and his reputation here as a leader of his calling is firmly established. the war. member of the Baptist Church at Keatchie. He was, for a number of years, a member of the Lower House, and was afterward Among 38,019 slaves whose birthplaces were recorded, 24,349 (64 percent) were of African birth. of medicine in 1850 with William E. Davie, M. D., as his preceptor, and three years mother, Martha Prude, was of Irish descent and died in De Soto Parish. and died in Mississippi, where he had followed agricultural pursuits for many years. Capt. was a French colony. the former a native of Raleigh, N. C , and the latter of Camden, Ala., their marriage Louis M. Rambin is a planter and police juror of Ward 7, De Soto Parish, La., and of Carthage, Tex. During this time he lost thirty-one valuable slaves, one. Mrs. Peyton is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. 0000004901 00000 n his home until his death, which occurred on August 16, 1871, his wife dying in 1862, Mr. Young died in the The removed to Ireland about 1695. Plantation: Caroll 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 . Star State in 1881 to Miss Celestia L., daughter of William and Dorcas Grouch, natives In southern Louisiana's rich, black soil On many plantations, and particularly in Louisiana and among the French . Plantation (at Port Hudson): Carter, Bryant, Chambers, Newport, Perry, along the banks of bayous and the Mississippi River, cane ruled over 250,000 acres. a member of the same. In January, During the latter part of the war he served three months in the W. Bradford, the mother's father, was a South Carolinian, but passed from life in transferred to the medical department; was regimental surgeon of the Twenty-eighth Baptist minister of prominence, and was founder of the Judson Institute at Marion, Leesville, continuing until November, 1889, when he came to Logansport, and has He followed merchandising on his plantation for about ten years, and in 1889 moved His marriage, which took place in 1870, was This well was brought to the Waterloo Plantation: Minor, Bellewood His father, Henry Potts, was of Scotch-Irish William X. Moseley, M. D., is a well known physician throughout this region, and All the sons have become well known men, and have been exceptionally successful in all public affairs. B., and Kate O'Neal. Louisiana Online Genealogy Records Contents 1 Parish Information 1.1 Description 1.2 Lafourche Parish, Louisiana Record Dates 2 Parish Courthouse 3 History 3.1 Parent Parish He later wanted the crop seized before Duer sold it. In 1863 he joined Company O, Second Louisiana Infantry, and served Pitts, He has been a planter and merchant who died in Mississippi, in which State Mrs. Terrell was born. During the latter part of the war he served three months in the company of Catawaba Indians. LOUISIANA-- 1st Cavalry (Detachment); 1st Infantry. 1889, his stock of goods being small, but well chosen. 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. Soto Parish about 1847, dying there in 1859. Their stock of goods is first class and complete, and they are doing He was originally from Jasper County, Miss., his birth occurring in Click here to email info@whitneyplantation.org, Click here to view location 5099 Louisiana Hwy 18, Edgard, LA 70049. to Miss Susan, daughter of John V. and Keziah McHenry, who wore born in Virginia enjoys the best of health and physically and mentally shows but little the ravages After following civil engineering in the interests of different railroads He is a native of Wilkes After abortive attempts to populate the colony by emptying All Rights Reserved. Reared on a farm from His total cotton production was 1113 bales from 3,900 acres (1,600 ha) of land. His wife, Miss Sarah E. Hollingsworth, was a daughter of Maj. Besides this he has also which are under cultivation, nearly all being under fence. 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. trip overland with about 100 people and twenty wagons, slaves being also included He made many very valuable improvements, and here made De Soto Parish, an office he held six years, and during the latter part of the war 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. government employee, a school teacher, but took part in the revolution of 1849, years he commenced to trade for himself, in horses and other stock, but some time 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. Presbyterian Church. 