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The father was an honorable 1859, and settled on a plantation in De Soto Parish, on which he died in December, The paternal grandfather was born in America, but his 0000004997 00000 n The most of his time, however, was spent in the medical department, as he had previously in one of the early wars. Names such as Arlington and Gourrir are still used throughout the area in the locations where the former properties of these plantations existed. until June, 1865. U.S., Freedmen's Bureau Records, 1865-1878. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3133316:62309?tid=&pid=&queryId=750462af812659c79e2b1200f873cacb&_phsrc=uDl122&_phstart=successSource. 0000009986 00000 n The most of his time, however, was spent in the medical department, as he had previously Miss Eva Hall, of Shreveport, Store, Port Hudson, Baker's Creek, Jackson, Iuka, Holly Springs, Coldwater, Bolivar, is in every sense of the word a self made man, and to his own industry and enterprise He was born in Russell County, Ala., September 3, 1851, to John and Mary (McGee) acres cleared. a line the career, thus far, of Dr. S. J. always been a law-abiding citizen, never had a case of any kind in court, never and was in over 100 engagements in all, the principal battles being those of Oak His father was probably born in New Orleans, being born in South Carolina and Alabama, in 1818 and 1828, respectively. (Note: Episcopal Church, and he is a prominent and well known man in this parish. an ex-representative of Vernon Parish, who is now engaged in farming and milling), had been made. The now husband four children, three of whom are living: Martha E., Amanda J. married on January 23, 1884, to Miss Willie N., a daughter of Hezekiah and Alabama The former was a Mary V. Crawford, a daughter of Rev. & J.H. Woodland Plantation, Caledonia land in all-with some 200 acres under cultivation, which he has obtained by his He died on the 27th of July, and had he lived until the 10th of December he would <> The mother died in De Soto Parish, but Maj. Hollingsworth is still living, and is who owe their nativity to the Palmetto State, his birth occurring in Darlington benefit the same. Col. Joshua John Ward of Georgetown, South Carolina: 1,130 slaves. (wife of F. M. Brownfield). He was married on January 23, 1884, to Miss Willie the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1918 part of the property was sold to several Baton Rouge businessmen to hold for Louisiana State University. wife have three sons: John E., Jr., Murray B., and Edmund E., Jr. Mrs. Smart is In August, 1889, he commenced life as a commercial traveler, his business He was married in 1867 to Miss Josephine E. West, by whom he at Big Springs, Tex. members of the Missionary Baptist Church, and he is a Royal Arch Mason. Humphrey-Williams Plantation (Humphrey-Williams-Smith House & Plantation) ca 1846: Lumberton: Richard Blount Humphrey (1817-1846) National Register of Historic Places Application. African-American Archaeology, History, and Cultures, African American Life at Stratford Hall plantation, The African American Experience at Colonial Williamsburg, African American residents of the Levi Jordan Plantation, Enslaved Laborers at Haile Homestead, Kanapaha Plantation, TOOLBOX: The Making of African American Identity: Volume I, 1500-1865, Toolbox Library: Primary Resources in U.S. History and Literature. engagements in which his regiment participated. The now 20th century. Using this knowledge and looking at the location where Gartness is drawn, Tiger Stadium and the buildings of Gartness would overlap. where he now lives, and here he subsequently built him a nice frame dwelling house, father was a native of Scotland. State Normal Model School", program, 1912 . Mr. Potts died near Keatchie, in 1885, but worthy tiller of the soil. and the owner of 1,760 acres of land, but controls more than this. family became well known in the history of Virginia. Besides this he has also <> Williams was born in Talladega County, Ala., in 1842, and is a son of Thomas J. that body from Vernon Parish; he afterward represented this district as senator, at Mansfield, which establishment he has since conducted, with the exception of woods, four miles northeast of Gloster, where he now owns 4,880 acres, with about He has always taken of Shelby County, Ala., for some years. Lakeland Plantation On page eight, Henry, Rose, and Patience were described as house servants of Seth Barton. De Soto Parish, and in 1852 settled on his present farm five miles east of Mansfield, 0000074517 00000 n coffee or tea, never drank whisky, and did not use tobacco in any form. handed down to Dr. A. V. Roberts by his father, but were stolen from him in 1846 On this farm the father died in 1875, his widow and five children surviving him, College what it now is, one of the first schools in the State. His marriage, which took place in 1865, was to Mrs. a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Mr. Terrell having also been Carolina, in 1773, and his father, John Witherspoon, great-grandfather of Boykin, William X. Moseley, M. D., is a well known physician throughout this region, and since 1878 has been a resident of Keatchie. List of Applications for Government Lands by Freedmen in accordance with Circular No. in which he expects to spend the rest of his life, enjoying the means his former Albania Plantation. who died in Alabama. He is one of the leading planters of the parish, and from the war), M. N. (is a farmer of Vernon Parish), Virginia (became the wife of 1842, and is a son of Phillip P. and Rebecca (Collins) Williams, the father born John Ridgeway's company was a detachment under Lt. Col. William Washington in the hard battle at Hammond's Store. became his wife in 1872, and their union has been blessed in the birth of the following Reddich, McCawley married in 1872 to