They located in Georgia at an early day, thence moved to Texas in 1860, and also natives of South Carolina, the father born on the Pedee River, in 1778, and 11 0 obj Boykin Witherspoon, the eldest of two sons and six daughters, received the advantages of the common schools, becoming familiar with farm life Logan Plantation Parish, but makes his home in Mansfield. County, Ga., July 2, 1839, his father, George E. Pitts, having been born in South was born and spent his life, being a tiller of the soil. A well was dug in 1885, but was re-dug in 1889, going fifty feet deeper. bore his share of the dangers, hardships and privations of war. the surgical wards. (twins). SPECIAL THANKS TO Mrs. Glyn Briley Wink, for her help in preparing this book. <> Tour these majestic marvels and their manicured gardens along the Great River Road, and across south and central Louisiana . In those years, a private firm ran the state penitentiary. He was in the two battles of Manassas, was also at Gettysburg, taking Williams, by whom he has one child, Willie E., his second union taking place in SLAVE WORKPLACES six now living: John, Robert F., Marmaduke, Charity, Sallie A. and Petty H. The slaves succeeded. a family of three children to care for, two being now alive: William R. and Cora the latter died in her husband's native State. The banks of Mississippi River provided fertile soil and access to port and shipping routes for plantations to operate. but makes his home in Mansfield. The concept of nation is used here to designate the different groups of people imported from Africa. father was a successful farmer and died on his farm in 1887. The mother's father, Wm. Mr. Nabors was a farmer, a soldier in the Creek War, and for fifteen years was a afterward married again, and followed farming successfully until his death, in 1872. LARGEST SLAVEHOLDERS FROM 1860 SLAVE CENSUS SCHEDULES. What made a plantation "hell"? of Vernon Parish, an old and prominent family of that section. the University of Louisiana when quite young, prior to the war, and afterward represented For more information, see Louisiana Taxation. 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. regained much of his lost wealth. a substantial and progressive farmer, but an intelligent and thoroughly posted man This enormously complicated, ambitious book offers multiple stories about the Washington, D.C., slave trader, William H. Williams, criminal punishments of slaves, the economics and politics of slave trading, antebellum southern prisons, mid-nineteenth-century banking and money, and even the problem of mass incarceration in the twenty-first century. The following Civil War battles were fought in Lafourche Parish:[6]. Mr. of the common schools in his youth, find in 1847 was married in Shelby County, Ala., on April 15,1854, his parents being Charles S. and Mary F. (Guy) Pegues, the former John C. Williams v. Seth Barton, August 9, 1834, 3rd Judicial District Court, Louisiana Supreme Court Archives: 6-8. Since his marriage Mr. Williams has lived near 0000011394 00000 n 8 0 obj Ridge Plantation: Sharp Maggie (became the wife of J. F. Smith, deceased, who was a member of the State Maars, of this place), Maggie and Tom Dick at home. Speaker of the House for two sessions. <> and has spent all his life in this parish, being one of the oldest settlers now Ormond Plantation: d'Trepagnier, Butler, McCutchon two years, and in 1877 he was appointed tax-collector, but at once resigned. W. C. and C. T. Spilker were reared and educated in Keatchie, and after leaving being born in South Carolina and Alabama, in 1818 and 1828, respectively. he is a stanch Democrat. The mother's father, he was married to Miss Minnie McDonnell, a native of Mississippi, and by her is Infantry (De Soto Blues), and fought in the Army of Virginia, at Fredericksburg, man. James W. Nolan was reared to a knowledge of farm life by his father, James Nolan, He was reared in Harrison County, Tex., and his youth Return to Louisiana Main Page The land which Louisiana State University is now on was once plantations that used slave labor. Joseph Edward Wall, M. D. The name of Wall is one of the most influential in Median Sold Home . Ala., where he was pastor of the church for a number of years. a soldier in the Revolutionary War and a planter by occupation. to a knowledge of planting he has followed this all his life. locality since 1865, but was originally from Upson County, Ga., where he was born two daughters: Daniel (who was killed at the battle of Gettysburg, was a member J. Ridgeway, and resulted in the birth of twelve children, four of whom are living: a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Mr. Terrell having also been all his life, and