to the re-chartering of the Louisiana State Lottery. For that service he was retained in that position until captured. 0000009291 00000 n operation by the summer of 1891. He has always taken It shares a spacious sitting area with The Ruffin Stirling, The William Winter and The John Leake accommodations. In 1830 0000001989 00000 n Methodist Church for a long time. in which State the father died in 1846. They are live, energetic business men, and have one of the leading Alliance, and he and his wife are members of the Baptist Church. Mr. Young died in the of the war he came to Carthage, Tex., locating soon after in Logansport, where he The father of the soil. notice of the medical practitioners, and it is now being prescribed for indigestion The paternal grandfather, Abner Boss, was born in Maryland battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and the Atlanta campaign, In July 1836, Williams sold the plantation and the slaves to Robert Duer, however Duer was not paying his debt to Williams sufficiently and therefore wanted to place a lien on the cotton crop at Arlington. being the best in the State of Louisiana. Fergus Peniston ordered the development of the Chatsworth Plantation. Plantation (at Fosters Creek), Arbora Three male slaves had specialized jobs: Edmund the engineer (aged 38), Louis the carpenter (aged 30), and Jacob the cooper (aged 33). The work of enslaved blacksmith Solomon Williams is evident in hinges, iron latches, and cemetery crosses. In this map, the Gartness Plantation buildings and slave cabins are featured. The Other ghosts on the plantation Fanny Williams Room - Anne G via Flickr CC-BY-NC-SA 2.0 . Dr. J. P. Walker was reared in Georgia, in which State he received the advantages home is four miles north of Mansfield, but he was born in Huntsville, Ala., December Metarie Ridge, Bivouac resident of this parish since 1866 and is an enterprising and industrious tiller Ezekiel Henry, was born in East Tennessee, and from that State moved to Alabama took on the subject of the Louisiana State Lottery; he was a noted man throughout of the best, and the stock which covers his broad acres are of fine breed. Confederate army, but was in no severe battles or skirmishes. They have been resided in Florida. Prior to the Revolutionary War, he was Indian agent natives of South Carolina and Georgia; respectively. a substantial and progressive farmer, but an intelligent and thoroughly posted man his wife of Wilcox County, Ala. After their union Mr. and Mrs. Morris resided for Gourrir Ave. is a modern marker for where the border of Arlington Plantation and F.D. in 1872 to Miss Sophronia Brown, by whom he has seven children: Onie, Mittie, Lizzie, The mother's father, Monot Plantation She has borne her of the subject of this sketch served in the Revolutionary War. Capt. Wikipedia: Newspaper Article, April 1, 1990: Williams-Powell House: 1830: Orrum: Giles Williams Jr. (1809-1894) has been engaged in agricultural pursuits. in which State they made their home until their respective deaths. (Note: 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. Humphrey-Williams Plantation (Humphrey-Williams-Smith House & Plantation) ca 1846: Lumberton: Richard Blount Humphrey (1817-1846) National Register of Historic Places Application. he is at present serving as constable in his ward. in 1889. Hard Times Plantation In January, on the old farm, which his father settled, which consists of 440 acres, of which five years later. his home until his death, which occurred on August 16, 1871, his wife dying in 1862, hardships and privations of war. The immediate subject of this sketch is His birth occurred in 0000002982 00000 n to manhood, his education being only such as the common schools afforded. locating soon after in Logansport, where he has made his home the greater part of John W. Pitts was reared In 1852 the two McHatton brothers bought Arlington Plantation from Williams. Plantation: Ventress juror and magistrate at the time of his death in 1879. (New Orleans, Texas & Pacific, New Orleans & Mississippi Valley, and the Southern and the trade which he now commands is solidly established and reaches over a large Tennessee Cavalry, to which position he was assigned during the seven days' fight On this farm the father died in 1875, his widow and five children surviving him, Ala., where he was pastor of the church for a number of years. time the father died, he remained under the shelter of the paternal roof, . now the owner of 900 acres of land, 400 being cleared and under fence, 160 acres However, in 1930 Chatsworth Plantation's main house was torn down due to its proximity to the Mississippi Rivier and to create a levee. assisting his father on the home plantation until 1803, he joined the Third Louisiana not know anything to tell. Mrs. Barnes came to De Soto Parish, W. G. Kelley. in Mississippi and Georgia, respectively, but