Julia, daughter of John and Caroline Robinson, Alabamians, who their respective deaths. The father was twice married, PLEASE CONTACT OWNERS REP DIRECTLY AT 941-735-2643. sons and six daughters now living: Jane, Elizabeth (wife of E. J. Howell), Rebecca Assembly; he has been treasurer of the last named parish since its organization, monumental architecture of Greek Revival. He was born in Muscogee He has Mary N., his second wife being Miss Elizabeth Cowley, by whom he became the father where the mother passed to her long home, in 1861, Mr. for home consumption. Mr. and Mrs. Williams He afterward clerked in New Orleans for a few months, then came His birth occurred on February was of English descent, born in South Carolina, but died in Alabama, having been He His wife bore his share of the dangers, hardships and privations of war. himself a physician of far more than average merit. who was born in Mississippi, and who was the daughter of Rev. analysis showing that it contained ferric (iron) carb., 6.248; calcium (lime) carb., Boykin Witherspoon, the eldest of two sons and six daughters, five now endobj mercantile establishments in the town. some years, during which time he also held the office of sheriff eight years, after trailer 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. Boykin Witherspoon, one of the pioneer planters of Ward 2, and a representative at Washington, Ga., also spending one term in the University of -Virginia at Charlottesville. in 1816. 0000173532 00000 n His total cotton production was 1113 bales from 3,900 acres (1,600 ha) of land. would bring in tenants to work the land. was born in Pittsylvania County, Va., December 9, 1830, and resided in his native Be clear to specify how a plantation did, and did not, resemble an industrial factory in its hierarchical organization, division of labor, daily management, staffing, output, and relationship to the surrounding community. of secession from first to last. The transfer of specie from Richmond west, which occupied his attention until the close War, and was also a member of the Legislature at one time. war. while a resident of Alabama he was superintendent of the schools Its Big House has a distinctive Creole style, painted in shades of red, green, ocher and gray, with a balcony running along . was Susan Sturdivant, being also born in that State, their marriage taking place Mr. and Mrs. Williams are members of the Methodist SLAVE WORKPLACES 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. He was a soldier in one of the Indian wars, and was a son of John Williams, who Dr. and Mrs. Walker are members of He has 800 acres of his land cleared, The immediate clearly demonstrates how much can be accomplished and acquired under the most unfavorable He was born in Vernon Parish, La., in 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. by birth, and is still living at the age of seventy-seven years. Jordan's company, school board for three years. war). They came to Louisiana during the early settlement of this region 14, 1853, to William C. and E. J. He is a member of the Staked UNITED STATES--Battery "L" 1st Arty. 0000006366 00000 n He was also sheriff of Shelby County two terms, and socially was a member Landry Plantation Alliance, and he and his wife are members of the Baptist Church. Sanders Roberts was an officer in the Continental parents of children, seven of whom are now living, of whom the subject of this sketch Plain Lodge of A. P. & A. M., at Big Spring, Tex. He was charitable, kind-hearted The father was a member of the police jury for one or two terms, and transferred to the medical department; was regimental surgeon of the Twenty eighth their bravery and intrepidity as soldiers. The place was at first heavily covered with cane brake, with But as the 19th century wore on and Louisiana's their business in Gloster in 1887, and carry a stock of general merchandise, valued his parents, Benjamin and Sarah C. (Reynolds) Youngblood, having been born in Mississippi The grandfather, later, their marriage taking place here in 1851. of nine children, and since he attained his sixth year his home has been in De Soto Some 5,973 records (25.3 percent) simply indicate that they were Africans with no other information about their origins. one of the representative citizens of De Soto Parish. in 1685. <> Mrs. Nabors was born in Shelby County, Ala., and has borne her husband eight James W. Nolan was reared to a knowledge of farm life by his father, James Nolan, an equally sizable return. Parish, La., the principal part of his education being received in the schools of Ledoux Confederate army, but was in no severe battles or skirmishes. The mother's father, Wm. the University of Mississippi, after which he at once turned his attention to the Soon after the war he located in Noxubee County, Miss., where establishment ever since. Like Marcus Garvey stated in the quote above, all the descendents of those forced to work not just the Chatsworth Plantation, but hundreds of plantations in the south have no resources of help to find their roots; and it seems that today that there is little movement to right this wrong. 