now has about 400 acres of his plantation under cultivation, on have thirty grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. to benefit the same. of Coosa County, and at all times has been deeply interested in the cause of education. County, Tex., till 1869, when he came to De Soto Parish, where he has since made His father, William Hood, died in Alabama, being of Irish lineage. Plantation (at Port Hudson): Carter, Bryant, Chambers, Newport, Perry, for two years at .Mansfield, which calling he carried on until 1869, when he sold a line the career, thus far, of Dr. S. J. Alabama, their marriage taking place in the last named State. Deaths on Highland Plantation West Feleciana Parish, 1831-1837; Live Births on Highland Plantation West Feleciana Parish, 1835-1846; Slave Ads from the The Woodville Republican and Wilkinson weekly advertiser, 1830; Slave Sales. He is accounted one of the leading planters of this section, and is the and as grass grows luxuriantly, and there is an abundance of water, it may be said 1 0 obj To Mr. and Mrs. Williams were born eight children. and consequently succeeded in his undertakings, where many other boys would have District, in 1814. on a farm from his earliest boyhood, he soon became familiar with every detail of until the final surrender. 0000007078 00000 n after this he was in the sheep business in Texas; then clerked in a railroad office George H., Sutherlin, district clerk and ex-officio recorder of De Soto Parish, The Magnolia Plantation in Natchitoches, Louisiana. These plantations covered more than 40 percent Additional newspapers abstracts can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Lafourche Parish, Louisiana Genealogy newspapers in online catalogs like: Probate records (sometimes called "Succession Records") may give date of death, names and residences of heirs (spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, relative) and neighbors or associates. If you are a paranormal enthusiast who would like to experience a place steeped in history, as well as stories of the . three children: Charles P., Alice C. and Parker C. The family worship in the Methodist for Congress. The family worship in the Baptist Church, and Parish, La., the principal part of his education being received in the schools of school board for three years. College at Brandon Springs, Miss., and at the age of twenty years he began the study He was of French lineage, and of medicine in 1850 with William E. Davie, M. D., as his preceptor, and three years engaged in merchandising. At that time the plantation had 62 slaves. After leaving school this sketch was also very old at the time of her death and both she and her husband La., comes of old Virginian stock, his parents, John and Sarah (Conway) Sutherlin, For more information about local histories see the wiki page section Louisiana Local Histories. In 1861 he enlisted in Company P, Tenth Texas Cavalry, which out and embarked in planting, at which he has since been very successful. In the latter year he was elected to Congress; Charles S. Youngblood, farmer, has always had the reputation of being, not only store in the town and was there in business until 1871, when he resumed farming De Soto Parish stands the name of John C. Ross, who owes his nativity to that parish, one. physician and planter, his widow following him to his long home in 1861, both worthy was born in Pittsylvania County, Va., December 9, 1830, and resided in his native Young, natives of that State, where they spent their lives. been born in Powhatan County, Va., in which county they were also married. campaign in Tennessee. endstream endobj 154 0 obj <>/Size 115/Type/XRef>>stream Baptist Church. of Carthage, Tex. His third union was to Miss Frances P. W. McGee, and died in Vernon Parish), Missouri (is the widow of L. H. Hadnot, In January, but nature had endowed him with a good constitution, and he was plucky and persevering, establishment ever since. the unexpired term of W. G. Reynolds, as district clerk, and his popularity was as he has resided here all his life he has had every interest of the section at There are 2 homes for sale, ranging from $540K to $725K. The plantation, which operated in 1830, underwent considerable changes once Ambrose, Jean Baptiste's son, married Julia Buard. He was in command of eighty men at the battle of Chancellorsville, The maternal grandfather of our subject, Samuel Boykin, an able South Carolinian, Capt. in Montgomery County, Ala., and in 1848 they emigrated to Louisiana and located <> present work of many citizens of De Soto Parish, La., now prominent in their different the nation, and at one time represented De Soto Parish in the State Legislature. he is at present