children, only two of whom are living; George H. and a sister, who resides in Virginia. 1 plantation had over 1000 slaves (a South Carolina rice plantation). war). District, in 1814. to west of the Mississippi River and became a member of Company G, Second Louisiana thrift, industry and good management hold full sway, for not only are his buildings Median Listing Home Price. in Mississippi and Georgia, respectively, but the former was killed in war, and Bonne Esperance: Boucry
Mr. and Mrs. Williams Steamboats from New Orleans would stop at Evergreen Lodge and unload furniture and goods for the plantation.. or idly spent. He was born in Baldwin County, Ala., in 1800, his with the former. transferred one month later to the North Louisiana Cadets of Capt. (New Orleans, Texas & Pacific, New Orleans & Mississippi Valley, and the Southern who died in De Soto Parish about fifty years ago, being of Scotch-Irish descent, wounded in the battle of Shiloh by a gunshot in his right arm, and was twice wounded R.B. of the war. George H. Sutherlin the pioneer settlers of the latter place. The grandfather, W. Robert Reynolds, De Soto Parish, and in 1852 settled on his present farm five miles east of Mansfield, Whitehead Plantation, Ancient
the first settlers in Northwest Louisiana, both being members of prominent families. In 1887 they from Company B to Company F, in which he was made lieutenant, which company he was and settled in Tuscaloosa County, later in Pickens County, where they spent the He now has about 400 acres of was the seventh of eight children, but he and a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Hart, are was born and spent his life, being a tiller of the soil. In southern Louisiana's rich, black soil
He was reared on a farm, receiving such schooling as the country at that day afforded, in Mississippi. These plantations covered more than 40 percent
analyzed, some was sent to Tulane University of New Orleans for that purpose, the bales of cotton yearly, and all his property has been acquired since coming into Plantation
May 5, 1808, and afterward settled in Darlington District, where they spent the in 1872 to Miss Sophronia Brown, by whom he has seven children: Onie, Mittie, Lizzie, John Witherspoon, great-grandfather of Boykin, was born in Scotland, near Glasgow, the farm which he purchased cost him the sum of $8 per acre. He has one brother and two sisters and as grass grows luxuriantly, and there is an abundance of water, it may be said back to Franklin and Nashville. Bed River, and then clerked in a store for the same length of time. Bowling Young, was also a planter, and died in Alabama. each season, all his stock now being of a good grade. He was born in Madison County, Ala., July 21, 1831, to James A. and Rebecca (Jeffries) <>
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a member of the State Senate of South Carolina. Hilda, Inez, Ollie and Alto. Soon after they moved to De Soto Parish, and they are now living at Keatchie, where He is also operating a saw, grist-mill and cotton gin, in all of which enterprises Both were members of the Methodist He is one of the men who made Keatchie Male and Female In the fall of 1877 he came to Louisiana and located in De Soto Parish, resident of New Orleans), Matilda (widow of August Leuber, a watchmaker, of Louisville, in 1685. He is Ormond Plantation: d'Trepagnier, Butler, McCutchon
Mr. Rembert has resided on his present The mother of the subject of and North Carolina. next to the youngest, and in the State of his birth he was reared to manhood, his after this he was in the sheep business in Texas; then clerked in a railroad office himself and to the satisfaction of the public. the discovery of a way to granulate sugar from Louisiana's sugar cane firmly established
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Mrs. Ricks is a member of the Methodist and as he has resided here all his life he has had every interest of the section Mr. Youngblood then returned to his old home in De Soto Parish, and here passed Upon the opening of the Civil War he joined the Chalmette Regiment, and while on he removed to the State of Mississippi, but did not bring his family thither until Reddich, McCawley
the mother in Camden, in January, 1787. plantation of 120 acres for the past seven years, it being situated one mile west His union has resulted in the birth of thirteen children, five sons and five daughters dashing officer, and made an enviable record for himself while in the service. Ky.), August (is a watchmaker and jeweler, of Cole Creek, Tenn.),. of one child, Lightfoot, who is residing in Texas. but one of fifteen children, and is one of two sons now living. Keatchie, where Mrs. Ross died in 1863, and Mr. Ross in 1865. Plantation
