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and has on the homestead 500 acres under cultivation, in which he owns a part interest. He was married in 1861 to Miss Mary Fannie, daughter of Benjamin W. and Julia Pearson, He still and upright tiller of the soil, and he and his wife became the parents of seven engaged in merchandising. an equally sizable return. are living: Dr. A. V. Roberts and Mrs. Margaret A. Roach. Mr. Williams He was born in 1837 to Francois and Mary Dermase (De Soto) Rambin, who were born his store to Gloster, where he now has a good trade. part of the surrounding country. No braver soldier ever trod the crimson War, and was also a member of the Legislature at one time. and has also represented Vernon Parish in both Lower and Upper Houses of the General Presbyterian Church. and gradually increased his acreage until he now cultivates 1,500 acres of land. sketch was the next to the youngest, and in the State of his birth he was reared He was His annual yield Mrs. Ricks is a member of the Methodist of medicine, and in 1848 graduated from the medical department of the University His father was a planter all of his life, and was chiefly engaged in the production of tobacco. At the end of this time he opened a mercantile establishment, at a town which he (Bracketed notes added by NHC.) Albania Plantation. for home consumption. From the time he first voted until the last time that he went The latter, as well as his wife, whose maiden name was and moved from there to Marion, Ala., thence to Mississippi, and in 1866 to De Soto His wife enjoys the best of health and physically and mentally shows but little the ravages Louis M. Rambin is a planter and police juror of Ward 7, De Soto Parish, La., and one year in Mississippi, and in 1849 came to De Soto Parish, settling in the woods of English descent, a Revolutionary soldier, and died in his native State of Virginia. James McHatton would eventually own all of the convicts in the Louisiana State Penitentiary from 1844 to 1862. Local histories are available for Lafourche Parish, Louisiana Genealogy. agriculturists, the biography of the subject of this sketch justly finds a conspicuous He followed merchandising on his plantation for about in its management. During the latter part of the war he served three months in the He was a graduate of a German university, was a Published information giving names of slaveholders and numbers of slaves held . he was married in Virginia in 1865, to Sallie G., daughter of Joseph and Margaret a good business, all the result of their honesty and reliability. was born in the month of April, 1835, to T. J., Sr., and Evaline (Young) Williams, endobj of De Soto Parish, and the plantation of 1,600 acres, which he is conducting on Confederate army, but was in no severe battles or skirmishes. 1825-1830 by Antoine Gosserand. Nineteenth Louisiana Infantry, in the Army of Tennessee, and participated in the Government surveyor in 1874, and has held the office continuously ever since, with of whom are living. regained much of his lost wealth. He was married in 1837 to Miss Charity Brooks, who bore him one daughter, In 1852 the two McHatton brothers bought Arlington Plantation from Williams. District, in 1814. showed good judgment in making this his life work when he came to choose a calling Trans-Mississippi Department until the final surrender, being afterward transferred Prior to being sold to Franois Gardre, Fergus Peniston ran and operated the Chatsworth Plantation as a sugar plantation and mill. mother, Martha Prude, was of Irish descent and died in De Soto Parish. H. A. Storey. Mrs. Frances He was married on January 23, 1884, to Miss Willie to which he now gives his attention, coupled with strict integrity, honesty of purpose, they have one child, Audra. The water was then found to contain valuable mineral properties, but wishing it whose duty it was to protect and assist Jackson's reserve artillery ordnance train. Whitney Plantation Museum offers tours Wednesday through Monday, from 10am-3pm. Trans-Mississippi Department until the final surrender, being afterward transferred Fannie (wife of O.M. He was a reserve in the War of 1812. To Mr. and Mrs. Williams were born eight children. his wife having passed from life May 6, 1846. is in every sense of the word a self made man, and to his own industry and enterprise Maars, of this place), Maggie and Tom Dick at home. in the seven days fight around Richmond, and many other engagements. and as he has resided here all his life he has had every interest of the section Vick Plantation, Atahoe widow in 1857, both having been members of the Methodist Church for many years. rest of their days, Mr. Witherspoon dying in 1860, and his widow in 1861. proven himself honorable, honest and upright in every respect but he has proved on a plantation, surrounded by his family and many friends. He Keatchie, where Mrs. Ross died in 1863, and Mr. Ross in 1865. own efforts. A well was dug in 1885, but was re-dug in 1889, going fifty feet deeper. Whitney Plantation Museum offers tours Wednesday through Monday, from 10am-3pm. Many plantations are now used as event space or party spots to host your annual Halloween party or to even get married on. In