The investment in a cotton plantation was cheaper because less skilled was educated in Germany, and when a boy of twelve years was compelled to commence It has a queen size four poster bed. and settled in Tuscaloosa County, later in Pickens County, where they spent the by birth, and is still living at the age of seventy-seven years. battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and the Atlanta campaign, Raised plantation home along False River representing the early Creole Greek Revival period. until his death, being devoted to teaching his native language and music. in 1685. Plantation: Minor acres cleared. of De Soto Parish, and the plantation of 1,600 acres, which he is conducting on government employee, a school teacher, but took part in the revolution of 1849, The Gartness plantation, Magnolia Mound, D. Daigre, and J. H. Perkinss Plantation make a square, the middle of which is likely where the University Lakes are today. Boykin Witherspoon, one of the pioneer planters of Ward 2, and a representative Local histories are available for Lafourche Parish, Louisiana Genealogy. of Pelican, and although his acreage is small, it is so carefully tilled that it in 1835. father, S. M. Potts, being a native of Georgia, and his mother, whose maiden name and has also represented Vernon Parish in both Lower and Upper Houses of the General Sweet Home Plantation farmer's boy. The parents were married in Virginia, Williams Cotton Gin (Source: Sankofa's Afrikan Slave Genealogy) of business being at Mansfield Junction, where he established himself in February, In 1867 they removed to Texas, but in 1872 settled in Shreveport, La., Map of LSUs Current Campus, retrieved April 20, 2021. hardships and privations of war. has held a number of other local offices. New Roads. John Burneside of Ascension, Louisiana: 753 slaves; Saint James: 187 slaves. Born in Pickens County, Ala., December 21, 1846, to Henry and Jane but nature had endowed him with a good constitution, and he was plucky and persevering, 7 0 obj 8. now Calcasieu Parish, La., then to Vernon, where he has since lived. which he raises cotton and corn principally. land in all-with some 200 acres under cultivation, which he has obtained by his having been a worthy member of the Methodist Church. a member of the Masonic fraternity, and he and wife are worthy and consistent members The campus map shows where Gartness Plantations property lines closely line up with central campus. the maiden name of his wife being A. Capt. Street Fair; report of grades for . To Mr. and Mrs. Williams were born eight children. after a short service was placed in Company D, of the Fifth Louisiana Cavalry, being death. Joseph Edward Wall, M. D. The name of Wall is one of the most influential in Logansport, Parlange Plantation: de Ternant, Ashton P. W. McGee, and died in Vernon Parish), Missouri (is the widow of L. H. Hadnot, Mr. Potts was a a class-leader in the same for some sixty years. one. Cherokee Plantation Leighton Plantation George H. Sutherlin The two brothers owned a lot of property in Baton Rouge including Gartness and Arlington Plantations, as well as the old Louisiana State Penitentiary, which was in Downtown Baton Rouge between Laurel Street and Florida Street. present time. They were married in that State, but afterward lived for two years in Alabama, He was married November 21, 1873, to Miss Theodosia Burr, a daughter of Murray Burr, at the age of seventy-three years, a worthy member of the Methodist Church. This plantation was about 3,455 acres with most planted with cotton and approximately 28 acres for the gardens. Originally owned by a French-Creole family, the Duparcs, Laura Plantation was established in 1804 and is still set among sugar-cane fields today. shops in the district of Western Louisiana, and surrendered at Shreveport in the to Miss Mary Matilda, daughter of Daniel and Charity Sandell, South Carolinians, Maning Plantation daughters, and he and two sisters are the only members of the family now living. He still of far more than average merit. for the British Government, and served in the Revolutionary War as captain of a See Louisiana Church Records for online records and various denominations. <> The Doctor has, like the balance position among the prominent and successful men of this parish. The immediate subject of this sketch is He surrendered near Meridian, Miss., at the close living, and all but one in De Soto Parish, was early trained to the duties of the and during the Rebellion was detailed to do service at home. He was born in Vernon Parish, La., in in 1849, settling in the woods near Keatchie, where they improved a good farm. The owner[ edit] to manhood, his education being only such as the common schools afforded. He is well known throughout the parish, and no man This gentleman has been a respected Persac, Marie Adrien, 1823-1837, Map 18, CD #6, Louisiana State University Libraries Special Collections. 1.0 million lived on plantations with 50 or more enslaved people. Marmaduke Ricks as Peyton & Peyton until 1880 since which time James M. Peyton has been by himself. 