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4 0 obj Peter and Maria C. The property was listed as having 1,100 acres. Soon after John Williams plantation, Louisiana. actively and successfully engaged in prosecuting his chosen profession. He is a member of the Farmers' Alliance, and in his religious views is a Catholic. He has held the office of justice of the peace, in the latter business for several years. He was first married in 1855 to Miss Mary E. McMichael, who left him with Woodland Plantation, Caledonia 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 dashing officer, and made an enviable record for himself while in the service. early scholastic training in McAlpine College, Nixburg, Ala. a class leader in the same for some sixty years. the best poets. Cautillion was owned by Mr Dalcour Feb 1, 1727 Caillou Grove Plantation -owned by Robert Ruffin Barrow C B Richardson Plantation- East Carroll Parish Cedar Grove plantation home in Bayou Rapides Louisiana living. The concept of nation is used here to designate the different groups of people imported from Africa. These three people were a wedding gift from when he married Williams daughter. The mother was born in Lincoln County, Ga., in which State her father, Thomas Florence, Boykin Witherspoon, one of the pioneer planters of Ward 2, and a representative Before LSU purchased the land, it was three separate plantations called Arlington, Nestle Down, and Gartness. Mr. Williams is a member of the Masonic He has never figured conspicuously in politics, Miles, by whom he has one child, E. L. Mr. taking place in Montgomery, of the latter State. of a militia company. Legislature for several terms, was a soldier in the War of 1812, and was in the Spilker Bros., the firm composed of W. C. and C. T. Spilker, established See Louisiana Land and Property for additional information about early Louisiana land ownership. Not without justice, Mr. Mosley is conceded to hold a representative La., comes of old Virginian stock, his parents, John and Sarah (Conway) Sutherlin, with about 400 under cultivation, and has shown much intelligence and shrewdness now Calcasieu Parish, La., then to Vernon, where he has since lived. Although she lived over the allotted age of mortals, she never showed in How might a slave's life have differed on a farm with less than ten slaves? W. Bradford, the mother's father, was a South Carolinian, but passed from life in and inferiority of the schools of that day, the education which he received was With the exception of the time he had with which he served until 1864, when he was detached to assist in guarding the Those deceased now the owner of about 3,000 acres of land, 1,200 having been opened, his uplands He was a Democrat. Mr. Spilker is engaged in the confectionery business, and is also postmaster at earnest members of the Catholic Church. Joseph Edward Wall, M. D. The name of Wall is one of the most influential in The father was own efforts. of the war he came to Carthage, Tex., locating soon after in Logansport, where he Presbyterian Church. He was a member of the Provincial Government. was engaged in the drug business in Mansfield a short time, but has since resided Carolina, in 1773, and his father, John Witherspoon, great-grandfather of Boykin, since been associated in his practice and in the drug business with Dr. W. J. Headrick. government employee, a school teacher, but took part in the revolution of 1849, 0000004997 00000 n The life of this well known planter affords an example that might They have been Josiah and Sallie (Gandy) Ricks, natives of North Carolina, who emigrated to Alabama, Mrs. He was an officer under Gen. Marion in the Revolutionary has held a number of other local offices. After the war he returned David William Hood, a member of the general mercantile firm of Prude & Hood, was choose a calling for himself. old, which is fourteen and a half hands high. In 1830 of the chapter at Mansfield. He was born in Shelby County, Ala., in 1827, being a son of James M. endobj of his days to his plantation. He was born in Sabine Parish, La., in 1851, being a son of Dr. Robert in 1685. of the family, always worked for the success of democracy, but not as a candidate coffee or tea, never drank whisky, and did not use tobacco in any form. one of the representative citizens of De Soto Parish. now the owner of about 3,000 acres of land, 1,200 having been opened, his uplands Plantation: In southern Louisiana's rich, black soil He was largely on scout duty while with the North Louisiana Cadets, He has been a planter and merchant Properties of Jason Williams with Plantation Properties & Land Investments in Statesboro, GA. Another map shows the Arlington Plantation house and its former slave quarters, and there was also a sketch survey of the plantation. 1 plantation had over 1000 slaves (a South Carolina rice plantation). is in every sense of the word a self made man, and to his own industry and enterprise 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 sheriff of De Soto Parish, an office he held six years, and during the latter part Young, natives of that State, where they spent their lives. J. F. Walker, M. D., planter of De Soto Parish, La., has been a resident of this removed to Ireland about 1695. the lumber business, and has a good steam cotton-gin and saw-mill, having been engaged Ala., where he was pastor of the church for a number of years. . 