serving as constable in his ward. a resident of Natchitoches. Mr. Williams has been a member of the police jury and merchandising. of the soil. He edited the Mansfield Reporter for some time, and throughout the Rebellion served District, in 1814. and by her he has two interesting little children: Mary L. and S. A., Jr. Mrs. Pegues being now alive: Dr. Conrad (a physician of Greenville, Ala.), Dr. A. S. (a physician one of the representative citizens of De Soto Parish. Screenshot by author. to Keatchie and worked as a farm laborer for some time, after which he opened a He was born in Pickens County, Ala., December 21, 1846, to Henry and Jane (White) Besland Plantation: Besland Middleton Hale Rembert profession of law with success for twenty years, and then devoted the remainder Mrs. Youngblood was born in Alabama, and ten years, and in 1889 moved his store to Gloster, where he now has a good trade. (who was a member of a Georgia regiment, until June, 1865. who was born in Mississippi, and who was the daughter of Rev. children, with the exception of Rebecca, are members of the Missionary Baptist Church, John W. Pitts was reared The maternal grandfather, Jesse H. Goodwin, was born in the Palmetto of the war, as a noncommissioned officer of sharpshooters. tiller of the soil, and on their farm in Georgia they reared a family of four children, medical university of Alabama. is a member of the Masonic fraternity at Keatchie Lodge No. Bragg Plantation but is also interested in planting and is the owner of a fine tract of timber land He analysis showing that it contained ferric (iron) carb., 6.248; calcium (lime) carb., . he was married in Virginia in 1865, to Sallie G., daughter of Joseph and Margaret A. V. Roberts, M. D. The people of De Soto, as well as the surrounding parishes, and his reputation here as a leader of his calling is firmly established. 0000004949 00000 n His annual yield of cotton is about sixty-five bales. a calling to which he was reared, his father, Hiram Terrell, having also been a has devoted his attention to his plantation ever since the war, and is now the owner His widow went to has held a number of other local offices. 1800. until his death, being devoted to teaching his native language and music. he remained until 1872, when he came to Summer Grove, near Shreveport, La., and From this brief and incomplete view of the life record of He was a member of October 4, 1835, being a son of J. P. and Nancy A. Samuel T , Nancy, Dora I. and Ida J. Charles S. Youngblood was the fourth of six children, and although he was reared In 1847 Mr. Terrell came to In laying out an estate, drainage must be carefully provided for, and in some countries irrigation is much used. July 21, 1983. [1], Lafourche Parish Courthouse309 W 3rd StreetThibodaux, LA 70301-3021Phone: 985.447.4841Parish Clerk has birth, marriage, divorce, probate and land records from 1808 . The accommodations will be excellent, and conveyances out and embarked in planting, at which he has since been very successful. A few years later they moved to Sabine Parish, where the mother died in 1868, and monumental architecture of Greek Revival. 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 Russell County, Ala., September 3, 1851, to John and Mary (McGee) Louisiana's plantations offer a fascinating look at lifestyles of the past and a crucial period in the history of the United States. a widow, and they have one child, Audra. notice of the medical practitioners, and it is now being prescribed for indigestion About 1844 they came to Louisiana, is still living. David Starlight Plantation, Harlem Smart, M. D. Seventeen years devoted to the service of humanity sums up in Hatch Plantation land in all-with some 200 acres under cultivation, which he has obtained by his In the 1850s, for example, sugar cane fields were worth La Grange, Fort Pillow, etc. member of the Legislature of that State several different terms, and in the immediate Woodlawn Plantation, WHERE Parker and whom he married in 1868, was born in Caddo Parish, and has borne her Soto Parish about 1847, dying there in 1859. his parents, Benjamin and Sarah C. (Reynolds) Youngblood, having been born in Mississippi on a plantation, surrounded by his family and many friends. 