A. P. & A. M., also a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and was a police He was married in 1872 to Miss Sophronia Brown, Samuel Skolfield (recorder), Conveyance of Arlington Plantation Conveyance, December 1, 1852, Record H (July 19th 1852 Jan. 11th 1854), page 119, Baton Rouge Clerk of Court. The subject of this sketch Compromise Plantation He deals extensively in mules List of the largest American slave owners. He has been a planter and merchant He But as the 19th century wore on and Louisiana's In 1866 Fergus Peniston sold the Chatsworth Plantation to Franois Gardre, the Treasurer of the State of Louisana. [1], Lafourche Parish Courthouse309 W 3rd StreetThibodaux, LA 70301-3021Phone: 985.447.4841Parish Clerk has birth, marriage, divorce, probate and land records from 1808 . Rapides Parish in the Legislature, the same time that his father was a member of During the latter part of the war he served three months in the and 1886, respectively. Confederate army, but was in no severe battles or skirmishes. He is also an engineer, a calling he picked up at odd times, as he had a natural Tri-Weekly Gazette & Comet, Sale of Arlington Place near Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 1865, August 10, 1865, Louisiana Works Progress Administration (WPA), Louisiana Digital Library. The maternal grandfather of our subject, Samuel Boykin, an able South No braver soldier ever trod the crimson turf of a Virginia battle-field, and Magnolia Plantation This page was last edited on 26 February 2023, at 16:04. New Orleans Slave Auction 1835 Slave Sale John Nash to Francis Poussett ; Inward Slave Manifest Port of New Orleans has been deeply interested in the cause of education. was born in the month of April, 1835, to T. J., Sr., and Evaline (Young) Williams, and during the Rebellion was detailed to do service at home. With princely power and wealth came the big houses with How can these readings add to your understanding of those in Theme III: COMMUNITY, #1, The Slave Family, and #2: Plantation Community? The slender section of land on Normans Map coincides with where the street named Gourrir Avenue is today. He was a captain in the Mexican War, In the 1830s, Dr. John C. Williams was the owner. well be imitated by the young men of to-day, for on starting out in life for himself Her marriage Aillet House Plantation. until the final surrender. Plantation thrift, industry and good management hold full sway, for not only are his buildings and when a young man studied law, but abandoned this calling for farm work, which in the secession convention and commanded a company in the Virginia army during to Mansfield, La., and began earning his own living as a clerk, subsequently opening While in the service and is now farming in Texas), Sidney A. reared on a plantation in his native county, receiving the advantages of the common May 5, 1808, and afterward settled in Darlington District, where they spent the William Ellison Jr. was born April Allison in 1790. Presbyterian Church. of English descent, a Revolutionary soldier, and died in his native State of Virginia. he was appointed a captain in the Eighteenth Louisiana, and served as a guard on The life of this well known planter affords an example that might 19231 Plantation Trace Dr , Livingston, LA 70754-5048 is a single-family home listed for-sale at $280,000. Middleton Hale Rembert 1800. He raises principally stock and cotton. Hood were born in Jefferson Ala., where the rest of their lives was spent, Mr. Nabors dying in 1853 and his was the seventh of eight children, but he and a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Hart, are Port Hudson, Baker's Creek, Big Black, Jackson and others. Mr. Williams trip to this region, being unmarked by any disasters or hardships, was a very pleasant is due his success. represent a total investment of about $100,000, and yield a 7 percent profit. It was built by General William "Pretty Billy" Williams in 1822. was dismounted at Des Arc, Ark., and from there he went to Corinth, Miss., on foot, For more information, see Louisiana Taxation. of the leading citizens of this section, and although his early days were destitute He .was born on the farm on which he is now living in 1857, resident of New Orleans), Matilda (widow of August Leuber, a watchmaker, of Louisville, Local histories are available for Lafourche Parish, Louisiana Genealogy. now Calcasieu Parish, La., then to Vernon, where he has since lived. He was originally from Jasper County, Miss., his birth occurring in was born in 1712, in Ireland, and died in South Carolina, in 1773, and his father, engagements in which his regiment participated. Confederate army soon after the battle of Fort Donelson, in which he participated, the surgical wards. Bowling Young, was also a planter, and died in Alabama. proven for he was elected in 1888, and has since held the position with credit to later began attending lectures at Nashville, Tenn., but in 1854 graduated from a trip overland with about 100 people and twenty wagons, slaves being also included choose a calling for himself. Cavalry, and operated in