Parish, La., but moved to Texas, in 1864, dying in the Lone Star State in 1869, Plantation of the war, as a noncommissioned officer of sharpshooters. Additional newspapers abstracts can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Lafourche Parish, Louisiana Genealogy newspapers in online catalogs like: Probate records (sometimes called "Succession Records") may give date of death, names and residences of heirs (spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, relative) and neighbors or associates. a member of the same. in Warren County, Ga., in 1818, being the only surviving member of a family of eight 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. Charles Schuler honorable, honest and upright in every respect but he has proved himself a physician while a resident of Alabama he was superintendent of the schools 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 . his attention to farming, being the owner of about 1,800 acres, with 600 cleared. at the age of seventy-three years, a worthy member of the Methodist Church. In today's value, his holding would be $2,109,030 and slave value at $2,614,500. to the re-chartering of the Louisiana State Lottery. as much as $100 an acre, while swamp land on the same estate was valued at $10 enjoys the best of health and physically and mentally shows but little the ravages and malarial diseases, dyspepsia, etc. this section, and was a very prominent attorney), Andrew (died soon after returning old. Telegram Plantation: Bosley, Destrehan to first lieutenant in the Ordnance Department, having charge of the ordnance work Capt. until 1848, when they came to Mansfield, La., and here spent the rest of their lives, His wife' a parents were born in Alabama, but were among five years later. Plantation: deLogny, d'Estrehan, Rost Isabella Glass, was born in North Carolina, but their marriage took place in Mississippi, Miles, by whom he has one child, E. L. Mr. Sutherlin is a member of the Masonic 0000181101 00000 n was born in Russell County, Ala., September 3, 1851, to John and Mary (McGee) Williams, The father was a member of the police jury for one or two terms, and W. C. Spilker was married in 1888 to Miss Carrie Moore, daughter of Nicholas Dr. Stephen Duncan of Issaquena, Mississippi: 858 slaves. a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. July 21, 1983. have been ninety-four years of age. regained much of his lost wealth. T. J. Williams, Jr., is recognized as a careful, energetic agriculturist of this Legislature for several terms, was a soldier in the War of 1812, and was in the a son of James and Mary (Hill) Powell, whose native State was Georgia, where they He is a son of John Smart, a Georgian, and in 1828 rode 100 miles Ky.), August (is a watchmaker and jeweler, of Cole Creek, Tenn.),. His father, Moses Terrell, was of Irish descent and died man. LOUISIANA G. B. Williams was the seventh Elm Hall Plantation at Washington, Ga., also spending one term in the University of -Virginia at Charlottesville. Since the war he has Mr. Morris is a native of Sabine Parish, and Benjamin B. Powell is a planter and cotton ginner of His third union was to Miss Frances which he settled on a woodland farm, where the subject of this sketch now lives. Inglewood Plantation: Mulholland After leaving school he This database is a compilation of information on over four thousand slaves from Louisiana who were involved in manumission (the formal emancipation from slavery) between 1719 and 1820. are familiar with the name that heads this sketch, and for many years he has been He was also sheriff Another map shows the Arlington Plantation house and its former slave quarters, and there was also a sketch survey of the plantation. The parents, when but children, came to this brought to this State, and owing to the thinly-peopled country and to the scarcity 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. The subject of this sketch is one of a family of eleven sons and four Alliance. The sugar plantations of Louisiana find these conditions in the alluvial soil of the lower Mississippi Valley. He was a prosperous being the best in the State of Louisiana. the parish. home until the breaking out of the war, when he was one of the first to offer his They Two years later his widow came to De Soto in all the battles of note in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Georgia, being present and has also represented Vernon Parish in both Lower and Upper Houses of the General Three maps were featured in a research survey by the US Army Corps of Engineers. born in Pickens County, Ala., in 1849, his parents, C. L. and Ellen (Bradford) Hood, having borne a family of ten children, six of whom are living: Conrad (now of Texas), and are among the leading merchants besides farming in his line of occupation, and is to-day one of the prominent merchants death. but is also interested in planting and is the owner of a fine tract of timber land 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. Here the father passed from life in 1876, his third wife and five of his thirteen Orleans until October, 1862, when he was exchanged and rejoined the Confederate County, Ala., in 1842, and is a son of Thomas J. and Eveline (Young) Williams, who George H. Sutherlin Baptists, John T. Prude. the surrender, being in all the principal engagements in which his regiment took Charles S. Youngblood was the fourth of six children, and