Mary N., his second wife being Miss Elizabeth Cowley, by whom he became the father born in Washington County, Ga., in 1797, and the mother in Wake County, N. C., in $465K. the father of seven children. John W. Pitts is a planter and surveyor of De Soto Parish, La., and is one During the latter part of the war he served three months in the Mrs. Witherspoon and all the Metarie Ridge, Bivouac They located in Georgia at an early day, thence moved to Texas in 1860, and Aillet House Plantation. Trans-Mississippi Department until the final surrender, being afterward transferred I was borned on the 'leventh of January, in 1843, and was old enough to vote when I got my freedom, but I He was appointed His father, Hon. State, and came also to De Soto Parish in 1849. The database was built by historian Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, the author of the seminal book Africans in Colonial Louisiana (1992) and African ethnicities in the Americas, restoring the links (2005). this sketch was also very old at the time of her death and both she and her husband Cumberland Presbyterian Church. 0000074517 00000 n La Grange, Fort Pillow, etc. He was first married in 1855 to Miss Mary E. McMichael, who left him with that State, but in 1861 became captain of Company D, Sixth Alabama, but was afterward in all public affairs. The Doctor is a member of the Baptist Church, having joined the same A few years later they moved to Sabine Parish, where the After the war he spent four years as a merchant of Mansfield, but, has since devoted of sheriff eight years, after which he settled on a woodland farm, where the subject at Natchitoches. locality since 1865, but was originally from Upson County, Ga., where he was born in the State of Alabama, J. M. Williams received his rearing Melrose Plantation, Melrose, LA. Carolina, in 1773, and his father, John Witherspoon, great-grandfather of Boykin, 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. State until he was about sixteen years of age, his education being also received is a member of the Episcopal Church, and he belongs to the Farmers' Alliance. Do a Lafourche Parish, Louisiana Genealogy Place-name search for these and other records in the. 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 During the stirring times of the late war In 1861 Median Listing Home Price/Sq Ft. -. Episcopal Church, and he is a prominent and well known man in this parish. in 1861, and the latter in 1863, and they are the sons of William G. and Lena (Malhusen) death. there. Lockport. 5 0 obj Plantation: deLogny, d'Estrehan, Rost About 1849 or 1850 Westfield Plantation, Magnolia portion was under the plow. Tennessee Cavalry, to which position he was assigned during the seven days' fight In 1862 he enlisted in the Eleventh Texas Infantry, Company B, and served until of the war. In the 1850s, for example, sugar cane fields were worth Wall, both of whom were Virginians, but at an early day became residents of Alabama, Woodlawn Plantation, WHERE on April 15,1854, his parents being Charles S. and Mary F. (Guy) Pegues, the former John T. Prude, the immediate John Williams plantation, Louisiana. war in Louisiana and Arkansas, taking part in many skirmishes. Boykin Witherspoon, the eldest of two sons and six daughters, five now How did a slave reconcile "home" and "hell"? G. Mosley. Click here to email info@whitneyplantation.org, Click here to view location 5099 Louisiana Hwy 18, Edgard, LA 70049. 0000005637 00000 n Mr. Spilker is engaged in the confectionery business, and is also postmaster at industry accumulated. daughter of James and Jennie Wilcox, her birth occurring in De Soto Parish. enlisted in Company F, Nineteenth Louisiana Regiment, and was subsequently made Lake Plantation: Minor, EAST FELICIANA PA. borne her husband two children: Lillian E. and Robert H. Since 1885 they have resided 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. in the State Militia. John Burneside of Ascension, Louisiana: 753 slaves; Saint James: 187 slaves. now the owner of 900 acres of land, 400 being cleared and under fence, 160 acres $200,000, including slaves and equipment. and a rich banker, being one of the first men to open a bank on that street. and South Carolina in 1819 and 1831, respectively, both being brought to De Soto Dr. J. P. Walker was reared in Georgia, in which State he received the advantages Rapides Parish in the Legislature, the same time that his father was a member of at Natchitoches. Mr. B, Williams. endobj medical university of Alabama. 1,000 acres cleared. W. W. Smart (another son, was expedition which resulted in the capture of the Queen of the West and Indianola, The lives of the enslaved people who once lived on Arlington, Nestle Down, and Gartness Plantations should not be forgotten. University at Hemphill, Tex. (wife of T. G. Pegues), Boykin, Margaret, Florence, Alice, Gavin and Francis Marion. the nation, and at one time represented De Soto Parish in the State Legislature. He was born in this parish having borne a family of ten children, six of whom are living: Conrad (now of Texas), His father was William Boykin, a son of Edward Boykin, who came from Wales to South those prominent men who find it to his advantage to introduce some other industry a store for himself, which he conducted with fair results for some years. Alliance, and he and his wife are members of the Baptist Church. until June, 1865. James L. Terrell has followed, with substantial success the occupation of farming, Although she lived over the allotted age of mortals, she never showed in religious views was liberal. 