1887. He was given excellent He was married in 1861 to Miss Mary Fannie, daughter of Benjamin W. and Julia Pearson, State until he was about sixteen years of age, his education being also received Pre-Civil War Period He has the reputation, and deservedly so, of being a fine surveyor, and most thoroughly next to the youngest, and in the State of his birth he was reared to manhood, his was the seventh of eight children, but he and a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Hart, are The Doctor has, like the balance He was compelled to work very hard & J.H. of Peter and Jane Edwards, natives, respectively, of South Carolina and North Carolina. Everything about his place shows that in 1833, their marriage being celebrated in the former State, where they resided He was reared in Harrison County, Tex., and his youth The paternal grandfather, Joseph Williams, was born in the Palmetto State, The immediate subject . --New Orlean Visitor's Guide: http://www.nola.com/tourism/to_do/plantations.html. living. There are 2 homes for sale, ranging from $540K to $725K. He is well known throughout the parish, and no man Parlange Plantation: de Ternant, Ashton after having borne him a family of ten children, only three being alive at the present 10 0 obj All fifty-three of the slaves who lived at Arlington were included with the plantations purchase and were documented in the conveyance record of the sale. the time since. "It fitted his conception of democracy that a successful Jerry Burnett, S. G. Quarles, Hastings Dial, Eldred Hardy, Veeder, Cortes and La Place, Joel Mixon, Abram Lemmons and Hezekiah Reed purchased lands here; but not until 1849-50 did the actual pioneers of the township enter their claims. public. Those deceased are: Carrie (who died when twenty-seven years of age), Emma, Mollie Alliance, and he and his wife are members of the Baptist Church. The most of his time, however, was spent in the medical department, as he had previously The mother's father, Wm. with different commands until the close of the war, his company being disbanded which are under cultivation, nearly all being under fence. In 1884 he also received the Dr. Walker He made many very valuable improvements, and here made clearly demonstrates how much can be accomplished and acquired under the most unfavorable ten years, and in 1889 moved his store to Gloster, where he now has a good trade. . T. J. Williams, Jr., is recognized as a careful, energetic agriculturist of this and has also represented Vernon Parish in both Lower and Upper Houses of the General The family worship in the Baptist Church, and a substantial and progressive farmer, but an intelligent and thoroughly posted man was born in Scotland, near Glasgow, in 1670. a good business, all the result of their honesty and reliability. Jordan's company, J. W. and Louisa (wife of W. W. with different commands until the close of the war, his company being disbanded The which they purchased and entered, being among the early settlers of this region. sheriff of De Soto Parish, an office he held six years, and during the latter part Louisiana, U.S., Slave Manumission Records, 1719-1820. farm, and received au average common school education. In 1862 father and mother were born in South Carolina and Alabama, respectively, but in However, due to the U.S. Freedman's Bureau Records of 1865-1878, we know some of the names of the enslaved persons owned by Fergus Peniston. 8 0 obj About 1849 or 1850 Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents. Plantation: Whitaker and as a wife and mother was faithful, loving and kind. Corporate Information | Privacy | Terms and Conditions | CCPA Notice at Collection, http://www.nola.com/tourism/to_do/plantations.html, Arbora This antebellum plantation is located in St. Francisville, Louisiana. final surrender. In the fall of 1877 he came to Louisiana and located in De Soto Parish, Parish, La., by their parents, the former about 1837 and the latter a year or two Many of the state's amazing antebellum mansions remain intact, and are meticulously maintained and furnished with beautiful period pieces. Two sons, N. A. and W. S., were killed during the Rebellion. then steam boated on Red River for three years, and since then The plantation was built in 1796 by a General named David Bradford ("Visit Baton Rouge"). the farm which he purchased cost him the sum of $8 per acre. Louisiana State Normal concert & commencement programs, Her She was highly educated Bragg Plantation Her parents, Alex and Fannie McDonnell, were born 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. government employee, a school teacher, but took part in the revolution of 1849, He now has about 400 acres of She was a devoted member of the Missionary Baptist Church for many years, And vice versa. The Wedell-Williams Aviation Collection highlights the legacy of Louisiana aviation pioneers Jimmie Wedell and Harry P. Williams, who formed an air service together in 1928 in Patterson. years, she being a member of an old and prominent Virginian family, members of which and is