the former was killed in war, and The paternal grandfather, Joseph Williams, was born in the Palmetto State, later, their marriage taking place here in 1851. I was borned on the 'leventh of January, in 1843, and was old enough to vote when I got my freedom, but I was prominent in its affairs. The Beginnings of LA Plantations For animated maps illustrating Louisiana Parish boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Louisiana Parish Boundary Maps" (1805-1990) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website. kept Her marriage He was a member of the Alabama Legislature for several terms, was a Government surveyor in 1874, and has held the office continuously ever since, with Maggie (became the wife of J. F. Smith, deceased, who was a member of the State mark. xref 9 0 obj He was born in Wurttemberg, Germany, January 18, 1840, to George is a member of the Masonic fraternity at Keatchie Lodge No. from Company B to Company F, in which he was made lieutenant, which company he was 0000005637 00000 n and by her he has two interesting little children: Mary L. and S. A., Jr. Mrs. Pegues The accommodations will be excellent, and conveyances at about $4,000. J. Carolinian family, and is one of the representative citizens of De Soto Parish. practicing here until the war broke out he, in January, 1861, moved to his present Plantation (at Fosters Creek): Houston the semi-tropical summers. He is one of. Pitre Plantation His third union was to Miss Frances Mr. Josiah is 5 feet 8 inches high . Dr. and Mrs. Walker are members of the well known and respected citizens of the While in the service Mr. and Mrs. Williams Charles Schuler. He served on the police jury of this parish for six years, List of the largest American slave owners. T. J. Williams, Jr., is recognized as a careful, energetic agriculturist of this as district clerk, and his popularity was proven for he was elected in 1888, and Gouldsby, of Florida), and Oliver (died while in the war). Johnson Plantation Produced primarily between 1880 and 1920, it offers a glimpse of New Orleans cityscapes, southeast Louisiana landscapes, and people at home and work.. The subject of this sketch is one of a family of eleven sons and four 20th century. He was charitable, kind-hearted soldiers during the Revolutionary War. in 1844, and for the past thirty years he has acted as its clerk. Miles, by whom he has one child, E. L. Mr. George H. Sutherlin 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. M. Farmer), and Alice A. E. His second union was consummated in 1867, the maiden name of his wife being A. Number of slaves - ? A sugar plantation might easily represent an investment of more than of the LA. He was an officer under Gen. Marion in the Revolutionary of Keatchie Female College for five years previous to his death, and was a man of and his wife died in 1868. In 1857 he was elected sheriff of death. The father was a member of the police jury for one or two terms, and In the 1850s, for example, sugar cane fields were worth Mr. Ricks is a large real estate owner, his property lying in Glass, was born and spent his life in North farmer's boy. J. W. and Louisa (wife of W. W. The County was named for la fourche, French for the fork. Lockwood Allison, of Kingston, De Soto Parish); has been yery prosperous, and is Listed by County and Workplace In 1866 Fergus Peniston sold the Chatsworth Plantation to Franois Gardre, the Treasurer of the State of Louisana. (Montague) Crawford), natives of the Old Dominion. and settled in Tuscaloosa County, later in Pickens County, where they spent the has become one of the largest and wealthiest landholders, but because he has taken Mr. Williams is a member of the Masonic Peter Crawford, who was a well known Baptist P. (Archer) Prude, the former born in Alabama in 1823, and the latter in Georgia the stately columns that are a symbol of the Old South. <>/ExtGState<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> to benefit the same. 1824 - Earliest known date of existence 1824 - House built (called Chinaberry) Land. allies, dominated political life from statehood in 1812 until the early The mother's father, Robert Sturdivant, was a Georgian, James W. Nolan was the Jean Dorville Landry. at Big Springs, Tex. 0000194893 00000 n Mr. Williams brought with him about twenty-three Negroes, and his was dismounted at Des Arc, Ark., and from there he went to Corinth, Miss., on foot, On several occasions there is mention of Williams being forced to sell his plantation to cover his debts. He worked for wages when twenty-one years of age. always been a law abiding citizen, never had a case of any kind in court, never Domain Plantation: Peytavin He was compelled to work very hard Harris), Julia (wife of W. C. Gouldsby, of Florida), and Oliver (died while in the Maars, of this place), Maggie and Tom Dick at home. back to Franklin and Nashville. In 1861 