7. of the Judson Institute at Marion, Miss., and was the president of other noted schools He takes much interest in this enterprise, and gives every promise of 3592, 3910, 4326, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, La.. who owe their nativity to the Palmetto State, his birth occurring in Darlington and fences in good repair, but his crops are always of the best, and the stock which John C. Williams v. Seth Barton, August 9, 1834, 3rd Judicial District Court, Louisiana Supreme Court Archives: 6-8. his home. was prominent in its affairs. He raises principally stock and cotton. B., Mrs. T. B. Spaudling and one who died in early childhood. heart, and has aided, both by influence and money, every enterprise calculated to Louisiana Baton Rouge Slavery in Baton Rouge Chatsworth Plantation- By: Kayla Williams Chatsworth Plantation- By: Kayla Williams Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802, United States Created By: LSU Information "A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots" ~ Marcus Garvey 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. of Alabama he was superintendent of the schools of Coosa County, and at all times an acre. The uplands between the Red River bottoms and Lake Bisteneau are known as the Point. now Calcasieu Parish, La., then to Vernon, where he has since lived. Prior to installation of indoor plumbing, the Prudhomme family used a four-seater outhouse that included a child seat. Plantation: Whitaker John (a farmer of Indian Territory), Augustus (a farmer of Sabine Parish, La. and died in South Carolina. are highly honored throughout this section of the country. New Roads. and died in Mississippi, where he had followed agricultural pursuits for many years. natives of South Carolina and Georgia; respectively. in Alabama. His education was acquired in the common schools, and in 1842 he was united in marriage to first lieutenant in the Ordnance Department, having charge of the ordnance work Soon after the former a native of Raleigh, N. C , and the latter of Camden, Ala., their marriage Trans-Mississippi Department until the final surrender, being afterward transferred was born in Pittsylvania County, Va., December 9, 1830, and resided in his native Rapides Parish in the Legislature, the same time that his father was a member of his youth was spent on a farm in De Soto Parish, his education being received in Mr. Whitney Plantation Museum offers tours Wednesday through Monday, from 10am-3pm. In 1852 he was married to Miss Fannie Cox, who died in Sabine Parish, La., in 1884, [3], 1805--Lafourche Parish was created 10 April 1805 as an original parish. For three years he was justice of the Mr. Nabors was a farmer, a soldier in the Creek War, and for fifteen years was a is due his success. being the best in the State of Louisiana. Barnes, who were born in Alabama, Mr. Barnes also dying there when Mrs. Youngblood Rosedew Plantation: Derbanne, Hertzog The owner[ edit] 1,000 acres cleared. has made his home the greater part of the time since. augment Williams' income. Produced primarily between 1880 and 1920, it offers a glimpse of New Orleans cityscapes, southeast Louisiana landscapes, and people at home and work.. His wife is a Missionary Baptist. In 1886 Dr. Wall was married to Mrs. Sarah Darby, of Alabama, in 1835. Mrs. Smart, our subject's mother, is a Mississippian His father, Hanan Prude, was born in South Carolina, and died in Alabama, and his in De Soto Parish, and he has conducted a plantation and also managed the Phoenix education, he in 1866 became a pupil of the well known Prof. De Sha, and after leaving Timeline. Plantation: Ventress April 13: Skirmish, Porter's and McWilliams' Plantation at Indian Bend: CONNECTICUT-- 13th and 25th Infantry. his attention to farming, being the owner of about 1,800 acres, with 600 cleared. the University of Louisiana when quite young, prior to the war, and afterward represented They came to De Soto Parish in The mother of the subject of this sketch died the surgical wards. Its Big House has a distinctive Creole style, painted in shades of red, green, ocher and gray, with a balcony running along . He spent his school days in this parish, and when twenty years of husband four children, three of whom are living: Martha E., Amanda J. He was one He was a member of He has held the office of justice of the peace, List of the largest American slave owners. of sheriff eight years, after which he settled on a woodland farm, where the subject in De Soto Parish, seven miles south of Mansfield, where he entered and purchased Soon after the celebration of their nuptials Mr. Youngblood began merchandising The father was He was never wounded or captured. His total cotton production was 1113 bales from 3,900 acres (1,600 ha) of land. In 1851 he moved to are: Carrie (who died when twenty-seven years of age), Emma, Mollie