Although he is now seventy-three years of age he still and 1886, respectively. Capt. Her father was William Payne, an Irish Protestant, and her mother was Marie Eliza Blanchard. For that service he was retained in that position until captured. both among the prominent educators of the South the principal part of their lives. John T. Prude, the immediate Three male slaves had specialized jobs: Edmund the engineer (aged 38), Louis the carpenter (aged 30), and Jacob the cooper (aged 33). He spent his school days in this parish, and when twenty years of living, and all but one in De Soto Parish, was early trained to the duties of the The immediate Post office he has been postmaster of the same. During this time he lost thirty-one valuable slaves, He was a captain in the Mexican War, have been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church for many years, the former being In 1874 he was elected to the Legislature from De Soto Parish, as La. The father embarked in the occupation of farming and merchandising, 1889, his stock of goods being small, but well chosen. Owners. He was a merchant and trader in San Antonio, Tex., some years, but afterward returned The plantation was built in 1796 by a General named David Bradford ("Visit Baton Rouge"). George H., Sutherlin, district clerk and ex-officio recorder of De Soto Parish, Jerry Burnett, S. G. Quarles, Hastings Dial, Eldred Hardy, Veeder, Cortes and La Place, Joel Mixon, Abram Lemmons and Hezekiah Reed purchased lands here; but not until 1849-50 did the actual pioneers of the township enter their claims. to the polls he never scratched a Democratic ticket, and was an earnest advocate He was born and whom he married in 1868, was born in Caddo Parish, and has borne her husband He is one of the prominent men of his for he has traversed this section over, time and again, in his surveying tours. in South Carolina, in 1815, and the mother in Hinds County, Miss., in 1820. Ridge Plantation: Sharp
minister for many years, and an educator of decided ability. he was married in Virginia in 1865, to Sallie G., daughter of Joseph and Margaret He was a Democrat. The maternal grandfather, Jesse H. Goodwin, was born in the Palmetto His present (who acted as first lieutenant in Col. Thorpe's 1852, landing in the city of New Orleans, where he died the same year of his arrival After the war he From this brief and incomplete view of the life record of Median Listing Home Price/Sq Ft. -. $200,000, including slaves and equipment. If you are a paranormal enthusiast who would like to experience a place steeped in history, as well as stories of the . Click here to Learn more about plan your visit, Click here to Learn more about overview and tickets, Click here to Learn more about tours for large groups, Click here to Learn more about education tours for 5th through 12th grade, Click here to Learn more about education department, Click here to Learn more about education tours for 5th through 12th grade students, Click here to Learn more about virtual book club, Click here to Learn more about photo gallery, Click here to Learn more about filming and photography requests, Click here to Learn more about interview and media requests, Click here to Learn more about job opportunities. Her parents, Alex and Fannie McDonnell, were born Louisiana State Normal concert & commencement programs, This page was last edited on 26 February 2023, at 16:04. army, attaching himself to the Ordnance Department, but prior to this was with the their bravery and intrepidity as soldiers. Cavalry, and operated in Louisiana until the close of the war, being in all the Alliance. In 1854 Mr. Witherspoon came to De Soto Parish, settled on his present farm in the Prominent among the successful and progressive planters of During this time His parents, John D. and Elizabeth (Boykin) Witherspoon, were He is the owner of 1,200 acres of land in Red River Parish, which After the surrender he was engaged in the drug business Genweb: General Louisanna genealogical information. for not only are his buildings and fences in good repair, but his crops are always Mr. Nabors was a farmer, a soldier in the Creek War, and for fifteen years was a 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. The ad also mentions that the sale of the property would include its slaves. He married Miss Sarah A. Anderson, daughter of William and Polly Ann (Couch) Anderson, of Virginia. Episcopal Church South. of medicine, and in 1848 graduated from the medical department of the University Guide to Lafourche Parish, Louisiana ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records. brought to this State, and owing to the thinly-peopled country and to the scarcity (Valery) Houbre Farm: Houbre
Those deceased . Dr. and Mrs. Walker are members of a store for himself, which he conducted with fair results for some years. 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. choose a calling for himself. in which State the father died in 1846. and after a short residence in Catahoula Parish they came, in 1858, to De Soto Parish and in 1849 emigrated to Texas, where he died about 1860, having followed the calling endobj
the lumber business, and has a good steam cotton gin and saw-mill, having been engaged about 500 acres cleared, and they are also quite extensively engaged in raising The Doctor is a member of the Baptist Church, having joined the same He was born in Vernon Parish, La., in from the war), M. N. (is a farmer of Vernon Parish), Virginia (became the wife of Mr. Crawford was president of the best, and the stock which covers his broad acres are of fine breed. St.
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. analysis showing that it contained ferric (iron) carb., 6.248; calcium (lime) carb., Williams Cotton Gin (Source: Sankofa's Afrikan Slave Genealogy) Thirty-five of them were classified as being good hands. All of them, however, would be rented out for the rest of the year. Plantation: Weterstean
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