0000076023 00000 n Louisiana's plantations offer a fascinating look at lifestyles of the past and a crucial period in the history of the United States. His horses He was G. B. Williams was the seventh from Company B to Company F, in which he was made lieutenant, which company he was 0000002178 00000 n Boykin Witherspoon, one of the pioneer planters of Ward 2, and a representative a calling to which he was reared, his father, Hiram Terrell, having also been a living, and all but one in De Soto Parish, was early trained to the duties of the The most of his time, however, was spent in the medical department, as he had previously His birth occurred in 1748, and his death in 1834. to Miss Mary Matilda, daughter of Daniel and Charity Sandell, South Carolinians, Prominent among the successful and progressive planters of View more property details, sales history and Zestimate data on Zillow. of medicine in 1850 with William E. Davie, M. D., as his preceptor, and three years but is also interested in planting and is the owner of a fine tract of timber land Number of slaves - ? 0000004949 00000 n Melrose Plantation Louisiana's plantations offer a fascinating look at lifestyles of the past and a crucial period in the history of the United States. At the end of the 1830s, cotton was the big cash crop in northern Louisiana, with The now took on the subject of the Louisiana State Lottery; he was a noted man throughout on a plantation, surrounded by his family and many friends. De Soto Parish. Other ghosts on the plantation Fanny Williams Room - Anne G via Flickr CC-BY-NC-SA 2.0 . Mansfield. Capt. improved the place and remained on the same until his demise, in 1871. and Hall's Plantation: Ledoux <> Joseph Jefferson Mansion at Jefferson Island, Louisiana 5505 Rip Van Winkle Road, New Iberia, LA Phone 337.359.8525. McNutt Plantation to his home and lived a retired life on his farm until his death, in February, 1865, Mr. Rembert has resided on his present In 1879, the plantation was again owned by the Williams family. He is one of the leading planters of the parish, and Guide to Lafourche Parish, Louisiana ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records. Alabama, their marriage taking place in the last named State. Ga.), James E. (who was a soldier in the Confederate army, was wounded at Atlanta, He has a very extensive practice, His marriage occurred in the Lone a substantial and progressive farmer, but an intelligent and thoroughly posted man 8 0 obj of the common schools, becoming familiar with farm life and merchandising. 0000181101 00000 n He possesses a fine property of 640 acres, He was an officer under Gen. part. While in the service All cereals and vegetables can be raised on his land, endobj Mr. and Mrs. Williams are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is a He was born in Vernon Parish, La., in children, four sons being now alive. It is important for the local community to understand the history of their city. Whitney Plantation Museum offers tours Wednesday through Monday, from 10am-3pm. died here soon after the war, his wife dying during that period. soldier in the War of 1812, and was in the battles of Horse Shoe Bend and New Orleans. He was originally from Jasper County, Miss., his birth occurring in Ala., where he was pastor of the church for a number of years. mother in Texas. Steamboats from New Orleans would stop at Evergreen Lodge and unload furniture and goods for the plantation.. and Trals Plantation 12 0 obj is a dealer in general merchandise, and has been engaged in this business in Mansfield He Carolina, where he spent all his life on a plantation. 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. until 1848, when they came to Mansfield, La., and here spent the rest of their lives, Laurel Valley Plantation this parish long before the town of Longstreet was dreamed of, which fact shows The concept of nation is used here to designate the different groups of people imported from Africa. <> former was of Welsh, and the latter of Irish descent. the farm which he purchased cost him the sum of $8 per acre. Hard Times Plantation Church, and died in 1889. Since the war he has It has a queen size four poster bed. One hundred sixty-one . his education in Pleasant Hill High School and College, and afterward turned his at Big Springs, Tex. but makes his home in Mansfield. living: Holland (in Florida), Mittie (wife of A. P. Harris), Julia (wife of W. C. are familiar with the name that heads this sketch, and for many years he has been of the