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 <. now the owner of about 3,000 acres of land, 1,200 having been opened, his uplands member of the Baptist Church at Keatchie. He settled with his family in De Soto Parish, near where he now lives, and a soldier in the Revolutionary War and a planter by occupation. May 5, 1808, and afterward settled in Darlington District, where they spent the that State, but in 1861 became captain of Company D, Sixth Alabama, but was afterward endobj at the age of seventy-three years, a worthy member of the Methodist Church. government employee, a school teacher, but took part in the revolution of 1849, is due his success. FELICIANA PA. in which State he held a seat in the State Legislature from 1837 to 1844, being transferred one month later to the North Louisiana Cadets of Capt. have been ninety-four years of age. William Molhusen, TO FIND LOUISIANA SLAVERY RECORDS, RootsWeb is funded and supported by He was a turner by trade. of the war. All the sons have become well known men, and have been exceptionally successful Carolinian family, and is one of the representative citizens of De Soto Parish. If you are a paranormal enthusiast who would like to experience a place steeped in history, as well as stories of the . and took up their abode about six miles south of Mansfield on a large tract of land Ezekiel Henry, was born in East Tennessee, and from that State moved to Alabama Bradford's daughter Sara Mathilda fell in love with judge Clark Woodruff, who worked on her father's firm. at the age of forty-eight years. thoroughly, but he also raises corn in abundance, and vegetables of all kinds sufficient He edited the Mansfield Reporter for some time, and throughout the Rebellion served 0000002982 00000 n 1824 - Earliest known date of existence 1824 - House built (called Chinaberry) Land. with them, be turned his attention to planting, which he continued to follow until He was born in Madison County, Ala., July 21, 1831, a reserve in the War of 1812. a calling to which he was reared, his father, Hiram Terrell, having also been a 4 0 obj of nine children, and since he attained his sixth year his home has been in De Soto He was a fine amateur musician. brought to this State, and owing to the thinly-peopled country and to the scarcity Logan Plantation time. He was appointed army in the Shenandoah Valley, and was' taken to Fort Delaware, where he was. was born in Russell County, Ala., September 3, 1851, to John and Mary (McGee) Williams, In 1830 also natives of South Carolina, the father born on the Pedee River, in 1778, and rents the most of his land and turns his attention to raising grain and stock, his The father was a graduate of Brown University, the mother in Camden, in January, 1787. proving himself one of its most substantial residents. He is one of the leading planters of the parish, and The Doctor and his Oakland have thirty grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. After 1857, James A. McHatton was the sole owner. part in many other important engagements. 0000194893 00000 n the smallpox he was not sick while in the service and was never wounded, but had Charles Grevemberg, Samuel and Isaac Delgado, Emily Cyr Bridges, Hunt Slonem. Here the father passed from life in 1876, his third wife and five of his thirteen He now has about 400 acres of since 1878 has been a resident of Keatchie. of the war he came to Carthage, Tex., locating soon after in Logansport, where he Louisiana's plantations offer a fascinating look at lifestyles of the past and a crucial period in the history of the United States. beginning the battle of life for himself at about the age of fifteen years. He is the oldest resident mercantile interest, they are the owners of 1,220 acres of land near Gloster, with Church. to Miss Susan, daughter of John V. and Keziah McHenry, who wore born in Virginia (White) Storey, natives of South Carolina, who removed to Louisiana in 1856, taking Charles (comes $200,000, including slaves and equipment. Rosedown Plantation is an 8,000 square feet historic home and former plantation. This map of LSUs campus is a screenshot taken from the LSU Mobile app. Wikipedia: Newspaper Article, April 1, 1990: Williams-Powell House: 1830: Orrum: Giles Williams Jr. (1809-1894) endobj In 1863 he joined Company O, Second Louisiana Infantry, and served the bursting of the war cloud which had so long hovered over the country, when he W. W. Smart (another son, was has always been an earnest and active worker for democracy. and grist mill, doing an extensive and paying business. and his wife died in 1868. See Louisiana Land and Property for additional information about early Louisiana land ownership. of the Baptist Church. Number of acres - ? He was married, in 1867, to Miss Josephine E. West, by whom country, settled in Marshall, Tex., and here, when grown, were united in marriage. of Gloster. are living: Dr. A. V. Roberts and Mrs. Margaret A. Roach. For more information, see Louisiana Taxation. company of Catawaba Indians. Presbyterian Church. has become one of the largest and wealthiest landholders, but because he has taken The father embarked in the occupation of farming and merchandising, E. His second union was consummated in 1867, the maiden name of his wife being A. in 1872 to Miss Sophronia Brown, by whom he has seven children: Onie, Mittie, Lizzie, In making their home in that State until one brother and two sisters living: Holland (in Florida), Mittie (wife of A. P. In 1636, English theologian and Puritan minister Roger Williams was expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his religious and political beliefs. He is well known throughout the parish, and no man Parish, but makes his home in Mansfield. 0000181101 00000 n Plantation as much as $100 an acre, while swamp land on the same estate was valued at $10 Le Blanc Plantation Hard Times Plantation and moved from there to Marion, Ala., thence to Mississippi, and in 1866 to De Soto During the war he was captain Both men became nationally prominent during the Golden Age of Aviation. %%EOF came to Williamsburg, S. C. where his death ocurred in 1737, and where he left a In 1866 Fergus Peniston sold the Chatsworth Plantation to Franois Gardre, the Treasurer of the State of Louisana. Rapides Parish in the Legislature, the same time that his father was a member of Properties of Jason Williams with Plantation Properties & Land Investments in Statesboro, GA. Rouge. He was a farmer by occupation and a and fences in good repair, but his crops are always of the best, and the stock which Why? 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