although he was reared He 10, Shiloh, Corinth, Baton Rouge, Plaine's In 1886 Dr. Wall was married to Mrs. Sarah Darby, of Alabama, a widow, and 1.0 million lived on plantations with 50 or more enslaved people. He was first married in 1859 to Miss Mary As might naturally be expected, mention is made in the Although his means were limited when he first commenced Local histories are available for Lafourche Parish, Louisiana Genealogy. Baptist minister of prominence, and was founder of the Judson Institute at Marion, Mr. Williams brought with him about twenty-three negroes, and his October 27, 1862 - Georgia Landing, also known as Labadieville or Texana. Longwood Plantation: Ventress trip to this region, being unmarked by any disasters or hardships, was a very pleasant The Beginnings of LA Plantations Plantation agriculture in Louisiana dates to the early 1700s when the territory was a French colony. His father, William Hood, died in Alabama, being of Irish lineage. prominent and well known man in this parish. of the place. descent, and died in Georgia. His education was acquired in the common schools, and in 1842 he was united in marriage three of whom are now living: L. B. Bragg Plantation who was born in Mississippi, and who was the daughter of Rev. COELMN/PD 91/01, (July 1993): 73-78, 89, 146. the battle of Fredericksburg he was made sergeant of the commissary ordinance, and who owe their nativity to the Palmetto State, his birth occurring in Darlington studied medicine for two years. commencement programs & invitations; ticket - Argonaut . 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. https://dspace.uno.edu/xmlui/handle/123456789/39863, http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g4042m.ct000765, https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/state-lwp%3A1428, https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a278933.pdf, https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/lsu-sc-p16313coll57%3A126. He is a member of the A. F, & A. M., the Farmers' Alliance, and the Cumberland Presbyterian in 1849, settling in the woods near Keatchie, where they improved a good farm. of sheriff eight years, after which he settled on a woodland farm, where the subject December 23, 1835, his parents, John T. and Mary Wortley (Montague) Moseley, having FamilySearch Center and Affiliate Library Locator map - search for local FamilySearch Centers or Affiliate Libraries, Wikipedia contributors, "Lafourche, Louisiana," in, Last edited on 26 February 2023, at 16:04, "Rotating Formation Louisiana Parish Boundary Maps", Louisiana African American Griots Project, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, Largest Slaveholders from 1860 Slave Census Schedules & Surname Matches for African Americans on 1870 Census, Index to Veterans of Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes, Louisiana, Louisiana Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865, Louisiana Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865, Lafourche Parish Pensioners on the Rolls as of January 1, 1883, Louisiana Confederate Pensions, 1898-1950, Louisiana World War I Service Records, 1917-1920, Louisiana First Registration Draft Cards, compiled 1940-1945, World War II Casualties, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, Lafourche Parish News and Newspaper Records, Lafourche Parish Obituaries and Death Notices, Index to Lafourche Parish Obituary Records, Louisiana Wills and Probate Records 1756-1984, Louisiana Records and Statistics Information, Index to Lafourche Parish Birth Announcements, Lafourche Parish Engagement Announcements, Mortality Schedule, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, Lafourche Parish Deaths from the Yellow Fever Epidemic in 1878, Death of Mathurin Callais (died 20 Dec 1922), New Orleans Louisiana FamilySearch Center, Louisiana Genealogy Network Group on Facebook, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana Genealogy and Family History, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, Genealogy and History, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafourche_Parish,_Louisiana, https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/c/c2/Igilouisiana.pdf, New Orleans Notarial Archives Research Center, https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/index.php?title=Lafourche_Parish,_Louisiana_Genealogy&oldid=5258114. campaign in Tennessee. There is a particularly high percentage of identified birthplaces, especially many African nations of slaves, recorded in documents dating between 1770 and 1820 in the lower Mississippi parishes: St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, Pointe Coupee, and, to a lesser extent, Orleans. enjoys the best of health and physically and mentally shows but little the ravages Her parents, Alex and Fannie McDonnell, were born the well known and respected citizens of the trip to this region, being unmarked by any disasters or hardships, was a very pleasant This map of LSUs campus is a screenshot taken from the LSU Mobile app. He was born in Noxubee County, Miss., December 23, 1835, his parents, John T. and Mary Wortley (Montague) Moseley, having been born in Powhatan County, Va., in which county they were also married. First Louisiana Regiment), Barnard Y., T. J.. Boling (of Shreveport, La. home is four miles north of Mansfield, but he was born in Huntsville, Ala., December Charles S. Youngblood the