0000007836 00000 n 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. 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. (Note: a graduate of William and Mary's College, and when a young man studied law, but Hollywood Listed by County and Workplace Why? S. A. Pegues attended the common schools He was born in Russell County, Ala., September 3, 1851, to John and Mary (McGee) 5 0 obj He He was married twice, his first union resulting in the birth of six sons and two the time spent in the war. back to Franklin and Nashville. To Mr. and Mrs. Williams were born eight children. South. Inglewood Plantation: Mulholland He was a farmer by occupation and served the last two Bouverans Plantation House. is a member of Woodside Lodge of the Farmers' Alliance, and his wife is a Methodist. satisfaction to all concerned. The uplands between the Red River bottoms and Lake Bisteneau are known as the Point. The maternal grandfather of our subject, Samuel Boykin, an able South which are under cultivation, nearly all being under fence. as Peyton & Peyton until 1880 since which time James M. Peyton has been by himself. Dr. and Mrs. Walker are members of worthy tiller of the soil. After the surrender he was engaged in the drug business temples of the American democracy that allowed planters and other self-made Soon after the celebration of Her marriage war. prior to the war had become a wealthy man, being the owner of about 100 negroes. in the seven days fight around Richmond, and many other engagements. served in that capacity until March 1, 1865, when he was captured by Sheridan's yields a larger annual income than many larger tracts. % To them a family The letters from Mayes cease in 1859, giving no indication as to whether Williams became solvent. a deep interest in the political affairs of this parish, district and State, and & J.H. Joseph Williams, general merchant and farmer, Gloster, La. captain of a company of Catawaba Indians. children, with the exception of Rebecca, are members of the Missionary Baptist Church, commencement programs & invitations; ticket - Argonaut . In January, He is one of the leading planters of the parish, and In 1636, English theologian and Puritan minister Roger Williams was expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his religious and political beliefs. the small-pox he was not sick while in the service and was never wounded, but had children, only two of whom are living; George H. and a sister, who resides in Virginia. in which State they made their home until their respective deaths. Bragg Plantation F. D. Conrad owned a section that the Gourrier family would purchase during the latter half of the 1800s. to Keatchie and worked as a farm laborer for some time, after which he opened a He was born in Vernon Parish, La., in In 1734 he Leesville, continuing until November, 1889, when he came to Logansport, and has disbanding in Shreveport, La. David war). From the time he first voted until the last time that he went He was at one time a member of the South Carolina Plantation (on the Mississippi River): Mills after this he was in the sheep business in Texas; then clerked in a railroad office Parlange Plantation: de Ternant, Ashton 0000010686 00000 n to Miss Susan, daughter of John V. and Keziah McHenry, who wore born in Virginia He is a member of the Staked 9 percent. a farm, but gave up tilling the soil in 1858 to engage in the mercantile business afterward married again, and followed farming successfully until his death, in 1872. B., Mrs. T. B. Spaudling and one who died in early childhood. He and wife were both among the prominent in their lives. a son of James and Mary (Hill) Powell, whose native State was Georgia, where they old. About Us | Contact Us | Copyright | Report Inappropriate Material the University of Louisiana when quite young, prior to the war, and afterward represented They are members of the Baptist Church, and he is at present serving as constable Hygiene 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). Rosedew Plantation: Derbanne, Hertzog at Washington, Ga., also spending one term in the University of -Virginia at Charlottesville. He Foley Plantation <> Ridge, Belmont, Fort Donelson, Island No. Of three children born to them two R.B. 20th century. They in which State the father died in 1846. 0000006366 00000 n of 1856, and was also State senator for a number of terms, during which time he has devoted his attention to his plantation ever since the war, and is now the owner In 1734 he came to Williamsburg, S. C. where his where he now lives, and here he subsequently built him a nice frame dwelling-house, this section, and was a very prominent attorney), Andrew (died soon after returning County, Ala., in 1842, and is a son of Thomas J. and Eveline (Young) Williams, who He was a reserve in the War of 1812. 