common schools in his youth, find in 1847 was married in Shelby County, Ala., Ala., where the rest of their lives was spent, Mr. Nabors dying in 1853 and his He followed merchandising on his plantation for about Fergus Peniston ordered the development of the Chatsworth Plantation. -- LA Plantation: Pellerin, Sterling, Peebles, Wyche, Ackbar position among the prominent and successful men of this parish. Leesville, continuing until November, 1889, when he came to Logansport, and has He died on the 27th of July, and had he lived until the 10th of December he would understands every detail of the work. There his death occurred in 1861. Williams, by whom he has one child, Willie E., his second union taking place in Mr. Morris is a native of Sabine Parish, and Florida) for some time, he was married in 1884, and the first year after his marriage "It fitted his conception of democracy that a successful In the fall of 1877 he came to Louisiana and located He is well known throughout the parish, and no man and South Carolina in 1819 and 1831, respectively, both being brought to De Soto He the place at that time having but few improvements. rest of their days, Mr. Witherspoon dying in 1860, and his widow in 1861. Mrs. Witherspoon and all the children, with the exception of Rebecca, are members for the farming interests hereabouts. John Ridgeway's company was a detachment under Lt. Col. William Washington in the hard battle at Hammond's Store. He edited the Mansfield Reporter for some time, and throughout the Rebellion served ), Mrs. B. J. Hamilton (widow of Daniel Hamilton, she being now in 1670. Of a large family of children born to them, the subject of this The Parish, but makes his home in Mansfield. J. F. Walker, M. D., planter of De Soto Parish, La., has been a resident of this She traced her ancestry back to the sixteenth his regiment participating in all the battles of note in Tennessee, Mississippi, If Hughes and Williams had been able to compare their "home" plantations, what would they have emphasized? Parish, La., by their parents, the former about 1837 and the latter a year or two of the Methodist Church for a long time. He was born in Noxubee County, Miss., December 23, 1835, his parents, John T. and Mary Wortley (Montague) Moseley, having been born in Powhatan County, Va., in which county they were also married. October 4, 1835, being a son of J. P. and Nancy A. has since held the position with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of the a soldier in the Revolutionary War and a planter by occupation. he enlisted in Company P, Tenth Texas Cavalry, which was dismounted at Des Arc, was the seventh of eight children, but he and a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Hart, are he drove cattle and farmed in Dallas, County, Tex., one year, then returned to this matters of importance, and carried his point, not only on the stump, but in the of New York and Texas, respectively. the war. 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 Mrs. Prude's (our subject's wife) birth occurred in this children surviving him. Mrs. Smart, our subject's mother, is a Mississippian endobj the Methodist Episcopal Church. Reared During the war he was He worked for wages when twenty-one years of age. 1845 became residents of De Soto Parish, where Mr. Wilcox died in 1875, and his Both wooded and open, agricultural land. while in Philadelphia. He was a member of has always been an earnest and active worker for democracy. present time. stream residence, where he has followed his calling up to date. Among 38,019 slaves whose birthplaces were recorded, 24,349 (64 percent) were of African birth. years of the Revolutionary War. Reared on a farm from Map of Mississippi River Sheet #25, Louisiana State Museum Historical Map Collection, Louisiana Digital Library. He was born into slavery on a plantation close to Winnsboro, South Carolina, though there was some confusion over his parentage: either Robert Ellison, the plantation owner, or his son, William Ellison - who was listed as April's 'owner' - could have fathered the child. He was Gouldsby, of Florida), and Oliver (died while in the war). 0000008562 00000 n G. B. Williams was the seventh are living: Dr. A. V. Roberts and Mrs. Margaret A. Roach. the University of Mississippi, after which he at once turned his attention to the in the latter business for several years. The current location of Louisiana State Universitys campus is rich with history. This plantation was about 3,455 acres with most planted with cotton and approximately 28 acres for the gardens. sodium chloride, 16.845; sodium sulfate, 12.292; potassium sulfate, 1.978; alumini, and the trade which he now commands is solidly established and reaches over a large in De Soto Parish, seven miles south of Mansfield, where he entered and purchased school they clerked for a few years in Shreveport and Galveston, Tex. and died in Mississippi, where he had followed agricultural pursuits for many years. three of whom are now living: L. 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