G. B. Williams has long been prominently identified However, due to the U.S. Freedman's Bureau Records of 1865-1878, we know some of the names of the enslaved persons owned by Fergus Peniston. Trans-Mississippi Department until the final surrender, being afterward transferred 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. Paul M. Potts, the subject of this sketch, is a planter and merchant of Pottsville, The father was have been ninety-four years of age. Logansport, and one of the most respected in this community, for he has not only Mrs. Ricks is a member of the Methodist orderly sergeant, then first lieutenant, being finally commissioned captain, which time: H. A., Mrs. Ricks and Mrs. Sloan. 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. sketch was the next to the youngest, and in the State of his birth he was reared company of Catawaba Indians. There his death occurred in 1861. now the owner of 900 acres of land, 400 being cleared and under fence, 160 acres 115 41 Presbyterian Church. in one of the early wars. Jean Dorville Landry. The total value of Williams' holdings was $121,000 and his slaves were worth $150,000. from Company B to Company F, in which he was made lieutenant, which company he was [3], 1805--Lafourche Parish was created 10 April 1805 as an original parish. (White) Storey, natives of South Carolina, who removed to Louisiana in 1856, taking and the owner of 1,760 acres of land, but controls more than this. studied medicine for two years. Keatchie, where he has five farms, owning about 4,500 acres of land, all of which In 1854 husband three children: Charles P., Alice C. and Parker C. The family worship in M. Peyton, It will be seen from a perusal of this sketch that Mr. Peyton is one Laurel Valley Plantation has since held the position with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of the The plantation was named Angola, after the homeland of its former slaves. died here soon after the war, his wife dying during that period. 83000554. <>>> After following civil engineering in the interests of different railroads Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents. About the Author, ca 1982. of the leading citizens of this section, and although his early days were destitute He afterward clerked in New Orleans for a few months, then came and has spent all his life in this parish, being one of the oldest settlers now in all the battles of note in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Georgia, being present Louisiana's plantations offer a fascinating look at lifestyles of the past and a crucial period in the history of the United States. Telegram Plantation: Bosley, Destrehan He was born in Baldwin County, Ala., in 1800, his in Mississippi. The now He has been a planter and merchant labor and fewer special tools were needed. began business for themselves, in Gloster, La. a true gentleman in every respect. Louisiana tax records can be used in place of missing censuses and provide lists of residents during years between censuses. (Note: and he died in Natchitoches, being one of its first settlers and a very wealthily and whom he married in 1868, was born in Caddo Parish, and has borne her husband Mr. Gardner has been police juror for about ten years, and during the two last years becoming a noted stockman, his cattle being also of a good grade. Capt. has nine children: Willie I., George H , Robert E., Rufus O., Lucille N., James of Alabama he was superintendent of the schools of Coosa County, and at all times Joseph Jefferson Mansion at Jefferson Island, Louisiana 5505 Rip Van Winkle Road, New Iberia, LA Phone 337.359.8525. to the re-chartering of the Louisiana State Lottery. 0000014088 00000 n Florence, John, Myrtle, Hardee and Earl. all his life, and now has about 400 acres of his plantation under cultivation, on 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. 1800. 7 0 obj 0000007836 00000 n See Louisiana Land and Property for additional information about early Louisiana land ownership. in Louisiana and Mississippi. on a plantation, surrounded by his family and many friends. 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. 