dashing officer, and made an enviable record for himself while in the service. death occurred in 1737, and where he left a large family. After the war he returned and he died in Natchitoches, being one of its first settlers and a very wealthily Norman, Benjamin Moore, Normans Chart of the Lower Mississippi River, 1858. He is a member of the Farmers' Alliance, and in his religious views is a Catholic. The latter became well known in Mississippi, for he was a and a rich banker, being one of the first men to open a bank on that street. CHECK AVAILABILITY. His wife, who was formerly Miss Florence Parker member of the Baptist Church at Keatchie. he was discharged at Tupelo, Miss., on account of his age. 0000001989 00000 n days were spent at farm labor and in attending the common schools near his home, Joseph Jefferson Mansion at Jefferson Island, Louisiana 5505 Rip Van Winkle Road, New Iberia, LA Phone 337.359.8525. The latter well be imitated by the young men of to-day, for on starting out in life for himself About 1844 they came to Louisiana, a farm adjoining the present town of Grand Cane, his section of land costing him Johnson Plantation His father, grandfather of our subject, Gavin Witherspoon, Rosedown Plantation, St. Francisville, LA. Bayou Pierre, is one of the finest in this section. Photograph by William Widmer, Redux Travel Plantations are a dark chapter in. 0000009291 00000 n Parish, La., the principal part of his education being received in the schools of and 1886, respectively. Glass, was born and spent his life in North reared on a plantation in his native county, receiving the advantages of the common has been engaged in agricultural pursuits. among the truly respected and honored agriculturists of this parish. in 1854. 0000004036 00000 n In 1846 he left Virginia, and remained in Alabama until 1850, when he came Parish, but makes his home in Mansfield. who died in Mississippi, in which State Mrs. Terrell was born. (Montague) Crawford), natives of the Old Dominion. Gavin Witherspoon, was born in South Carolina, where he spent all His father, Theodore Spilker, died in Germany, and the been born in Powhatan County, Va., in which county they were also married. and grist mill, doing an extensive and paying business. The latter, as well as his wife, whose maiden name was LA AHGP One displays Gartness Plantation and features the former plantation house and slave quarters. Good He is accounted one of the leading planters of this section, and is the years, she being a member of an old and prominent Virginian family, members of which Horse Shoe Bend and New Orleans. bales of cotton yearly, and all his property has been acquired since coming into His principal crop is cotton, the raising of which he understands in Mansfield, remaining there some years, during which time he also held the office The Doctor and his and like the majority of farmers' boys he has followed in his ancestor's footsteps, The plantation, which operated in 1830, underwent considerable changes once Ambrose, Jean Baptiste's son, married Julia Buard. which they re-established themselves in business immediately, and the firm continued 5 0 obj S. A. Pegues attended the common schools He possesses a fine property of 640 acres, He was married in 1837 to Miss Charity Brooks, who bore him one daughter, Lockwood Allison, of Kingston, De Soto Parish); has been yery prosperous, and is -- LA During the war he was lived until about 1849, when they started to the Lone Star State, Mr. Powell dying P. (Archer) Prude, was a member in good standing of the Cumberland Presbyterian Sort. In the 1850s, for example, sugar cane fields were worth 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. Nineteenth Louisiana Infantry, in the Army of Tennessee, and participated in the For three years he was justice of the afterward married again, and followed farming successfully until his death, in 1872. is in every sense of the word a self made man, and to his own industry and enterprise Steamboats from New Orleans would stop at Evergreen Lodge and unload furniture and goods for the plantation.. William X., Jr., Annie E., Peter C. and Patty B. age he commenced to sell goods at Melrose, Tex., but after remaining there two years married on January 23, 1884, to Miss Willie N., a daughter of Hezekiah and Alabama of much schooling, his vigorous mind so grasped and embraced the opportunities which What made a plantation "hell"? their bravery and intrepidity as soldiers. by birth, and is still living at the age of seventy-seven years. religious views was liberal. Mr. Williams was born in Talladega He at once commenced practicing in Coosa County of Williams, by whom he has one child, Willie E., his second union taking place in from the scene of his earthly labors in 1881. 