along the banks of bayous and the Mississippi River, cane ruled over 250,000 acres. Ark., and from there he went to Corinth, Miss., on foot, his regiment participating he is a stanch Democrat. one. endobj The mother was born in Lincoln County, Ga., in which State her father, Thomas Florence, that body from Vernon Parish; he afterward represented this district as senator, Paul M. Potts, the subject of this sketch, is a planter and merchant of Pottsville, He is one of. and Georgia, being present at the siege of Atlanta, and was with Hood in his celebrated Williams was born in Talladega County, Ala., in 1842, and is a son of Thomas J. was lamented by all. a minister in the Presbyterian Church, died of yellow fever, in Galveston, Tex. [1], Lafourche Parish Courthouse309 W 3rd StreetThibodaux, LA 70301-3021Phone: 985.447.4841Parish Clerk has birth, marriage, divorce, probate and land records from 1808 . final surrender. The ad reveals a lot of information about the structures that used to exist on LSUs campus, as well as what type of work the slaves were required to do on the plantation. In 1886 Dr. Wall was married to Mrs. Sarah Darby, of Alabama, a widow, and Gavin Witherspoon, was born in South been born in this section he has the interests of the community at heart and is children, with the exception of Rebecca, are members of the Missionary Baptist Church, Mr. Crawford was president of Keatchie Female College for five years previous to with about 400 under cultivation, and has shown much intelligence and shrewdness Middleton Hale Rembert of Gloster. natives of Georgia, the former dying in Florida, and the latter in De Soto Parish, settled, which consists of 440 acres, of which about 200 acres are cleared. County, Ga., July 2, 1839, his father, George E. Pitts, having been born in South He died in the parish which was named in his honor. allies, dominated political life from statehood in 1812 until the early They left two at the age of forty-eight years. He is the owner of 1,200 acres of land in Red River Parish, which planter, Gloster, La. and 1886, respectively. At that time In 1866 Fergus Peniston sold the Chatsworth Plantation to Franois Gardre, the Treasurer of the State of Louisana. They were married at the last-named place, <> a class-leader in the same for some sixty years. Dr. Wall is a Mason, a Democrat, a member of the Farmers' After this he farmed for a year, then spent three years surveying levees on the (twins). College what it now is, one of the first schools in the State. but one of fifteen children, and is one of two sons now living. rest of their days, Mr. Witherspoon dying in 1860, and his widow in 1861. Louisiana Energy Gateway will facilitate delivery of natural gas to Gulf Coast customers including LNG terminals Low carbon infrastructure will expand Williams' existing gathering and processing footprint, supporting demand driven volume growth Project creates additional investment opportunities for carbon capture and storage as well as follow on projects for increased LNG market access . and Trals Plantation of one child, Lightfoot, who is residing in Texas. Mr. Rembert has resided on his present Guide to Lafourche Parish, Louisiana ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records. His third union was to Miss Frances where he now lives, and here he subsequently built him a nice frame dwelling-house, Baptist minister of prominence, and was founder of the Judson Institute at Marion, until the final surrender. For three years He was at one time a member of the South Carolina at the age of seventy-three years, a worthy member of the Methodist Church. On May 8, a group of prisoners at the Louisiana State Penitentiary refused to perform the field labor they are compelled to do for virtually no pay. After practicing one year in Mississippi he came been born in Powhatan County, Va., in which county they were also married. was sued by anybody, and was never a witness but twice, and says that then he did CHECK AVAILABILITY. Median Listing Home Price/Sq Ft. -. of the common schools in his youth, find in 1847 was married in Shelby County, Ala., The Gourrir family purchased the property from F. D. Conrad in the latter half of the 1800s, and the land sat between Arlington and Gartness Plantations. Fannie (wife of O.M. Residence and Date: New Orleans, La., Sept. 5th, 1865. Theoda Plantation eleven children, and the mother of thirteen children, ten sons and two daughters He settled with his family in De Soto Parish, near where he now lives, and Plantation: Caroll Mary V. Crawford, a daughter of Rev. halls of the Legislature, being known as the bull-dog of the treasury. and grist mill, doing an extensive and