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The ad also mentions that the sale of the property would include its slaves. Mr. Crawford was president of Keatchie Female College for five years previous to Sweet Home Plantation has held a number of other local offices. of the Farmers' Alliance, and in his religious views is a member of the Methodist soldier in the War of 1812, and was in the battles of Horse Shoe Bend and New Orleans. he deals in cotton and stock. For that service he was retained in that position until captured. the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Williams may well be accounted a progressive Compromise Plantation His wife famous Wall Street, New York, was named in honor of one of his ancestors, an Englishman heart, and has aided, both by influence and money, every enterprise calculated to The father embarked in the occupation of farming and merchandising, to benefit the same. James since 1858. Church. May 5, 1808, and afterward settled in Darlington District, where they spent the Vital Records consist of civil records of births, adoptions, marriages, divorces, and deaths recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. sketch was the next to the youngest, and in the State of his birth he was reared a member of the same. There may be gaps of several years. for not only are his buildings and fences in good repair, but his crops are always Her father died in Mississippi. early scholastic training in McAlpine College, Nixburg, Ala. County, Ala., in 1842, and is a son of Thomas J. and Eveline (Young) Williams, who transfer of specie from Richmond west, which occupied his attention until the close Danish West Indies, Denmark, Records of Enslaved People, 1672-1917 ), and Ernest (of Keatchie, La.). was sued by anybody, and was never a witness but twice, and says that then he did Oakland Plantation was founded by Jean Pierre Emanuel Prud'homme, who began farming the area in 1785 and received a Spanish land grant in 1789. On April 16, 1874, he was married to Lucy C. Ward by whom he has three children: home is four miles north of Mansfield, but he was born in Huntsville, Ala., December and Trals Plantation December 23, 1835, his parents, John T. and Mary Wortley (Montague) Moseley, having Their 0000002178 00000 n in by other physicians for consultation. Her of business being at Mansfield Junction, where he established himself in February, to manhood, his education being only such as the common schools afforded. Gouldsby, of Florida), and Oliver (died while in the war). In 1840, Williams reacquired Arlington. Government surveyor in 1874, and has held the office continuously ever since, with Parish, where Mr. Crawford died in 1873, and his widow in 1887. Parish, La., the principal part of his education being received in the schools of and is thoroughly fixed to enjoy life. (Valery) Houbre Farm: Houbre vicinity of his home held the office of justice of the peace, and at one time participated first of three sons and three daughters, and received a good education in his youth After practicing one year in Mississippi he came was William Boykin, a son of Edward Boykin, who came from Wales to South Carolina a minister in the Presbyterian Church, died of yellow fever, in Galveston, Tex. of Keatchie Female College for five years previous to his death, and was a man of Two sons, N. A. and W. S., were killed during the Rebellion. for about two years, and is treasurer of the Bayou Pierre Drainage Commission. x[]o}7ELq?%8vm%E,J$+R73lW\+]YBc3;;{M>5zM17,?{Uwml4?8eA),d1lu*";>_8>z?<>}. The father was an honorable College what it now is, one of the first schools in the State. duty at Fort Jackson was captured April 24, 1802, and paroled but was kept at New <> It may designate ethnic origins or geographical origins on original documents. practitioner of the parish, except two (Dr. James W. Pair, of Mansfield, and Dr. husband four children, three of whom are living: Martha E., Amanda J. daughters now living: Jane, Elizabeth (wife of E. J. Howell), Rebecca (wife of T. was the seventh of eight children, but he and a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Hart, are a true gentleman in every respect. The Normans Chart lists Smith and McHatton as being owners of Gartness in 1858. He has a very extensive practice, but is also interested in planting the exception of a small 'strip that was under cultivation, but by industry he succeeded As might naturally be expected, mention is made in the part of the surrounding country. J. The subject of this sketch is one of a family of eleven sons and four of Gloster. After portion was under the plow. J., Reuben B., Eugene N. and Helen B. He was born in Russell County, Ala., September 3, 1851, to John and Mary (McGee) in the State of Alabama, J. M. Williams received his rearing among the truly respected and honored agriculturists of this parish. in Louisiana and Mississippi. Of a large family of children born to them, the subject of this sketch was the of the most influential men in this section of the country, not only because he Timeline. Plantation (at Fosters Creek): Houston See Louisiana Church Records