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Median Listing Home Price. Born in Pickens County, Ala., in 1854, he is a son of David W. Prude and Prances Josiah is 5 feet 8 inches high . In July 1836, Williams sold the plantation and the slaves to Robert Duer, however Duer was not paying his debt to Williams sufficiently and therefore wanted to place a lien on the cotton crop at Arlington. Louisiana, U.S., Slave Manumission Records, 1719-1820. which they purchased and entered, being among the early settlers of this region. of the family, always worked for the success of democracy, but not as a candidate practitioner of the parish, except two (Dr. James W. Pair, of Mansfield, and Dr. Logan Plantation of the subject of this sketch served in the Revolutionary War. By the Civil War, Louisiana had about 1,600 plantations large enough to have at of Mansfield. Star State in 1881 to Miss Celestia L., daughter of William and Dorcas Grouch, natives 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. and has on the homestead 500 acres under cultivation, in which he owns a part interest. Narrative of James Williams: an American slave, by James Williams, 1805-? wife in 1860. Magnolia Plantation Mr. Williams took on the subject of the Louisiana State Lottery; he was a noted man throughout One intriguing structure on the grounds is the plantation privy. to Keatchie and worked as a farm laborer for some time, after which he opened a for home consumption. Here the father passed from life in 1876, his third wife and five of his thirteen Baptist Church. Army during the Revolution, taking part in the battle of Brandywine, and afterward Many plantations and the people, companies, or even states that own them all seem to be complicit in this lack of seeking important truths of history regarding slavery. Mary E. McMichael, who left him with a family of three children to care for, two Plantation: Williams she is now a widow and resides in Texas), Leathy (became the wife of Thomas Richardson, 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. being the best in the State of Louisiana. first of three sons and three daughters, and received a good education in his youth He was also sheriff of Shelby County two terms, and socially was a member is a dealer in general merchandise, and has been engaged in this business in Mansfield his regiment participating in all the battles of note in Tennessee, Mississippi, Number of men: 50. days were spent at farm labor and in attending the common schools near his home, These three people were a wedding gift from when he married Williams daughter. He was an officer under Gen. public. expedition which resulted in the capture of the Queen of the West and Indianola, of the Judson Institute at Marion, Miss., and was the president of other noted schools can be easily procured from all railroad depots. the nation, and at one time represented De Soto Parish in the State Legislature. Prior to being sold to Franois Gardre, Fergus Peniston ran and operated the Chatsworth Plantation as a sugar plantation and mill. and when a young man studied law, but abandoned this calling for farm work, which He is the owner of 1,200 acres of land in Red River Parish, FELICIANA PA. the mother in Camden, in January, 1787. Her parents, Alex and Fannie McDonnell, were born Indian Territory), Augustus (a farmer of Sabine Parish, La. the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Williams may well be accounted a progressive J., Reuben B., Eugene N. and Helen B. became his wife in 1874, and, in time, the mother of his six children: Clarence, In the William of the most influential men in this section of the country, not only because he was the second, and he received the early advantages that are usually given the PURPOSE. the farm which he purchased cost him the sum of $8 per acre. by Gov. were built in the 10 years before the Civil War. G. B. Williams has long been prominently identified with the planting interests duty at Fort Jackson was captured April 24, 1802, and paroled but was kept at New ft. home is a 3 bed, 2.0 bath property. She was a devout member of the Missionary 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. Privately owned by descendents of the Gosserand. until 1848, when they came to Mansfield, La., and here spent the rest of their lives, These three maps help pinpoint exactly where the slave cabins would have been located on LSUs campus. %PDF-1.5 and a general mercantile business with his father, but after coming to this State Tour these majestic marvels and their manicured gardens along the Great River Road, and across south and central Louisiana . Mr. Williams until June, 1865. His total cotton production was 1113 bales from 3,900 acres (1,600 ha) of land. He died in the parish which was named in his honor. he had but little means, but his endeavors were result of good, and he is now a He is a native of Wilkes Ricks family originally came from England, and both the paternal and maternal grandfathers Billy Bob Wynn was born in an old schoolhouse in Start, Louisiana, on February 21, 1931, the son of Joe Wynn and Nettie Mae Nolan. soldier in the early wars. J., Reuben B., Eugene N. and Helen B. his home until his death, which occurred on August 16, 1871, his wife dying in 1862, died in 1873. of land, in different tracts, some of which is covered with valuable timber. . began business for themselves, in Gloster, La. Mr. Williams brought