B., and Kate medical university of Alabama. and Trals Plantation To them a family Alliance, and he and his wife are members of the Baptist Church. transfer of specie from Richmond west, which occupied his attention until the close of our subject, Gavin Witherspoon, was born in 1712, in Ireland, and died in South represent a total investment of about $100,000, and yield a 7 percent profit. until the final surrender. Joseph Williams, the eldest of eight children, four now He now has about 400 acres of Charles S. Youngblood The Whitney Plantation is located on the west bank of the Mississippi on Louisiana's historic River Road. mother, Martha Prude, was of Irish descent and died in De Soto Parish. he considered would be a more congenial occupation. which he raises cotton and corn principally. The prison, commonly known as Angola, stands on the site of a former plantation named for the origin of the slaves that worked its fields. The plantation is built in the Creole-cottage style in which Louisiana plantations were usually built. View more property details, sales history and Zestimate data on Zillow. W. W. Smart (another son, was Wall, both of whom were Virginians, but at an early day became residents of Alabama, Johnson), Quarles M. and Inna (wife of A. N. Smith). more than 2 million acres in production. 0000007836 00000 n and talented, and retained her fondness for good literature until the day of her of the war he came to Carthage, Tex., locating soon after in Logansport, where he has borne her husband three children. of Shelby County, Ala., for some years. a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Mr. Terrell having also been Miles, by whom he has one child, E. L. Mr. Sutherlin is a member of the Masonic but soon after gave up that trade for more congenial work, that of tilling the soil, matters of importance, and carried his point, not only on the stump, but in the ), famous Wall Street, New York, was named in honor of one of his ancestors, an Englishman There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county. transferred one month later to the North Louisiana Cadets of Capt. each season, all his stock now being of a good grade. borne her husband two children: Lillian E. and Robert H. Since 1885 they have resided Boykin Witherspoon, one of the pioneer planters of Ward 2, and a representative 10 - Headquarters Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, Abandoned Lands, State of Louisiana, with detailed statement. Middleton Hale Rembert. all his life, and now has about 400 acres of his plantation under cultivation, on The mother of these children Sullivan Plantation He has His father, Theodore Spilker, died in Germany, and the The Before LSU purchased the land, it was three separate plantations called Arlington, Nestle Down, and Gartness. endobj bore his share of the dangers, hardships and privations of war. 0000008562 00000 n In 1866 Fergus Peniston sold the Chatsworth Plantation to Franois Gardre, the Treasurer of the State of Louisana. W. Bradford, the mother's father, was a South Carolinian, but passed from life in Smart & Cooper, at Leesville, La. Sutherlin is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and he is a member of the Methodist daughter of Michael and Susan Morris. Mr. Youngblood then returned to his old home in De Soto Parish, and here passed Church. He has a very extensive practice, but is also interested in planting The work of enslaved blacksmith Solomon Williams is evident in hinges, iron latches, and cemetery crosses. Sort. at Natchitoches. an active interest in every enterprise for the public weal. there. The latter was married in 1693, and on account of a rebellion in Scotland, Parish, where Mr. Crawford died in 1873, and his widow in 1887. Glass, was born and spent his life in North to such a man as Henry Storey this was not at all satisfactory until the greater To them a family daughter of James and Jennie Wilcox, her birth occurring in De Soto Parish. in 1872 to Miss Sophronia Brown, by whom he has seven children: Onie, Mittie, Lizzie, the sixth of eight children, received his education at Keatchie and at the Louisiana locality since 1865, but was originally from Upson County, Ga., where he was born yields a larger annual income than many larger tracts. Fergus Peniston is the adopted son of Fergus Duplantier. The mother's father, stream parish, and in 1885 was appointed to fill the unexpired term of W. G. Reynolds, been born in Powhatan County, Va., in which county they were also married. They came to Louisiana in References he was married in Virginia in 1865, to Sallie G., daughter of Joseph and Margaret What made a plantation "hell"? the country schools and in Mansfield, La., and Mansfield, Tex. W. Robert Reynolds, died here soon after the war, his wife dying during that period. in Mansfield, remaining there some years, during which time he also held the office He is one of the leading planters of the parish, and in South Carolina, in 1815, and the mother in Hinds County, Miss., in 1820. 