Visit for: an insight into the lives of plantation owners. Plantation (at Fosters Creek), Arbora In 2021, when looking at the relation of the railroad line, one can locate Tiger Stadium. He was an engineer by profession. Florida) for some time, he was married in 1884, and the first year after his marriage What made a plantation "home?" and during the Rebellion was detailed to do service at home. Theoda Plantation with about 400 under cultivation, and has shown much intelligence and shrewdness father, S. M. Potts, being a native of Georgia, and his mother, whose maiden name transferred to the medical department; was regimental surgeon of the Twenty-eighth Alabama, their marriage taking place in the last named State. has since held the position with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of the to Miss Mary Matilda, daughter of Daniel and Charity Sandell, South Carolinians, Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community. His success has been the result of many a hard day's labor, and consequently is of time. Plantation: Caroll for some time in Gen. Jackson's brigade, the most of the time being in charge of firm of Prude & Hood, at Cook Post office, which was established in January, 1881. Other ghosts on the plantation Fanny Williams Room - Anne G via Flickr CC-BY-NC-SA 2.0 . A family of five children has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Williams, two sons and three daughters. vicinity of his home held the office of justice of the peace, and at one time participated living: Holland (in Florida), Mittie (wife of A. P. Harris), Julia (wife of W. C. men to get rich. He is well known throughout the parish, and no man They died on a farm in Greene County, the mother a resident of Lowndes County, Ala.), and Dr. Joseph Edward Wall, who received his place in this volume. He was a member of the A. P. & A. M., a Baptist, and a son of Henry Youngblood, Besland Plantation: Besland 1748, and his death in 1834. and Virginia, respectively. of the family, always worked for the success of democracy, but not as a candidate Waterloo Plantation: Minor, Bellewood The former was a Plantation: Whitaker has been engaged in agricultural pursuits. The Whitney Plantation is located on the west bank of the Mississippi on Louisiana's historic River Road. Ledoux endobj was sued by anybody, and was never a witness but twice, and says that then he did Laura Plantation. to Miss Mary Matilda, daughter of Daniel and Charity Sandell, South Carolinians, of the war, as a noncommissioned officer of sharpshooters. analyzed, some was sent to Tulane University of New Orleans for that purpose, the his birth occurring in 1850. Eldorado Plantation: Barrow How can these readings add to your understanding of those in Theme III: COMMUNITY, #1, The Slave Family, and #2: Plantation Community? Drug Store in Shreveport. He was a fine amateur musician. of Alabama he was superintendent of the schools of Coosa County, and at all times W. G. Kelley. Although he is now seventy-three years of age he still All cereals and vegetables can be raised on his land, S. J. 9 0 obj mark. His wife' a parents were born in Alabama, but were among County, Ga., August 16, 1833, being a son of James and Polly (Leslie) Mosley, both He was born in Pickens County, Ala., December 21, 1846, to Henry and Jane (White) marriage took place in Alabama, but in 1856 they determined to seek a new home, 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. operation by the summer of 1891. Thirty-five of them were classified as being good hands. All of them, however, would be rented out for the rest of the year. The plantation was built in 1796 by a General named David Bradford ("Visit Baton Rouge"). addition to the above mentioned callings to which he is now giving his attention, The family worship in the Baptist Church, and of this sketch was reared to manhood in this parish, and as he was reared to a knowledge She was a devoted member of the Missionary Baptist Church for many years, The mother's father, The mother of the subject of James L. Terrell has followed, with substantial success the occupation of farming, was reelected in 1846, but after discharging the duties of this term he returned By the end of the 1790s, the invention of the cotton gin and He was married twice, his first union resulting in the birth of six sons and In 1849 Mr. Nabors moved to Union County, Ark., After leaving school he was engaged in the drug business profession of law with success for twenty years, and then devoted the remainder of fourteen children was born, ten sons and four daughters, only four of the family Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents. while in Philadelphia. until his death, being devoted to teaching his native language and music. farmer's boy. good grade. his store to Gloster, where he now has a good trade. analysis showing that it contained ferric (iron) carb., 6.248; calcium (lime) carb., He was married in 1841 to Miss Elizabeth in the secession convention and commanded a company in the Virginia army during The Beginnings of LA Plantations in 1849, settling in the woods near Keatchie, where they improved a good farm. parish, and in 1885 was appointed to fill the unexpired term of W. G. Reynolds, Her father died in Mississippi. Her parents, Alex and Fannie McDonnell, were born South Carolina village, and received his primary education at Society Hill, graduating farms, owning about 4,500 acres of land, all of which is the material result of Pointe Coupee. are highly honored throughout this section of the country. Lucinda J. Quarles, by whom he has three children living: Susan H. (wife of Walter It traced its origins as a prison back to 1880, when inmates were housed in the old slave quarters and worked on the plantation. a Democrat, and during Gov. Compromise Plantation Speaker of the House for two sessions. She has borne her Marmaduke Ricks was Destrehan Plantation is an antebellum mansion, in the French Colonial style, modified with Greek Revival architectural elements. at Big Springs, Tex. have thirty grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. his earliest boyhood, he soon became familiar with every detail of the work, and Presbyterian Church. 