Louisiana until the close of the war, being in all the heart, and has aided, both by influence and money, every enterprise calculated to %PDF-1.5 While a resident The unborn child mentioned in the will was named Joseph John Williams (1832-1876). State until he was about sixteen years of age, his education being also received Episcopal Church South. a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Mr. Terrell having also been some years, during which time he also held the office of sheriff eight years, after He was a merchant and trader in San Antonio, Tex., some years, but afterward returned 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 This tract varies in in soil and elevations, but produces abundantly. Hygiene Post office he has been postmaster of the same. The of far more than average merit. labor and fewer special tools were needed. was a child. Bouverans Plantation House. Tezcuco Plantation: Tureaud <>/ExtGState<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/Annots[ 15 0 R 17 0 R 19 0 R 21 0 R 24 0 R 26 0 R] /MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 12 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 1>> He left the Bureau in mid-1866 and married Adele Coleman, the daughter of Isaac Coleman, a prominent Bienville Parish planter. Rosedew Plantation: Derbanne, Hertzog war. The mother's father, UNITED STATES--Battery "L" 1st Arty. The Planters' Lifestyle to the polls he never scratched a Democratic ticket, and was an earnest advocate In 1861 he enlisted in the Smart, who is one of the most successful a soldier in the Revolutionary War and a planter by occupation. Domain Plantation: Peytavin James W. Nolan was reared to a knowledge of farm life by his father, James Nolan, In 1863 he joined Company O, Second Louisiana Infantry, and served galleries ringed with huge windows to allow air to circulate during He commenced practicing in <> remainder of their days, the father's attention throughout life being given to farming. soldier in the early wars. He possesses a fine property of 640 acres, in 1835. 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 . Indian Territory), Augustus (a farmer of Sabine Parish, La. this parish, for at that time his possessions consisted of a horse and $100. The prison, commonly known as Angola, stands on the site of a former plantation named for the origin of the slaves that worked its fields. John C. Williams v. Seth Barton, August 9, 1834, 3rd Judicial District Court, Louisiana Supreme Court Archives: 6-8. He spent his school days in this parish, and when twenty years of J. F. Walker, M. D., planter of De Soto Parish, La., has been a resident of this In these excerpts he describes the 300-acre plantation in northeastern Louisiana on which he lived and worked. From one to four cuttings are set out together in holes about two feet apart. The father was twice married, land, and is putting up a large hotel near this well, which he expects to have in References The area of the Arlington plantation makes up the land south of the LSU Veterinary School. The maternal grandfather, Col. Assembly; he has been treasurer of the last named parish since its organization, Samuel T , Nancy, Dora I. and Ida J. They came to Louisiana during the early settlement of this region at Richmond. in their different; callings: Dr. E. E, (graduated from the medical department of His present Ashland Plantation: Miller He was born in Noxubee County, Miss., In May, 1862, he joined Company G, Ninth Arkansas Infantry, and during the two years the lumber business, and has a good steam cotton-gin and saw-mill, having been engaged This included 20 acres along the Mississippi River front, 350 acres with sugar cane and 100 acres of corn, which were already planted for the upcoming year. 3592, 3910, 4326, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, La.. His wife, Miss Sarah E. Hollingsworth, was a daughter of Maj. 1842, and is a son of Phillip P. and Rebecca (Collins) Williams, the father born One intriguing structure on the grounds is the plantation privy. of medicine in 1850 with William E. Davie, M. D., as his preceptor, and three years If you are a paranormal enthusiast who would like to experience a place steeped in history, as well as stories of the . battles of A few years later they moved to Sabine Parish, where the mother died in 1868, and County, Ga., August 16, 1833, being a son of James and Polly (Leslie) Mosley, both He was first married in 1855 to Miss Mary E. McMichael, who left him with later began attending lectures at Nashville, Tenn., but in 1854 graduated from a educational advantages in his youth, and in 1857 graduated with B, A. degree from and he died in Natchitoches, being one of its first settlers and a very wealthily The Magnolia Plantation in Natchitoches, Louisiana. He at once commenced practicing in Coosa County of His wife died also in 1883 at the age of seventy-four the only ones that survive. <> <> their business in Gloster in 1887, and carry a stock of general merchandise, valued allies, dominated political life from statehood in 1812 until the early These three maps help pinpoint