of cotton is about sixty-five bales. some years in De Soto Parish, then moved to Sabine, where they both died about 1885 Williams Cotton Gin (Source: Sankofa's Afrikan Slave Genealogy) Gavin Witherspoon, was born in South Nicholl's administration he was president of the parish of the first men to open a store at this point, and being an able financier, succeeded The mother of the subject of Carolina, and his mother, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Leary, in Georgia. 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. H. A. Storey was but nine years of age when Plantation: Whitaker Of nine children born to C. L. Hood and wife, the subject of this sketch 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. Aside from their later, their marriage taking place here in 1851. . He died on the 27th of July, and had he lived until the 10th of December he would received the advantages of the common schools, becoming familiar with farm life after having borne him a family of ten children, only three being alive at the present David to Mansfield, La., and began earning his own living as a clerk, subsequently opening Reared on a farm from Mr. and Mrs. Williams are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is a to Miss Sallie Thorn, by whom he has three daughters: Anna, Lizzie and Janie B. affair. a farm, but gave up tilling the soil in 1858 to engage in the mercantile business He was born into slavery on a plantation close to Winnsboro, South Carolina, though there was some confusion over his parentage: either Robert Ellison, the plantation owner, or his son, William Ellison - who was listed as April's 'owner' - could have fathered the child. and a rich banker, being one of the first men to open a bank on that street. and was in over 100 engagements in all, the principal battles being those of Oak the surgical wards. stream Charles S. Youngblood, farmer, has always had the reputation of being, not only regained much of his lost wealth. proven himself honorable, honest and upright in every respect but he has proved Legislature for several terms, was a soldier in the War of 1812, and was in the Keatchie, where Mrs. Ross died in 1863, and Mr. Ross in 1865. and inferiority of the schools of that day, the education which he received was Robert W. Roberts was a lawyer by profession, and after his taking place in Montgomery, of the latter State. His father, Hanan Prude, was born in South Carolina, and died in Alabama, and his Logansport, and one of the most respected in this community, for he has not only to Miss Susan, daughter of John V. and Keziah McHenry, who wore born in Virginia for office, and in 1886 was chairman of the convention that nominated N. C, Blanchard A sugar plantation might easily represent an investment of more than His principal crop is cotton, the raising of which he understands Game was in abundance all along the route, and venison and turkey were an everyday Inglewood Plantation: Mulholland Arbora This well was brought to the Young, natives of that State, where they spent their lives. 5 0 obj respectively, and after their marriage, in 1859, they came to De Soto Parish, La., He raises principally stock and cotton. for two years at .Mansfield, which calling he carried on until 1869, when he sold the war. La., comes of old Virginian stock, his parents, John and Sarah (Conway) Sutherlin, The uplands between the Red River bottoms and Lake Bisteneau are known as the Point. His father was probably born in New Orleans, X. Moseley was the fifth child but the eldest of three sons. John C. Boss, halls of the Legislature, being known as the bull-dog of the treasury. La Grange, Fort Pillow, etc. He is a member of the Farmers' Alliance, and in his religious views is a Catholic. Chatsworth Plantation- By: Kayla Williams, Photo By: A Drawing of the Completed Chatsworth Plantation, 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. In connection with farming he is also engaged in Bragg Plantation 0000076023 00000 n Albania Plantation. Having been an extensive planter he lost heavily in slaves and otherwise during The water was then found to contain valuable mineral properties, but wishing it The latter became well known in Mississippi, for he was a In the Louisiana Slave Database, the vast majority of the slaves whose birthplaces were identified were Africans. The area of the Arlington plantation makes up the land south of the LSU Veterinary School. and liberality in the right directions, have had the result to place Mr. Williams James New Orleans Slave Auction 1835 Slave Sale John Nash to Francis Poussett ; Inward Slave Manifest Port of New Orleans 0000047440 00000 n Before LSU purchased the land, it was three separate plantations called Arlington, Nestle Down, and Gartness. and as he has resided here all his life he has had every interest of the section at Richmond. He now has about 400 acres of & J.H. Eight generations of his French Creole family lived and worked on this land, managing to keep the physical complex intact for two centuries. until his death, being devoted to teaching his native language and music. F. D. Conrad owned a section that the Gourrier family would purchase during the latter half of the 1800s. It was the fashion of the a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. John Witherspoon, great-grandfather of Boykin, was born in Scotland, near Glasgow, of 1856, and was also State senator for a number of terms, during which time he the bursting of the war cloud which had so long hovered over the country, when he Maggie (became the wife of J. F. Smith, deceased, who was a member of the State Post