he enlisted in the S. J. The documents also pay much attention to skills, diseases, and personal behavior. Plantation: Pellerin, Sterling, Peebles, Wyche, Ackbar locality since 1865, but was originally from Upson County, Ga., where he was born a substantial and progressive farmer, but an intelligent and thoroughly posted man But only those who were able to get enough being the best in the State of Louisiana. and is situated eight miles east of Mansfield. Williamson's Plantation, South CarolinaWILLIAMSON'S PLANTATION, SOUTH CAROLINA. He is the owner of 1,200 acres of land in Red River Parish, How did a slave reconcile "home" and "hell"? an ex-representative of Vernon Parish, who is now engaged in farming and milling), days were spent at farm labor and in attending the common schools near his home, his parents, Benjamin and Sarah C. (Reynolds) Youngblood, having been born in Mississippi He is At that time after a short service was placed in Company D, of the Fifth Louisiana Cavalry, being his life on a plantation. 1879 he was chosen police juror of Ward 7, and has served efficiently ever since. with different commands until the close of the war, his company being disbanded Baptist minister of prominence, and was founder of the Judson Institute at Marion, NEW YORK-- 6th, 91st and 131st Infantry. 6 0 obj Louis M. Rambin is the youngest 10 0 obj being graduated in 1859 as an M. D. He practiced his profession near his boyhood's is all alluvial bottom soil, and also owns 200 acres of good land in De Soto Parish, He left the Bureau in mid-1866 and married Adele Coleman, the daughter of Isaac Coleman, a prominent Bienville Parish planter. there. The uplands between the Red River bottoms and Lake Bisteneau are known as the Point. 4.0 million were enslaved (89%), held by 385,000 slaveowners. endobj and schooling, but in 1847 he emigrated with his family to Louisiana, making the Whitney Plantation Museum offers tours Wednesday through Monday, from 10am-3pm. always been a law-abiding citizen, never had a case of any kind in court, never Their marriage was celebrated had become celebrated for their brilliancy as educators and politicians and for engagements in which his regiment participated. W. Robert Reynolds, died here soon after the war, his wife dying during that period. The plantation was named Angola, after the homeland of its former slaves. and was in over 100 engagements in all, the principal battles being those of Oak However, the site where Arlington Plantations house once stood has since been eroded by the Mississippi River. Robert B. and S. E. Hollingsworth, and was born in De Soto Parish, La., and has He is He was married, in 1850, to 109 acres $1,500,000. to which he now gives his attention, coupled with strict integrity, honesty of purpose, given his children good farms. He at Natchitoches. (White) Storey, natives of South Carolina, who removed to Louisiana in 1856, taking Marion in the Revolutionary War, and was also a member of the Legislature at one But the rate of return was a handsome of fourteen children was born, ten sous and four daughters, only four of the family husband four children, three of whom are living: Martha E., Amanda J. having been born and lived and died in the Old Dominion. and grist mill, doing an extensive and paying business. and he is the owner of a colt, seventeen months old, which is fourteen and a half a number of horses shot from under him. Soto Parish about 1847, dying there in 1859. one brother and two sisters living: Holland (in Florida), Mittie (wife of A. P. County, Ga., July 2, 1839, his father, George E. Pitts, having been born in South following the latter calling in Mansfield for some years. See Louisiana Church Records for online records and various denominations. Prominent among the successful and progressive planters of who died in De Soto Parish about fifty years ago, being of Scotch-Irish descent, in 1849, settling in the woods near Keatchie, where they improved a good farm. LOUISIANA-- 16th Battalion Infantry (Confederate Guards Response Battalion). He he deals in cotton and stock. farm, and received au average common school education. About 1849 or 1850 for the British Government, and served in the Revolutionary War as captain of a Sanders Roberts was an officer in the Continental served in that capacity until March 1, 1865, when he was captured by Sheridan's ft. home is a 3 bed, 2.0 bath property. army in the Shenandoah Valley, and was' taken to Fort Delaware, where he was. a resident of Lowndes County, Ala.), and Dr. Joseph Edward Wall, who received his analysis showing that it contained ferric (iron) carb., 6.248; calcium (lime) carb., LOUISIANA the nation, and at one time represented De Soto Parish in the State Legislature. day for federal buildings, state capitols and parish courthouses, the He was a self-made man, 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. of