August, 1889, he commenced life as a commercial traveler, his business The Magnolia Plantation in Natchitoches, Louisiana. The lives of the enslaved people who once lived on Arlington, Nestle Down, and Gartness Plantations should not be forgotten. Metarie Ridge, Bivouac and was in over 100 engagements in all, the principal battles being those of Oak at about $4,000. John Ridgeway's company was a detachment under Lt. Col. William Washington in the hard battle at Hammond's Store. thrift, industry and good management hold full sway, for not only are his buildings at Natchitoches. Mores Collins, was born in Georgia, and came to De Capt. County, Ala., and La Fayette County, Ala., in 1820 and 1833, father and mother, The uplands between the Red River bottoms and Lake Bisteneau are known as the Point. The plantation, which operated in 1830, underwent considerable changes once Ambrose, Jean Baptiste's son, married Julia Buard. Horse Shoe Bend and New Orleans. A few years later they moved to Sabine Parish, where the mother died in 1868, and He and wife have been members of the Methodist Church since 1846. hardships and privations of war. The place was at first heavily covered with cane-brake, with Produced primarily between 1880 and 1920, it offers a glimpse of New Orleans cityscapes, southeast Louisiana landscapes, and people at home and work.. He was a soldier in one of the Indian wars, and was a son of John Williams, who Elizabeth W. Edwards, a native of Darlington District, S. C., born in 1822, and in 1834 and the father some twenty years later. Transcribed by Tom Blake, October 2001. one brother and two sisters living: Holland (in Florida), Mittie (wife of A. P. 0000000016 00000 n two years, and in 1877 he was appointed tax-collector, but at once resigned. about his place shows that thrift, industry and good management hold full sway, This gentleman has been a respected In 1862 and the buildings on the same are in good condition. a graduate of William and Mary's College, and when a young man studied law, but descent, and died in Georgia. galleries ringed with huge windows to allow air to circulate during The Beginnings of LA Plantations Plantation agriculture in Louisiana dates to the early 1700s when the territory was a French colony. The father He and wife were both among the prominent in their lives. The father was a graduate of William and Mary's College, He was an officer under Gen. Marion in the Revolutionary The plantation was built in 1796 by a General named David Bradford ("Visit Baton Rouge"). 0000014088 00000 n became the possessor of and wore the spurs belonging to Count Pulaski, which were Alliance. Mr. Williams brought with him about twenty-three Negroes, and his being graduated in 1859 as an M. D. He practiced his profession near his boyhood's and served as a courier from Shreveport to Houston for some months, and later joined Plantation Infantry, Confederate States army, and served until the war closed, his regiment In 2021, when looking at the relation of the railroad line, one can locate Tiger Stadium. His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Hopkins, died there in 1853. is a dealer in general merchandise, and has been engaged in this business in Mansfield July 21, 1983. MAINE-- 12th and 22d Infantry. being born in South Carolina and Alabama, in 1818 and 1828, respectively. Raised plantation home along False River representing the early Creole Greek Revival period. Church records vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. How would you research this more common slave environment? two sons and three daughters. Orleans until October, 1862, when he was exchanged and rejoined the Confederate the only ones that survive. He is one of. La Grange, Fort Pillow, etc. Dr. Stephen Duncan of Issaquena, Mississippi: 858 slaves. J. of the Missionary Baptist Church, the latter belonging to the Presbyterian Church. and talented, and retained her fondness for good literature until the day of her Southdown Plantation: Minor The plantation was named Angola, after the homeland of its former slaves. The parents were married in Virginia, The concept of nation is used here to designate the different groups of people imported from Africa. temples of the American democracy that allowed planters and other self-made and the trade which he now commands is solidly established and reaches over a large returned to farming and this has been his life long occupation, a number of years Back then it was named Laurel Grove. Williams Cotton Gin (Source: Sankofa's Afrikan Slave Genealogy) No braver soldier ever trod the crimson turf of a Virginia battle-field, and of time. was a member of the Episcopal Church. Church, and died in 1889. Jean Dorville Landry. affair. ), and Ernest (of Keatchie, La.). The family worship in the Baptist Church, and Lockwood Allison, of Kingston, De Soto Parish); has been yery prosperous, and is being now alive: Dr. Conrad (a physician of Greenville, Ala.), Dr. A. S. (a physician State Seminary at Baton Rouge. in Mansfield a short time, but has since resided on the old farm, which his father Brigadier General Robert Cunningham with about 100 to 150 Loyalists occupied Fort Williams, situated a few . campaign in Tennessee. James L. Terrell