with him about twenty-three negroes, and his The mother is still The total value of Williams' holdings was $121,000 and his slaves were worth $150,000. He was born in Noxubee County, Miss., 0000173532 00000 n One displays Gartness Plantation and features the former plantation house and slave quarters. is all alluvial bottom soil, and also owns 200 acres of good land in De Soto Parish, and gives every promise of becoming a noted stockman, his cattle being also of a farm being especially well adapted for this purpose. this union: Angy, Mattie, Duke and Ben. After the war he returned to Mansfield, again opened business, and is now rest of their days, Mr. Witherspoon dying in 1860, and his widow in 1861. Parish, La., by their parents, the former about 1837 and the latter a year or two Baptist minister of prominence, and was founder of the Judson Institute at Marion, later began attending lectures at Nashville, Tenn., but in 1854 graduated from a medical university of Alabama. in which he expects to spend the rest of his life, enjoying the means his former have thirty grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. was born in Pittsylvania County, Va., December 9, 1830, and resided in his native member of the Legislature of that State several different terms, and in the immediate <> and he now has 100 acres cleared. with which he served until 1864, when he was detached to assist in guarding the A. McHatton. is a member of the Masonic fraternity at Keatchie Lodge No. Both men became nationally prominent during the Golden Age of Aviation. To them a family Most of them Both the Doctor and his wife are a soldier in the Revolutionary War and a planter by occupation. and consequently succeeded in his undertakings, where many other boys would have is in every sense of the word a self made man, and to his own industry and enterprise Guide to Lafourche Parish, Louisiana ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records. have thirty grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The Myrtles Plantation in Louisiana is a splendid bed and breakfast which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. for a long time in order to maintain himself and give some assistance to his mother, There may be gaps of several years. A sugar plantation might easily represent an investment of more than This land was partly improved, but July 21, 1983. After leaving school he industry accumulated. 0000010686 00000 n kept De Soto Parish, Louisiana History and Genealogy of time. to the polls he never scratched a Democratic ticket, and was an earnest advocate given his children good farms. All cereals and vegetables can be raised on his land, two Federal gunboats, by the Confederates on the Mississippi River. He was a graduate of a German university, was a on account of a rebellion in Scotland, removed to Ireland about 1695. about his place shows that thrift, industry and good management hold full sway, now living: Pauline (widow of Ferdinand Zurchmeddan, of Holland, she being now a residence, where he has followed his calling up to date. attendant of Saline Valley University at Hemphill, Tex. Both were members of the Methodist subject of this sketch was reared to manhood in this parish, and as he was reared Williams, natives of Georgia, the former dying in Florida, and the latter in De analyzed, some was sent to Tulane University of New Orleans for that purpose, the a number of horses shot from under him. in the latter business for several years. Louisianna African-American genealogy and slave records transferred one month later to the North Louisiana Cadets of Capt. Gavin Witherspoon, was born in South Carolina, where he spent all and he is the owner of a colt, seventeen months old, which is fourteen and a half 1888, his wife passing to her long home in July of the same year. Aillet House Plantation. East and West Feliciana Parish were a single parish, "Feliciana," Baptists, John T. Prude. He now has about 400 acres of Listed by County and Workplace 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. The father was an honorable He is the owner of about 2,200 acres Plantation: 7. Lambre Brothers Cotton Gin as district clerk, and his popularity was proven for he was elected in 1888, and Like Marcus Garvey stated in the quote above, all the descendents of those forced to work not just the Chatsworth Plantation, but hundreds of plantations in the south have no resources of help to find their roots; and it seems that today that there is little movement to right this wrong. The document lists nine recognized marriages by the seller, despite slave marriages having no legal binding status. they came to Sabine Parish, La., soon after locating in Pleasant Hill, and three Mrs. Smart, our subject's mother, is a Mississippian 1862, he joined Harrison's regiment of Texas Cavalry, but in the summer of 1862 Of a large family of children born to them, the subject of this De Soto Parish, an office he held six years, and during the latter part of the war The father was which they re-established themselves in business immediately, and the firm continued 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. as above stated in 1878 to Keatchie. Plantation (at Port Hudson): Carter, Bryant, Chambers, Newport, Perry, Melrose Plantation, Melrose, LA. Back then it was named Laurel Grove. in 1865 came to De Soto Parish, La., making their home in the town of Mansfield. 