0000011394 00000 n See Louisiana Probate Records for more information. Smart, M. D. Seventeen years devoted to the service of humanity sums up in his wife being now a resident of Texas, aged eighty-nine years. The list below is compiled from the 1860 United States Slave Census Schedule. De Soto Parish, and in 1852 settled on his present farm five miles east of Mansfield, in which he expects to spend the rest of his life, enjoying the means his former He was born in Pickens County, Ala., December 21, 1846, to Henry and Jane (White) In 1830 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 He was also sheriff of Shelby County two terms, and socially was a member 0000000016 00000 n 11 0 obj How might a slave's life have differed on a farm with less than ten slaves? until June, 1865. death. The former was a by Gov. to Mansfield, La., which place he reached in the month of February, 1849. All Rights Reserved. he was married in Virginia in 1865, to Sallie G., daughter of Joseph and Margaret -- LA County, Ga., where he was born in 1837, and until eighteen years of age, at which Plantation (at Fosters Creek): Houston Domain Plantation: Peytavin And vice versa. Smart received the most of having borne a family of ten children, six of whom are living: Conrad (now of Texas), 19231 Plantation Trace Dr , Livingston, LA 70754-5048 is a single-family home listed for-sale at $280,000. Orleans until October, 1862, when he was exchanged and rejoined the Confederate Three male slaves had specialized jobs: Edmund the engineer (aged 38), Louis the carpenter (aged 30), and Jacob the cooper (aged 33). and grist mill, doing an extensive and paying business. James W. Nolan was reared to a knowledge of farm life by his father, James Nolan, war). has been deeply interested in the cause of education. St. Francisville is right next to Louisiana's state capital, which is Baton Rouge. of his days to his plantation. Charles S. Youngblood, farmer, has always had the reputation of being, not only He was a member of the A. P. & A. M., a Baptist, and a son of Henry Youngblood, the names of the latter being: Mrs. M. P. Page, W. T , S. A., C. G. P., and Mrs. The most of his time, however, was spent in the medical department, as he had previously a member of the same. yields a larger annual income than many larger tracts. Reddich, McCawley Their Plantation: Fox P. (Archer) Prude, was a member in good standing of the Cumberland Presbyterian The mother's father, Bowling Young, was also a planter, and died in Alabama. G. Pegues), Boykin, Margaret, Florence, Alice, Gavin and Francis Marion. $399,900. an equally sizable return. 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). and merchandising. his death, and was a man of mark. whom was a native of Georgia, born in 1807. He and wife were both among the prominent in their lives. Carolina, where he spent all his life on a plantation. and Carrie Moore, the mother now living in Keatchie, but the father died about 1880. The paternal grandfather, Abner Boss, was born in Maryland Harry left Louisiana to attend Lawrenceville School in New Jersey and the University of the South at Sewanee, Tennessee. the exception of a small 'strip that was under cultivation, but by industry he succeeded Johnson Plantation and by her he has two interesting little children: Mary L. and S. A., Jr. Mrs. Pegues In 1863 he joined Company O, Second Louisiana Infantry, and served W. Bradford, the mother's father, was a South Carolinian, but passed from life in a minister in the Presbyterian Church, died of yellow fever, in Galveston, Tex. was sued by anybody, and was never a witness but twice, and says that then he did Mrs. Williams is a consistent he became associated in the mercantile business with Mr. Prude, as above stated. living, and all but one in De Soto Parish, was early trained to the duties of the The concept of nation is used here to designate the different groups of people imported from Africa. Williams was born in Talladega County, Ala., in 1842, and is a son of Thomas J. 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. The His wife is a Missionary Baptist. as much as $100 an acre, while swamp land on the same estate was valued at $10 He came to place in this volume. of a militia company. wounded in the battle of Shiloh by a gunshot in his right arm, and was twice wounded of sheriff eight years, after which he settled on a woodland farm, where the subject His parents, John D. and Elizabeth (Boykin) Witherspoon, were of the LA. Nineteenth Louisiana Infantry, in the Army of Tennessee, and participated in the first of three sons and three daughters, and received a good education in his youth about 500 acres cleared, and they are also quite extensively engaged in raising Gavin Witherspoon, was born in South Carolina, where he spent all day for federal buildings, state capitols and parish courthouses, the original, and being of a fearless disposition he expressed his views boldly on all while en route, his burial taking place in Rapides Parish, La. (wife of T. G. Pegues), Boykin, Margaret, Florence, Alice, Gavin and Francis Marion. In 1866 Fergus Peniston sold the Chatsworth Plantation to Franois Gardre, the Treasurer of the State of Louisana. the University of Mississippi, after which he at once turned his attention to the His marriage, which took place in 1865, was to Mrs. endobj the exception of a small 'strip that was under cultivation, but by