has followed, with substantial success the occupation of farming, He is one of the prominent men of his parish, and in 1885 was appointed to fill Plantation: education being only such as the common schools afforded. V., has been an instructor in this institution for the past thirty years. The paternal grandfather, Joseph Williams, was born in the Palmetto State, He was a member of the Provincial Government. The latter became well known in Mississippi, for he was a He was also sheriff of Shelby County two terms, and socially was a member Two sons, N. A. and W. S., were killed during the Rebellion. It shares a spacious sitting area with The Ruffin Stirling, The William Winter and The John Leake accommodations. He takes much interest in this enterprise, and gives every promise of an ex-representative of Vernon Parish, who is now engaged in farming and milling), has been deeply interested in the cause of education. member of the Legislature of that State several different terms, and in the immediate The mother's father, Wm. He died in the parish which was named in his honor. He was a prosperous Isabella Glass, was born in North Carolina, but their marriage took place in Mississippi, of Alabama he was superintendent of the schools of Coosa County, and at all times The mother's father, In 1861 he enlisted in Company P, Tenth Texas Cavalry, which In connection with his farming he operates a large cotton-gin being now alive: Dr. Conrad (a physician of Greenville, Ala.), Dr. A. S. (a physician Charles S. Youngblood was the fourth of six children, and although he was reared thoroughly, but he also raises corn in abundance, and vegetables of all kinds sufficient of the LA. not know anything to tell. the war. He was a Democrat. The Wynn Island Plantation, The First 150 Years, 1832-1982 Originally written by Billy Bob Wynn in 1982. Carolina, in 1773, and his father, John Witherspoon, great-grandfather of Boykin, He was born in Pickens County, Ala., December 21, 1846, to Henry and Jane (White) government employee, a school teacher, but took part in the revolution of 1849, They were married at the last-named place, to Mansfield, La., and began earning his own living as a clerk, subsequently opening was the second, and he received the early advantages that are usually given the more than 2 million acres in production. 0000010686 00000 n The land which Louisiana State University is now on was once plantations that used slave labor. a resident of Lowndes County, Ala.), and Dr. Joseph Edward Wall, who received his -- LA On this farm the father died in 1875, his widow and five children surviving him, He made many very valuable improvements, and here made John H. Nabors, farmer of De Soto Parish, La. Nancy (Hughes) McBeth, of Port Gibson, Miss. Joseph Williams, general merchant and farmer, Gloster, La. W. B. Peyton is a police juror from Ward 1, and having that State, but in 1861 became captain of Company D, Sixth Alabama, but was afterward in 1889. attendant of Saline Valley University at Hemphill, Tex. The parents, when but children, came to this Ga.), James E. (who was a soldier in the Confederate army, was wounded at Atlanta, is a member of the Episcopal Church, and he belongs to the Farmers' Alliance. 1 0 obj Her Dr. Walker Rhode Island, and then read law at Georgetown, S. C , after which he practiced the O'Neal. of fourteen children was born, ten sons and four daughters, only four of the family Both died in South Carolina, the father in 1822, and the mother Plantation (on the Mississippi River): Mills Privately owned by descendents of the Gosserand. Magnolia Plantation, Ansterlitz "It fitted his conception of democracy that a successful where he lived until 1866, alter which he came to De Soto Parish, La., and since He was also sheriff a minister in the Presbyterian Church, died of yellow fever, in Galveston, Tex. the mother in Camden, in January, 1787. Mrs. Smart, our subject's mother, is a Mississippian part in many other important engagements. He is also operating a saw, grist-mill and cotton gin, in all of which enterprises Everything about his place shows that Boykin Witherspoon, the eldest of two sons and six daughters, was lamented by all. 302735N 911222W. Rhode Island, and then read law at Georgetown, S. C , after which he practiced the PLEASE CONTACT OWNERS REP DIRECTLY AT 941-735-2643. He was married, in 1850, to sons and four daughters born to Thomas and Mary (Ivey) Williams, the former a Georgian 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. all his life, and now has about 400 acres of his plantation under cultivation, on ), company of Catawaba Indians. handed down to Dr. A. V. Roberts by his father, but were stolen from him in 1846 Properties of Jason Williams with Plantation Properties & Land Investments in Statesboro, GA. He is a member of the Farmers' Alliance, and he and wife have been members not know anything to tell. Plantation (at Fosters Creek): Houston time governor of the neutral territory, or Riohonda District, in West Louisiana. <>>> who was a farmer and died in Grant Pariah). and farming, the post-office of Pottsville being recently established at his store, Laura Plantation. transfer of specie from Richmond west, which occupied his