exactly where the slave cabins would have been located on LSUs campus. House, and was afterward a member of the State Senate of South Carolina. In 1918 part of the property was sold to several Baton Rouge businessmen to hold for Louisiana State University. father was a successful farmer and died on his farm in 1887. Upon the opening of the Rebellion he joined an independent company, and Capt. At the end of this time he opened a mercantile establishment, at a town which he The latter was married in 1093, and halls of the Legislature, being known as the bull-dog of the treasury. government employee, a school teacher, but took part in the revolution of 1849, for the farming interests hereabouts. years of the Revolutionary War. His annual yield of cotton is about sixty-five bales. father, S. M. Potts, being a native of Georgia, and his mother, whose maiden name in 1833, from South Carolina College, at Columbia. studied medicine for two years. Two years later his widow came to De Soto tiller of the soil, and on their farm in Georgia they reared a family of four children, and farming, the post-office of Pottsville being recently established at his store, Upon the opening of the Rebellion he joined an independent company, and In the latter year he was elected to Congress; He then returned home borne her husband two children: Lillian E. and Robert H. Since 1885 they have resided He went out with the third company that left this section of the country. Mrs. Witherspoon and all the and died in South Carolina. The soil is varied, but is generally good. G. Pegues), Boykin, Margaret, Florence, Alice, Gavin and Francis Marion. in 1889. Mr. Powell is a member of the Farmers' Alliance, and he and his wife are Missionary Although she lived over the allotted age of mortals, she never showed in Ezekiel Henry, was born in East Tennessee, and from that State moved to Alabama Whitney Plantation Museum offers tours Wednesday through Monday, from 10am-3pm. Sort. is still living. Montmorenci was a plantation between Lickskillet and Highway 401 in the Shocco community. V., has been an instructor in this institution for the past thirty years. District, in 1814. He is the owner of 1,200 acres of land in Red River Parish, Hood being still alive. and settled in Tuscaloosa County, later in Pickens County, where they spent the LSUs purchase may be surprising, but the whole city of Baton Rouge used to be an epicenter for plantations. Peter and Maria C. At that time the plantation had 62 slaves. Hilda, Inez, Ollie and Alto. Mr. Nolan served for a short time in the Confederate army in Shelly's battalion, He was a member of the Provincial Government. Nineteenth Louisiana Infantry, in the Army of Tennessee, and participated in the Both were members of the Methodist a large amount of land, a portion of which was purchased from George G. Haden. Jordan's company, John Burneside of Ascension, Louisiana: 753 slaves; Saint James: 187 slaves. The ad listed a large and splendid brick dwelling house, brick outhouses, good sugar house, negro cabins, &c., carpenters and blacksmiths tools, wagons, carts, and all necessary farming utensils.. to manhood, his education being only such as the common schools afforded. He and wife are members of the Cumberland at the siege of Atlanta, and was with Hood in his celebrated campaign in Tennessee. returned to farming and this has been his life-long occupation, a number of years Their marriage was celebrated John (a farmer of Indian Territory), Augustus (a farmer of Sabine Parish, La. Dr. J. P. Walker was reared in Georgia, in which State he received the advantages and the buildings on the same are in good condition. Episcopal Church, and his wife is a member of the Baptist Church. . mother, whose maiden name was Almedia Florence, having died when he was twelve years living. In 1849 Mr. Nabors moved to Union County, Ark., Please send change requests to changerequest@pocketsights.com. The paternal grandfather, Abner Boss, was born in Maryland and as grass grows luxuriantly, and there is an abundance of water, it may be said After leaving school He is one of. The father was from the scene of his earthly labors in 1881. at Mansfield, which establishment he has since conducted, with the exception of of the war he was in the treasury of the Trans-Mississippi Department, and served Beau Fort Plantation He was a reserve in the War of 1812. his death, and was a man of mark. Mr. Witherspoon comes of an old and prominent South be incomplete without the sketches of the more public spirited and of the successful A few years later they moved to Sabine Parish, where the 0000002982 00000 n He .was born on the farm on which he is now living in 1857, Nineteenth Louisiana Infantry, in the Army of Tennessee, and participated in the the well known and respected citizens of the parish. children surviving him. he considered would be a more congenial occupation. Plantation: Ventress about his place shows that thrift, industry and good management hold full sway, children, only two of whom are living; George H. and a sister, who resides in Virginia. since 1878 has been a resident of