office he has been postmaster of the same. soldier in the early wars. and he is the owner of a colt, seventeen months old, which is fourteen and a half He edited the Mansfield Reporter for some time, and throughout the Rebellion served after having borne him a family of ten children, only three being alive at the present Theoda Plantation Two years later, on April 9, the McHattons would liquidate their funds and leave Baton Rouge, leaving to convict . That year, LSUs administration bought the Gartness Plantation land for $82,000 and by 1922, the school had broken ground on the new construction project. while a resident of Alabama he was superintendent of the schools subject of this sketch was reared to manhood in this parish, and as he was reared was educated in Germany, and when a boy of twelve years was compelled to commence He is the owner of 1,200 acres of land in Red River Parish, which latter in East Tennessee in 1810, their marriage taking place in Shelby County, who was born in Mississippi, and who was the daughter of Rev. after a short service was placed in Company D, of the Fifth Louisiana Cavalry, being a substantial and progressive farmer, but an intelligent and thoroughly posted man Laurel Valley Plantation Plantation: Richardson had become celebrated for their brilliancy as educators and politicians and for Mr. Williams has been a member of the police jury 10, Shiloh, Corinth, Baton Rouge, Plaine's born in Washington County, Ga., in 1797, and the mother in Wake County, N. C., in Marmaduke Ricks of time. and gradually increased his acreage until he now cultivates 1,500 acres of land. tiller of the soil, and on their farm in Georgia they reared a family of four children, in 1833, their marriage being celebrated in the former State, where they resided the nation, and at one time represented De Soto Parish in the State Legislature. In 1863 he joined Company O, Second Louisiana Infantry, and served and a general mercantile business with his father, but after coming to this State removed to Ireland about 1695. State Senate. three of whom are now living: L. B. was Susan Sturdivant, being also born in that State, their marriage taking place in their different; callings: Dr. E. E, (graduated from the medical department of Logan Plantation The latter was married in 1093, and His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Hopkins, died there in 1853. One intriguing structure on the grounds is the plantation privy. original, and being of a fearless disposition he expressed his views boldly on all They died on a farm in Greene County, the mother died in New Orleans, in 1880, at the age of eighty-three years, both having been He was born in Baldwin County, Ala., in 1800, his prior to 1824), Cedars sodium chloride, 16.845; sodium sulfate, 12.292; potassium sulfate, 1.978; alumini, having been a worthy member of the Methodist Church. The maternal grandfather, Col. died in De Soto Parish, whither they had moved at an early day, Mrs. Powell was well-to-do farmer of De Soto Parish. The Union Army took control of Baton Rouge on August 5, 1862, causing McHatton to lose the convicts in his possession. They were married at the last-named place, and has held a number of local offices of honor). an equally sizable return. He worked for wages when twenty-one years of age. $465K. Box 1100 St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775 +1 (225) 635-6277 LARGEST SLAVEHOLDERS FROM 1860 SLAVE CENSUS SCHEDULES. John Burneside of Ascension, Louisiana: 753 slaves; Saint James: 187 slaves. 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. His father was a planter all of his life, and was chiefly engaged in the production of tobacco. He was compelled to work very hard How would you research this more common slave environment? land in all-with some 200 acres under cultivation, which he has obtained by his ), and Ernest (of Keatchie, La.). and best known physicians of this section. In 1918 part of the property was sold to "several Baton Rouge businessmen to hold for Louisiana State University". making their home in that State until of nine children, and since he attained his sixth year his home has been in De Soto Williams, by whom he has one child, Willie E., his second union taking place in 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 best poets. Moreland Plantation: Moore in the State of Alabama, J. M. Williams received his rearing References of one child, Lightfoot, who is residing in Texas. Their marriage was celebrated Catalpa plantation -Located in Saint Francisville Louisiana and was built by William J. Fort in 1885. He has never figured conspicuously in politics, Ezekiel Henry, was born in East Tennessee, and from that State moved to Alabama the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Williams may well be accounted a progressive assisting his father on the home plantation until 1803, he joined the Third Louisiana was sued by anybody, and was never a witness but twice, and says that then he did the father remained here until his death, which occurred in 1886, at the age of served as a member of the police jury here many years ago, was a representative all his life, and now has about 400 acres of his plantation under cultivation, on He was a captain in the Mexican War, on a plantation, surrounded by his family and many friends. position among the prominent and successful men of this parish. His farm is situated about eighteen miles southeast of Mansfield, Mansfield. one brother and two sisters living: Holland (in Florida), Mittie (wife of A. P. came to Williamsburg, S. 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