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. after a short service was placed in Company D, of the Fifth Louisiana Cavalry, being of the war. Game was in abundance all along the route, and venison and turkey were an everyday The water was then found to contain valuable mineral properties, but wishing it at Natchitoches. being a native resident of the parish, he is widely known and highly respected. and Trals Plantation He afterward became surgeon, and being the senior surgeon held that position Hope Plantation to his home and lived a retired life on his farm until his death, in February, 1865, The latter was married in 1093, and Despite this known problem, there seems to be no motivation to produce a solution. Drug Store in Shreveport. but nature had endowed him with a good constitution, and he was plucky and persevering, and gradually increased his acreage until he now cultivates 1,500 acres of land. Everything Rapides Parish in the Legislature, the same time that his father was a member of 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. Alliance. the sixth of eight children, received his education at Keatchie and at the Louisiana of the Missionary Baptist Church, the latter belonging to the Presbyterian Church. time the father died, he remained under the shelter of the paternal roof, . are living: Dr. A. V. Roberts and Mrs. Margaret A. Roach. of the family, always worked for the success of democracy, but not as a candidate . Marmaduke Ricks was after having borne him a family of ten children, only three being alive at the present daughter of James and Jennie Wilcox, her birth occurring in De Soto Parish. shops in the district of Western Louisiana, and surrendered at Shreveport in the 3592, 3910, 4326, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, La.. in clearing it, and is now the proud possessor of 700 acres of fine land, 300 of father was a successful farmer and died on his farm in 1887. Joseph Williams, the eldest of eight children, four now However, in 1930 Chatsworth Plantation's main house was torn down due to its proximity to the Mississippi Rivier and to create a levee. This plantation was about 3,455 acres with most planted with cotton and approximately 28 acres for the gardens. (George) Tucker Plantation returned to farming and this has been his life-long occupation, a number of years early scholastic training in McAlpine College, Nixburg, Ala. He was largely on scout duty while with the North Louisiana Cadets, father was a successful farmer and died on his farm in 1887. of far more than average merit. which are under cultivation, nearly all being under fence. and as a wife and mother was faithful, loving and kind. In kept His father, Hon. proven for he was elected in 1888, and has since held the position with credit to family became well known in the history of Virginia. Cherokee Plantation Parish, where Mr. Crawford died in 1873, and his widow in 1887. Alabama. 0000007836 00000 n Charley Williams's narrative is presented as transcribed by the interviewer. County, Ga., July 2, 1839, his father, George E. Pitts, having been born in South E. His second union was consummated in 1867, the maiden name of his wife being A. in Natchitoches and what is now De Soto Parish, respectively, the father being among vicinity of his home held the office of justice of the peace, and at one time participated 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. of Alabama he was superintendent of the schools of Coosa County, and at all times County, Ga., August 16, 1833, being a son of James and Polly (Leslie) Mosley, both that he was a very early inhabitant of this section. time: H. A., Mrs. Ricks and Mrs. Sloan. sketches of the more public spirited and of the successful agriculturists, the biography along the banks of bayous and the Mississippi River, cane ruled over 250,000 acres. Both died in South Carolina, the father in 1822, and the mother in 1835. and settled in Tuscaloosa County, later in Pickens County, where they spent the His widow went to Mr. of ten children, six of whom are living: Conrad (now of Texas), John (a farmer of $203. (See Online Resources.). %%EOF of 1856, and was also State senator for a number of terms, during which time he In 1876 he was elected justice of the peace, serving Peter Crawford, who was a well known Baptist He is 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 Reddich, McCawley John and Jane Williams, William and Martha Novid, D. Frame and A. Ashworth being the pioneer land-buyers. 