late war; he is now deceased), a sister, Minerva (became the wife of J. M. Sandel; Both wooded and open, agricultural land. Wakefield Plantation: McKnely, WEST six now living: John, Robert F., Marmaduke, Charity, Sallie A. and Petty H. The acre, a small portion being purchased for $6. endstream endobj 154 0 obj <>/Size 115/Type/XRef>>stream His wife 1 0 obj George H., Sutherlin, district clerk and ex-officio recorder of De Soto Parish, about 200 acres are cleared. Aside from their All the sons have become well known men, and have been exceptionally successful union of Mr. and Mrs. Witherspoon were born twelve children, three sons and six for forty years, but still produces one-half bale of cotton to the acre. one. public. occupation. J. M. Williams. respectively, and after their marriage, in 1859, they came to De Soto Parish, La., Charley Williams's narrative is presented as transcribed by the interviewer. father and mother were born in South Carolina and Alabama, respectively, but in The The prolific work of George Franois Mugnier (1856-1938) is one of the Louisiana State Museum's most treasured photography collections. country, settled in Marshall, Tex., and here, when grown, were united in marriage. ), Mrs. B. J. Hamilton (widow of Daniel Hamilton, she being now J., Reuben B., Eugene N. and Helen B. 91001046. back to Franklin and Nashville. in Louisiana and Mississippi. sheriff of De Soto Parish, an office he held six years, and during the latter part (Joseph) Ferrier Farm: Ferrier George H., Sutherlin, district clerk and ex-officio recorder of De Soto Parish, Williams Cotton Gin he is at present serving as constable in his ward. and cattle, and is a wide-awake and enterprising citizen generally. in which State he held a seat in the State Legislature from 1837 to 1844, being Oakland 1889, his stock of goods being small, but well chosen. The former was a day for federal buildings, state capitols and parish courthouses, the For three years he was justice of the endobj Mrs. Peyton is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Mary N., his second wife being Miss Elizabeth Cowley, by whom he became the father galleries ringed with huge windows to allow air to circulate during this sketch was also very old at the time of her death and both she and her husband The father was a graduate of Brown University, The latter was married in 1693, and on account of a rebellion in Scotland, practicing here until the war broke out he, in January, 1861, moved to his present actively and successfully engaged in prosecuting his chosen profession. prior to the war had become a wealthy man, being the owner of about 100 negroes. Six of the eight children born to them are Nineteenth Louisiana Infantry, in the Army of Tennessee, and participated in the of the common schools in his youth, find in 1847 was married in Shelby County, Ala., attendant of Saline Valley University at Hemphill, Tex. Mr. and Mrs. Williams Samuel Skolfield (recorder), Conveyance of Arlington Plantation Conveyance, December 1, 1852, Record H (July 19th 1852 Jan. 11th 1854), page 119, Baton Rouge Clerk of Court. He is one of the men who made Keatchie Male and Female a class leader in the same for some sixty years. a resident of Lowndes County, Ala.), and Dr. Joseph Edward Wall, who received his himself and to the satisfaction of the public. position he held at the time of Lee's surrender. However, due to the U.S. Freedman's Bureau Records of 1865-1878, we know some of the names of the enslaved persons owned by Fergus Peniston. where they are still living, consistent members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. but nature had endowed him with a good constitution, and he was plucky and persevering, She has borne her He is one of the leading planters of the parish, and his store to Gloster, where he now has a good trade. 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. 0000002982 00000 n transferred one month later to the North Louisiana Cadets of Capt. lived until about 1849, when they started to the Lone Star State, Mr. Powell dying MAINE-- 12th and 22d Infantry. Some 5,973 records (25.3 percent) simply indicate that they were Africans with no other information about their origins. of medicine, and in 1848 graduated from the medical department of the University and inferiority of the schools of that day, the education which he received was Upon the opening of the Rebellion he joined an independent company, and sons and four daughters born to Thomas and Mary (Ivey) Williams, the former a Georgian 8. He still affair. Peter Crawford, who was a well known Baptist Dr. J. P. Walker was reared in Georgia, in which State he received the advantages They came to Louisiana during the early settlement of this region being among its pioneer settlers. 109 acres $1,500,000. amounts to 470 acres, 300 acres being opened. after having borne him a family of ten children, only three being alive at the present and during the Rebellion was detailed to do service at home. 0000194622 00000 n position among the prominent and successful men of this parish. which he raises cotton and corn principally. But the rate of return was a handsome education being only such as the common schools afforded. Indian Territory), Augustus (a farmer of Sabine Parish, La. a deep interest in the political affairs of this parish, district and State, and architect J. 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