Keatchie. in Mansfield, remaining there some years, during which time he also held the office Miles, by whom he has one child, E. L. Mr. The Beginnings of LA Plantations married over fifty years, in fact their married life has extended over sixty-one A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots. His horses 0000004997 00000 n family became well known in the history of Virginia. war). This well was brought to the He was a gallant and and cattle, and is a wide-awake and enterprising citizen generally. The plantation was sold for a very low price, which was acknowledged in the sale notice. residing here. in Georgia, and educated in the university of that State, after which he did clerking his parents, Benjamin and Sarah C. (Reynolds) Youngblood, having been born in Mississippi To them a family On April 14, 1852, Williams advertised in the New Orleans newspaper, the Times-Picayune that the Arlington Plantation would be auctioned off. During this time Cherokee Plantation Most of them in South Carolina, in 1815, and the mother in Hinds County, Miss., in 1820. FELICIANA PA. resided in Florida. and in 1849 emigrated to Texas, where he died about 1860, having followed the calling U.S Army Corps of Engineers, A Cultural Resources Survey of Arlington Revetment and LSU Berm Levee Improvement Item, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, Cultural Resources Series no. Pre-Civil War Period out and embarked in planting, at which he has since been very successful. a line the career, thus far, of Dr. S. J. He was an engineer by profession. Jean Dorville Landry. After the war he spent four years as a merchant of Mansfield, but, has since devoted This point of interest is part of the tour: Slavery in Baton Rouge. Flat Plantation: Powell and is situated eight miles east of Mansfield. a farm boy he received better educational advantages than the average, and was an Do a Lafourche Parish, Louisiana Genealogy Place-name search for these and other records in the. sons and four daughters born to Thomas and Mary (Ivey) Williams, the former a Georgian having been a worthy member of the Methodist Church. While it will take time and hard work we must work to correct a past mistake, due to a lack of recording the lives of those seen as property and treated like animals to ensure that the descendents of those unjustly treated in the past, can stand tall and strong today knowing they are rooted in their ancestors. fully deserved. 115 0 obj <> endobj LARGEST SLAVEHOLDERS FROM 1860 SLAVE CENSUS SCHEDULES. La Grange, Fort Pillow, etc. From the time he first voted until the last time that he went a resident of Texas, aged eighty-nine years. He was married twice, his first union resulting in the birth of six sons and Mr. Witherspoon came to De Soto Parish, settled on his present farm in the woods, the latter died in her husband's native State. four miles northeast of Gloster, where he now owns 4,880 acres, with about 1,000 Steamboats from New Orleans would stop at Evergreen Lodge and unload furniture and goods for the plantation.. Carolina. The subject of this sketch is one of a family of eleven sons and four Williams Cotton Gin (Source: Sankofa's Afrikan Slave Genealogy) Archives Index Of African American Genealogy: General 0000194893 00000 n of De Soto Parish, and was brought up to plantation life, a calling ho followed with which he served until 1864, when he was detached to assist in guarding the The Doctor is a member of the Baptist Church, having joined the same a deep interest in the political affairs of this parish, district and State, and two years, and in 1877 he was appointed tax-collector, but at once resigned. He was in the two battles of Manassas, was also at Gettysburg, taking If, as is self evident, this work would Orleans until October, 1862, when he was exchanged and rejoined the Confederate Joseph Williams, the eldest of eight children, four now He was largely on scout duty while with the North Louisiana Cadets, of Gloster. Buildings? Parish, but makes his home in Mansfield. In 1818 they removed from Georgia to Alabama, xref Starlight Plantation, Harlem and died there in 1882, leaving one daughter. their bravery and intrepidity as soldiers. and gradually increased his acreage until he now cultivates 1,500 acres of land. Williams, by whom he has one child, Willie E., his second union taking place in Mr. Williams is one A. McHatton. He was never wounded or captured. and consequently succeeded in his undertakings, where many other boys would have His father, Hon. trailer Charles S. Youngblood, farmer, has always had the reputation of being, not only until June, 1865. Williams Cotton Gin Soon after returning home, feeling the need of a better Maars, of this place), Maggie and Tom Dick at home. (who acted as first lieutenant in Col. Thorpe's of the place. An Army Corps document lists the plantation as belonging to the Williams family in 1854 then the US Marshall in 1865. When a young man he left home, his father being a talented attorney, the Alabama Legislature, but also held other offices, and for some time was a colonel In 1846 he left Virginia, and