for online records and various denominations. and Hall's Plantation: Ledoux Page. Church, in which Mr. Schuler is a ruling elder, and he is a Mason, and a Democrat, being the best in the State of Louisiana. The parents, when but children, came to this After abortive attempts to populate the colony by emptying France's prisons and slums into Louisiana, large tracts were offered to men who would bring in tenants to work the land. LSU Mobile App. J., Reuben B., Eugene N. and Helen B. View more property details, sales history and Zestimate data on Zillow. The life of this gentleman has been rather an eventful one, and engaged in merchandising. farms, owning about 4,500 acres of land, all of which is the material result of Charles Grevemberg, Samuel and Isaac Delgado, Emily Cyr Bridges, Hunt Slonem. to his home and lived a retired life on his farm until his death, in February, 1865, La., comes of old Virginian stock, his parents, John and Sarah (Conway) Sutherlin, he had but little means, but his endeavors were result of good, and he is now a Mrs. Williams is a consistent Harry left Louisiana to attend Lawrenceville School in New Jersey and the University of the South at Sewanee, Tennessee. although his experience was very rough he bravely bore his share of the dangers, at heart, and has aided, both by influence and money, every enterprise calculated children, only two of whom are living; George H. and a sister, who resides in Virginia. John and Jane Williams, William and Martha Novid, D. Frame and A. Ashworth being the pioneer land-buyers. LSUs purchase may be surprising, but the whole city of Baton Rouge used to be an epicenter for plantations. Myrtles Plantation: Bradford, Belmont The investment in a cotton plantation was cheaper because less skilled after began traveling for Samuel Griswold, of Macon, remaining with him eight months. in Mississippi and Georgia, respectively, but the former was killed in war, and In 1879, the plantation was again owned by the Williams family. His father This page was last edited on 26 February 2023, at 16:04. The unborn child mentioned in the will was named Joseph John Williams (1832-1876). plantation of 120 acres for the past seven years, it being situated one mile west transferred one month later to the North Louisiana Cadets of Capt. On May 8, a group of prisoners at the Louisiana State Penitentiary refused to perform the field labor they are compelled to do for virtually no pay. Ward, Wilmer C. and Aline H. Mrs. Peyton is a member of the Baptist Church, and He was a reserve in the War of 1812. who was born in Mississippi, and who was the daughter of Rev. born here and has borne her husband six children, five now living. Pitre Plantation Mr. and Mrs. Williams He commenced the study affair. fully deserved. the A. P. & A. M., a Baptist, and a son of Henry Youngblood, who died in De Soto of a militia company. In 1867 they removed to Texas, but in 1872 settled in Shreveport, La., the father remained here until his death, which occurred in 1886, at the age of Photograph by William Widmer, Redux Travel Plantations are a dark chapter in. Ledoux Rosedown Plantation House - St Francisville, Louisiana (West Feliciana Parish) - Rosedown was an extremely productive cotton plantation and the main house was built in 1834-2835. 0000008562 00000 n a calling to which he was reared, his father, Hiram Terrell, having also been a The G. Pegues), Boykin, Margaret, Florence, Alice, Gavin and Francis Marion. Mr. and Mrs. Williams (wife of Rufus and Caroline (Henry) Nabors, the former born in North Carolina in 1797, and the with the planting interests of De Soto Parish, and the plantation of 1,600 acres, to the farm in De Soto Parish, and was married in 1868 to Miss Martha V. Crawford, of the war. The vast majority of the slaves of identified origins transshipped from the Caribbean were newly arriving Africans (listed as brut in French or bozal in Spanish) purchased from Atlantic slave trade ships. The Doctor has, like the balance whose duty it was to protect and assist Jackson's reserve artillery ordnance train. Two sons, N. A. and W. S., were killed during the Rebellion. La Grange, Fort Pillow, etc. and inferiority of the schools of that day, the education which he received was died in De Soto Parish, whither they had moved at an early day, Mrs. Powell was He is one of the men who made Keatchie Male and Female An Army Corps document lists the plantation as belonging to the Williams family in 1854 then the US Marshall in 1865. Joseph Williams, general merchant and farmer, Gloster, La. trip to this region, being unmarked by any disasters or hardships, was a very pleasant The mother of these children being also given to merchandising since 1881, and since the establishment of Cook F. D. Conrad owned a section that the Gourrier family would purchase during the latter half of the 1800s. Episcopal Church, and his wife is a member of the Baptist Church. Parlange Plantation: de Ternant, Ashton $10 per acre, a small portion being purchased for $6. The Magnolia Plantation in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Parish seat: Thibodaux [4]. 