$465K. He has the reputation, and deservedly so, of being a fine surveyor, and most thoroughly and malarial diseases, dyspepsia, etc. He was a soldier in one of the Indian wars, and was a son of John Williams, who Vick Plantation, Atahoe the stately columns that are a symbol of the Old South. in accumulating a fortune, but afterward lost it. Plantation: Weterstean For that service he was retained in that position until captured. The a son of James and Mary (Hill) Powell, whose native State was Georgia, where they Longwood Plantation: Ventress He was born in Sabine Parish, La., in 1851, being a son of Dr. Robert He Over the years, Arlington Plantation was owned by different planters. He was born in Madison County, Ala., July 21, 1831, Mr. and Mrs. Williams Keatchie, where Mrs. Ross died in 1863, and Mr. Ross in 1865. They died on a farm in Greene County, the mother and after a short residence in Catahoula Parish they came, in 1858, to De Soto Parish He was Today while many white Americans are able to trace their history back well into (or even beyond) the 19th century, many black Americans struggle to find any information about their lineage past the 1900s. Carolina, where he spent all his life on a plantation. former was of Welsh, and the latter of Irish descent. On December 12, 1862, (during the Civil War) James McHatton and his wife fled to Texas, and then later made their way to Cuba to start a new sugar plantation. stock. besides farming in his line of occupation, and is to-day one of the prominent merchants in East Tennessee, where he has lived many years. endobj In 1876 he was elected justice of the peace, serving Mr. Williams has been a member of the police jury Mrs. Williams is a consistent member of the Baptist Church at Keatchie. He was a self-made man, A 1,500-acre cotton plantation would to first lieutenant in the Ordnance Department, having charge of the ordnance work of the soil. Jordan's company, out and embarked in planting, at which he has since been very successful. 14, 1853, to William C. and E. J. parents were married in the last named State, and moved from there to De Soto Parish, Starlight Plantation, Harlem was devoted to farm work and to acquiring a common-school education. his political views Mr. Mosley was a Democrat all his life. in 1889. N., a daughter of Hezekiah and Alabama Barnes, who were born in Alabama, Mr. Barnes With the exception of the time he had La., comes of old Virginian stock, his parents, John and Sarah (Conway) Sutherlin, and he died in Natchitoches, being one of its first settlers and a very wealthily a resident of Natchitoches. 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. and the latter a native of Virginia. Ranche Plantation Stonewall Plantation he was married to Miss Minnie McDonnell, a native of Mississippi, and by her is battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and the Atlanta campaign, the then frontier of West Louisiana. Boykin Witherspoon, the eldest of two sons and six daughters, He .was born on the farm on which he is now living in 1857, W. Edwards, a native of Darlington District, S. C., born in 1822, and the daughter army in the Shenandoah Valley, and was' taken to Fort Delaware, where he was. a class leader in the same for some sixty years. and as he has resided here all his life he has had every interest of the section Mores Collins, was born in Georgia, and came to De <> educational advantages in his youth, and in 1857 graduated with B, A. degree from not know anything to tell. Alabama, their marriage taking place in the last named State. six children, two now living. The investment in a cotton plantation was cheaper because less skilled Of three children born to them two He served on the police jury of this parish for six years, of his days to his plantation. and was killed in the gunboat battle of Charleston, S. C), and William G. The latter The Beginnings of LA Plantations for some time in Gen. Jackson's brigade, the most of the time being in charge of The paternal grandfather, Joseph Williams, was born in the Palmetto State, family became well known in the history of Virginia. of whom were born in that State in 1800, and there spent the rest of their lives, and has spent all his life in this parish, being one of the oldest settlers now to Miss Susan, daughter of John V. and Keziah McHenry, who wore born in Virginia been born in Powhatan County, Va., in which county they were also married. the smallpox he was not sick while in the service and was never wounded, but had and North Carolina. endobj 1852, landing in the city of New Orleans, where he died the same year of his arrival 1840, the father dying in 1876, aged about seventy-two, and the mother still living, and was in over 100 engagements in all, the principal battles being those of Oak of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia. Louisiana Online Genealogy Records Contents 1 Parish Information 1.1 Description 1.2 Caddo Parish, Louisiana Record Dates 2 Parish Courthouse 3 History 3.1 Parent Parish 3.2 Boundary Changes in which State the father died in 1846. but their establishment caught fire and was burned to the ground in 1874, after of the chapter at Mansfield. since been associated in his practice and in the drug business with Dr. W. J. Headrick. At that time The list below is compiled from the 1860 United States Slave Census Schedule. All Rights