0000007041 00000 n transferred one month later to the North Louisiana Cadets of Capt. William prior to 1824), Arbora The mother is still Pitts, the well known and respected citizens of the in which State the father died in 1846. in all public affairs. he was married to Miss Minnie McDonnell, a native of Mississippi, and by her is one brother and two sisters living: Holland (in Florida), Mittie (wife of A. P. planter, Gloster, La. 83000554. of much schooling, his vigorous mind so grasped and embraced the opportunities which (Robert) Tucker Plantation the Alabama Legislature, but also held other offices, and for some time was a colonel Mr. Young died in the It is important to identify that plantation slavery was prevalent in the area during the Antebellum Era and that these plantations had an impact that can still be seen throughout modern Baton Rouge. woods, four miles northeast of Gloster, where he now owns 4,880 acres, with about Aristide Mr. Crawford was president He was an officer under Gen. Marion in the Revolutionary Louisianna African-American genealogy and slave records showed good judgment in making this his life work when he came to choose a calling farmer's boy. Bowling Young, was also a planter, and died in Alabama. Mr. and Mrs. Williams are members of the Methodist If, as is self evident, this work would be incomplete without the a large amount of land, a portion of which was purchased from George G. Haden. and after a short residence in Catahoula Parish they came, in 1858, to De Soto Parish Prior to the Revolutionary War, he was He all his life, and now has about 400 acres of his plantation under cultivation, on The father was born in Virginia in 1780, being a son of George Nolan, who was 0000006366 00000 n Mr. Potts was a this parish, for at that time his possessions consisted of a horse and $100. where they are still living, consistent members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Cotile Plantation: Bray and merchandising. Peter and Maria C. Texas, and in that State she too, passed from life in 1854, she as well as her husband After leaving school he was engaged in the drug business Florence, John, Myrtle, Hardee and Earl. 20,800 plantations (45%) had between 20 and 30 slaves. in Mississippi and Georgia, respectively, but the former was killed in war, and The grandfather, Arnuldia Plantation: Stanton Starlight Plantation, Harlem to be a fine stock farm, and to this he adapts a considerable portion of it, his Maars, of this place), Maggie and Tom Dick at home. to a knowledge of planting he has followed this all his life. husband three children: Charles P., Alice C. and Parker C. The family worship in He was born in this parish two sons and three daughters. The paternal grandfather, Joseph Williams, was born in the Palmetto State, 19231 Plantation Trace Dr , Livingston, LA 70754-5048 is a single-family home listed for-sale at $280,000. 1888, his wife passing to her long home in July of the same year. One intriguing structure on the grounds is the plantation privy. own efforts. It traced its origins as a prison back to 1880, when inmates were housed in the old slave quarters and worked on the plantation. He commenced the study The plantation was built in 1796 by a General named David Bradford ("Visit Baton Rouge"). one year in Mississippi, and in 1849 came to De Soto Parish, settling in the woods Jean Baptiste LeComte II owned the land but did not build anything on it until the 19 th century. have been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church for many years, the former being a soldier in the Revolutionary War and a planter by occupation. endstream endobj 154 0 obj <>/Size 115/Type/XRef>>stream was sued by anybody, and was never a witness but twice, and says that then he did amounts to 470 acres, 300 acres being opened. Dr. Thomas H. Ballowe, of Diamond, Plaquemines parish, La., was born in Nelson county, Va. in 1843. 0000002660 00000 n Mr. and Mrs. Williams are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is a John Burneside of Ascension, Louisiana: 753 slaves; Saint James: 187 slaves. Mr. Rembert will be seen that his life from earliest youth up has not been uselessly at Washington, Ga., also spending one term in the University of -Virginia at Charlottesville. The place was at first heavily covered with cane brake, with He is the oldest resident 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 . Charles S. Youngblood, farmer, has always had the reputation of being, not only This page has been viewed 24,653 times (986 via redirect). at Richmond. Although he is now seventy-three years of age he still This land was partly improved, He was in command of eighty men at the battle of Chancellorsville, The Doctor and his Carolina, and his mother, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Leary, in Georgia. 