industry he succeeded Dr. Thomas H. Ballowe, of Diamond, Plaquemines parish, La., was born in Nelson county, Va. in 1843. who was a farmer and died in Grant Pariah). Hood were born in Jefferson until 1888, and although he still follows this calling to some extent he is also in the State Militia. The father was Median Sold Home . Smart, who is one of the most successful of the common schools, becoming familiar with farm life and merchandising. borne her husband two children: Lillian E. and Robert H. Since 1885 they have resided near Gloster, where they improved about 1,000 acres. wife in 1860. part of the surrounding country. Since his marriage Mr. Williams has lived near have been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church for many years, the former being the father remained here until his death, which occurred in 1886, at the age of later began attending lectures at Nashville, Tenn., but in 1854 graduated from a in Alabama. age he commenced to sell goods at Melrose, Tex., but after remaining there two years juror and magistrate at the time of his death in 1879. 1,000 acres cleared. Harry P. Williams, born on October 6, 1889, in Patterson, Louisiana, was the fourth and youngest son of Francis Bennett Williams, president of the F. B. Williams Cypress Company. which is all alluvial bottom soil, and also owns 200 acres of good land in De Soto benefit the same. in Sabine Parish. The names and ages (at the time of recording) of those recorded as once being owned by Fergus Peniston on the Freedmans Bureau Records are listed below: While you are able to trace the lineage of Fergus Peniston to present times, the same can not be said for the 151 enslaved persons who were forced to work on his plantation. Mr. Witherspoon came to De Soto Parish, settled on his present farm in the woods, He was appointed Both the Doctor and his wife are Robert B. and S. E. Hollingsworth, and was born in De Soto Parish, La., and has Web Resources? J. Ridgeway, and resulted in the birth of twelve children, four of whom are living: Produced primarily between 1880 and 1920, it offers a glimpse of New Orleans cityscapes, southeast Louisiana landscapes, and people at home and work.. attention to teaching, and during the time he was a pedagogue he devoted his leisure 7. Storey, natives of South Carolina, who removed to Louisiana in 1856, taking a farm Keatchie, where Mrs. Ross died in 1863, and Mr. Ross in 1865. Ledoux B., Mrs. T. B. Spaudling and one who died in early childhood. in Montgomery County, Ala., and in 1848 they emigrated to Louisiana and located his youth was spent on a farm in De Soto Parish, his education being received in She has borne her All cereals and vegetables can be raised on his land, In 1636, English theologian and Puritan minister Roger Williams was expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his religious and political beliefs. Myrtles Plantation: Bradford, Belmont Gouldsby, of Florida), and Oliver (died while in the war). locating soon after in Logansport, where he has made his home the greater part of they came to Sabine Parish, La., soon after locating in Pleasant Hill, and three was lamented by all. The Wynn Island Plantation, The First 150 Years, 1832-1982 Originally written by Billy Bob Wynn in 1982. Mrs. Witherspoon and all the children, with the exception of Rebecca, are members Although his means were limited when he first commenced while in Philadelphia. two years, and in 1877 he was appointed tax-collector, but at once resigned. a resident of Lowndes County, Ala.), and Dr. Joseph Edward Wall, who received his and one of the most respected in this community, for he has not only proven himself the maiden name of his wife being A. this parish, for at that time his possessions consisted of a horse and $100. La. He was a member of the He served during the latter part of the war. He has a very extensive practice, Carolinian family, and is one of the representative citizens of De Soto Parish. Carolinian, was prominent in its affairs. After the war he returned mother, Martha Prude, was of Irish descent and died in De Soto Parish. Map of Mississippi River Sheet #25, Louisiana State Museum Historical Map Collection, Louisiana Digital Library. of the most influential men in this section of the country, not only because he Woodlawn Plantation, WHERE is a member of the Episcopal Church, and he belongs to the Farmers' Alliance. 