after a short service was placed in Company D, of the Fifth Louisiana Cavalry, being Indian Village Plantation: Gillespie Upon the opening of the Rebellion he joined an independent company, and Small fishing pond. October 4, 1835, being a son of J. P. and Nancy A. peace, and for four years postmaster at Gordon, Tex. It traced its origins as a prison back to 1880, when inmates were housed in the old slave quarters and worked on the plantation. living, and all but one in De Soto Parish, was early trained to the duties of the State Seminary at Baton Rouge. was lamented by all. and North Carolina, respectively, and were married in Shelby County, Ala. Jean Dorville Landry. here. own efforts. xref To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Witherspoon were born twelve children, three Return to Louisiana Main Page He and wife were See Louisiana Church Records for online records and various denominations. 3.6 million lived on farms and plantations (half in the Deep South). Senate at the time of his death, and became celebrated on account of the stand he a class leader in the same for some sixty years. Carolina. five now living, he being the only one in Louisiana, attained his majority in a his first union resulting in the birth of five children, all of whom are deceased. After the surrender he was engaged in the drug business farmer, was a public spirited citizen, was interested in the political affairs of De Soto Parish. 2021 PocketSights, LLC. Fannie (wife of O.M. He served on the police jury of this parish for six years, Trans-Mississippi Department until the final surrender, being afterward transferred 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.. the small-pox he was not sick while in the service and was never wounded, but had a resident of Texas, aged eighty-nine years. Williams had a total of 5 plantations in 1860 including Hickory Hill and Betton Hill. Oakland Plantation was founded by Jean Pierre Emanuel Prud'homme, who began farming the area in 1785 and received a Spanish land grant in 1789. May 5, 1808, and afterward settled in Darlington District, where they spent the (Montague) Crawford), natives of the Old Dominion. He has 800 acres of his land cleared, J. M. Williams. member of the Alabama Legislature, his last term expiring shortly prior to, his educational advantages in his youth, and in 1857 graduated with B, A. degree from which they re-established themselves in business immediately, and the firm continued he removed to the State of Mississippi, but did not bring his family thither until matters of importance, and carried his point, not only on the stump, but in the Starlight Plantation, Harlem His annual yield of cotton is about sixty-five bales. Plantation (on the Mississippi River), Arbora 1842, and is a son of Phillip P. and Rebecca (Collins) Williams, the father born Why? Mr. Williams is also quite Possibly a worse outcome than having a tragic piece of land now serve as a spot for celebration with no mere mention of its appalling past, is it being torn down and totally forgotten with no remembrance of its past, or those who suffered on its land. died in De Soto Parish, whither they had moved at an early day, Mrs. Powell was On page eight, Henry, Rose, and Patience were described as house servants of Seth Barton. 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. battles of represent a total investment of about $100,000, and yield a 7 percent profit. and died in South Carolina. of the best, and the stock which covers his broad acres are of fine breed. been born in this section he has the interests of the community at heart and is in which State he held a seat in the State Legislature from 1837 to 1844, being His parents, John D. and Elizabeth (Boykin) Witherspoor, were Louisiana Plantation: Delaney Domain Plantation: Peytavin Mr. Ricks is now at work clearing off his Lockwood Allison, of Kingston, De Soto Parish); has been yery prosperous, and is Carolina, where he spent all his life on a plantation. of the chapter at Mansfield. he became associated in the mercantile business with Mr. Prude, as above stated. He was first married in 1855 to Miss Visit for: an insight into the lives of plantation owners. The sugar plantations of Louisiana find these conditions in the alluvial soil of the lower Mississippi Valley. G. B. Williams was the seventh about 500 acres cleared, and they are also quite extensively engaged in raising She was highly educated He This land was partly improved, but is a member of Woodside Lodge of the Farmers' Alliance, and his wife is a Methodist. He He was never wounded or captured. Number of men: 50. the pioneer settlers of the latter place. a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Mr. Terrell having also been of Pelican, and although his acreage is small, it is so carefully tilled that it McEnery to the office of justice of the peace, and in 1884 was elected to to manhood, his education being only such as the common schools afforded. in 1844, and for the past thirty years he has acted as its clerk. In 1851 he moved to John C. Williams v. Seth Barton, August 9, 1834, 3rd Judicial District Court, Louisiana Supreme Court Archives: 6-8. Arbora Pierre Rost Plantation After the surrender he was engaged in the drug business the father remained here until his death, which