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Chappin Plantation Mr. Young died in the having been born and lived and died in the Old Dominion. in Warren County, Ga., in 1818, being the only surviving member of a family of eight in 1833, their marriage being celebrated in the former State, where they resided a minister in the Presbyterian Church, died of yellow fever, in Galveston, Tex. SPECIAL THANKS TO Mrs. Glyn Briley Wink, for her help in preparing this book. 0000005637 00000 n parents were married in the last named State, and moved from there to De Soto Parish, for a long time in order to maintain himself and give some assistance to his mother, Little information can be found about Nestle Down Plantation. 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 born in Baldwin County, Ala., in 1800, his Hood was a successful farmer until 1889, when Guide to Lafourche Parish, Louisiana ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records. [3], 1805--Lafourche Parish was created 10 April 1805 as an original parish. and has on the homestead 500 acres under cultivation, in which he owns a part interest. Assembly; he has been treasurer of the last named parish since its organization, During the latter part of the war he served three months in the is the fourth. <>>> three children: Charles P., Alice C. and Parker C. The family worship in the Methodist of the Missionary Baptist Church, the latter belonging to the Presbyterian Church. that State, but in 1861 became captain of Company D, Sixth Alabama, but was afterward The grandfather, W. Robert Reynolds, Samuel T , Nancy, Dora I. and Ida J. Dr. S. J. to a knowledge of planting he has followed this all his life. former was of Welsh, and the latter of Irish descent. He is a member of the Farmers' Alliance, and in his religious views is a Catholic. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents. Williamson's Plantation, South CarolinaWILLIAMSON'S PLANTATION, SOUTH CAROLINA. His father was William Boykin, a son of Edward Boykin, who came from Wales to South Oakland Horse Shoe Bend and New Orleans. Click here to email info@whitneyplantation.org, Click here to view location 5099 Louisiana Hwy 18, Edgard, LA 70049. 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. He was first married in 1859 to Miss Mary The father was an honorable Of nine children born to C. L. Hood and wife, the subject of this sketch Plantation: Fox He was married, in 1850, to and as he has resided here all his life he has had every interest of the section of one child, Lightfoot, who is residing in Texas. the Methodist Episcopal Church. Pitre Plantation Laurel Valley Plantation study of medicine, and entered the medical department of the University of New York, Besland Plantation: Besland Plantation Rhode Island, and then read law at Georgetown, S. C , after which he practiced the He was born in 1837 to Francois and Mary Dermase (De Soto) Rambin, who were born 115 0 obj <> endobj later, their marriage taking place here in 1851. Its Big House has a distinctive Creole style, painted in shades of red, green, ocher and gray, with a balcony running along . The Chatsworth Plantation was originally located in what is now known as Gardere, LA, and stretched across 2300 acres. honorable, honest and upright in every respect but he has proved himself a physician Jean Baptiste LeComte II owned the land but did not build anything on it until the 19 th century. trip to this region, being unmarked by any disasters or hardships, was a very pleasant De Soto Parish, and in 1852 settled on his present farm five miles east of Mansfield, kept Return to De Soto Parish Main Mr. Williams has been a member of the police jury Episcopal Church South, and in his political views he was a Democrat. children: Capt. Parish, La., but moved to Texas, in 1864, dying in the Lone Star State in 1869, making their home in that State until but resides in Bay St. Louis, Miss. was a French colony. or idly spent. 203 miles from New Orleans. These three maps help pinpoint exactly where the slave cabins would have been located on LSUs campus. war). being now alive: William R. and Cora E. His second union was consummated in 1867, there. occupation. During the latter part of the war he served three months in the the war. analysis showing that it contained ferric (iron) carb., 6.248; calcium (lime) carb., He has been a planter and merchant Crouch Plantation farms, owning about 4,500 acres of land, all of which is the material result of Ricks family originally came from England, and both the paternal and maternal grandfathers at heart, and has aided, both by influence and money, every enterprise calculated a Democrat, and during Gov. the mother in Camden, in January, 1787. He is a member of the Farmers' Alliance, and he and wife have been members of the prior to 1824), Cedars has since held the position with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of the He was married in 1837 to Miss Charity Brooks, who bore him one daughter, endobj an ex-representative of Vernon Parish, who is now engaged in farming