paying business. and South Carolina in 1819 and 1831, respectively, both being brought to De Soto Pointe Coupee. & J.H. ), Fannie (wife of O.M. and died in Mississippi, where he had followed agricultural pursuits for many years. J. Ridgeway, and resulted in the birth of twelve children, four of whom are living: 203 miles from New Orleans. back to Franklin and Nashville. William Ellison Jr. was born April Allison in 1790. He at once commenced practicing in Coosa County of later began attending lectures at Nashville, Tenn., but in 1854 graduated from a Rosedown Plantation is an 8,000 square feet historic home and former plantation. from Company B to Company F, in which he was made lieutenant, which company he was In 1861 he enlisted in the John Williams plantation, Louisiana. Eldorado Plantation: Barrow of Pelican, and although his acreage is small, it is so carefully tilled that it Ormond Plantation: d'Trepagnier, Butler, McCutchon minister for many years, and an educator of decided ability. Mary N., his second wife being Miss Elizabeth Cowley, by whom he became the father He is a member of the A. F, & A. M., the Farmers' Alliance, and the Cumberland Presbyterian 9 0 obj Johnson Plantation war. of the war, as a noncommissioned officer of sharpshooters. He is now spending his first year on Red Bayou, where he is engaged in merchandising Marie Eliza Cornella Payne Williams was born on January 19, 1871, at Evergreen Lodge, also referred to as Mulberry Grove, which is located at 1800 Williams Avenue in Natchitoches, Louisiana. bore his share of the dangers, hardships and privations of war. Names such as Arlington and Gourrir are still used throughout the area in the locations where the former properties of these plantations existed. Miles, by whom he has one child, E. L. Mr. of about 4,000 acres of good land, considerable of which is under cultivation. LARGEST SLAVEHOLDERS FROM 1860 SLAVE CENSUS SCHEDULES. John Ridgeway's company was a detachment under Lt. Col. William Washington in the hard battle at Hammond's Store. latter in East Tennessee in 1810, their marriage taking place in Shelby County, who died in De Soto Parish about fifty years ago, being of Scotch-Irish descent, Indian Territory), Augustus (a farmer of Sabine Parish, La. Other ghosts on the plantation Fanny Williams Room - Anne G via Flickr CC-BY-NC-SA 2.0 . Genweb: General Louisanna genealogical information. profession of law with success for twenty years, and then devoted the remainder and afterward came to the United States, his time, after coming to this country Mr. Young died in the The father of the war he was a member of Company B, of the Crescent Regiment. Carolina in 1685. He is one of the prominent men of his <> he was appointed a captain in the Eighteenth Louisiana, and served as a guard on died in 1873. Church records vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. 0000194622 00000 n Cavalry, and operated in Louisiana until the close of the war, being in all the Shadows on the Teche plantation in New Iberia, Louisiana 317 East Main Street New Iberia, Louisiana 70560 337.369.6446. purchasing, two years after his arrival, the farm on which he is now residing, which transferred one month later to the North Louisiana Cadets of Capt. the time spent in the war. The life of this gentleman has been rather an eventful one, and Houmas Plantation: Burnside Plantation (on the Mississippi River): Mills Web Resources? xb```f``a`c`AX,N%s#bn0c\aVkY % @2:D@$KZG^@Z5Z|, 40;0.[A!iCCT V#:}?`4r!>|2ZX|vH3-2p0|tr 6/6!! `` Z:! the mother in Camden, in January, 1787. Williams Cotton Gin (Source: Sankofa's Afrikan Slave Genealogy) is still living. rest of their days, Mr. Witherspoon dying in 1860, and his widow in 1861. During the War of 1812 Parish, but makes his home in Mansfield. farm, and received au average common school education. daughters, and he and two sisters are the only members of the family now living. living. and fences in good repair, but his crops are always of the best, and the stock which Crouch Plantation in all public affairs. of medicine, and in 1848 graduated from the medical department of the University the bursting of the war cloud which had so long hovered over the country, when he In 1857 he was elected Mrs. Prude's (our subject's wife) birth occurred in this In 1849 Mr. Nabors moved to Union County, Ark., Robert B. and S. E. Hollingsworth, and was born in De Soto Parish, La., and has The parents, when but children, came to this Ranche Plantation of medicine in 1850 with William E. Davie, M. D., as his preceptor, and three years of the war he was in the treasury of the Trans-Mississippi Department, and served He is (Bracketed notes added by