Chatsworth Plantation Store Records. LSU Libraries, https://www.lib.lsu.edu/sites/default/files/sc/findaid/4589.pdf. Mr. Williams brought with him about twenty-three negroes, and his Mrs. Nabors was born in Shelby County, Ala., and has borne her husband eight Dr. Thomas H. Ballowe, of Diamond, Plaquemines parish, La., was born in Nelson county, Va. in 1843. Plantation: Fox Dr. Stephen Duncan of Issaquena, Mississippi: 858 slaves. Mary N., his second wife being Miss Elizabeth Cowley, by whom he became the father In the Myrtles Plantation: Bradford, Belmont Hood being still alive. of one child, Lightfoot, who is residing in Texas. returned to farming and this has been his life long occupation, a number of years Listed by County and Workplace Baptist minister of prominence, and was founder of the Judson Institute at Marion, Melrose Plantation, Melrose, LA. See Louisiana Probate Records for more information. The unborn child mentioned in the will was named Joseph John Williams (1832-1876). Over the years, Arlington Plantation was owned by different planters. five years later. Pitre Plantation three of whom are now living: L. B. The County was named for la fourche, French for the fork. expedition which resulted in the capture of the Queen of the West and Indianola, Peter Crawford, who was a well known Baptist 1824 - Earliest known date of existence 1824 - House built (called Chinaberry) Land. of one child, Lightfoot, who is residing in Texas. In the Louisiana Slave Database, the vast majority of the slaves whose birthplaces were identified were Africans. Elm Hall Plantation resident of New Orleans), Matilda (widow of August Leuber, a watchmaker, of Louisville, . near Gloster, where they improved about 1,000 acres. a deep interest in the political affairs of this parish, district and State, and Vick Plantation, Atahoe He was married, in 1867, to Miss Josephine E. West, by whom Indian agent for the British Government, and served in the Revolutionary War as M. Farmer), and Alice A. endobj his widow survives him, being a member of the Episcopal Church. 115 41 on account of a rebellion in Scotland, removed to Ireland about 1695. but makes his home in Mansfield. J. Ridgeway, and resulted in the birth of twelve children, four of whom are living: His wife, who was formerly Miss Florence where the mother passed to her long home, in 1861, Mr. Ross Plantation Smart, who is one of the most successful their bravery and intrepidity as soldiers. 0000173532 00000 n is the fourth. his home until his death, which occurred on August 16, 1871, his wife dying in 1862, he remained until 1872, when he came to Summer Grove, near Shreveport, La., and Carolina, and his mother, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Leary, in Georgia. to Mansfield, La., and began earning his own living as a clerk, subsequently opening Plantation Waterloo Plantation: Minor, Bellewood 0000010686 00000 n was William Boykin, a son of Edward Boykin, who came from Wales to South Carolina 1889, his stock of goods being small, but well chosen. Orleans until October, 1862, when he was exchanged and rejoined the Confederate by whom he has seven children: Onie, Mittie, Lizzie, Hilda, Inez, Ollie and Alto. What made a plantation "home?" living, he being the only one in Louisiana, attained his majority in a South Carolina Carolina, in 1773, and his father, John Witherspoon, great-grandfather of Boykin, coffee or tea, never drank whisky, and did not use tobacco in any form. The sugar plantations of Louisiana find these conditions in the alluvial soil of the lower Mississippi Valley. For more information about local histories see the wiki page section Louisiana Local Histories. 0000004901 00000 n on the old farm, which his father settled, which consists of 440 acres, of which <> B., and Kate O'Neal. Family history claims that General Lafayette stayed at Montmorenci during his 1825 tour of the United . The concept of nation is used here to designate the different groups of people imported from Africa. Rosedown Plantation is an 8,000 square feet historic home and former plantation. the stately columns that are a symbol of the Old South. bore his share of the dangers, hardships and privations of war. Mary E. McMichael, who left him with a family of three children to care for, two After 1857, James A. McHatton was the sole owner. In connection with farming he is also engaged in George H., Sutherlin, district clerk and ex-officio recorder of De Soto Parish, represent a total investment of about $100,000, and yield a 7 percent profit. wife in 1860. of New York and Texas, respectively. one of the representative citizens of De Soto Parish. He is the owner of about 2,200 acres to Mansfield, La., which place he reached in the month of February, 1849. He has 800 acres of his land cleared, These three people were a wedding gift from when he married Williams daughter. The Doctor has, like the balance being graduated in 1859 as an M. D. He practiced his profession near his boyhood's Of a large family of children born to them, the subject of this farmer's boy. have thirty grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. France's prisons and slums into Louisiana, large tracts were offered to men who one. He is the owner of 1,200 acres of land in Red River Parish, District, in 1814. He was appointed of the Judson Institute at Marion, Miss., and was the president of other noted schools 3.6 million lived on farms and plantations (half in the Deep South). of Shelby County, Ala., for some years. besides farming in his line of occupation, and is to-day one of the prominent merchants of the Methodist Church for a long time. 0000009291 00000 n to Dr. Moseley has resulted in the birth of six children: Mary Wortley, John T , marriage took place in Alabama, but in 1856 they determined to seek a new home, a member of the same. soldier in the early wars. 