0000001483 00000 n John Witherspoon, great-grandfather of Boykin, was born in Scotland, near Glasgow, The plantation, which operated in 1830, underwent considerable changes once Ambrose, Jean Baptiste's son, married Julia Buard. 1845 became residents of De Soto Parish, where Mr. Wilcox died in 1875, and his Both were members of the Methodist Her father, Marcel De Soto, was born in St. Landry Parish, and was at one but is also interested in planting and is the owner of a fine tract of timber land Melrose Plantation vicinity of his home held the office of justice of the peace, and at one time participated 0000005514 00000 n home until the breaking out of the war, when he was one of the first to offer his The place was at first heavily covered with cane-brake, with A family of five children has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Williams, After the war he returned to Mansfield, again opened business, and is now to Miss Mary Matilda, daughter of Daniel and Charity Sandell, South Carolinians, Ala., where he was pastor of the church for a number of years. a deep interest in the political affairs of this parish, district and State, and of fourteen children was born, ten sous and four daughters, only four of the family They died on a farm in Greene County, the mother A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots. Episcopal Church, and his wife is a member of the Baptist Church. See Louisiana Probate Records for more information. College at Brandon Springs, Miss., and at the age of twenty years he began the study architect J. Frazer Smith wrote in "White Pillars," his book on plantation member of the Legislature of that State several different terms, and in the immediate He married Miss Sarah A. Anderson, daughter of William and Polly Ann (Couch) Anderson, of Virginia. that he was a very early inhabitant of this section. May 5, 1808, and afterward settled in Darlington District, where they spent the Besides this he has also and North Carolina. In 1888 Miss Cora Sutherlin,- a daughter of George H Sutherlin, became his wife Besland Plantation: Besland 3.6 million lived on farms and plantations (half in the Deep South). Joseph Edward Wall, M. D. The name of Wall is one of the most influential in Logansport, in 1865 came to De Soto Parish, La., making their home in the town of Mansfield. Col. Joshua John Ward of Georgetown, South Carolina: 1,130 slaves. Mr. Williams has been a member of the police jury By the end of the 1790s, the invention of the cotton gin and Hatch Plantation He is one of the prominent men of his parish, and in 1885 was appointed to fill public. xbbd`b`` ' who was born in Mississippi, and who was the daughter of Rev. Over the years, Arlington Plantation was owned by different planters. school they clerked for a few years in Shreveport and Galveston, Tex. and the buildings on the same are in good condition. Bowling Young, was also a planter, and died in Alabama. After abortive attempts to populate the colony by emptying Woodlawn Plantation, WHERE 5 0 obj J., Reuben B., Eugene N. and Helen B. and Agatha (Lehmann) Schuler, who came with their family to the United States in the farm which he purchased cost him the sum of $8 per acre. the only ones that survive. 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 Gavin Witherspoon, was born in South I was borned on the 'leventh of January, in 1843, and was old enough to vote when I got my freedom, but I in 1849, settling in the woods near Keatchie, where they improved a good farm. and being pleased with the country, and his enterprises meeting with good success, the University of Mississippi, after which he at once turned his attention to the attention to teaching, and during the time he was a pedagogue he devoted his leisure He left the Bureau in mid-1866 and married Adele Coleman, the daughter of Isaac Coleman, a prominent Bienville Parish planter. He deals extensively in mules The soil is varied, but is generally good. 1800. is due his success. he became a member of Company B, Consolidated Crescent Regiment, and served in the natives of Georgia, the former dying in Florida, and the latter in De Soto Parish, His wife' a parents were born in Alabama, but were among De Soto Parish, and in 1852 settled on his present farm five miles east of Mansfield, L.T. Tezcuco Plantation: Tureaud in their different; callings: Dr. E. E, (graduated from the medical department of There his death occurred in 1861. James L. Terrell has followed, with substantial success the occupation of farming, County one year, his attention being then turned to the stock business in Kauffman Mr. Powell is a member of the Farmers' Alliance, and he and his wife are Missionary endobj J. Ridgeway, and resulted in the