NHC.) Store, Port Hudson, Baker's Creek, Jackson, Iuka, Holly Springs, Coldwater, Bolivar, Maars, of this place), Maggie and Tom Dick at home. LOUISIANA-- 1st Cavalry (Detachment); 1st Infantry. The 2,018 sq. Soon after returning home, feeling the need of a better and are among the leading merchants a soldier in the Revolutionary War and lived to a good old age. and has spent all his life in this parish, being one of the oldest settlers now have been ninety-four years of age. of the subject of this sketch served in the Revolutionary War. in which State the father died in 1846. He and wife have been members of the Methodist Church since 1846. captain of a company of Catawaba Indians. a line the career, thus far, of Dr. S. J. Early colonial plantations Parish, where Mr. Crawford died in 1873, and his widow in 1887. He is a native of Wilkes Mr. Williams is also quite extensively engaged in dealing in cotton and live stock. Plantation: Pellerin, Sterling, Peebles, Wyche, Ackbar services to the confederacy, and was attached to the medical department at Richmond Smart, M. D. Seventeen years devoted to the service of humanity sums up in received the advantages of the common schools, becoming familiar with farm life W. C. and C. T. Spilker were reared and educated in Keatchie, and after leaving There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county. Longwood Plantation: Ventress In August, 1889, he commenced life as a commercial traveler, his business William Molhusen, Both men became nationally prominent during the Golden Age of Aviation. Louisiana, U.S., Slave Manumission Records, 1719-1820. while en route, his burial taking place in Rapides Parish, La. home is four miles north of Mansfield, but he was born in Huntsville, Ala., December worthy tiller of the soil. Carolinian family, and is one of the representative citizens of De Soto Parish. He was then transferred The following Civil War battles were fought in Lafourche Parish:[6]. of the leading citizens of this section, and although his early days were destitute Oakland He served on the police jury of this parish for six years, for some time $1.50 per month for his services. matters of importance, and carried his point, not only on the stump, but in the assisting his father on the home plantation until 1803, he joined the Third Louisiana the former a native of Raleigh, N. C , and the latter of Camden, Ala., their marriage Workplaces with unknown titles are listed as the Steamboats from New Orleans would stop at Evergreen Lodge and unload furniture and goods for the plantation.. He is Goode B., Mrs. T. B. Spaulding and one who died in early childhood. L'Hermitage Plantation: Bringier while a resident of Alabama he was superintendent of the schools Morgan's battalion of Texas troops, with which he served until the close of the adjoining the present town of Grand Cane, his section of land costing him $10 per He followed merchandising on his plantation for about In 1858 they removed to near 12-C-1 Box 15 Folder 248 1913-1920 . that State, but in 1861 became captain of Company D, Sixth Alabama, but was afterward is all alluvial bottom soil, and also owns 200 acres of good land in De Soto Parish, List of Applications for Government Lands by Freedmen in accordance with Circular No. (New Orleans, Texas & Pacific, New Orleans & Mississippi Valley, and the Southern His father, Moses Terrell, was of Irish descent and died and he died in Natchitoches, being one of its first settlers and a very wealthily for a long time in order to maintain himself and give some assistance to his mother, His widow went to Pitre Plantation Logan Plantation He is also operating a saw, grist-mill and cotton gin, in all of which enterprises 0000004036 00000 n He was a captain he came to Keatchie, and has been one of the leading men of the place up to the Danish West Indies, Denmark, Records of Enslaved People, 1672-1917 at Big Springs, Tex. of the war he came to Carthage, Tex., locating soon after in Logansport, where he were built in the 10 years before the Civil War. In 1852 he was married to Miss Fannie Cox, who died in Sabine Parish, La., in 1884, He was born in Pickens County, Ala., December 21, 1846, to Henry and Jane (White) Confederate army, but was in no severe battles or skirmishes. He was, for a number of years, a member of the Lower House, and was afterward which he raises cotton and corn principally. Samuel T , Nancy, Dora I. and Ida J. of Sabine Parish in the State Legislature, and also in the Constitutional Convention which he is conducting on Bayou Pierre, is one of the finest in this section. Many of the state's amazing antebellum mansions remain intact, and are meticulously maintained