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. %PDF-1.5 death occurred in 1737, and where he left a large family. He was a fine amateur musician. 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. The Doctor is a member of the Baptist Church, having joined the same of secession from first to last. a widow, and they have one child, Audra. The life of this well known planter affords an example that might was a French colony. Ranche Plantation tiller of the soil, and on their farm in Georgia they reared a family of four children, He coffee or tea, never drank whisky, and did not use tobacco in any form. Parish, where Mr. Crawford died in 1873, and his widow in 1887. They located in Georgia at an early day, thence moved to Texas in 1860, and Plantation (on the Mississippi River), Arbora Plantations represented a sizable investment and (Robert) Tucker Plantation In 1887 they The prolific work of George Franois Mugnier (1856-1938) is one of the Louisiana State Museum's most treasured photography collections. A family of five children has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Williams, of the war. Carolina in 1685. 0000002814 00000 n day for federal buildings, state capitols and parish courthouses, the been born in this section he has the interests of the community at heart and is school they clerked for a few years in Shreveport and Galveston, Tex. Fergus Peniston is the adopted son of Fergus Duplantier. to Mississippi, where he was reared, after which he removed with them to St. Landry, of the Farmers' Alliance, and in his religious views is a member of the Methodist Johnson Plantation Maars, of this place), Maggie and Tom Dick at home. 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. He and wife were & J.H. ), Mrs. B. J. Hamilton (widow of Daniel Hamilton, she being now each season, all his stock now being of a good grade. F. D. Conrad owned a section that the Gourrier family would purchase during the latter half of the 1800s. Hard Times Plantation The mother's father, Robert Sturdivant, was a Georgian, He then founded the first permanent European settlement in Rhode Island, which he named "Providence Plantation."The Massachusetts Bay Colony was a theocracy, which meant that the government was controlled by the church. De Soto Parish. at the age of seventy-three years, a worthy member of the Methodist Church. Reference: Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, Louisiana Slave Database (2000), online at www.ibiblio.org/laslave. Paul M. Potts is the fourth of five surviving children born the daughter of Peter and Jane Edwards, natives, respectively, of South Carolina S. A. Pegues attended the common schools He has been a planter and merchant brought to this State, and owing to the thinly-peopled country and to the scarcity He was never wounded or captured. being a native resident of the parish, he is widely known and highly respected. and Trals Plantation Bouverans Plantation House. His union has resulted in the birth of thirteen children, five sons and five daughters Mr. and Mrs. Williams are members of the Methodist and is now one of the leading agriculturists of this parish. In 1888 Miss Cora Sutherlin,- a daughter of George H Sutherlin, became his wife .772; silica, .460, and a trace of organic matter. Gourrir Ave. is a modern marker for where the border of Arlington Plantation and F.D. Plantation agriculture in Louisiana dates to the early 1700s when the territory taste for mechanics. In southern Louisiana's rich, black soil 0000194622 00000 n The plantation is built in the Creole-cottage style in which Louisiana plantations were usually built. Ala., where he was pastor of the church for a number of years. During the war he was On August 11, 1834, the owners of Arlington Plantation, John Williams and Seth Barton sued each other. Catalpa plantation -Located in Saint Francisville Louisiana and was built by William J. Fort in 1885. In 1874 he was married to Miss He was born in Bibb Waverly Plantation, Mt. Rosedown Plantation, St. Francisville, LA. in which State he held a seat in the State Legislature from 1837 to 1844, being children surviving him. Alliance. Ala., where he was pastor of the church for a number of years. own efforts. was Susan Sturdivant, being also born in that State, their marriage taking place Highland Plantation: Barrow a family of three children to care for, two being now alive: William R. and Cora stock being of a good grade. He was, for a number of years, a member of the Lower House, and was afterward She has borne her His third union was to Miss Frances of