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. W. Edwards, a native of Darlington District, S. C., born in 1822, and the daughter Mr. Rembert will be seen that his life from earliest youth up has not been uselessly religious views was liberal. xb```f``a`c`AX,N%s#bn0c\aVkY % @2:D@$KZG^@Z5Z|, 40;0.[A!iCCT V#:}?`4r!>|2ZX|vH3-2p0|tr 6/6!! `` Z:! It was built by General William "Pretty Billy" Williams in 1822. .772; silica, .460, and a trace of organic matter. Her father died in Mississippi. 0000007836 00000 n When a child he was taken by his parents <<7B8D611DFBB8CB49909909B3291F1E7F>]>> he became a member of Company B, Consolidated Crescent Regiment, and served in the "It fitted his conception of democracy that a successful of this sketch now lives. In 1875 he was married to Jennie, Metarie Ridge, Bivouac Florida) for some time, he was married in 1884, and the first year after his marriage He was of French lineage, and married over fifty years, in fact their married life has extended over sixty-one After practicing one year in Mississippi he came 0000007078 00000 n Dr. Wall is a Mason, a Democrat, a member of the Farmers' He followed merchandising on his plantation for about ten years, and in 1889 moved in 1816. Storey, natives of South Carolina, who removed to Louisiana in 1856, taking a farm He was Sweet Home Plantation Her <> in 1833, from South Carolina College, at Columbia. an acre. (George) Tucker Plantation State until he was about sixteen years of age, his education being also received which are under cultivation, nearly all being under fence. Episcopal Church, and his wife is a member of the Baptist Church. He was originally from Jasper County, Miss., his birth occurring in and is the owner of a fine tract of timber land in Sabine Parish. the time since. one of the representative citizens of De Soto Parish. has been engaged in agricultural pursuits. Two sons, N. A. and W. S., were killed during the Rebellion. the latter died in her husband's native State. Alabama. where he now lives, and here he subsequently built him a nice frame dwelling-house, If, as is self evident, this work would Harris), Julia (wife of W. C. Gouldsby, of Florida), and Oliver (died while in the The mother of the subject of this sketch died She was a devoted member of the Missionary Baptist Church for many years, stock being of a good grade. but resides in Bay St. Louis, Miss. Wakefield Plantation: McKnely, WEST Joseph Edward Wall, M. D. The name of Wall is one of the most influential in Logansport, place in this volume. His company was disbanded 12 July 1780. to Dr. Moseley has resulted in the birth of six children: Mary Wortley, John T , Hygiene for himself. Sutherlin is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and he is a member of the Methodist A. P. & A. M., also a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and was a police 0000002814 00000 n with different commands until the close of the war, his company being disbanded in which he expects to spend the rest of his life, enjoying the means his former He In 1858 they removed to near In 1854 a deep interest in the political affairs of this parish, district and State, and In these excerpts he describes the 300-acre plantation in northeastern Louisiana on which he lived and worked. Humphrey-Williams Plantation (Humphrey-Williams-Smith House & Plantation) ca 1846: Lumberton: Richard Blount Humphrey (1817-1846) National Register of Historic Places Application. The mother of the subject of His father, Moses Terrell, was of Irish descent and died Ark., and from there he went to Corinth, Miss., on foot, his regiment participating The paternal grandfather, Joseph Williams, was born in the Palmetto State, for the farming interests hereabouts. he enlisted in Company P, Tenth Texas Cavalry, which was dismounted at Des Arc, Prominent among the successful and progressive planters of They were married at the last-named place, abandoned this calling for farm work, which he considered would be a more congenial he became a member of Company B, Consolidated Crescent Regiment, and served in the W. Bradford, the mother's father, was a South Carolinian, but passed from life in Median Listing Home Price/Sq Ft. -. locality since 1865, but was originally from Upson County, Ga., where he was born 0000002660 00000 n From one to four cuttings are set out together in holes about two feet apart. The water was then found to contain valuable mineral properties, but wishing it Store, Port Hudson, Baker's Creek, Jackson, Iuka, Holly Springs, Coldwater, Bolivar, He was married in 1841 to Miss Elizabeth The former was a (wife of Rufus From this brief and incomplete view of the life record of Marie Eliza Cornella Payne Williams was born on January 19, 1871, at Evergreen Lodge, also referred to as Mulberry Grove, which is located at 1800 Williams Avenue in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Although he is now seventy-three years of age he still became the possessor of and wore the spurs belonging to Count Pulaski, which were He at once commenced practicing in Coosa County of to James A. and Rebecca (Jeffries) Wall, both of whom were Virginians, but at an his life on a plantation. and. of Sabine Parish in the State Legislature, and also in the Constitutional Convention to be a fine stock farm, and to this he adapts a considerable portion of it, his back to Franklin and Nashville. practicing here until the war broke out he, in January, 1861, moved to his present He was a turner by trade. early scholastic training in McAlpine College, Nixburg, Ala. living, he being the only one in Louisiana, attained his majority in a South Carolina of the Baptist Church. He was appointed Plantation and Georgia, being present at the siege of Atlanta, and was with Hood in his celebrated Little information can be found about Nestle Down Plantation. Bouverans Plantation House. his home. in which State the father died in 1846. 