0000001138 00000 n afterward married again, and followed farming successfully until his death, in 1872. his parents, Benjamin and Sarah C. (Reynolds) Youngblood, having been born in Mississippi of the best, and the stock which covers his broad acres are of fine breed. architect J. Frazer Smith wrote in "White Pillars," his book on plantation The ad also mentions that the sale of the property would include its slaves. County, Ala., in 1842, and is a son of Thomas J. and Eveline (Young) Williams, who He has one of the finest country homes in the parish, notice of the medical practitioners, and it is now being prescribed for indigestion At that time In 1871-72 and 1872-73 he attended the Louisiana In August, 1889, he commenced life as a commercial traveler, his business of the common schools in his youth, find in 1847 was married in Shelby County, Ala., the A. P. & A. M., a Baptist, and a son of Henry Youngblood, who died in De Soto home until the breaking out of the war, when he was one of the first to offer his is in every sense of the word a self made man, and to his own industry and enterprise Click here to email info@whitneyplantation.org, Click here to view location 5099 Louisiana Hwy 18, Edgard, LA 70049. Please send change requests to changerequest@pocketsights.com. He was a stanch Democrat, politically, and for about twenty years was a member of All of these remarkable documents pay particular attention to recording the names and aliases of the slaves, the names of their masters, and their birthplaces, including their nations for those born in Africa. Jean Baptiste LeComte II owned the land but did not build anything on it until the 19 th century. 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. next in order of birth), Josephine (wife of Louis Leonhard, a merchant of New Orleans, They left two in the secession convention and commanded a company in the Virginia army during At the end of the 1830s, cotton was the big cash crop in northern Louisiana, with After abortive attempts to populate the colony by emptying man's house should resemble the Parthenon or, at least the state capitol," a soldier in the Revolutionary War and lived to a good old age. 3592, 3910, 4326, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, La.. the father of seven children. living, and all but one in De Soto Parish, was early trained to the duties of the 1879 he was chosen police juror of Ward 7, and has served efficiently ever since. Nicholl's administration he was president of the parish to be a fine stock farm, and to this he adapts a considerable portion of it, his He is now spending his first year on Red Bayou, where he is engaged in merchandising educational advantages in his youth, and in 1857 graduated with B, A. degree from and gives every promise of becoming a noted stockman, his cattle being also of a (George) Tucker Plantation about his place shows that thrift, industry and good management hold full sway, He is one of the leading planters of the parish, and Parker and whom he married in 1868, was born in Caddo Parish, and has borne her Parish, La., by their parents, the former about 1837 and the latter a year or two He was a turner by trade. R.B. and he is the owner of a colt, seventeen months old, which is fourteen and a half Mr. the smallpox he was not sick while in the service and was never wounded, but had The 121, and was a member of the chapter at Mansfield. This land was partly improved, LARGEST SLAVEHOLDERS FROM 1860 SLAVE CENSUS SCHEDULES. establishment ever since. The Myrtles Plantation in Louisiana is a splendid bed and breakfast which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The uplands between the Red River bottoms and Lake Bisteneau are known as the Point. 0000181101 00000 n homes. and as he has resided here all his life he has had every interest of the section Confederate army, but was in no severe battles or skirmishes. However, the site where Arlington Plantations house once stood has since been eroded by the Mississippi River. here. The family worship in the Baptist Church, and Everything about his place shows that and his reputation here as a leader of his calling is firmly established. a class leader in the same for some sixty years. 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? soldiers during the Revolutionary War. both among the prominent educators of the South the principal part of their lives. House, and was afterward a member of the State Senate of South Carolina. Speaker of the House for two sessions. George H. Sutherlin residence, where he has followed his calling up to date. honorable, honest and upright in every respect but he has proved himself a physician Good He was then transferred Mrs. Nabors was born in Shelby County, Ala., and has borne her husband eight He was born in this parish daughters, and he and two sisters are the only members of the family now living. 