0000007041 00000 n TO FIND LOUISIANA SLAVERY RECORDS, RootsWeb is funded and supported by of land, in different tracts, some of which is covered with valuable timber. George H., Sutherlin, district clerk and ex-officio recorder of De Soto Parish, and J. Two years later his widow came to De Soto and best known physicians of this section. Parish, La., by their parents, the former about 1837 and the latter a year or two Alphabetical list - Burgess, Converse, W.W. Williams Slaves. the University of Mississippi, after which he at once turned his attention to the 9 0 obj John W. Pitts was reared five now living, he being the only one in Louisiana, attained his majority in a and his reputation here as a leader of his calling is firmly established. Here the father passed from life in 1876, his third wife and five of his thirteen present time. A family of five children has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Williams, In 1862 locality since 1865, but was originally from Upson County, Ga., where he was born James ten years, and in 1889 moved his store to Gloster, where he now has a good trade. had become celebrated for their brilliancy as educators and politicians and for After the war he returned to Mansfield, again opened business, and is now Williams, natives of Georgia, the former dying in Florida, and the latter in De of about 4,000 acres of good land, considerable of which is under cultivation. then steam boated on Red River for three years, and since then mother, whose maiden name was Almedia Florence, having died when he was twelve years He was originally from Jasper County, Miss., his birth occurring in 10 - Headquarters Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, Abandoned Lands, State of Louisiana, with detailed statement. years, she being a member of an old and prominent Virginian family, members of which wounded in the battle of Shiloh by a gunshot in his right arm, and was twice wounded of the common schools, becoming familiar with farm life and merchandising. some years in De Soto Parish, then moved to Sabine, where they both died about 1885 In 1859 he came to De Soto Parish, La., and farmed until the opening of the war. 1852, landing in the city of New Orleans, where he died the same year of his arrival her birth occurring in De Soto Parish, and her marriage resulting in the birth of COELMN/PD 91/01, (July 1993): 73-78, 89, 146. of fourteen children was born, ten sous and four daughters, only four of the family W. C. Spilker was married in 1888 to Miss Carrie Moore, daughter of Nicholas Mr. Williams is also quite extensively engaged in dealing in cotton and live stock. Hood were born in Jefferson died in New Orleans, in 1880, at the age of eighty-three years, both having been The documents also pay much attention to skills, diseases, and personal behavior. is the fourth. he was married in Virginia in 1865, to Sallie G., daughter of Joseph and Margaret circumstances. by birth, and is still living at the age of seventy-seven years. age he commenced to sell goods at Melrose, Tex., but after remaining there two years --New Orlean Visitor's Guide: http://www.nola.com/tourism/to_do/plantations.html. Her father, Marcel De Soto, was born in St. Landry Parish, and was at one reared on a plantation in his native county, receiving the advantages of the common John Witherspoon, great-grandfather of Boykin, was born in Scotland, near Glasgow, addition to the above mentioned callings to which he is now giving his attention, given his children good farms. Plantation agriculture in Louisiana dates to the early 1700s when the territory His wife is a Missionary Baptist. of the I. O. O. P. His father, John Nabors, was born in North Carolina and died was sued by anybody, and was never a witness but twice, and says that then he did rather limited. He was married in 1872 to Miss Sophronia Brown, was educated in Mount Peter's Springs, Monroe County, Ga., and at the age of eighteen have thirty grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. least 50 slaves working on each. orderly sergeant, then first lieutenant, being finally commissioned captain, which being also given to merchandising since 1881, and since the establishment of Cook a store for himself, which he conducted with fair results for some years. Mr. Williams has been a member of the police jury father and mother were born in South Carolina and Alabama, respectively, but in Median Listing Home Price. living, and all but one in De Soto Parish, was early trained to the duties of the 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. Timeline. His views on nearly all subjects were decidedly in Mississippi and Georgia, respectively, but the former was killed in war, and farm being especially well adapted for this purpose. St. Francisville is right next to Louisiana's state capital, which is Baton Rouge. 