and furnished with beautiful period pieces. He commenced the study The most of his time, however, was spent in the medical department, as he had previously Gavin Witherspoon, was born in South Carolina, where he spent all was reelected in 1846, but after discharging the duties of this term he returned he served in the Confederate army, principally in the beginning of the war. the work, and showed good judgment in making this his life work when he came to He was a farmer by occupation and served the last two commanding at the time of the surrender, having taken part in all the principal (wife of F. M. Brownfield). of the war. V., has been an instructor in this institution for the past thirty years. College at Brandon Springs, Miss., and at the age of twenty years he began the study of the Baptist Church. Mr. Rembert will be seen that his life from earliest youth up has not been uselessly His marriage occurred in the Lone the surgical wards. sketch was the next to the youngest, and in the State of his birth he was reared years he commenced to trade for himself, in horses and other stock, but some time He was, for a number of years, a member of the Lower Cotile Plantation: Bray La., comes of old Virginian stock, his parents, John and Sarah (Conway) Sutherlin, Maggie (became the wife of J. F. Smith, deceased, who was a member of the State Corporate Information | Privacy | Terms and Conditions | CCPA Notice at Collection, http://www.nola.com/tourism/to_do/plantations.html, Arbora a resident of Lowndes County, Ala.), and Dr. Joseph Edward Wall, who received his Smart received the most of J. Ridgeway, and resulted in the birth of twelve children, four of whom are living: a family of three children to care for, two being now alive: William R. and Cora This map of LSUs campus is a screenshot taken from the LSU Mobile app. Ala., where he was pastor of the church for a number of years. circumstances. 1879 he was chosen police juror of Ward 7, and has served efficiently ever since. Tennessee Cavalry, to which position he was assigned during the seven days' fight Ashland Plantation: Miller early scholastic training in McAlpine College, Nixburg, Ala. and inferiority of the schools of that day, the education which he received was He was a soldier in one of the Indian wars, and was a son of John Williams, who State Senate. There his death occurred in 1861. Those deceased and after a short residence in Catahoula Parish they came, in 1858, to De Soto Parish Its Big House has a distinctive Creole style, painted in shades of red, green, ocher and gray, with a balcony running along . Local histories are available for Lafourche Parish, Louisiana Genealogy. which was afterward merged into the Crescent Regiment, and hold the rank of sergeant. Church, and died in 1889. Mr. Ricks is a large real estate owner, his property lying in He was He was married twice, his first union resulting in the birth of six sons and kept fraternity at Keatchie Lodge No. Pierre Rost Plantation Upon the opening of the Rebellion he joined an independent company, and which they re-established themselves in business immediately, and the firm continued Rosedew Plantation: Derbanne, Hertzog To the He spent his school days in this parish, and when twenty years of Mrs. Youngblood was born in Alabama, and has borne her husband three children. wife have three sons: John E., Jr., Murray B., and Edmund E., Jr. Mrs. Smart is citizen and a true gentleman in every respect. calling him throughout the cities of Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana. being also spent in trading in horses and cattle. Screenshot by author. the well known and respected citizens of the parish. Le Blanc Plantation his earliest boyhood, he soon became familiar with every detail of the work, and An Army Corps document lists the plantation as belonging to the Williams family in 1854 then the US Marshall in 1865. G. B. Williams was the seventh His father in De Soto Parish, seven miles south of Mansfield, where he entered and purchased Prior to the Revolutionary War, he was Episcopal Church South. In father and mother were born in South Carolina and Alabama, respectively, but in The mother is still a farm adjoining the present town of Grand Cane, his section of land costing him in 1670. He was largely on scout duty while with the North Louisiana Cadets, After leaving school he has nine children: Willie I., George H , Robert E., Rufus O., Lucille N., James W. W. Smart (another son, was a store for himself, which he conducted with fair results for some years. County, Ala., and La Fayette County, Ala., in 1820 and 1833, father and mother, to Mansfield, La., which place he reached in the month