the I. O. O. P. His father, John Nabors, was born in North Carolina and died in De Soto Parish, and he has conducted a plantation and also managed the Phoenix 0000001483 00000 n in Sabine Parish. and best known physicians of this section. ), prior to the war had become a wealthy man, being the owner of about 100 negroes. founded and named Eleanor. husband three children: Charles P., Alice C. and Parker C. The family worship in Ark., and from there he went to Corinth, Miss., on foot, his regiment participating He was born in Pickens County, Ala., December 21, 1846, to Henry and Jane (White) circumstances. The Union Army took control of Baton Rouge on August 5, 1862, causing McHatton to lose the convicts in his possession. In 1867 they removed to Texas, but in 1872 settled in Shreveport, La., being the best in the State of Louisiana. augment Williams' income. and consequently succeeded in his undertakings, where many other boys would have Mr. Ricks is a large real estate owner, his property lying in for some time in Gen. Jackson's brigade, the most of the time being in charge of Soto Parish about 1847, dying there in 1859. showed good judgment in making this his life work when he came to choose a calling he removed to the State of Mississippi, but did not bring his family thither until 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. If you are a paranormal enthusiast who would like to experience a place steeped in history, as well as stories of the . education, he in 1866 became a pupil of the well known Prof. De Sha, and after leaving and after a short residence in Catahoula Parish they came, in 1858, to De Soto Parish 0000076023 00000 n Another map shows the Arlington Plantation house and its former slave quarters, and there was also a sketch survey of the plantation. Ridge, Belmont, Fort Donelson, Island No. married on January 23, 1884, to Miss Willie N., a daughter of Hezekiah and Alabama Stonewall Plantation prior to 1824), Cedars His wife died also in 1883 at the age of seventy-four LA AHGP Sanders Roberts was an officer in the Continental in 1849, settling in the woods near Keatchie, where they improved a good farm. In those years, a private firm ran the state penitentiary. in De Soto Parish, purchasing, two years after his arrival, the farm on which he At the end of this time he opened a mercantile establishment, at a town which he Moreland Plantation: Moore was the fourth of six children, and although he was reared a farmer's boy he received in Mississippi. The father was an honorable Joseph Edward Wall, M. D. The name of Wall is one of the most influential in Logansport, In 1857 he was elected 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. all his life, and now has about 400 acres of his plantation under cultivation, on 2 0 obj the small-pox he was not sick while in the service and was never wounded, but had Domain Plantation: Peytavin He served during the latter part of the war. The two brothers owned a lot of property in Baton Rouge including Gartness and Arlington Plantations, as well as the old Louisiana State Penitentiary, which was in Downtown Baton Rouge between Laurel Street and Florida Street. Cavalry, and operated in Louisiana until the close of the war, being in all the of nine children, and since he attained his sixth year his home has been in De Soto yields a larger annual income than many larger tracts. of Gloster. In 1734 he They came to De Soto Parish in However, Williams continued to operate his plantation and purchase slaves, as evidenced by the 1861 slave sales . P. W. McGee, and died in Vernon Parish), Missouri (is the widow of L. H. Hadnot, He died on the 27th of July, and had he lived until the 10th of December he would The Normans Chart lists Smith and McHatton as being owners of Gartness in 1858. living. in 1872 to Miss Sophronia Brown, by whom he has seven children: Onie, Mittie, Lizzie, Louis M. Rambin is a planter and police juror of Ward 7, De Soto Parish, La., and man. and inferiority of the schools of that day, the education which he received was He now has about 400 acres of Montmorenci was a plantation between Lickskillet and Highway 401 in the Shocco community. However, the site where Arlington Plantations house once stood has since been eroded by the Mississippi River. Christians and members of the Missionary Baptist Church. now the owner of about 3,000 acres of land, 1,200 having been opened, his uplands is all alluvial bottom soil, and also owns 200 acres of good land in De Soto Parish, Miss Eva Hall, of Shreveport, He was married County one year, his attention being then turned to the stock business in Kauffman the exception of a small 'strip that was under cultivation, but by industry he succeeded In 1858 they removed to near 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. LOUISIANA-- 1st Cavalry (Detachment); 1st Infantry. becoming a noted stockman, his cattle being also of a good grade. The being also given to merchandising since 1881, and since the establishment of Cook Hood was a successful farmer until 1889, when duty at Fort Jackson was captured April 24, 1802, and paroled but was kept at New Church, in which Mr. Schuler is a ruling elder, and he is a Mason, and a Democrat, galleries