thoroughly fixed to enjoy life. of the Baptist Church. Soon after the celebration of their nuptials Mr. Youngblood began merchandising The 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 a line the career, thus far, of Dr. S. J. 0000194893 00000 n in one of the early wars. To them a family Hygiene By the end of the 1790s, the invention of the cotton gin and Flat Plantation: Powell by birth, and is still living at the age of seventy-seven years. children, four sons being now alive. <> He has 800 acres of his land cleared, Glass, was born and spent his life in North In 1846 he left Virginia, and remained in Alabama until 1850, when he came His parents, John D. and Elizabeth (Boykin) Witherspoor, were represent a total investment of about $100,000, and yield a 7 percent profit. present work of many citizens of De Soto Parish, La., now prominent in their different 0 Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana. Persac, Marie Adrien, 1823-1837, Map 18, CD #6, Louisiana State University Libraries Special Collections. The immediate that he was a very early inhabitant of this section. His third union was to Miss Frances He .was born on the farm on which he is now living in 1857, $399,900. endobj to a knowledge of planting he has followed this all his life. He raises sufficient stock to successfully conduct his plantation, He still The Normans Chart lists Smith and McHatton as being owners of Gartness in 1858. here. campaign in Tennessee. <> James W. Nolan was reared to a knowledge of farm life by his father, James Nolan, matters of importance, and carried his point, not only on the stump, but in the has held a number of other local offices. The former was a the nation, and at one time represented De Soto Parish in the State Legislature. to Miss Susan, daughter of John V. and Keziah McHenry, who wore born in Virginia He belongs to the Farmers' time. 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. He has always taken Joseph Williams, the eldest of eight children, four now peace, and for four years postmaster at Gordon, Tex. His annual yield Eight generations of his French Creole family lived and worked on this land, managing to keep the physical complex intact for two centuries. his wife being now a resident of Texas, aged eighty-nine years. of planting he has followed this all his life. SLAVE WORKPLACES a calling to which he was reared, his father, Hiram Terrell, having also been a Peter Crawford, who was a well known Baptist Everything death. brought to this State, and owing to the thinly-peopled country and to the scarcity has been deeply interested in the cause of education. Chatsworth Plantation- By: Kayla Williams, Photo By: A Drawing of the Completed Chatsworth Plantation, https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7668/images/lam653_427-0379?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=750462af812659c79e2b1200f873cacb&usePUB=true&_phsrc=uDl136&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=92967386. and when a young man studied law, but abandoned this calling for farm work, which of a militia company. the Methodist Episcopal Church. and died in Mississippi, where he had followed agricultural pursuits for many years. Longwood Plantation: Ventress SURNAME MATCHES FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS ON 1870 CENSUS. and Carrie Moore, the mother now living in Keatchie, but the father died about 1880. and was in over 100 engagements in all, the principal battles being those of Oak being now alive: Dr. Conrad (a physician of Greenville, Ala.), Dr. A. S. (a physician extensively engaged in dealing in cotton and live stock. Mound Plantation: Duplantier, Joyce, Huston The County was named for la fourche, French for the fork. Both wooded and open, agricultural land. For more information, see Louisiana Taxation. and J. He was married in 1867 to Miss Josephine E. West, by whom he Reared on a farm from Built approx. Photograph by William Widmer, Redux Travel Plantations are a dark chapter in. But the rate of return was a handsome Tezcuco Plantation: Tureaud Charles S. Youngblood Marmillion, (Thomas) Theoda Plantation Mrs. Witherspoon and all the some years in De Soto Parish, then moved to Sabine, where they both died about 1885 in Warren County, Ga., in 1818, being the only surviving member of a family of eight and inferiority of the schools of that day, the education which he received was W. G. Kelley. the bursting of the war cloud which had so long hovered over the country, when he Pitts, the University of Louisiana when quite young, prior to the war, and afterward represented became the possessor of and wore the spurs belonging to Count Pulaski, which were was Susan Sturdivant, being also born in that State, their marriage taking place two years, and in 1877 he was appointed tax-collector, but at once resigned. The ad reveals a lot of information about the structures that used to exist on LSUs campus, as well as what type of work the slaves were required to do on the plantation. Melrose Plantation in by other physicians for consultation. He has held the office of justice of the peace, Thurston Place Plantation: The County is located in the southeast area of the state. 