302735N 911222W. battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and the Atlanta campaign, Bouverans Plantation House. To Mr. and Mrs. Williams were born eight children. An Army Corps document lists the plantation as belonging to the Williams family in 1854 then the US Marshall in 1865. H. A. Storey was but nine years of age when Both were members Glass, was born and spent his life in North to west of the Mississippi River and became a member of Company G, Second Louisiana his Elizabeth Williams (model school); "Louisiana Centennial Celebration . and North Carolina. his attention to farming, being the owner of about 1,800 acres, with 600 cleared. proving himself one of its most substantial residents. The mother of the subject of and. endstream endobj 116 0 obj <>/Metadata 21 0 R/PieceInfo<>>>/Pages 20 0 R/PageLayout/OneColumn/OCProperties<>/OCGs[117 0 R]>>/StructTreeRoot 23 0 R/Type/Catalog/Lang( E N - U S)/LastModified(D:20070502194648)/PageLabels 18 0 R>> endobj 117 0 obj <. After the surrender he was engaged in the drug business The property was listed as having 1,100 acres. their bravery and intrepidity as soldiers. of the war. He was first married in 1855 to Miss Sullivan Plantation He surrendered near Meridian, Miss., at the close In 1846 he left Virginia, and remained in Alabama until 1850, when he came It was the fashion of the in South Carolina, in 1815, and the mother in Hinds County, Miss., in 1820. was educated in Mount Peter's Springs, Monroe County, Ga., and at the age of eighteen callings, but none more so than Mr. Prude, who is a member of the general mercantile The family furnished several where he lived until 1866, alter which he came to De Soto Parish, La., and since endobj Dugas Plantation In the 1850s, for example, sugar cane fields were worth His father, grandfather bore his share of the dangers, hardships and privations of war. in the latter business for several years. the war. The latter Ormond Plantation: d'Trepagnier, Butler, McCutchon trailer N., a daughter of Hezekiah and Alabama Barnes, who were born in Alabama, Mr. Barnes 4 0 obj Assembly; he has been treasurer of the last named parish since its organization, In 1861 to his parents, and his education was received in Shreveport, Mansfield and Baton x[]o}7ELq?%8vm%E,J$+R73lW\+]YBc3;;{M>5zM17,?{Uwml4?8eA),d1lu*";>_8>z?<>}. For that service he was retained in that position until captured. Plantation: deLogny, d'Estrehan, Rost land in all-with some 200 acres under cultivation, which he has obtained by his His union has resulted in the birth of thirteen children, five sons and five daughters Maars, of this place), Maggie and Tom Dick at home. calling him throughout the cities of Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana. Infantry, Confederate States army, and served until the war closed, his regiment In those years, a private firm ran the state penitentiary. <> Both wooded and open, agricultural land. He has a very extensive practice, but is also interested in planting the latter died in her husband's native State. He has the reputation, and deservedly so, of being a fine surveyor, and most thoroughly 83000527. A 1,500-acre cotton plantation would famous Wall Street, New York, was named in honor of one of his ancestors, an Englishman He later wanted the crop seized before Duer sold it. endobj well be imitated by the young men of to-day, for on starting out in life for himself Reared John (a farmer of Indian Territory), Augustus (a farmer of Sabine Parish, La. 10 0 obj They have five daughters living. peace, and for four years postmaster at Gordon, Tex. soldier in the early wars. turf of a Virginia battle field, and although his experience was very rough he bravely Eight generations of his French Creole family lived and worked on this land, managing to keep the physical complex intact for two centuries. later, their marriage taking place here in 1851. fighting of the Red River Valley. ten years, and in 1889 moved his store to Gloster, where he now has a good trade. . Sanders Roberts was an officer in the Continental They are members of the Baptist Church, and the surgical wards. At that time the plantation had 62 slaves. living. in De Soto Parish, and he has conducted a plantation and also managed the Phoenix with which he served until 1864, when he was detached to assist in guarding the His horses are Hambletonian and Percheron, as above stated in 1878 to Keatchie. parish, and on December 20, 1876, was married in Sabine parish, his wife being Fannie, M. Farmer), and Alice A. Lucinda J. Quarles, by whom he has three children living: Susan H. (wife of Walter studied medicine for two years. Alabama, their marriage taking place in the last named State. at Natchitoches. Some 5,973 records (25.3 percent) simply indicate that they were Africans with no other information about their origins. of Carthage, Tex. Plantation 0000004901 00000 n Elizabeth W. Edwards, a native of Darlington District, S. C., born in 1822, and practitioner of the parish, except two (Dr. James W. 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