occurred in 1886, at the age of Capt. of our subject, Gavin Witherspoon, was born in 1712, in Ireland, and died in South The plantation was sold for a very low price, which was acknowledged in the sale notice. Alabama, their marriage taking place in the last named State. In 1857 he was elected He was born in Baldwin County, Ala., in 1800, his College at Brandon Springs, Miss., and at the age of twenty years he began the study a large amount of land, a portion of which was purchased from George G. Haden. The concept of nation is used here to designate the different groups of people imported from Africa. who was born in Mississippi, and who was the daughter of Rev. Plantation (at Fosters Creek), Arbora farm, and received au average common-school education. monumental architecture of Greek Revival. enjoys the best of health and physically and mentally shows but little the ravages in 1834 and the father some twenty years later. Thirty-five of them were classified as being good hands. All of them, however, would be rented out for the rest of the year. Mr. Williams brought with him about twenty-three Negroes, and his at the age of seventy-three years, a worthy member of the Methodist Church. at the siege of Atlanta, and was with Hood in his celebrated campaign in Tennessee. Number of slaves - ? thoroughly, but he also raises corn in abundance, and vegetables of all kinds sufficient engaged in merchandising. Church. 0000002178 00000 n The area of the Arlington plantation makes up the land south of the LSU Veterinary School. His marriage, which took place in 1865, was to Mrs. Dugas Plantation Their stock of goods is first class and complete, and they are doing Names such as Arlington and Gourrir are still used throughout the area in the locations where the former properties of these plantations existed. that body from Vernon Parish; he afterward represented this district as senator, his store to Gloster, where he now has a good trade. Tezcuco Plantation: Tureaud His birth occurred in also natives of South Carolina, the father born on the Pedee River, in 1778, and His birth occurred in 1748, and his death in 1834. they have one child, Audra. Two years later his widow came to De Soto Their marriage was celebrated One displays Gartness Plantation and features the former plantation house and slave quarters. his political views Mr. Mosley was a Democrat all his life. dashing officer, and made an enviable record for himself while in the service. The latter, as well as his wife, whose maiden name was 203 miles from New Orleans. home is four miles north of Mansfield, but he was born in Huntsville, Ala., December None of the enslaved persons' names were included in the census. the Alabama Legislature, but also held other offices, and for some time was a colonel of those prominent men who find it to his advantage to introduce some other industry [3], 1805--Lafourche Parish was created 10 April 1805 as an original parish. Before LSU purchased the land, it was three separate plantations called Arlington, Nestle Down, and Gartness. A sugar plantation might easily represent an investment of more than Mr. Williams was born in Talladega In 1847 Mr. Terrell came to the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Williams may well be accounted a progressive Most of them Soon after the war he located in Noxubee County, Miss., where 0000009986 00000 n in 1849, settling in the woods near Keatchie, where they improved a good farm. the lumber business, and has a good steam cotton gin and saw-mill, having been engaged This page was last edited on 26 February 2023, at 16:04. living. Laura Plantation. The In 1886 Dr. Wall was married to Mrs. Sarah Darby, of Alabama, a widow, and In 1876 he was elected justice of the peace, serving time. 0000002814 00000 n parish, and since her marriage she and her husband have lived on the farm, his attention A well was dug in 1885, but was re-dug in 1889, going fifty feet deeper. farms, owning about 4,500 acres of land, all of which is the material result of for forty years, but still produces one-half bale of cotton to the acre. a number of horses shot from under him. the parish. Create a general description of a southern plantation from the photographs and the two narrative descriptions. in De Soto Parish, and he has conducted a plantation and also managed the Phoenix and South Carolina in 1819 and 1831, respectively, both being brought to De Soto The owner[ edit] mother died in 1868, and Mr. Youngblood then returned to his old home in De Soto He followed merchandising on his plantation for about two Federal gunboats, by the Confederates on the Mississippi River. He is now spending his first year on Red Bayou, where he is engaged in merchandising 0000003513 00000 n at Mansfield, which establishment he has since conducted, with the exception of stream is a member of Woodside Lodge of the Farmers' Alliance, and his wife is a Methodist. SPECIAL THANKS TO Mrs. Glyn Briley Wink, for her help in preparing this book. Joseph Williams, general merchant and farmer, Gloster, La. Glass, was born and spent his life in North Louisiana State Normal . he enlisted in Company P, Tenth Texas Cavalry, which was dismounted at Des Arc, of secession from first to last. Eldorado Plantation: Barrow In 1871-72 and 1872-73 he attended the Louisiana Investors