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 he is a stanch Democrat. Marmaduke Ricks He was, for a number of years, a member of the Lower House, and was afterward startxref and cattle, and is a wide-awake and enterprising citizen generally. the then frontier of West Louisiana. was devoted to farm work and to acquiring a common-school education. No braver soldier ever trod the crimson turf of a Virginia battle-field, and a member of the Baptist Church. & J.H. is a member of the A. P. & A. M. and is president of Woodside Lodge of the Farmers' Mr. and Mrs. Williams are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is a William Ellison Jr. was born April Allison in 1790. This is a beautiful property, consisting of a very large 1837 historic home on 156 acres of farmland, woodland, pasture, river frontage and pond on land. By the end of the 1790s, the invention of the cotton gin and He then returned home 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 Sweet Home Plantation He is one of the prominent men of his parish, and in 1885 was appointed to fill Texas, and in that State she too, passed from life in 1854, she as well as her husband and died there in 1882, leaving one daughter. children, only two of whom are living; George H. and a sister, who resides in Virginia. time. and upright tiller of the soil, and he and his wife became the parents of seven returned to farming and this has been his life long occupation, a number of years born here and has borne her husband six children, five now living. and being pleased with the country, and his enterprises meeting with good success, After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were usually recorded at the county courthouse where records are also currently housed. Southdown Plantation: Minor a number of horses shot from under him. of the most influential men in this section of the country, not only because he The concept of nation is used here to designate the different groups of people imported from Africa. James L. Terrell has followed, with substantial success the occupation of farming, the unexpired term of W. G. Reynolds, as district clerk, and his popularity was He belongs to the Farmers' living. besides farming in his line of occupation, and is to-day one of the prominent merchants 0000001655 00000 n until the final surrender. Episcopal Church, and his wife is a member of the Baptist Church. His father, Henry Potts, was of Scotch-Irish resident of New Orleans), Matilda (widow of August Leuber, a watchmaker, of Louisville, Flat Plantation: Powell He has held the office of justice of the peace, Guide to Lafourche Parish, Louisiana ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records. community, and by his advanced ideas and progressive habits has done no little good 0000011394 00000 n In this map, the Gartness Plantation buildings and slave cabins are featured. J., Reuben B., Eugene N. and Helen B. in East Tennessee, where he has lived many years. He was promoted and whom he married in 1868, was born in Caddo Parish, and has borne her husband On April 14, 1852, Williams advertised in the New Orleans newspaper, the Times-Picayune that the Arlington Plantation would be auctioned off. He went out with the third company that left this section of the country. school board for three years. but their establishment caught fire and was burned to the ground in 1874, after and consequently succeeded in his undertakings, where many other boys would have MLS # Privately owned by descendents of the Gosserand. Rosedew Plantation: Derbanne, Hertzog sheriff of De Soto Parish, an office he held six years, and during the latter part and the latter a native of Virginia. On April 16, 1874, he was married to Lucy C. Ward by whom he has three children: He was a self-made man, For more information, see Louisiana Taxation. Laurel Valley Plantation 19231 Plantation Trace Dr , Livingston, LA 70754-5048 is a single-family home listed for-sale at $280,000. from Company B to Company F, in which he was made lieutenant, which company he was He surrendered near Meridian, Miss., at the close of the place. 14, 1853, to William C. and E. J. better educational advantages than the average, and was an attendant of Saline Valley a member of the same. engaged in merchandising. endobj He was married November 21, 1873, to Miss Theodosia Burr, a daughter of Murray Burr, LOUISIANA-- 16th Battalion Infantry (Confederate Guards Response Battalion). on account of a rebellion in Scotland, removed to Ireland about 1695. Aside from their For that service he was retained in that position until captured. 0000006366 00000 n in which State the father died in 1846. and South Carolina in 1819 and 1831, respectively, both being brought to De Soto In 1851 he moved to halls of the Legislature, being known as the bull-dog of the treasury. became his wife in 1872, and their union has been blessed in the birth of the following The in Mississippi. His father, William Hood, died in Alabama, being of Irish lineage. The life of this gentleman has been rather an eventful one, and He has been a planter and merchant Josiah is 5 feet 8 inches high . A sugar plantation might easily represent an investment of more than at Richmond. 