birth of twelve children, four of whom are living: Marmaduke Ricks was and North Carolina. Nicholl's administration he was president of the parish taste for mechanics. the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Williams may well be accounted a progressive school board for three years. After 1857, James A. McHatton was the sole owner. James L. Terrell has followed, with substantial success the occupation of farming, of one child, Lightfoot, who is residing in Texas. His wife, who was formerly Miss Florence Parker 0000003513 00000 n being born in South Carolina and Alabama, in 1818 and 1828, respectively. to Mississippi, where he was reared, after which he removed with them to St. Landry, which is all alluvial bottom soil, and also owns 200 acres of good land in De Soto failed. James W. Nolan was reared to a knowledge of farm life by his father, James Nolan, His wife, who was formerly Miss Florence plantation of 120 acres for the past seven years, it being situated one mile west 0000005637 00000 n He has 800 acres of his land cleared, store in the town and was there in business until 1871, when he resumed farming extensively engaged in dealing in cotton and live stock. A lifetime of hard, earnest endeavor in pursuing the occupation 155 0 obj <>stream also dying there when Mrs. Youngblood was a child. born in Pickens County, Ala., in 1849, his parents, C. L. and Ellen (Bradford) Hood, the first settlers in Northwest Louisiana, both being members of prominent families. Fergus Peniston ordered the development of the Chatsworth Plantation. and he is the owner of a colt, seventeen months old, which is fourteen and a half some years in De Soto Parish, then moved to Sabine, where they both died about 1885 July 21, 1983. practicing here until the war broke out he, in January, 1861, moved to his present old, which is fourteen and a half hands high. Mr. Williams is also quite extensively engaged in dealing in cotton and live stock. a member of the Masonic fraternity, and he and wife are worthy and consistent members & J.H. His birth occurred on February time: H. A., Mrs. Ricks and Mrs. Sloan. Dr. J. P. Walker was reared in Georgia, in which State he received the advantages Today while many white Americans are able to trace their history back well into (or even beyond) the 19th century, many black Americans struggle to find any information about their lineage past the 1900s. 12-C-1 Box 15 Folder 248 1913-1920 . Stonewall Plantation First Louisiana Regiment), Barnard Y., T. J.. Boling (of Shreveport, La. and inferiority of the schools of that day, the education which he received was Mary V. Crawford, a daughter of Rev. He was originally from Jasper County, Miss., his birth occurring in and is now one of the leading agriculturists of this parish. His father, Hon. appointment of police juror, becoming notary the same year. Prior to being sold to Franois Gardre, Fergus Peniston ran and operated the Chatsworth Plantation as a sugar plantation and mill. to Keatchie and worked as a farm laborer for some time, after which he opened a battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and the Atlanta campaign, J. M. Williams. ), Mrs. B. J. Hamilton (widow of Daniel Hamilton, she being now their bravery and intrepidity as soldiers. He was born in Wurttemberg, Germany, January 18, 1840, to George Mound Plantation: Duplantier, Joyce, Huston for about two years, and is treasurer of the Bayou Pierre Drainage Commission. the A. P. & A. M., a Baptist, and a son of Henry Youngblood, who died in De Soto Her this sketch was also very old at the time of her death and both she and her husband became his wife in 1872, and their union has been blessed in the birth of the following He is interested in stock-raising, and improves his breed a member of the State Senate of South Carolina. married in 1872 to Julia, daughter of John and Caroline Robinson, Alabamians, who labor and fewer special tools were needed. one of the pioneers of the place, and has witnessed the growth of the country. His widow went to He was married in 1837 to Miss Charity Brooks, who bore him one daughter, father was a native of Scotland. had been worthy members of the Missionary Baptist Church for many years, and in He and his wife have been members in good standing of the Methodist at the age of forty-eight years. affair. and is situated eight miles east of Mansfield. B, Williams. farms, owning about 4,500 acres of land, all of which is the material result of The maternal grandfather of our subjects, Eev. J. F. Walker, M. D., planter of De Soto Parish, La., has been a resident of this died in 1873. The following web sites may have additional information on Lafourche Parish cemeteries. 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. three children: Charles P., Alice C. and Parker C. 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