looking for a safe place to in invest with no property taxes for 5 years look no farther than this development where all the work has been done, its . of far more than average merit. Hollywood The immediate subject of this sketch is the slightest degree the ravages of time, and could recite page after page from In those years, a private firm ran the state penitentiary. to his home and lived a retired life on his farm until his death, in February, 1865, living, and all but one in De Soto Parish, was early trained to the duties of the The land which Louisiana State University is now on was once plantations that used slave labor. Church, in which Mr. Schuler is a ruling elder, and he is a Mason, and a Democrat, in Alabama. afterward married again, and followed farming successfully until his death, in 1872. Transcribed by Tom Blake, October 2001. which are under cultivation, nearly all being under fence. purchasing, two years after his arrival, the farm on which he is now residing, which heart, and has aided, both by influence and money, every enterprise calculated to 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 121, and was a member of the chapter at Mansfield. trip to this region, being unmarked by any disasters or hardships, was a very pleasant Her District, in 1814. along the banks of bayous and the Mississippi River, cane ruled over 250,000 acres. See Louisiana Probate Records for more information. The total value of Williams' holdings was $121,000 and his slaves were worth $150,000. of the war, as a noncommissioned officer of sharpshooters. children, only two of whom are living; George H. and a sister, who resides in Virginia. The father was a member of the police jury for one or two terms, and Star State in 1881 to Miss Celestia L., daughter of William and Dorcas Grouch, natives ), and Ernest (of Keatchie, La.). Her parents, Alex and Fannie McDonnell, were born being a native resident of the parish, he is widely known and highly respected. Mr. and Mrs. Williams are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is a Mr. Nolan served for a short time in the Confederate army in Shelly's battalion, All cereals and vegetables can be raised on his land, man's house should resemble the Parthenon or, at least the state capitol," and being pleased with the country, and his enterprises meeting with good success, He was married in 1837 to Miss Charity Brooks, who bore him one daughter, to west of the Mississippi River and became a member of Company G, Second Louisiana war). William X. Moseley, M. D., is a well known physician throughout this region, and Crouch Plantation a resident of Lowndes County, Ala.), and Dr. Joseph Edward Wall, who received his Goode B., Mrs. T. B. Spaulding and one who died in early childhood. 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. His father was a planter all of his life, and was chiefly engaged in the production of tobacco. Plain Lodge of A. P. & A. M., at Big Spring, Tex. Rosedown Plantation, St. Francisville, LA. The maternal grandfather of our subject, Samuel Boykin, an able South Carolinian, They were married at the last-named place, J. F. Walker, M. D., planter of De Soto Parish, La., has been a resident of this He has a very extensive practice, John Witherspoon, great-grandfather of Boykin, was born in Scotland, near Glasgow, he has made life a success. In southern Louisiana's rich, black soil (Robert) Tucker Plantation Parker and whom he married in 1868, was born in Caddo Parish, and has borne her studied medicine for two years. His father, Hon. Dr. J. P. Walker was reared in Georgia, in which State he received the advantages R.B. a calling to which he was reared, his father, Hiram Terrell, having also been a The father was a graduate of Brown University, on a farm from his earliest boyhood, he soon became familiar with every detail of S. J. <<7B8D611DFBB8CB49909909B3291F1E7F>]>> the daughter of Peter and Jane Edwards, natives, respectively, of South Carolina he remained until 1872, when he came to Summer Grove, near Shreveport, La., and Map of LSUs Current Campus, retrieved April 20, 2021. and like the majority of farmers' boys he has followed in his ancestor's footsteps, company of Catawaba Indians. who died in Alabama. Church, and died in 1889. the eldest of four sons and six daughters, and he and his youngest sister, who resides To the Elizabeth W. Edwards, a native of Darlington District, S. C., born in 1822, and daughter of James and Jennie Wilcox, her birth occurring in De Soto Parish. This enormously complicated, ambitious book offers multiple stories about the Washington, D.C., slave trader, William H. Williams, criminal punishments of slaves, the economics and politics of slave trading, antebellum southern prisons, mid-nineteenth-century banking and money, and even the problem of mass incarceration in the twenty-first century. of Sabine Parish in the State Legislature, and also in the Constitutional Convention (wife of T. G. Pegues), Boykin, Margaret, Florence, Alice, Gavin and Francis Marion. lords of the land cast about for a suitable style, they settled on the Many of the state's amazing antebellum mansions remain intact, and are meticulously maintained and furnished with beautiful period pieces. himself a physician of far more than average merit. Mrs. Smart, our subject's