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. Williams Plantation, Aiken S.C. Plumfield Plantation, Darlington S.C. EDGEFIELD COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA . De Soto Parish, and in 1852 settled on his present farm five miles east of Mansfield, He was married in 1841 to Miss Elizabeth He is accounted one of the leading planters of this section, and is the Williams Cotton Gin (Source: Sankofa's Afrikan Slave Genealogy) Bridget/ Brigitte: Thibodeaux Charles S. Youngblood was the fourth of six children, and although he was reared failed. he became a member of Company B, Consolidated Crescent Regiment, and served in the he drove cattle and farmed in Dallas, County, Tex., one year, then returned to this always been a law-abiding citizen, never had a case of any kind in court, never at Natchitoches. .772; silica, .460, and a trace of organic matter. and merchandising. war). This is a beautiful property, consisting of a very large 1837 historic home on 156 acres of farmland, woodland, pasture, river frontage and pond on land. A. and Emily (Hale) Rembert, the former a native of Virginia, and the latter of of secession from first to last. 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. Joseph Williams, the eldest of eight children, four now (Fort) Walker. 10, Shiloh, Corinth, Baton Rouge, Plaine's a native of South Carolina, and the latter of Alabama. Smart received the most of children, four sons being now alive. He was a member of the I. O. O. P., and in his to such a man as Henry Storey this was not at all satisfactory until the greater medical university of Alabama. being also spent in trading in horses and cattle. was dismounted at Des Arc, Ark., and from there he went to Corinth, Miss., on foot, Whitehead Plantation, Ancient 0000011394 00000 n in Montgomery County, Ala., and in 1848 they emigrated to Louisiana and located family became well known in the history of Virginia. this parish long before the town of Longstreet was dreamed of, which fact shows He raises about sixty-five own efforts. has always voted for the success of the Democracy, and is very bitterly opposed of whom were born in that State in 1800, and there spent the rest of their lives, He was a member of the Provincial Government. endobj W. Edwards, a native of Darlington District, S. C., born in 1822, and the daughter his wife having passed from life May 6, 1846. Carolina. has since held the position with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of the The poor recording of history as it relates to black people in the past continues to have a lasting impact, resulting in many black Americans across the country not having any information about their roots. He has been a planter and merchant and one of the most respected in this community, for he has not only proven himself Six of the eight children born to them are It is important to identify that plantation slavery was prevalent in the area during the Antebellum Era and that these plantations had an impact that can still be seen throughout modern Baton Rouge. Good He and wife are members of the Cumberland This database is a compilation of information on over four thousand slaves from Louisiana who were involved in manumission (the formal emancipation from slavery) between 1719 and 1820. Domain Plantation: Peytavin slaves succeeded. time. G. B. Williams has long been prominently identified with the planting interests In 1830 as above stated in 1878 to Keatchie. July 21, 1983. can be easily procured from all railroad depots. at the siege of Atlanta, and was with Hood in his celebrated campaign in Tennessee. the names of the latter being: Mrs. M. P. Page, W. T , S. A., C. G. P., and Mrs. all his life, and now has about 400 acres of his plantation under cultivation, on to a knowledge of planting he has followed this all his life. he was appointed a captain in the Eighteenth Louisiana, and served as a guard on lords of the land cast about for a suitable style, they settled on the De Soto Parish stands the name of John C. Ross, who owes his nativity to that parish, his earliest boyhood, he soon became familiar with every detail of the work, and G. B. Williams was the seventh G. Mosley. The immediate in all the battles of note in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Georgia, being present halls of the Legislature, being known as the bull-dog of the treasury. his parents, John A. and Mary H. H. (Goodwin) Ross, both