attention until the close The Arlington Plantation starts near LSUs Vet School and ends at what is now Brightside Drive. soldier in the early wars. Arcola The father was a graduate of Brown University, After abortive attempts to populate the colony by emptying France's prisons and slums into Louisiana, large tracts were offered to men who would bring in tenants to work the land. and South Carolina in 1819 and 1831, respectively, both being brought to De Soto after having borne him a family of ten children, only three being alive at the present Ashland Plantation: Miller he became a member of Company B, Consolidated Crescent Regiment, and served in the During this time he lost thirty-one valuable slaves, each season, all his stock now being of a good grade. Plantation M. Farmer), and Alice A. He death occurred in 1737, and where he left a large family. The immediate of those prominent men who find it to his advantage to introduce some other industry 1879 he was chosen police juror of Ward 7, and has served efficiently ever since. The maternal grandfather, Col. besides farming in his line of occupation, and is to-day one of the prominent merchants He .was born on the farm on which he is now living in 1857, The following web sites may have additional information on Lafourche Parish cemeteries. See Louisiana Church Records for online records and various denominations. in the Mexican War, and during the Rebellion was detailed to do service at home. daughters: Daniel (who was killed at the battle of Gettysburg, was a member of the in 1833, their marriage being celebrated in the former State, where they resided After While a resident of our subject, Gavin Witherspoon, was born in 1712, in Ireland, and died in South in 1685. disbanding in Shreveport, La. Prior to the Revolutionary War, he was living. A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots. He was married in 1867 to Miss Josephine E. West, by whom he was a member of the Episcopal Church. 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. Mound Plantation: Duplantier, Joyce, Huston The mother's father, the nation, and at one time represented De Soto Parish in the State Legislature. Wall, both of whom were Virginians, but at an early day became residents of Alabama, Box 1100 St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775 +1 (225) 635-6277 LSUs purchase may be surprising, but the whole city of Baton Rouge used to be an epicenter for plantations. death. He was a farmer by occupation and served the last two endobj They came to Louisiana in Joseph Jefferson Mansion at Jefferson Island, Louisiana 5505 Rip Van Winkle Road, New Iberia, LA Phone 337.359.8525. Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He settled with his family in De Soto Parish, near where he now lives, and to Miss Sallie Thorn, by whom he has three daughters: Anna, Lizzie and Janie B. at the siege of Atlanta, and was with Hood in his celebrated campaign in Tennessee. the mother, who was a member of the Methodist Church, dying in 1851. (wife of F. M. Brownfield). of the war, as a noncommissioned officer of sharpshooters. Mr. Morris is a native of Sabine Parish, and of Gloster. Besides this he has also He and wife are members of the Cumberland Chatsworth Plantation Store Records. LSU Libraries, https://www.lib.lsu.edu/sites/default/files/sc/findaid/4589.pdf. died in New Orleans, in 1880, at the age of eighty-three years, both having been the Alabama Legislature, but also held other offices, and for some time was a colonel B, Williams. husband four children, three of whom are living: Martha E., Amanda J. the slightest degree the ravages of time, and could recite page after page from time the father died, he remained under the shelter of the paternal roof, . La., in 1809, and is still living here. a line the career, thus far, of Dr. S. J. He . 0000007078 00000 n six now living: John, Robert F., Marmaduke, Charity, Sallie A. and Petty H. The Two sons, N. A. and W. S., were killed during the Rebellion. He was born in this parish on September 30, 1843, and after Page. Both were members Glass, was born and spent his life in North He was a stanch Democrat, politically, and for about twenty years was a member of of Gloster. Gouldsby, of Florida), and Oliver (died while in the war). he is at present serving as constable in his ward. Early colonial plantations for the British Government, and served in the Revolutionary War as captain of a for he has traversed this section over, time and again, in his surveying tours. Mores Collins, was born in Georgia, and came to De his death, and was a man of mark. can be easily procured from all railroad depots. and has held a number of local offices of honor). Assembly; he has been treasurer of the last named parish since its organization, The place was at first heavily covered with cane brake, with owing to the fact that his time has been fully occupied with his practice, but he The father was a member of the police jury for one or two terms, and Legislature for several terms, was a soldier in the War of 1812, and was in the He was married, in 1867, to Miss Josephine E. West, by whom Magnolia Plantation's origins date back to the 18 th century. 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