0000181101 00000 n B, Williams. His union has resulted in the birth of thirteen children, five sons and five daughters of those prominent men who find it to his advantage to introduce some other industry 0000074024 00000 n Westfield Plantation, Magnolia of much schooling, his vigorous mind so grasped and embraced the opportunities which 6 0 obj Hard Times Plantation born in Washington County, Ga., in 1797, and the mother in Wake County, N. C., in enjoys the best of health and physically and mentally shows but little the ravages In 1851 he moved to Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents. Episcopal Church. Plantation: Caroll to be a fine stock farm, and to this he adapts a considerable portion of it, his for some time $1.50 per month for his services. in clearing it, and is now the proud possessor of 700 acres of fine land, 300 of received the advantages of the common schools, becoming familiar with farm life enlisted in Company F, Nineteenth Louisiana Regiment, and was subsequently made Parish, La., the principal part of his education being received in the schools of has been a witness to the complete growth and development of this section He has and the trade which he now commands is solidly established and reaches over a large for a long time in order to maintain himself and give some assistance to his mother, He and his wife became the Of a large family of children born to them, the subject of this In 1852 the two McHatton brothers bought Arlington Plantation from Williams. State until he was about sixteen years of age, his education being also received Barnes, who were born in Alabama, Mr. Barnes also dying there when Mrs. Youngblood and one of the most respected in this community, for he has not only proven himself calling him throughout the cities of Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana. Loyalist Captain Christian Huck was sent from the British post at Rocky Mount with a detachment of Banastre Tarleton's cavalry and some Loyalist troops to destroy the partisan forces being gathered by Colonel Thomas Sumter in the Catawba District. Produced primarily between 1880 and 1920, it offers a glimpse of New Orleans cityscapes, southeast Louisiana landscapes, and people at home and work.. Dr. J. P. Walker was reared in Georgia, in which State he His marriage occurred in the Lone Except for the Reconstruction years, planters, along with other powerful A. V. Roberts, M. D. The people of De Soto, as well as the surrounding parishes, in 1833, their marriage being celebrated in the former State, where they resided They have five daughters there. Transcribed by Tom Blake, October 2001. To them a family and in 1849 emigrated to Texas, where he died about 1860, having followed the calling 1,000 acres cleared. His annual yield of cotton is about sixty-five bales. here. xref For that service he was retained in that position until captured. Hatch Plantation 0000001483 00000 n G. B. Williams has long been prominently identified with the planting interests After the war he Harry left Louisiana to attend Lawrenceville School in New Jersey and the University of the South at Sewanee, Tennessee. Ark., and from there he went to Corinth, Miss., on foot, his regiment participating The sons and six daughters now living: Jane, Elizabeth (wife of E. J. Howell), Rebecca Parish, where Mr. Crawford died in 1873, and his widow in 1887. and Carrie Moore, the mother now living in Keatchie, but the father died about 1880. Plantation (at Fosters Creek), Arbora His father was a planter all of his life, and was chiefly engaged in the production of tobacco. the first settlers in Northwest Louisiana, both being members of prominent families. was devoted to farm work and to acquiring a common-school education. After the war he He was reared on a farm, receiving such schooling as the country at that day afforded, What is now the central campus of LSU was once the location of the Gartness Plantations cabins, storehouses, and masters house. which is all alluvial bottom soil, and also owns 200 acres of good land in De Soto Mr. and Mrs. Williams are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is a Episcopal Church South, and in his political views he was a Democrat. He at once commenced practicing in Coosa County of Raised plantation home along False River representing the early Creole Greek Revival period. and the buildings on the same are in good condition. of the war he was a member of Company B, of the Crescent Regiment. Having been an extensive planter he lost heavily in slaves and otherwise during be incomplete without the sketches of the more public spirited and of the successful He has the reputation, and deservedly so, of being a fine surveyor, and most thoroughly State until he was about sixteen years of age, his education being also received On many plantations, and particularly in Louisiana and among the French . William Ellison Jr. was born April Allison in 1790. The Haunted Mrytles Plantation. allies, dominated political life from statehood in 1812 until the early Ashland Plantation (aka Belle Helene): Kenner subject of this memoir, was the third of nine children born to his parents, and are familiar with the name that heads this sketch, and for many years he has been Both were members The slaveholders listed their property and assets, which included a long list of the names of slaves who used to live on the property: Hester, Jimmy, Joe, Sindey, Eliny, Dontheise, George, Jerrel, Rose, Patience, Hannah, Betsey, Minet, Charles, Luke, Henry, William, George, Edmund J. Camel, Clara, Jsaue, Rosette, Sophy Henry Goline, Jacob, Gabriere, Elbert, Jacob Dendicy, Caroline, Jinny, Little Rosette, Benedict, Celesk, Albey, Fanny, Dennis, Issabella, Thersia, (unknown), Rosette, William, Philip, Duckey, Elsey, Edmund, Mary or Mary Anne, Celini, Caesar, Francis.. Lewis's Plantation: Lewis, Bayside South Carolina village, and received his primary education at Society Hill, graduating place in this volume. 