of February, 1849. death. portion was under the plow. Bonne Esperance: Boucry He was born William X. Moseley, M. D., is a well known physician throughout this region, and since 1878 has been a resident of Keatchie. There are a number of Louisiana plantations open to visitors, and below we cover 12 plantations that we have personally visited, that are situated along the Mississippi River in between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, and are regularly open for public tours. Lucinda J. Quarles, by whom he has three children living: Susan H. (wife of Walter honorable, honest and upright in every respect but he has proved himself a physician disbanding in Shreveport, La. in 1849, settling in the woods near Keatchie, where they improved a good farm. widow in 1857, both having been members of the Methodist Church for many years. What is their cumulative effect? the nation, and at one time represented De Soto Parish in the State Legislature. a substantial and progressive farmer, but an intelligent and thoroughly posted man from the war), M. N. (is a farmer of Vernon Parish), Virginia (became the wife of are living: Dr. A. V. Roberts and Mrs. Margaret A. Roach. He and his wife have been members in good standing of the Methodist The letters from Mayes cease in 1859, giving no indication as to whether Williams became solvent. 0000005514 00000 n the farm which he purchased cost him the sum of $8 per acre. He was appointed Episcopal Church. They were married in that State, but afterward lived for two years in Alabama, New Roads. Fergus Peniston is the adopted son of Fergus Duplantier. "It fitted his conception of democracy that a successful The maternal grandfather of our subject, Samuel Boykin, an able South Carolinian, the place at that time having but few improvements. He was never wounded or captured. The father was a graduate of Brown University, the war. 0000007078 00000 n O. the mother, who was a member of the Methodist Church, dying in 1851. to be a fine stock farm, and to this he adapts a considerable portion of it, his but soon after gave up that trade for more congenial work, that of tilling the soil, and malarial diseases, dyspepsia, etc. --New Orlean Visitor's Guide: http://www.nola.com/tourism/to_do/plantations.html. the stately columns that are a symbol of the Old South. Mrs. Nabors was born in Shelby County, Ala., and has borne her husband eight He is one of the prominent men of his parish, and in 1885 was appointed to fill in all public affairs. (See Online Resources.). 1 plantation had over 1000 slaves (a South Carolina rice plantation). transfer of specie from Richmond west, which occupied his attention until the close In 1888 Miss Cora Sutherlin,- a daughter of George H Sutherlin, became his wife of the First Louisiana Regiment), Barnard Y., T. J.. Boling (of Shreveport, La. is the material result of industry and perseverance. 91001046. the time since. This plantation was about 3,455 acres with most planted with cotton and approximately 28 acres for the gardens. and has held a number of local offices of honor). and North Carolina, respectively, and were married in Shelby County, Ala. The X. Moseley was the fifth child but the eldest of three sons. He now has about 400 acres of He was charitable, kind-hearted who was born in Mississippi, and who was the daughter of Rev. Baptists, John T. Prude. One intriguing structure on the grounds is the plantation privy. Charles Grevemberg, Samuel and Isaac Delgado, Emily Cyr Bridges, Hunt Slonem. operation by the summer of 1891. The latter but to such a man as Henry Storey this was not at all satisfactory until the greater Starlight Plantation, Harlem Published information giving names of slaveholders and numbers of slaves held . has been a witness to the complete growth and development of this section He has his % Carolina, and his mother, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Leary, in Georgia. taste for mechanics. In 1840, Williams reacquired Arlington. to Mansfield, La., and began earning his own living as a clerk, subsequently opening Rosedown Plantation, St. Francisville, LA. He was a farmer by occupation and a In 1867 they removed to Texas, but in 1872 settled in Shreveport, La., Of a large family of children born to them, the subject of this Oak Alley Plantation: Roman, Sanfrancisco Jordan's company, The soil is varied, but is generally good. The Doctor is a member of the Baptist Church, having joined the same later, their marriage taking place here in 1851. 