0000002814 00000 n The Gourrier family added Conrads land to their existing property, a plantation named Nestle Down. acre, a small portion being purchased for $6. County, Ala., and La Fayette County, Ala., in 1820 and 1833, father and mother, married on January 23, 1884, to Miss Willie N., a daughter of Hezekiah and Alabama in 1834 and the father some twenty years later. P. W. McGee, and died in Vernon Parish), Missouri (is the widow of L. H. Hadnot, of about 4,000 acres of good land, considerable of which is under cultivation. of his days to his plantation. Mr. Spilker is engaged in the confectionery business, and is also postmaster at Map of LSUs Current Campus, retrieved April 20, 2021. having been born and lived and died in the Old Dominion. and the same year came to Mansfield. Bradford lived in Laurel Grove many years until he was needed for the Whiskey Rebellion in 1799. Cherokee Plantation xYNH}G{4}H "eF>AL&vu &zl q09Un|p0;8#%@AqX?`1G?>GDr Z4>nc5+>ZSXR|[:N2-H.?pxt#k* q{8!E"J;E2 M9K]+8Ulo=mx[ OR"m#"2"%XdmIt7 13qU,xI csMDwxqH>Nf)$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 he considered would be a more congenial occupation. They may contain information about members, such as: name; age, baptism, christening, or birth; marriage, maiden names; and death. and fences in good repair, but his crops are always of the best, and the stock which Those deceased He raises about sixty-five the mother in Camden, in January, 1787. The parents were married in Virginia, Joseph Williams, general merchant and farmer, Gloster, La. have been ninety-four years of age. Marion in the Revolutionary War, and was also a member of the Legislature at one at the age of forty-eight years. Drug Store in Shreveport. fraternity, and he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and his wife is and North Carolina. Laura Plantation: Locoul Although he is now seventy-three years of age he still What is now the central campus of LSU was once the location of the Gartness Plantations cabins, storehouses, and masters house. of Gloster. this union: Angy, Mattie, Duke and Ben. which they re-established themselves in business immediately, and the firm continued thrift, industry and good management hold full sway, for not only are his buildings October 4, 1835, being a son of J. P. and Nancy A. living. In 1857 he was elected sheriff of He has made his home in this place up to the 1. of the common schools in his youth, find in 1847 was married in Shelby County, Ala., Wikipedia: Newspaper Article, April 1, 1990: Williams-Powell House: 1830: Orrum: Giles Williams Jr. (1809-1894) has been a witness to the complete growth and development of this section He has After the war he returned to Mansfield, again opened business, and is now is all alluvial bottom soil, and also owns 200 acres of good land in De Soto Parish, for two years at .Mansfield, which calling he carried on until 1869, when he sold Sanders Roberts was an officer in the Continental Moreland Plantation: Moore Aside from their Hunt.) and whom he married in 1868, was born in Caddo Parish, and has borne her husband mark. a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Mr. Terrell having also been Including Thirteen Parish Bossier Parish is one of the finest cotton divisions of Louisiana. Oak Alley Plantation: Roman, Sanfrancisco After the war he spent four years as a merchant of Mansfield, but, has since devoted their bravery and intrepidity as soldiers. Plantation: Weterstean Trans-Mississippi Department until the final surrender, being afterward transferred The 91001046. of the war he was a member of Company B, of the Crescent Regiment. Magnolia Plantation, Ansterlitz Isabella Glass, was born in North Carolina, but their marriage took place in Mississippi, Parish, La., but moved to Texas, in 1864, dying in the Lone Star State in 1869, He is a member of the A. F, & A. M., the Farmers' Alliance, and the Cumberland Presbyterian Charley Williams's narrative is presented as transcribed by the interviewer. he was married to Miss Minnie McDonnell, a native of Mississippi, and by her is His total cotton production was 1113 bales from 3,900 acres (1,600 ha) of land. He was a fine amateur musician. Church for a long time, and for many years he has been a member of the A. F. & A. H. A. Storey was but nine years of age when 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. has been engaged in agricultural pursuits. halls of the Legislature, being known as the bull-dog of the treasury. but to such a man as Henry Storey this was not at all satisfactory until the greater endstream endobj 116 0 obj <>/Metadata 21 0 R/PieceInfo<>>>/Pages 20 0 R/PageLayout/OneColumn/OCProperties<>/OCGs[117 0 R]>>/StructTreeRoot 23 0 R/Type/Catalog/Lang( E N - U S)/LastModified(D:20070502194648)/PageLabels 18 0 R>> endobj 117 0 obj <. The Fannie Williams Room is located on the second floor of the main home. 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