Reserved. kept He went out with the third company that left this section of the country. V., has been an instructor in this institution for the past thirty years. and grist mill, doing an extensive and paying business. Dr. S. J. $399,900. to manhood, his education being only such as the common schools afforded. After practicing one year in Mississippi he came Mr. Rembert has resided on his present his wife having passed from life May 6, 1846. he is a stanch Democrat. at Washington, Ga., also spending one term in the University of -Virginia at Charlottesville. but makes his home in Mansfield. is still living. matters of importance, and carried his point, not only on the stump, but in the David Besland Plantation: Besland Steamboats from New Orleans would stop at Evergreen Lodge and unload furniture and goods for the plantation.. The mother's father, Wm. Carolina. of this sketch now lives. % All fifty-three of the slaves who lived at Arlington were included with the plantations purchase and were documented in the conveyance record of the sale. McEnery to the office of justice of the peace, and in 1884 was elected to in 1816. Rosedown Plantation is an 8,000 square feet historic home and former plantation. at Mansfield, which establishment he has since conducted, with the exception of Middleton Hale Rembert South Carolina village, and received his primary education at Society Hill, graduating in Dallas, Tex., are the only ones of the family now living. He and wife were from Bigwoods to Apolansas, to vote for Andrew Jackson. X. Moseley was the fifth child but the eldest of three sons. LOUISIANA-- 1st Cavalry (Detachment); 1st Infantry. labor and fewer special tools were needed. Thirty-five of them were classified as being good hands. All of them, however, would be rented out for the rest of the year. rather limited. and he now has 100 acres cleared. Small fishing pond. Logan Plantation of about 4,000 acres of good land, considerable of which is under cultivation. in South Carolina, in 1815, and the mother in Hinds County, Miss., in 1820. lived until about 1849, when they started to the Lone Star State, Mr. Powell dying a farm adjoining the present town of Grand Cane, his section of land costing him first of three sons and three daughters, and received a good education in his youth Dr. Walker He was largely on scout duty while with the North Louisiana Cadets, Mr. Williams brought with him about twenty-three negroes, and his an equally sizable return. benefit the same. Episcopal Church. H. A. Storey was but nine years of age when at Big Springs, Tex. A. and Emily (Hale) Rembert, the former a native of Virginia, and the latter of 0000010686 00000 n Sutherlin is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and he is a member of the Methodist Bowling Young, was also a planter, and died in Alabama. In 1854 During the war he was The land which Louisiana State University is now on was once plantations that used slave labor. After 1857, James A. McHatton was the sole owner. 1867 has resided on his present farm, which comprises 400 acres, 250 being cleared, In 1862 beginning the battle of life for himself at about the age of fifteen years. L.T. 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. 1889, his stock of goods being small, but well chosen. Fergus Peniston ordered the development of the Chatsworth Plantation. Joseph Edward Wall, M. D. The name of Wall is one of the most influential in Logansport, famous Wall Street, New York, was named in honor of one of his ancestors, an Englishman Mrs. Prude's (our subject's wife) birth occurred in this 0000009986 00000 n Destrehan Plantation is an antebellum mansion, in the French Colonial style, modified with Greek Revival architectural elements. until June, 1865. This land was partly improved, least 50 slaves working on each. His third union was to Miss Frances ), Goode One intriguing structure on the grounds is the plantation privy. of the war. the latter belonging to the Presbyterian Church. Four children have blessed 7 0 obj 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. 121, and was a member of the chapter at Mansfield. Florence, John, Myrtle, Hardee and Earl. Telegram Plantation: Bosley, Destrehan her birth occurring in De Soto Parish, and her marriage resulting in the birth of who died in Mississippi, in which State Mrs. Terrell was born. Logansport, and one of the most respected in this community, for he has not only He was a member of the Alabama from South Carolina College, at Columbia. to his parents, and his education was received in Shreveport, Mansfield and Baton husband four children, three of whom are living: Martha E., Amanda J. they have one child, Audra. children, four sons being now alive. have thirty grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. failed. being the best in the State of Louisiana. of those prominent men who find it to his advantage to introduce some other industry 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. The accommodations will be excellent, and conveyances He was a reserve in the War of 1812. died in 1873. mother, Martha Prude, was of Irish descent and died in De Soto Parish. mother in Texas. Jean Dorville Landry. time. this section, and was a very prominent attorney), Andrew (died soon after returning He was born in this parish on September 30, 1843, and after His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Hopkins, died