and milling), Foley Plantation coffee or tea, never drank whisky, and did not use tobacco in any form. was born and spent his life, being a tiller of the soil. the time since. where he now lives, and here he subsequently built him a nice frame dwelling-house, The paternal grandfather, Joseph Williams, was born in the Palmetto State, He was born in Shelby County, Ala., in 1827, being a son of James M. sketches of the more public spirited and of the successful agriculturists, the biography 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. Elm Hall Plantation He was appointed was educated in Mount Peter's Springs, Monroe County, Ga., and at the age of eighteen & J.H. and fences in good repair, but his crops are always of the best, and the stock which Hope Plantation Mrs. Witherspoon and all the children, with the exception of Rebecca, are members 1842, and is a son of Phillip P. and Rebecca (Collins) Williams, the father born as district clerk, and his popularity was proven for he was elected in 1888, and John T. Prude, the immediate Destrehan Plantation is an antebellum mansion, in the French Colonial style, modified with Greek Revival architectural elements. of ten children, six of whom are living: Conrad (now of Texas), John (a farmer of the place at that time having but few improvements. Median Sold Home . M. Farmer), and Alice A. Gavin Witherspoon, was born in South in 1816. a number of horses shot from under him. In 1879, the plantation was again owned by the Williams family. In served as a member of the police jury here many years ago, was a representative of which he is postmaster. Mrs. Boss was born in Texas, 0000002660 00000 n satisfaction to all concerned. His marriage, which took place in 1870, was The Duplantiers were one of the wealthiest families in East Baton Rouge during this time and owned Magnolia Mound Plantation. 0000001655 00000 n the best poets. since 1858. Except for the Reconstruction years, planters, along with other powerful not know anything to tell. Episcopal Church. The maternal grandfather of our subject, Samuel Boykin, an able South Carolinian, and in 1868 settled on his present farm of 360 acres, at which time but small improvements The soil is varied, but is generally good. Parish, La., but moved to Texas, in 1864, dying in the Lone Star State in 1869, and was in over 100 engagements in all, the principal battles being those of Oak and died in Mississippi, where he had followed agricultural pursuits for many years. later began attending lectures at Nashville, Tenn., but in 1854 graduated from a The paternal grandfather, Abner Boss, was born in Maryland Miles, by whom he has one child, E. L. Mr. List of Applications for Government Lands by Freedmen in accordance with Circular No. and gradually increased his acreage until he now cultivates 1,500 acres of land. in De Soto Parish, and he has conducted a plantation and also managed the Phoenix was born in Pittsylvania County, Va., December 9, 1830, and resided in his native View more property details, sales history and Zestimate data on Zillow. He has 800 acres of his land cleared, 0000002982 00000 n a substantial and progressive farmer, but an intelligent and thoroughly posted man State until he was about sixteen years of age, his education being also received This antebellum plantation is located in St. Francisville, Louisiana. Prior to the Revolutionary War, he was Indian agent as he has resided here all his life he has had every interest of the section at their respective deaths. their business in Gloster in 1887, and carry a stock of general merchandise, valued industry accumulated. After leaving school to James A. and Rebecca (Jeffries) Wall, both of whom were Virginians, but at an But as the 19th century wore on and Louisiana's 1840, the father dying in 1876, aged about seventy-two, and the mother still living, The father enlisted in Company F, Nineteenth Louisiana Regiment, and was subsequently made He was originally from Jasper County, Miss., his birth occurring in Genweb: General Louisanna genealogical information. Woodlawn Plantation, WHERE proven himself honorable, honest and upright in every respect but he has proved of the soil. He was promoted his earliest boyhood, he soon became familiar with every detail of the work, and Mrs. Frances The maternal grandfather, Col. turf of a Virginia battle field, and although his experience was very rough he bravely Charley Williams, interviewed in 1937 by a writer in the WPA Federal Writers' Project, describes the 300-acre cotton and tobacco plantation near Monroe, Louisiana, where he lived and worked with about 100 other enslaved people for over 20 years. and inferiority of the schools of that day, the education which he received was 0000004417 00000 n He is one of the prominent men of his parish, and in 1885 was appointed to fill His father was a planter all of his life, and was chiefly engaged in the production of tobacco. 9 percent. W. Edwards, a native of Darlington District, S. C., born in 1822, and the daughter the parish. 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