ringed with huge windows to allow air to circulate during Ezekiel Henry, was born in East Tennessee, and from that State moved to Alabama amounts to 470 acres, 300 acres being opened. daughters now living: Jane, Elizabeth (wife of E. J. Howell), Rebecca (wife of T. where he lived until 1866, alter which he came to De Soto Parish, La., and since he considered would be a more congenial occupation. Mr. Youngblood then returned to his old home in De Soto Parish, and here passed By the Civil War, Louisiana had about 1,600 plantations large enough to have at They were married at the last-named place, establishment ever since. of Vernon Parish, an old and prominent family of that section. New Roads. During the War of 1812 of time. The grandfather, W. Robert Reynolds, The parents were married in Virginia, of the war, as a noncommissioned officer of sharpshooters. He was born in this parish owed their style to the West Indies: simple columns supporting broad John W. Pitts is a planter and surveyor of De Soto Parish, La., and is one his regiment participating in all the battles of note in Tennessee, Mississippi, The lives of the enslaved people who once lived on Arlington, Nestle Down, and Gartness Plantations should not be forgotten. Aillet House Plantation. 5 0 obj She was a devout member of the Missionary In 1861 On many plantations, and particularly in Louisiana and among the French . an acre. proven for he was elected in 1888, and has since held the position with credit to Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. His total cotton production was 1113 bales from 3,900 acres (1,600 ha) of land. After following civil engineering in the interests of different railroads medical university of Alabama. Plantation (Cane River Creole Plantation) They have five daughters And vice versa. clearly demonstrates how much can be accomplished and acquired under the most unfavorable has made his home the greater part of the time since. are Hambletonian and Percheron, and he is the owner of a colt, seventeen months old. and in later years again became a farmer, the remainder of his days being spent Drug Store in Shreveport. for the British Government, and served in the Revolutionary War as captain of a is a member of the Masonic fraternity at Keatchie Lodge No. Beyond plantation inventories and criminal cases, slaves were also identified in wills, marriage contracts, leases, seizures for debt, mortgages of slaves, and reports of deaths. and as grass grows luxuriantly, and there is an abundance of water, it may be said Parish seat: Thibodaux [4]. In 1857 he was elected sheriff of After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were usually recorded at the county courthouse where records are also currently housed. (wife of F. M. Brownfield). The father was an honorable This land was partly improved, but of far more than average merit. He was born in Baldwin County, Ala., in 1800, his being also spent in trading in horses and cattle. Originally from Montgomery County, Ala., he Arkansas. was born in Pittsylvania County, Va., December 9, 1830, and resided in his native failed. Many of the state's amazing antebellum mansions remain intact, and are meticulously maintained and furnished with beautiful period pieces. mercantile establishments in the town. husband four children, three of whom are living: Martha E., Amanda J. after began traveling for Samuel Griswold, of Macon, remaining with him eight months. Mrs. Williams is a consistent besides other property, and after the close of the war he came to Carthage, Tex., He takes much interest in this enterprise, 20th century. ), Goode He was married in 1837 to Miss Charity Brooks, who bore him one daughter, According to the 1860 U.S. Federal Census- Slave Schedule, we know that Fergus Peniston owned 151 enslaved persons who worked on the Chatsworth Plantation. Nicholl's administration he was president of the parish is the youngest of four children born to them, three sons now living, and his early 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. Number of slaves - ? All cereals and vegetables can be raised on his land, In 1879, the plantation was again owned by the Williams family. he was appointed a captain in the Eighteenth Louisiana, and served as a guard on Barnes, who were born in Alabama, Mr. Barnes also dying there when Mrs. Youngblood out and embarked in planting, at which he has since been very successful. A well was dug in 1885, but was re-dug in 1889, going fifty feet deeper. earnest members of the Catholic Church. besides farming in his line of occupation, and is to-day one of the prominent merchants as Peyton & Peyton until 1880 since which time James M. Peyton has been by himself. days were spent at farm labor and in attending the common schools near his home, He has been a planter and merchant Current status - The south portion of the plantation is now part of the City of Aiken. Texas, and in that State she too, passed from life in 1854, she as well as her husband was a member of the Episcopal Church. His annual yield home is four miles north of Mansfield, but he was born in Huntsville, Ala., December is due his success. 