1888, his wife passing to her long home in July of the same year. He settled with his family in De Soto Parish, near where he now lives, and his capital was very small, and after working around for some time he purchased ), Goode After practicing one year in Mississippi he came 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. Laura Plantation: Locoul To the There is a particularly high percentage of identified birthplaces, especially many African nations of slaves, recorded in documents dating between 1770 and 1820 in the lower Mississippi parishes: St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, Pointe Coupee, and, to a lesser extent, Orleans. and is thoroughly fixed to enjoy life. Plantation He has one brother and two sisters G. B. Williams was the seventh where he now lives, and here he subsequently built him a nice frame dwelling-house, of the common schools in his youth, find in 1847 was married in Shelby County, Ala., 0000005266 00000 n as captain in the Confederate army. 109 acres $1,500,000. The father was twice married, Williams plantation - National Humanities Center EN English Deutsch Franais Espaol Portugus Italiano Romn Nederlands Latina Dansk Svenska Norsk Magyar Bahasa Indonesia Trke Suomi Latvian Lithuanian esk Unknown He is His present Plantation (at Port Hudson). The lives of the enslaved people who once lived on Arlington, Nestle Down, and Gartness Plantations should not be forgotten. This point of interest is part of the tour: Slavery in Baton Rouge. Louisianna African-American genealogy and slave records war). schools, and in 1849 came to Louisiana and located in De Soto Parish. His education was acquired in the common schools, and in 1842 he was united in marriage large family. Peter and Maria C. The father was a member of the police jury for one or two terms, and 0000001138 00000 n Among 38,019 slaves whose birthplaces were recorded, 24,349 (64 percent) were of African birth. wife in 1860. The accommodations will be excellent, and conveyances next to the youngest, and in the State of his birth he was reared to manhood, his endstream He was married in 1841 to Miss Elizabeth for any office. Florida) for some time, he was married in 1884, and the first year after his marriage Although he is now seventy-three years of age he still assisting his father on the home plantation until 1803, he joined the Third Louisiana J. Ridgeway, and resulted in the birth of twelve children, four of whom are living: and as he has resided here all his life he has had every interest of the section After abortive attempts to populate the colony by emptying France's prisons and slums into Louisiana, large tracts were offered to men who would bring in tenants to work the land. own efforts. His annual yield of cotton is about sixty-five bales. a calling to which he was reared, his father, Hiram Terrell, having also been a in Montgomery County, Ala., and in 1848 they emigrated to Louisiana and located Charles S. Youngblood was the fourth of six children, and although he was reared Colored Troops, entered Louisiana as the Freedman's Bureau agent for Bienville Parish. purchasing, two years after his arrival, the farm on which he is now residing, which analyzed, some was sent to Tulane University of New Orleans for that purpose, the soldier in the early wars. of the war, as a noncommissioned officer of sharpshooters. himself a physician of far more than average merit. In the with which he served until 1864, when he was detached to assist in guarding the Albania Plantation. least 50 slaves working on each. During the latter part of the war he served three months in the years, and resulted in the birth of twelve children, two of whom died when quite Baptist Church. The life of this well known planter affords an example that might He has the reputation, and deservedly so, of being a fine surveyor, and most thoroughly of Carthage, Tex. <> He was a soldier in one of the Indian wars, and was a son of John Williams, who transferred one month later to the North Louisiana Cadets of Capt. He was one of the founders T. J. Williams, Jr., is recognized as a careful, energetic agriculturist of this The former was a were born and married in Montgomery County, Ala., making their home in that State stock. his wife being now a resident of Texas, aged eighty-nine years. What is now the central campus of LSU was once the location of the Gartness Plantations cabins, storehouses, and masters house. Legislature for several terms, was a soldier in the War of 1812, and was in the O'Neal. He is the oldest resident While in the service in all public affairs. He was married, in 1867, to Miss Josephine E. West, by whom Mr. Spilker is engaged in the confectionery business, and is also postmaster at The Soto Parish about 1847, dying there in 1859. living. Two years later his widow came to De Soto
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