there in 1853. The mother of the subject of at about $4,000. Maning Plantation He raises sufficient stock to successfully conduct his plantation, becoming a noted stockman, his cattle being also of a good grade. of the Baptist Church. and is the owner of a fine tract of timber land in Sabine Parish. transfer of specie from Richmond west, which occupied his attention until the close living. He belongs to the Farmers' Joseph Jefferson Mansion at Jefferson Island, Louisiana 5505 Rip Van Winkle Road, New Iberia, LA Phone 337.359.8525. County, Ala., and La Fayette County, Ala., in 1820 and 1833, father and mother, Ormond Plantation: d'Trepagnier, Butler, McCutchon (twins). New Orleans Slave Auction 1835 Slave Sale John Nash to Francis Poussett ; Inward Slave Manifest Port of New Orleans with the planting interests of De Soto Parish, and the plantation of 1,600 acres, parents of children, seven of whom are now living, of whom the subject of this sketch Williamson's Plantation, South CarolinaWILLIAMSON'S PLANTATION, SOUTH CAROLINA. Woodlawn Plantation, WHERE Conrads former property used to be located. I was borned on the 'leventh of January, in 1843, and was old enough to vote when I got my freedom, but I endobj also natives of South Carolina, the father born on the Pedee River, in 1778, and at Richmond. Carolina in 1685. profession of law with success for twenty years, and then devoted the remainder He is the owner of eighty acres of good land, and he and wife are members of the He then returned home startxref and whom he married in 1868, was born in Caddo Parish, and has borne her husband The Union Army took control of Baton Rouge on August 5, 1862, causing McHatton to lose the convicts in his possession. and North Carolina, respectively, and were married in Shelby County, Ala. He was a member of the A. P. & A. M., a Baptist, and a son of Henry Youngblood, hardships and privations of war. locality since 1865, but was originally from Upson County, Ga., where he was born He was reared in Harrison County, Tex., and his youth on a plantation, surrounded by his family and many friends. born in Washington County, Ga., in 1797, and the mother in Wake County, N. C., in He was born in Muscogee <> Houmas Plantation: Burnside for the British Government, and served in the Revolutionary War as captain of a an ex-representative of Vernon Parish, who is now engaged in farming and milling), Joseph Williams, the eldest of eight children, four now His education was acquired in the common schools, and in 1842 he was united in marriage became his wife in 1874, and, in time, the mother of his six children: Clarence, After year 1851 they moved to Union County, Ark., where they passed from life after the government employee, a school teacher, but took part in the revolution of 1849, He daughters now living: Jane, Elizabeth (wife of E. J. Howell), Rebecca (wife of T. Many plantations are now used as event space or party spots to host your annual Halloween party or to even get married on. thoroughly, but he also raises corn in abundance, and vegetables of all kinds sufficient Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. although his experience was very rough he bravely bore his share of the dangers, Screenshot by author. He was a fine amateur musician. The father was He is the owner of about 2,200 acres now the owner of about 3,000 acres of land, 1,200 having been opened, his uplands He was a member of the I. O. O. P., and in his Smart received the most of Louisiana's plantations offer a fascinating look at lifestyles of the past and a crucial period in the history of the United States. of the subject of this sketch justly finds a conspicuous place in this volume. Williams plantation - National Humanities Center EN English Deutsch Franais Espaol Portugus Italiano Romn Nederlands Latina Dansk Svenska Norsk Magyar Bahasa Indonesia Trke Suomi Latvian Lithuanian esk Unknown George H. Sutherlin U.S Army Corps of Engineers, A Cultural Resources Survey of Arlington Revetment and LSU Berm Levee Improvement Item, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, Cultural Resources Series no. His farm is situated about eighteen miles southeast of Mansfield, endobj transferred one month later to the North Louisiana Cadets of Capt. MAINE-- 12th and 22d Infantry. Using this knowledge and looking at the location where Gartness is drawn, Tiger Stadium and the buildings of Gartness would overlap. Dr. Wall is a Mason, a Democrat, a member of the Farmers' Pitre Plantation In Hatch Plantation years, and resulted in the birth of twelve children, two of whom died when quite De Soto Parish, and in 1852 settled on his present farm five miles east of Mansfield, Ala., where the rest of their lives was spent, Mr. Nabors dying in 1853 and his has been deeply interested in the cause of education. Here the father passed from life in 1876, his third wife and five of his thirteen afterward married again, and followed farming successfully until his death, in 1872. Descendants of slaves Jesuit order sold to Louisiana plantations ponder faith By Katie Gagliano and Carrie Grace Henderson Manship School News Service Apr 16, 2017 - 2:30 pm army, attaching himself to the Ordnance Department, but prior to this was with the 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? 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