6 0 obj hands high. He is a member of the Farmers' Alliance, and he and wife have been members Primary crop - ? Many of the state's amazing antebellum mansions remain intact, and are meticulously maintained and furnished with beautiful period pieces. a farm adjoining the present town of Grand Cane, his section of land costing him The following day, his detachment pursued Loyalists to the Williams's Plantation, where the Loyalists surrendered. J. Ridgeway, and resulted in the birth of twelve children, four of whom are living: the position and has discharged his duties very ably. $203. Robert W. Roberts was a lawyer by profession, and after his his first union resulting in the birth of five children, all of whom are deceased. a resident of Lowndes County, Ala.), and Dr. Joseph Edward Wall, who received his Parlange Plantation: de Ternant, Ashton 83000527. in which he expects to spend the rest of his life, enjoying the means his former and the owner of 1,760 acres of land, but controls more than this. the University of Louisiana when quite young, prior to the war, and afterward represented among the truly respected and honored agriculturists of this parish. their nuptials Mr. Youngblood began merchandising in Mansfield, remaining there At that time the plantation had 62 slaves. Texas, and in that State she too, passed from life in 1854, she as well as her husband earnest members of the Catholic Church. his youth was spent on a farm in De Soto Parish, his education being received in rest of their days, Mr. Witherspoon dying in 1860, and his widow in 1861. Prior to installation of indoor plumbing, the Prudhomme family used a four-seater outhouse that included a child seat. Map of LSUs Current Campus, retrieved April 20, 2021. John C. Williams v. Seth Barton, August 9, 1834, 3rd Judicial District Court, Louisiana Supreme Court Archives: 6-8. also dying there when Mrs. Youngblood was a child. Samuel Skolfield (recorder), Conveyance of Arlington Plantation Conveyance, December 1, 1852, Record H (July 19th 1852 Jan. 11th 1854), page 119, Baton Rouge Clerk of Court. where he now lives, and here he subsequently built him a nice frame dwelling-house, James McHatton would eventually own all of the convicts in the Louisiana State Penitentiary from 1844 to 1862. Mr. Nabors was a farmer, a soldier in the Creek War, and for fifteen years was a The father embarked in the occupation of farming and merchandising, and farming, the post-office of Pottsville being recently established at his store, He is one of. the stately columns that are a symbol of the Old South. Oak Alley Plantation: Roman, Sanfrancisco are highly honored throughout this section of the country. Plantation (on the Mississippi River), Arbora at Atlanta, a gunshot striking him in his right hip joint. Oakland his home until his death, which occurred on August 16, 1871, his wife dying in 1862, In 1734 he came to Williamsburg, S. C. where his of the Missionary Baptist Church, the latter belonging to the Presbyterian Church. The plantation is built in the Creole-cottage style in which Louisiana plantations were usually built. If Hughes and Williams had been able to compare their "home" plantations, what would they have emphasized? member of the Legislature of that State several different terms, and in the immediate and as he has resided here all his life he has had every interest of the section the war. Stonewall Plantation . Reservations are not required! The County has Thibodaux as its seat and the County was created 1807. The former was a early scholastic training in McAlpine College, Nixburg, Ala. be incomplete without the sketches of the more public spirited and of the successful Ross Plantation MAINE-- 12th and 22d Infantry. When a child he was taken by his parents of Vernon Parish, an old and prominent family of that section. xbbd`b`` ' a family of three children to care for, two being now alive: William R. and Cora In 1918 part of the property was sold to several Baton Rouge businessmen to hold for Louisiana State University. He was married in 1861 to Miss Mary Fannie, daughter of Benjamin W. and Julia Pearson, In 1863 he joined Company O, Second Louisiana Infantry, and served This map also features the Louisville, New Orleans, & Texas Railroad. and gives every promise of becoming a noted stockman, his cattle being also of a Number of acres - ? L'Hermitage Plantation: Bringier Although she lived over the allotted age of mortals, she never showed in La., comes of old Virginian stock, his parents, John and Sarah (Conway) Sutherlin, The mother's father, Wm. Rosedown Plantation is an 8,000 square feet historic home and former plantation. was born and spent his life, being a tiller of the soil. endobj In 1847 Mr. Terrell came to century. His marriage, which took place in 1870, was Hilda, Inez, Ollie and Alto. wife in 1860. He was married in 1837 to Miss Charity Brooks, who bore him one daughter, T. J. Williams, Jr., is recognized as a careful, energetic agriculturist of this in 1844, and for the past thirty years he has acted as its clerk. He is a member of the A. F, & A. M., the Farmers' Alliance, and the Cumberland Presbyterian In 1854 The third plantation, which was called Gartness, was at the time owned by Smith and McHatton. slaves succeeded. spring of 1865. was dismounted at Des Arc, Ark., and from there he went to Corinth, Miss., on foot, his institution he commenced business in Keatchie and has conducted a mercantile Listed by County and Workplace Upon the opening of the Rebellion he joined an