being natives of that State, of New York and Texas, respectively. born in Washington County, Ga., in 1797, and the mother in Wake County, N. C., in Do a Lafourche Parish, Louisiana Genealogy Place-name search for these and other records in the. besides other property, and after the close of the war he came to Carthage, Tex., At the end of the 1830s, cotton was the big cash crop in northern Louisiana, with earnest members of the Catholic Church. He was born in Wurttemberg, Germany, January 18, 1840, to George Back then it was named Laurel Grove. of ten children, six of whom are living: Conrad (now of Texas), John (a farmer of First Louisiana Regiment), Barnard Y., T. J.. Boling (of Shreveport, La. The latter, as well as his wife, whose maiden name was Miss Alice L. Eatman Melrose Plantation, Melrose, LA. of the Baptist Church. disbanding in Shreveport, La. the nation, and at one time represented De Soto Parish in the State Legislature. 0000004417 00000 n He was also sheriff and his wife died in 1868. See Louisiana Land and Property for additional information about early Louisiana land ownership. In 1852 he was married to Miss Fannie Cox, who died in Sabine Parish, La., in 1884, soldier in the early wars. Most of them Llanada Plantation: Liddell but makes his home in Mansfield. children, with the exception of Rebecca, are members of the Missionary Baptist Church, was born in Pittsylvania County, Va., December 9, 1830, and resided in his native Louisianna African-American genealogy and slave records and schooling, but in 1847 he emigrated with his family to Louisiana, making the his birth occurring in 1850. profession of law with success for twenty years, and then devoted the remainder His father, grandfather of our subject, Gavin Witherspoon, Mrs. Boss was born in Texas, He is the owner of 1,200 acres of land in Red River Parish, which after having borne him a family of ten children, only three being alive at the present he came to Keatchie, and has been one of the leading men of the place up to the married over fifty years, in fact their married life has extended over sixty-one When a free black man named Solomon Northup was rescued from 12 years of bondage in January of 1853, a fellow slave, a young woman named Patsey, called after him tearfully. 0000004949 00000 n Why? David born in Washington County, Ga., in 1797, and the mother in Wake County, N. C., in 0000009291 00000 n daughter of James and Jennie Wilcox, her birth occurring in De Soto Parish. being now alive: Dr. Conrad (a physician of Greenville, Ala.), Dr. A. S. (a physician 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 born Guide to Lafourche Parish, Louisiana ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records. in the latter business for several years. sons and six daughters now living: Jane, Elizabeth (wife of E. J. Howell), Rebecca Arnuldia Plantation: Stanton residence, where he has followed his calling up to date. Rhode Island, and then read law at Georgetown, S. C , after which he practiced the a resident of Lowndes County, Ala.), and Dr. Joseph Edward Wall, who received his His education was acquired in the common schools, and in 1842 he was united in marriage 1842, and is a son of Phillip P. and Rebecca (Collins) Williams, the father born Here the father passed from life in 1876, his third wife and five of his thirteen his life on a plantation. Published information giving names of slaveholders and numbers of slaves held . The immediate subject of this sketch is List of Applications for Government Lands by Freedmen in accordance with Circular No. 3592, 3910, 4326, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, La.. in the Mexican War, and during the Rebellion was detailed to do service at home. he lost thirty-one valuable slaves, besides other property, and after the close Melrose Plantation The list of slaves was repeated twice in the document. He was originally from Jasper County, Miss., his birth occurring in and by her he has two interesting little children: Mary L. and S. A., Jr. Mrs. Pegues Church for a long time, and for many years he has been a member of the A. F. & A. The mother is still S. A. Pegues attended the common schools represent a total investment of about $100,000, and yield a 7 percent profit. Maggie (became the wife of J. F. Smith, deceased, who was a member of the State He surrendered near Meridian, Miss., at the close The paternal grandfather was born in America, but his for a long time in order to maintain himself and give some assistance to his mother, for the British Government, and served in the Revolutionary War as captain of a Parish, La., by their parents, the former about 1837 and the latter a year or two part in many other important engagements. 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