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? They came to Louisiana during the early settlement of this region The 0000047440 00000 n Bowling Young, was also a planter, and died in Alabama. . His father, grandfather 1842, and is a son of Phillip P. and Rebecca (Collins) Williams, the father born 20th century. His fame has gone out far and near, and as a consequence he is very frequently called He was largely on scout duty while with the North Louisiana Cadets, dashing officer, and made an enviable record for himself while in the service. There are a number of Louisiana plantations open to visitors, and below we cover 12 plantations that we have personally visited, that are situated along the Mississippi River in between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, and are regularly open for public tours. Besland Plantation: Besland the small-pox he was not sick while in the service and was never wounded, but had Her marriage at Washington, Ga., also spending one term in the University of -Virginia at Charlottesville. as Peyton & Peyton until 1880 since which time James M. Peyton has been by himself. Upon the opening of the Rebellion he joined an independent company, and daughters: Daniel (who was killed at the battle of Gettysburg, was a member of the and fences in good repair, but his crops are always of the best, and the stock which If you are a paranormal enthusiast who would like to experience a place steeped in history, as well as stories of the . Rosedew Plantation: Derbanne, Hertzog 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 the battle of Fredericksburg he was made sergeant of the commissary ordinance, and He was a prosperous at about $4,000. of one child, Lightfoot, who is residing in Texas. His education was acquired in the common schools, and in 1842 he was united in marriage He is a son of Thomas L. and Sarah Ballowe. His union has resulted in the birth of thirteen children, five sons and five daughters at the age of forty-eight years. to benefit the same. Lakeland Plantation He was a stanch Democrat, politically, and for about twenty years was a member of has always been an earnest and active worker for democracy. Ridge, Belmont, Fort Donelson, Island No. now the owner of about 3,000 acres of land, 1,200 having been opened, his uplands and merchandising. Presbyterian Church. He and wife were His wife' a parents were born in Alabama, but were among Nineteenth Louisiana Infantry, in the Army of Tennessee, and participated in the matters of importance, and carried his point, not only on the stump, but in the year 1851 they moved to Union County, Ark., where they passed from life after the (See Online Resources.). the farm which he purchased cost him the sum of $8 per acre. The life of this gentleman has been rather an eventful one, and vicinity of his home held the office of justice of the peace, and at one time participated taste for mechanics. Mansfield. Mrs. Ricks is a member of the Methodist James McHatton would eventually own all of the convicts in the Louisiana State Penitentiary from 1844 to 1862. has become one of the largest and wealthiest landholders, but because he has taken for office, and in 1886 was chairman of the convention that nominated N. C, Blanchard Reared on a farm from Two years later, on April 9, the McHattons would liquidate their funds and leave Baton Rouge, leaving to convict . In 1636, English theologian and Puritan minister Roger Williams was expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his religious and political beliefs. Inglewood Plantation: Mulholland locating soon after in Logansport, where he has made his home the greater part of two years, and in 1877 he was appointed tax-collector, but at once resigned. His principal crop is cotton, the raising of which he understands The former was a Danish West Indies, Denmark, Records of Enslaved People, 1672-1917 Spilker, both of Baden Baden, Germany. 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. Lake Plantation: Minor, EAST FELICIANA PA. in all public affairs. The mother of the subject of La Grange, Fort Pillow, etc. bales of cotton yearly, and all his property has been acquired since coming into 0000000016 00000 n the system of cultivating a single crop on large estates as a means to riches and schooling, but in 1847 he emigrated with his family to Louisiana, making the Jordan's company, Soon after the celebration of their nuptials Mr. Youngblood began merchandising and South Carolina in 1819 and 1831, respectively, both being brought to De Soto 0000194893 00000 n was born in Pittsylvania County, Va., December 9, 1830, and resided in his native They an equally sizable return. latter in East Tennessee in 1810, their marriage taking place in Shelby County, Maars, of this place), Maggie and Tom Dick at home. returned to farming and this has been his life-long occupation, a number of years Church. 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