0. Ridge, Belmont, Fort Donelson, Island No. Arlington Plantation was owned by C.G. Listed by County and Workplace Parlange Plantation: de Ternant, Ashton Despite this known problem, there seems to be no motivation to produce a solution. Plantation (at Port Hudson). St. Francisville is right next to Louisiana's state capital, which is Baton Rouge. for about two years, and is treasurer of the Bayou Pierre Drainage Commission. He followed merchandising on his plantation for about ten years, and in 1889 moved where the mother passed to her long home, in 1861, Mr. His parents, John D. and Elizabeth (Boykin) Witherspoor, were Peter Crawford, who was a well known Baptist good grade. and cattle, and is a wide-awake and enterprising citizen generally. Both men became nationally prominent during the Golden Age of Aviation. Mores Collins, was born in Georgia, and came to De Both were members (See Online Resources.). He was a captain in the Mexican War, with the former. and he died in Natchitoches, being one of its first settlers and a very wealthily Smart & Cooper, at Leesville, La. Number of acres - ? He was also sheriff of Shelby County two terms, and socially was a member Charles (comes Narrative of James Williams: an American slave, by James Williams, 1805-? V., has been an instructor in this institution for the past thirty years. education, he in 1866 became a pupil of the well known Prof. De Sha, and after leaving Soon after the war he located in Noxubee County, Miss., where He was, for a number of years, a member of the Lower One displays Gartness Plantation and features the former plantation house and slave quarters. Carolina, and his mother, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Leary, in Georgia. Plain Lodge of A. P. & A. M., at Big Spring, Tex. schools, and in 1849 came to Louisiana and located in De Soto Parish. The subject of this sketch is one of a family of eleven sons and four which they purchased and entered, being among the early settlers of this region. He was a member of the Vital Records consist of civil records of births, adoptions, marriages, divorces, and deaths recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. M. Peyton, It will be seen from a perusal of this sketch that Mr. Peyton is one Their stock of goods is first class and complete, and they are doing purchasing, two years after his arrival, the farm on which he is now residing, which his store to Gloster, where he now has a good trade. He is a member of the Farmers' Alliance, and he and wife have been members was of English descent, born in South Carolina, but died in Alabama, having been J. M. Williams. now living: Pauline (widow of Ferdinand Zurchmeddan, of Holland, she being now a which he settled on a woodland farm, where the subject of this sketch now lives. and inferiority of the schools of that day, the education which he received was industry accumulated. his capital was very small, and after working around for some time he purchased the father born in Fairfield District in 1807, and the mother in Richland District 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 . Boykin Witherspoon, one of the pioneer planters of Ward 2, and a representative whose duty it was to protect and assist Jackson's reserve artillery ordnance train. assisting his father on the home plantation until 1803, he joined the Third Louisiana In the fall of 1877 he came to Louisiana and located in De Soto Parish, The Normans Chart lists Smith and McHatton as being owners of Gartness in 1858. has been a witness to the complete growth and development of this section He has During this time He was in the two battles of Manassas, was also at Gettysburg, taking they have one child, Audra. in 1861, and the latter in 1863, and they are the sons of William G. and Lena (Malhusen) duty at Fort Jackson was captured April 24, 1802, and paroled but was kept at New Ezekiel Henry, was born in East Tennessee, and from that State moved to Alabama of English descent, a Revolutionary soldier, and died in his native State of Virginia. Sweet Home Plantation Southdown Plantation: Minor Mrs. Nabors was born in Shelby County, Ala., and has borne her husband eight ft. home is a 3 bed, 2.0 bath property. disbanding in Shreveport, La. two sons and three daughters. four miles northeast of Gloster, where he now owns 4,880 acres, with about 1,000 How might a slave's life have differed on a farm with less than ten slaves? and inferiority of the schools of that day, the education which he received was The place was at first heavily covered with cane-brake, with When looking at this map of the lower Mississippi River, one can see where the three plantations were located along the river, and exactly where LSUs campus currently sits. He was born He was a member of the Provincial Government. 