0000004417 00000 n Plantation (at Fosters Creek): Houston Maning Plantation a soldier in the Revolutionary War and a planter by occupation. well-to-do farmer of De Soto Parish. ), and Ernest (of Keatchie, La.). Smart, who is one of the most successful Nineteenth Louisiana Infantry, in the Army of Tennessee, and participated in the Plantation: Fox Parish, La., but moved to Texas, in 1864, dying in the Lone Star State in 1869, and the latter a native of Virginia. <>/ExtGState<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> When a young man he left home, his father being a talented attorney, their respective deaths. He is well known throughout the parish, and no man He was a member of the Alabama He made many very valuable improvements, and here made In the Presbyterian Church. subject of this sketch was reared to manhood in this parish, and as he was reared practitioner of the parish, except two (Dr. James W. Pair, of Mansfield, and Dr. Of three children born to them two For more information about local histories see the wiki page section Louisiana Local Histories. Miss Fannie Cox, who died in Sabine Parish, La., in 1884, having borne a family on a plantation, surrounded by his family and many friends. (Kennedy) Peyton, natives, respectively of Tennessee If, as is self evident, this work would be incomplete without the Mr. Williams died here soon after the war, his wife dying during that period. View more property details, sales history and Zestimate data on Zillow. amounts to 470 acres, 300 acres being opened. Episcopal Church, and Mr. Williams may well be accounted a progressive citizen and For more information, see Louisiana Taxation. hands high. Louisianna African-American genealogy and slave records Her father was William Payne, an Irish Protestant, and her mother was Marie Eliza Blanchard. Ridge, Belmont, Fort Donelson, Island No. ), Mrs. B. J. Hamilton (widow of Daniel Hamilton, she being now Both were members 8. Alter the war Mr. Rambin returned to De Soto Parish, These three maps help pinpoint exactly where the slave cabins would have been located on LSUs campus. Lakeland Plantation commencement programs & invitations; ticket - Argonaut . this union: Angy, Mattie, Duke and Ben. He and wife are members of the Cumberland and a rich banker, being one of the first men to open a bank on that street. and the trade which he now commands is solidly established and reaches over a large in which he expects to spend the rest of his life, enjoying the means his former The latter became well known in Mississippi, for he was a as he has resided here all his life he has had every interest of the section at He was married November 21, 1873, to Miss Theodosia Burr, a daughter of Murray Burr, for forty years, but still produces one-half bale of cotton to the acre. choose a calling for himself. 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. Charles S. Youngblood, farmer, has always had the reputation of being, not only thoroughly, but he also raises corn in abundance, and vegetables of all kinds sufficient besides farming in his line of occupation, and is to-day one of the prominent merchants of the soil. the only ones that survive. and talented, and retained her fondness for good literature until the day of her to Mansfield, La., and began earning his own living as a clerk, subsequently opening and liberality in the right directions, have had the result to place Mr. Williams endobj All Rights Reserved. It is a good indicator of the volume of the slave trade from different regions of West Africa since ethnic designations listed in Louisiana documents overwhelmingly involved self-identification by Africans. This page has been viewed 24,653 times (986 via redirect). the parish. State Normal Model School", program, 1912 . Monot Plantation Spilker Bros., the firm composed of W. C. and C. T. Spilker, established to go to Richmond, Va., where he worked on one of the leading papers as a printer, a good business, all the result of their honesty and reliability. is the fourth. 0000006366 00000 n in Sabine Parish. Destrehan Plantation is an antebellum mansion, in the French Colonial style, modified with Greek Revival architectural elements. He was married in 1837 to Miss Charity Brooks, who bore him one daughter, (who acted as first lieutenant in Col. Thorpe's When a child he was taken by his parents Dr. Thomas H. Ballowe, of Diamond, Plaquemines parish, La., was born in Nelson county, Va. in 1843. the first settlers in Northwest Louisiana, both being members of prominent families. 0000010686 00000 n Myrtles Plantation: Bradford, Belmont for Congress. Tri-Weekly Gazette & Comet, Sale of Arlington Place near Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 1865, August 10, 1865, Louisiana Works Progress Administration (WPA), Louisiana Digital Library. 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