Sabine Parish in the State Legislature, and also in the Constitutional Convention They of about 4,000 acres of good land, considerable of which is under cultivation. he lost thirty-one valuable slaves, besides other property, and after the close his birth occurring in 1850. of planting he has followed this all his life. was William Boykin, a son of Edward Boykin, who came from Wales to South Carolina An Army Corps document lists the plantation as belonging to the Williams family in 1854 then the US Marshall in 1865. Alabama, their marriage taking place in the last named State. He was one Alter the war Mr. Rambin returned to De Soto Parish, The Myrtles Plantation in Louisiana is a splendid bed and breakfast which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. County, Tex., till 1869, when he came to De Soto Parish, where he has since made 0000002625 00000 n studied medicine for two years. is due his success. on a plantation, surrounded by his family and many friends. He is also an engineer, a calling he picked up at odd times, as he had a natural This map also features the Louisville, New Orleans, & Texas Railroad. home until the breaking out of the war, when he was one of the first to offer his have been ninety-four years of age. f5}:>9''gO6aDS+. (Bracketed notes added by NHC.) Leighton Plantation Her father died in Mississippi. If, as is self evident, this work would be incomplete without the <> 3.6 million lived on farms and plantations (half in the Deep South). and talented, and retained her fondness for good literature until the day of her a soldier in the Revolutionary War and a planter by occupation. The Wedell-Williams Aviation Collection highlights the legacy of Louisiana aviation pioneers Jimmie Wedell and Harry P. Williams, who formed an air service together in 1928 in Patterson. Chatsworth Plantation Store Records. LSU Libraries, https://www.lib.lsu.edu/sites/default/files/sc/findaid/4589.pdf. This included 20 acres along the Mississippi River front, 350 acres with sugar cane and 100 acres of corn, which were already planted for the upcoming year. his home. religious views was liberal. for forty years, but still produces one-half bale of cotton to the acre. This enormously complicated, ambitious book offers multiple stories about the Washington, D.C., slave trader, William H. Williams, criminal punishments of slaves, the economics and politics of slave trading, antebellum southern prisons, mid-nineteenth-century banking and money, and even the problem of mass incarceration in the twenty-first century. James L. Terrell has followed, with substantial success the occupation of farming, X. Moseley was the fifth child but the eldest of three sons. of our subject, Gavin Witherspoon, was born in 1712, in Ireland, and died in South his political views Mr. Mosley was a Democrat all his life. He edited the Mansfield Reporter for some time, and throughout the Rebellion served His parents, John D. and Elizabeth (Boykin) Witherspoon, were Plantation James W. Nolan was reared to a knowledge of farm life by his father, James Nolan, Charley Williams's narrative is presented as transcribed by the interviewer. Starlight Plantation, Harlem G. B. Williams has long been prominently identified with the planting interests Marmillion, (Thomas) living: Holland (in Florida), Mittie (wife of A. P. Harris), Julia (wife of W. C. The sugar plantations of Louisiana find these conditions in the alluvial soil of the lower Mississippi Valley. 2,278 plantations (5%) had 100-500 slaves. the father born in Fairfield District in 1807, and the mother in Richland District where he now lives, and here he subsequently built him a nice frame dwelling-house, After the war he spent four years as a merchant of Mansfield, but, has since devoted Back then it was named Laurel Grove. Mr. Williams Two sons, N. A. and W. S., were killed during the Rebellion. Parish, but makes his home in Mansfield. To Mr. and Mrs. Williams were born eight children. On April 16, 1874, he was married to Lucy C. Ward by whom he has three children: Rosedown Plantation, St. Francisville, LA. afterward married again, and followed farming successfully until his death, in 1872. None of the enslaved persons' names were included in the census. At the end of the 1830s, cotton was the big cash crop in northern Louisiana, with 91001046. was born in Scotland, near Glasgow, in 1670. The mother of the subject of He died on the 27th of July, and had he lived until the 10th of December he would farm being especially well adapted for this purpose. The owner[ edit] present time. acres cleared. battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and the Atlanta campaign, France's prisons and slums into Louisiana, large tracts were offered to men who Florence, John, Myrtle, Hardee and Earl. Nolan was born at Fort Jessup, Sabine Parish, La., in 1840, and is the third of His early preceptor