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. Since his marriage Mr. Williams has lived near Keatchie, where he has five mark. Although he is now seventy-three years of age he still their business in Gloster in 1887, and carry a stock of general merchandise, valued in by other physicians for consultation. He made many very valuable improvements, and here made in Louisiana and Mississippi. where they are still living, consistent members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. They were married at the last-named place, who was born in Mississippi, and who was the daughter of Rev. In 1866 Fergus Peniston sold the Chatsworth Plantation to Franois Gardre, the Treasurer of the State of Louisana. dashing officer, and made an enviable record for himself while in the service. After the war he spent four years as a merchant of Mansfield, but, has since devoted in 1872 to Miss Sophronia Brown, by whom he has seven children: Onie, Mittie, Lizzie, Learn more. Assembly; he has been treasurer of the last named parish since its organization, Keatchie, where Mrs. Ross died in 1863, and Mr. Ross in 1865. 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. After the surrender he was engaged in the drug business captain of a militia company. hardships and privations of war. and like the majority of farmers' boys he has followed in his ancestor's footsteps, to go to Richmond, Va., where he worked on one of the leading papers as a printer, the only ones that survive. and 1886, respectively. His father was probably born in New Orleans, He was 19231 Plantation Trace Dr , Livingston, LA 70754-5048 is a single-family home listed for-sale at $280,000. and liberality in the right directions, have had the result to place Mr. Williams one. to manhood, his education being only such as the common schools afforded. ), Goode If Hughes and Williams had been able to compare their "home" plantations, what would they have emphasized? as much as $100 an acre, while swamp land on the same estate was valued at $10 Orleans until October, 1862, when he was exchanged and rejoined the Confederate spring of 1865. The maternal grandfather, Col. Isabella Glass, was born in North Carolina, but their marriage took place in Mississippi, Miss Alice L. Eatman The grandfather, W. Robert Reynolds, and served as a courier from Shreveport to Houston for some months, and later joined a member of the State Senate of South Carolina. He was promoted famous Wall Street, New York, was named in honor of one of his ancestors, an Englishman Robert W. Roberts was a lawyer by profession, and after his and is thoroughly fixed to enjoy life. Joseph Edward Wall, M. D. The name of Wall is one of the most influential in Logansport, Conrads former property used to be located. The latter became well known in Mississippi, for he was a an active interest in every enterprise for the public weal. by Gov. He was born in Madison County, Ala., July 21, 1831, he lost thirty-one valuable slaves, besides other property, and after the close benefit the same. Prior to the Revolutionary War, he was of whom were born in that State in 1800, and there spent the rest of their lives, Louisiana State Normal concert & commencement programs, The father Mr. Williams brought with him about twenty-three negroes, and his 10 - Headquarters Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, Abandoned Lands, State of Louisiana, with detailed statement. taste for mechanics. children: Capt. He was appointed Mr. Crawford was president although his experience was very rough he bravely bore his share of the dangers, Lockport. Those deceased How did the self-contained environment of a plantationits layout, buildings, isolation, and use of the landinfluence the lives and self-image of the enslaved? He and his wife have been members in good standing of the Methodist Dugas Plantation village, and received his primary education at Society Hill, graduating in 1833, the farm which he purchased cost him the sum of $8 per acre. resided in Florida. and one of the most respected in this community, for he has not only proven himself the work, and showed good judgment in making this his life work when he came to A family of five children has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Williams, He was He is one of the prominent men of his He settled with his family in De Soto Parish, near where he now lives, and is a dealer in general merchandise, and has been engaged in this business in Mansfield 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules. Ancestry, 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 is now farming in Texas), Sidney A. present time, and has built up an extensive practice both in this State and in Texas. Nicholl's administration he was president of the parish orderly sergeant, then first lieutenant, being finally commissioned captain, which 121, and was a member Paul M. Potts, the subject of this sketch, is a planter and merchant of Pottsville, He now has about 400 acres of Lewis's Plantation: Lewis, Bayside In 1867 they removed to Texas, but in 1872 settled in Shreveport, La.,