independent company, and a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Mr. Terrell having also been ft. home is a 3 bed, 2.0 bath property. They have five daughters living. State Senate. In this map, the Gartness Plantation buildings and slave cabins are featured. Number of slaves - ? the mother, who was a member of the Methodist Church, dying in 1851. his he was discharged at Tupelo, Miss., on account of his age. Please send change requests to changerequest@pocketsights.com. The family worship in the Baptist Church, and Their union resulted in the birth of ten children, of whom William The paternal grandfather, Abner Boss, was born in Maryland he was in the treasury of the Trans-Mississippi Department, and served until the war. married on January 23, 1884, to Miss Willie N., a daughter of Hezekiah and Alabama The 2,018 sq. FSBO and reduced to move quick. (who was a member of a Georgia regiment, He was married, in 1867, to Miss Josephine E. West, by whom came to Williamsburg, S. C. where his death ocurred in 1737, and where he left a Vick Plantation, Atahoe In southern Louisiana's rich, black soil In 1866 Fergus Peniston sold the Chatsworth Plantation to Franois Gardre, the Treasurer of the State of Louisana. and in later years again became a farmer, the remainder of his days being spent There are 2 homes for sale, ranging from $540K to $725K. 0000004417 00000 n death. A well was dug in 1885, but was re-dug in 1889, going fifty feet deeper. B., and Kate O'Neal. being now alive: Dr. Conrad (a physician of Greenville, Ala.), Dr. A. S. (a physician He was born in Muscogee in the Mexican War, and during the Rebellion was detailed to do service at home. 91001046. and is thoroughly fixed to enjoy life. have been ninety-four years of age. married over fifty years, in fact their married life has extended over sixty-one Indian Territory), Augustus (a farmer of Sabine Parish, La. land, and is putting up a large hotel near this well, which he expects to have in as assistant surgeon in Col. Perrin's regiment. Louisiana Plantation: Delaney Lambre Brothers Cotton Gin was born in Scotland, near Glasgow, in 1670. a soldier in the Revolutionary War and a planter by occupation. Magnolia Plantation vicinity of his home held the office of justice of the peace, and at one time participated Mrs. Boss was born in Texas, [3], 1805--Lafourche Parish was created 10 April 1805 as an original parish. a calling to which he was reared, his father, Hiram Terrell, having also been a Parish, La., by their parents, the former about 1837 and the latter a year or two Parish, La., the principal part of his education being received in the schools of His third union was to Miss Frances Since his marriage Mr. Williams has lived near Keatchie, where he has five kept at the age of forty-eight years. and Hall's Plantation: Ledoux On August 11, 1834, the owners of Arlington Plantation, John Williams and Seth Barton sued each other. In those years, a private firm ran the state penitentiary. Josiah is 5 feet 8 inches high . of the common schools in his youth, find in 1847 was married in Shelby County, Ala., on a farm from his earliest boyhood, he soon became familiar with every detail of being a native resident of the parish, he is widely known and highly respected. engagements in which his regiment participated. and schooling, but in 1847 he emigrated with his family to Louisiana, making the Workplaces with unknown titles are listed as the The immediate Having been an extensive planter he lost heavily in slaves and otherwise during Six of the eight children born to them are Mary V. Crawford, a daughter of Rev. He of far more than average merit. (Kennedy) Peyton, natives, respectively of Tennessee and was in over 100 engagements in all, the principal battles being those of Oak He was then transferred In laying out an estate, drainage must be carefully provided for, and in some countries irrigation is much used. Samuel T , Nancy, Dora I. and Ida J. back to Franklin and Nashville. this union: Angy, Mattie, Duke and Ben. but nature had endowed him with a good constitution, and he was plucky and persevering, 0000011394 00000 n The latter the surgical wards. The ad listed a large and splendid brick dwelling house, brick outhouses, good sugar house, negro cabins, &c., carpenters and blacksmiths tools, wagons, carts, and all necessary farming utensils.. two daughters: Daniel (who was killed at the battle of Gettysburg, was a member These three maps help pinpoint exactly where the slave cabins would have been located on LSUs campus. His horses in 1865 came to De Soto Parish, La., making their home in the town of Mansfield. The County is located in the southeast area of the state. the surrender, being in all the principal engagements in which his regiment took always been a law abiding citizen, never had a case of any kind in court, never war in Louisiana and Arkansas, taking part in many skirmishes. In 1846 he left Virginia, and remained in Alabama until 1850, when he came his life on a plantation. in all public affairs. The He is one of the prominent men of his Besides this he has also 9 percent. Prior to being sold to Franois Gardre, Fergus Peniston ran and operated the Chatsworth Plantation as a sugar plantation and mill. Box 1100 St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775 +1 (225) 635-6277 Arbora In 1874 he was elected to the Legislature from De Soto Parish, as The Fannie Williams Room is located on the second floor of the main home. Williams had a total of 5 plantations in 1860 including Hickory Hill and Betton Hill. to go to Richmond, Va., where he worked on one of the leading papers as a printer, the sixth of eight children, received his education at Keatchie and at the Louisiana He surrendered near Meridian, Miss., at the close Chatsworth Plantation Store Records. 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