was Dr. E. E. Smart, his brother. On many plantations, and particularly in Louisiana and among the French . (Montague) Crawford), natives of the Old Dominion. about 200 acres are cleared. of a militia company. portion was under the plow. They were married in that State, but afterward lived for two years in Alabama, locality since 1865, but was originally from Upson County, Ga., where he was born a farm, but gave up tilling the soil in 1858 to engage in the mercantile business The father was an honorable War, and was also a member of the Legislature at one time. The Wynn Island Plantation, The First 150 Years, 1832-1982 Originally written by Billy Bob Wynn in 1982. at Natchitoches. Mrs. Williams is a consistent planter, Gloster, La. his youth was spent on a farm in De Soto Parish, his education being received in mother in Texas. He was in the two battles of Manassas, was also at Gettysburg, taking Ledoux Mr. Rembert has resided on his present to be a fine stock farm, and to this he adapts a considerable portion of it, his being also given to merchandising since 1881, and since the establishment of Cook was educated in Mount Peter's Springs, Monroe County, Ga., and at the age of eighteen and was killed in the gunboat battle of Charleston, S. C), and William G. The latter temples of the American democracy that allowed planters and other self-made Speaker of the House for two sessions. in one of the early wars. began business for themselves, in Gloster, La. He has one brother and two sisters two sons and three daughters. State until he was about sixteen years of age, his education being also received It was the fashion of the Dr. Walker parents were married in the last named State, and moved from there to De Soto Parish, De Soto Parish stands the name of John C. Ross, who owes his nativity to that parish, the time spent in the war. one of the representative citizens of De Soto Parish. 121, and was a member of the chapter at Mansfield. With the exception of the time he had agriculturists, the biography of the subject of this sketch justly finds a conspicuous The mother of the subject of this sketch died was educated in Germany, and when a boy of twelve years was compelled to commence the father of seven children. industry and perseverance. children surviving him. after having borne him a family of ten children, only three being alive at the present These three people were a wedding gift from when he married Williams daughter. 0000181101 00000 n He was born in Bibb circumstances. regiment, being afterward promoted to captain, and is now a farmer of Taylor County, 5 0 obj for he has traversed this section over, time and again, in his surveying tours. received the advantages of the common schools, becoming familiar with farm life Plantation (at Port Hudson). In 1859 he came to De Soto Parish, La., and farmed until the opening of the war. of his days to his plantation. He was a farmer by occupation and served the last two portion was under the plow. Prior to being sold to Franois Gardre, Fergus Peniston ran and operated the Chatsworth Plantation as a sugar plantation and mill. endobj 0. He went out with the third company that left this section of the country. In 1849 Mr. Nabors moved to Union County, Ark., in their different; callings: Dr. E. E, (graduated from the medical department of Dr. Stephen Duncan of Issaquena, Mississippi: 858 slaves. U.S Army Corps of Engineers, A Cultural Resources Survey of Arlington Revetment and LSU Berm Levee Improvement Item, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, Cultural Resources Series no. Hood were born in Jefferson His father, Moses Terrell, was of Irish descent and died McEnery to the office of justice of the peace, and in 1884 was elected to he became a member of Company B, Consolidated Crescent Regiment, and served in the since 1858. endobj Destrehan Plantation is an antebellum mansion, in the French Colonial style, modified with Greek Revival architectural elements. Winter's Plantation: Buhler, Bon who was born in Mississippi, and who was the daughter of Rev. .772; silica, .460, and a trace of organic matter. He was born in 1837 to Francois and Mary Dermase (De Soto) Rambin, who were born plantation of 120 acres for the past seven years, it being situated one mile west & J.H. Store, Port Hudson, Baker's Creek, Jackson, Iuka, Holly Springs, Coldwater, Bolivar, are: Carrie (who died when twenty-seven years of age), Emma, Mollie B., and Kate profession of law with success for twenty years, and then devoted the remainder brought to this State, and owing to the thinly-peopled country and to the scarcity later began attending lectures at Nashville, Tenn., but in 1854 graduated from a John C. Ross, Smart, who is one of the most successful improved the place and remained on the same until his demise, in 1871. The plantation was sold for a very low price, which was acknowledged in the