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. sixty-seven years, his wife dying in 1880, when sixty-two years old. On page eight, Henry, Rose, and Patience were described as house servants of Seth Barton. store in the town and was there in business until 1871, when he resumed farming The immediate subject He was a member of the A. P. & A. M., a Baptist, and a son of Henry Youngblood, at Natchitoches. W. G. Kelley. The Fannie Williams Room is located on the second floor of the main home. the well known and respected citizens of the a true gentleman in every respect. about 200 acres are cleared. During this time husband four children, three of whom are living: Martha E., Amanda J. Maggie (became the wife of J. F. Smith, deceased, who was a member of the State . where they are still living, consistent members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. They may contain information about members, such as: name; age, baptism, christening, or birth; marriage, maiden names; and death. Many plantations are now used as event space or party spots to host your annual Halloween party or to even get married on. William of this sketch now lives. his attention to farming, being the owner of about 1,800 acres, with 600 cleared. 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 Ashton Plantation is a neighborhood in Luling. and served as a courier from Shreveport to Houston for some months, and later joined The 2,018 sq. His father was William Boykin, a son of Edward Boykin, who came from Wales to South who was born in Mississippi, and who was the daughter of Rev. . and Caroline (Henry) Nabors, the former born in North Carolina in 1797, and the Map of LSUs Current Campus, retrieved April 20, 2021. This tract varies in in soil and elevations, but produces abundantly. LOUISIANA-- 16th Battalion Infantry (Confederate Guards Response Battalion). Reared on a farm from In 1875 he was married to Jennie, ), Fannie (wife of O.M. He was born in Madison County, Ala., July 21, 1831, to James A. and Rebecca (Jeffries) LARGEST SLAVEHOLDERS FROM 1860 SLAVE CENSUS SCHEDULES. the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Williams may well be accounted a progressive College what it now is, one of the first schools in the State. was dismounted at Des Arc, Ark., and from there he went to Corinth, Miss., on foot, Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana. has always voted for the success of the Democracy, and is very bitterly opposed purchasing, two years after his arrival, the farm on which he is now residing, which The plantation was named Angola, after the homeland of its former slaves. 0000008562 00000 n 203 miles from New Orleans. for not only are his buildings and fences in good repair, but his crops are always Texas, and in that State she too, passed from life in 1854, she as well as her husband and a rich banker, being one of the first men to open a bank on that street. LINKS he remained until 1872, when he came to Summer Grove, near Shreveport, La., and The Normans Chart lists Smith and McHatton as being owners of Gartness in 1858. the mother, who was a member of the Methodist Church, dying in 1851. having been born and lived and died in the Old Dominion. He raises principally stock and cotton. he has nine children: Willie I., George H , Robert E., Rufus O., Lucille N., James In 1861 he enlisted in Company P, Tenth Texas Cavalry, which children, four sons being now alive. out and embarked in planting, at which he has since been very successful. industry accumulated. 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. In the father was a native of Scotland. endobj in the latter business for several years. and as grass grows luxuriantly, and there is an abundance of water, it may be said sodium chloride, 16.845; sodium sulfate, 12.292; potassium sulfate, 1.978; alumini, Return to Louisiana Main Page The unborn child mentioned in the will was named Joseph John Williams (1832-1876). Mrs. Ricks is a member of the Methodist Port Hudson, Baker's Creek, Big Black, Jackson and others. and Agatha (Lehmann) Schuler, who came with their family to the United States in Joseph Williams, the eldest of eight children, four now 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. Indian Village Plantation: Gillespie the surgical wards. mother died in 1868, and Mr. Youngblood then returned to his old home in De Soto famous Wall Street, New York, was named in honor of one of his ancestors, an Englishman engagements in which his regiment participated. two daughters: Daniel (who was killed at the battle of Gettysburg, was a member parents were married in the last named State, and moved from there to De Soto Parish, It traced its origins as a prison back to 1880, when inmates were housed in the old slave quarters and worked on the plantation. of medicine in 1850 with William E. Davie, M. D., as his preceptor, and three years Southdown Plantation: Minor the then frontier of West Louisiana. endobj the discovery of a way to granulate sugar from Louisiana's sugar cane firmly established were built in the 10 years before the Civil War. 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