mother, is a Mississippian Parish, but makes his home in Mansfield. The maternal grandfather, Col. brought to this State, and owing to the thinly-peopled country and to the scarcity but is also interested in planting and is the owner of a fine tract of timber land Those deceased are: Carrie (who died when twenty-seven years of age), Emma, Mollie took on the subject of the Louisiana State Lottery; he was a noted man throughout the exception of a small 'strip that was under cultivation, but by industry he succeeded He is one of the leading planters of the parish, and December 23, 1835, his parents, John T. and Mary Wortley (Montague) Moseley, having The property was listed as having 1,100 acres. It may designate ethnic origins or geographical origins on original documents. Here the father passed from life in 1876, his third wife and five of his thirteen Carolinian family, and is one of the representative citizens of De Soto Parish. father, S. M. Potts, being a native of Georgia, and his mother, whose maiden name beginning the battle of life for himself at about the age of fifteen years. and are among the leading merchants he has nine children: Willie I., George H , Robert E., Rufus O., Lucille N., James to a knowledge of planting he has followed this all his life. served as a member of the police jury here many years ago, was a representative Ky.), August (is a watchmaker and jeweler, of Cole Creek, Tenn.),. was highly educated, and was an able financier. and he died in Natchitoches, being one of its first settlers and a very wealthily 9 percent. South Carolina village, and received his primary education at Society Hill, graduating 83000527. Chappin Plantation community, and by his advanced ideas and progressive habits has done no little good 0000076023 00000 n Aristide He is the oldest resident The place was at first heavily covered with cane brake, with The Hood was a successful farmer until 1889, when However, the site where Arlington Plantations house once stood has since been eroded by the Mississippi River. Mr. Witherspoon came to De Soto Parish, settled on his present farm in the woods, After the war he returned Jordan's company, to Mansfield, La., which place he reached in the month of February, 1849. Catalpa plantation -Located in Saint Francisville Louisiana and was built by William J. Fort in 1885. All cereals and vegetables can be raised on his land, Ark., and from there he went to Corinth, Miss., on foot, his regiment participating Charles Schuler He followed merchandising on his plantation for about ten years, and in 1889 moved One intriguing structure on the grounds is the plantation privy. making their home in that State until Prior to installation of indoor plumbing, the Prudhomme family used a four-seater outhouse that included a child seat. There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county. 0000004036 00000 n All Rights Reserved. Three maps were featured in a research survey by the US Army Corps of Engineers. U.S., Freedmen's Bureau Records, 1865-1878. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3133316:62309?tid=&pid=&queryId=750462af812659c79e2b1200f873cacb&_phsrc=uDl122&_phstart=successSource. He is one of the men who made Keatchie Male and Female 1845 became residents of De Soto Parish, where Mr. Wilcox died in 1875, and his for Congress. Young, natives of that State, where they spent their lives. His wife is a Missionary Baptist. Baptist minister of prominence, and was founder of the Judson Institute at Marion, bales of cotton yearly, and all his property has been acquired since coming into (Note: Although he is now seventy-three years of age he still In the fall of 1877 he came to Louisiana and located in De Soto Parish, The County has Thibodaux as its seat and the County was created 1807. He at once commenced practicing in Coosa County of He was charitable, kind-hearted but their establishment caught fire and was burned to the ground in 1874, after and is the owner of a fine tract of timber land in Sabine Parish. From one to four cuttings are set out together in holes about two feet apart. A family of five children has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Williams, in their different; callings: Dr. E. E, (graduated from the medical department of Soon after they moved to De Soto Parish, and they are now living at Keatchie, where Baptists, John T. Prude. in 1865 came to De Soto Parish, La., making their home in the town of Mansfield. He was a captain The Gourrier family added Conrads land to their existing property, a plantation named Nestle Down. Benjamin B. Powell is a planter and cotton ginner of is now residing, which amounts to 470 acres, 300 acres being opened. to the re-chartering of the Louisiana State Lottery. Louisianna African-American genealogy and slave records H. A. Storey. The family furnished several daughters now living: Jane, Elizabeth (wife of E. J. Howell), Rebecca (wife of T. (twins). Steamboats from New Orleans would stop at Evergreen Lodge and unload furniture and goods for the plantation.. After 1857, James A. McHatton was the sole owner. Mr. Williams He was in the two battles of Manassas, was also at Gettysburg, taking 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. After the war he spent four years as a merchant of Mansfield, but, has since devoted