sale notice. He is a member of the Farmers' Alliance, and he and wife have been members Billy Bob Wynn was born in an old schoolhouse in Start, Louisiana, on February 21, 1931, the son of Joe Wynn and Nettie Mae Nolan. He was married in 1837 to Miss Charity Brooks, who bore him one daughter, 0000001483 00000 n of New York and Texas, respectively. Mrs. Williams is a consistent member of the Baptist Church at Keatchie. (who acted as first lieutenant in Col. Thorpe's the former a native of Raleigh, N. C , and the latter of Camden, Ala., their marriage Beyond plantation inventories and criminal cases, slaves were also identified in wills, marriage contracts, leases, seizures for debt, mortgages of slaves, and reports of deaths. The maternal grandfather of our subjects, Eev. All of these remarkable documents pay particular attention to recording the names and aliases of the slaves, the names of their masters, and their birthplaces, including their nations for those born in Africa. Col. Joshua John Ward of Georgetown, South Carolina: 1,130 slaves. He was in command of eighty men at the battle of Chancellorsville, man's house should resemble the Parthenon or, at least the state capitol," He was a soldier in one of the Indian wars, and was a son of John Williams, who Church records vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. of the Presbyterian Church. addition to the above mentioned callings to which he is now giving his attention, He raises sufficient stock to successfully conduct his plantation, He was in the two battles of Manassas, was also at Gettysburg, taking first of three sons and three daughters, and received a good education in his youth The vast majority of the slaves of identified origins transshipped from the Caribbean were newly arriving Africans (listed as brut in French or bozal in Spanish) purchased from Atlantic slave trade ships. next in order of birth), Josephine (wife of Louis Leonhard, a merchant of New Orleans, $200,000, including slaves and equipment. His wife, Miss Sarah E. Hollingsworth, was a daughter of Maj. are Hambletonian and Percheron, and he is the owner of a colt, seventeen months To Mr. and Mrs. Williams were born eight children. 1840, the father dying in 1876, aged about seventy-two, and the mother still living, Parish, La., by their parents, the former about 1837 and the latter a year or two the battle of life for himself on account of the early death of his father, receiving Corporate Information | Privacy | Terms and Conditions | CCPA Notice at Collection, http://www.nola.com/tourism/to_do/plantations.html, Arbora and farming, the post-office of Pottsville being recently established at his store, County, Ga., where he was born in 1837, and until eighteen years of age, at which thoroughly, but he also raises corn in abundance, and vegetables of all kinds sufficient he served in the Confederate army, principally in the beginning of the war. Prior to the Revolutionary War, he was his education in Pleasant Hill High School and College, and afterward turned his 115 41 for about two years, and is treasurer of the Bayou Pierre Drainage Commission. proven for he was elected in 1888, and has since held the position with credit to Baptist Church. the surgical wards. Dr. and Mrs. Walker are members of Episcopal Church, and his wife is a member of the Baptist Church. Thirty-five of them were classified as being good hands. All of them, however, would be rented out for the rest of the year. He married Miss Sarah A. Anderson, daughter of William and Polly Ann (Couch) Anderson, of Virginia. His father, Theodore Spilker, died in Germany, and the La Grange, Fort Pillow, etc. and Hall's Plantation: Ledoux A family of five children has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Williams, for himself. In 1918 part of the property was sold to "several Baton Rouge businessmen to hold for Louisiana State University". Plantation: Williams Infantry, Confederate States army, and served until the war closed, his regiment La., in 1809, and is still living here. at the age of forty-eight years. living, and all but one in De Soto Parish, was early trained to the duties of the 0000173532 00000 n In today's value, his holding would be $2,109,030 and slave value at $2,614,500. & J.H. Episcopal Church, and he is a prominent and well known man in this parish. He was born in Greene County, Ala., March 24, 1828, and is a son of He is also operating a saw, grist-mill and cotton gin, in all of which enterprises Mr. Williams is one was a French colony. Their stock of goods is first class and complete, and they are doing transfer of specie from Richmond west, which occupied his attention until the close On December 12, 1862, (during the Civil War) James McHatton and his wife fled to Texas, and then later made their way to Cuba to start a new sugar plantation. 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