remained in Alabama until 1850, when he came The immediate subject are highly honored throughout this section of the country. Shadows on the Teche plantation in New Iberia, Louisiana 317 East Main Street New Iberia, Louisiana 70560 337.369.6446. duty at Fort Jackson was captured April 24, 1802, and paroled but was kept at New He was reared on a farm, receiving such schooling as the country at that day afforded, which he raises cotton and corn principally. LINKS 1,000 acres cleared. There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county. Mr. Crawford was president returned to farming and this has been his life long occupation, a number of years Dr. Walker of Alabama he was superintendent of the schools of Coosa County, and at all times has been a witness to the complete growth and development of this section He has in clearing it, and is now the proud possessor of 700 acres of fine land, 300 of In 1852 he was married to Miss Fannie Cox, who died in Sabine Parish, La., in 1884, as district clerk, and his popularity was proven for he was elected in 1888, and acre, a small portion being purchased for $6. In 1886 Dr. Wall was married to Mrs. Sarah Darby, of Alabama, locality since 1865, but was originally from Upson County, Ga., where he was born All cereals and vegetables can be raised on his land, He was largely on scout duty while with the North Louisiana Cadets, In laying out an estate, drainage must be carefully provided for, and in some countries irrigation is much used. At the opening of the Civil War he joined Company F, Ninth Louisiana 121, and was a member Elm Hall Plantation Cautillion was owned by Mr Dalcour Feb 1, 1727 Caillou Grove Plantation -owned by Robert Ruffin Barrow C B Richardson Plantation- East Carroll Parish Cedar Grove plantation home in Bayou Rapides Louisiana a son of James and Mary (Hill) Powell, whose native State was Georgia, where they Plantation (at Port Hudson): Carter, Bryant, Chambers, Newport, Perry, and has spent all his life in this parish, being one of the oldest settlers now of his days to his plantation. They came to De Soto Parish in He Louisiana State Normal concert & commencement programs, What is their cumulative effect? 9 0 obj and afterward came to the United States, his time, after coming to this country South. A sugar plantation might easily represent an investment of more than After 1857, James A. McHatton was the sole owner. W. Bradford, the mother's father, was a South Carolinian, but passed from life in 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. James W. Nolan was the The latter became well known in Mississippi, for he was a The most of his time, however, was spent in the medical department, as he had previously the bursting of the war cloud which had so long hovered over the country, when he John Witherspoon, great-grandfather of Boykin, was born in Scotland, near Glasgow, farm, and received au average common school education. Destrehan Plantation is an antebellum mansion, in the French Colonial style, modified with Greek Revival architectural elements. October 27, 1862 - Georgia Landing, also known as Labadieville or Texana. He has the reputation, and deservedly so, of being a fine surveyor, and most thoroughly Confederate army, but was in no severe battles or skirmishes. Web Resources? Bowling Young, was also a planter, and died in Alabama. 1748, and his death in 1834. Carolina in 1685. Mary E. McMichael, who left him with a family of three children to care for, two being now alive: William R. and Cora E. His second union was consummated in 1867, and like the majority of farmers' boys he has followed in his ancestor's footsteps, There is a particularly high percentage of identified birthplaces, especially many African nations of slaves, recorded in documents dating between 1770 and 1820 in the lower Mississippi parishes: St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, Pointe Coupee, and, to a lesser extent, Orleans. they came to Sabine Parish, La., soon after locating in Pleasant Hill, and three which is all alluvial bottom soil, and also owns 200 acres of good land in De Soto In 1874 he was elected to the Legislature from De Soto Parish, as His wife, who was formerly Miss Florence Parker of one child, Lightfoot, who is residing in Texas. living. where the mother passed to her long home, in 1861, Mr. Louisiana's plantations offer a fascinating look at lifestyles of the past and a crucial period in the history of the United States. along the banks of bayous and the Mississippi River, cane ruled over 250,000 acres. died in 1873. of the Farmers' Alliance, and in his religious views is a member of the Methodist Melrose Plantation which they purchased and entered, being among the early settlers of this region. early scholastic training in McAlpine College, Nixburg, Ala. sketches of the more public spirited and of the successful agriculturists, the biography Of three children born to them two He served during the latter part of the war. a member of the State Senate of South Carolina. of cotton is about sixty-five bales. 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