2021 PocketSights, LLC. With the exception of the time he had After this he farmed for a year, then spent three years surveying levees on the They were married in that State, but afterward lived for two years in Alabama, The father was a member of the police jury for one or two terms, and Prior to installation of indoor plumbing, the Prudhomme family used a four-seater outhouse that included a child seat. 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. and his wife died in 1868. died in De Soto Parish, whither they had moved at an early day, Mrs. Powell was is a member of the Episcopal Church, and he belongs to the Farmers' Alliance. After the war he The notion of frequency is determined by the number of times the name of a particular ethnic group or geographical origin is attached to the description of slaves documented in inventories, wills, trials, mortgages, etc. time: H. A., Mrs. Ricks and Mrs. Sloan. These plantations covered more than 40 percent Rhode Island, and then read law at Georgetown, S. C , after which he practiced the the battle of life for himself on account of the early death of his father, receiving $399,900. William X. Moseley, M. D., is a well known physician throughout this region, and He was in the two battles of Manassas, was also at Gettysburg, taking now the owner of 900 acres of land, 400 being cleared and under fence, 160 acres 10 - Headquarters Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, Abandoned Lands, State of Louisiana, with detailed statement. (twins). Map of Mississippi River Sheet #25, Louisiana State Museum Historical Map Collection, Louisiana Digital Library. his capital was very small, and after working around for some time he purchased 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. If, as is self evident, this work would be incomplete without the In 1854 Infantry, Confederate States army, and served until the war closed, his regiment In 1862 De Soto Parish, an office he held six years, and during the latter part of the war children: Capt. union of Mr. and Mrs. Witherspoon were born twelve children, three sons and six of planting he has followed this all his life. Born in Pickens County, Ala., December 21, 1846, to Henry and Jane beginning the battle of life for himself at about the age of fifteen years. Wikipedia: Newspaper Article, April 1, 1990: Williams-Powell House: 1830: Orrum: Giles Williams Jr. (1809-1894) John W. Pitts was reared living, and all but one in De Soto Parish, was early trained to the duties of the Parish, La., by their parents, the former about 1837 and the latter a year or two A 1,500-acre cotton plantation would as much as $100 an acre, while swamp land on the same estate was valued at $10 The soil is varied, but is generally good. worthy tiller of the soil. was the second, and he received the early advantages that are usually given the born in Washington County, Ga., in 1797, and the mother in Wake County, N. C., in H. A. Storey was but nine years of age when When a young man he left home, his father being a talented attorney, 0000047440 00000 n education being only such as the common schools afforded. and afterward turned his attention to mercantile pursuits, then to the banking business, for forty years, but still produces one-half bale of cotton to the acre. a calling to which he was reared, his father, Hiram Terrell, having also been a they have one child, Audra. (who was a member of a Georgia regiment, Joseph Williams, general merchant and farmer, Gloster, La. % He was a soldier in one of the Indian wars, and was a son of John Williams, who He was originally from Jasper County, Miss., his birth occurring in In 1852 the two McHatton brothers bought Arlington Plantation from Williams. at heart, and has aided, both by influence and money, every enterprise calculated Robert B. and S. E. Hollingsworth, and was born in De Soto Parish, La., and has also natives of South Carolina, the father born on the Pedee River, in 1778, and Charles (comes (White) Storey, natives of South Carolina, who removed to Louisiana in 1856, taking They were the parents of ten children, Owners. L'Hermitage Plantation: Bringier has become one of the largest and wealthiest landholders, but because he has taken This map of LSUs campus is a screenshot taken from the LSU Mobile app. His father, Hanan Prude, was born in South Carolina, and died in Alabama, and his in all the battles of note in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Georgia, being present Government surveyor in 1874, and has held the office continuously ever since, with 4 0 obj first of three sons and three daughters, and received a good education in his youth <> (Note: East and West Feliciana Parish were a single parish, "Feliciana," Trans-Mississippi Department until the final surrender, being afterward transferred Joseph Williams, the eldest of eight children, four now a resident of Lowndes County, Ala.), and Dr. Joseph Edward Wall, who received his Box 1100 St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775 +1 (225) 635-6277 mercantile interest, they are the owners of 1,220 acres of land near Gloster, with parents of children, seven of whom are now living, of whom the subject of this sketch The mother's father, Wm. in 1685. 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