Local histories are available for Lafourche Parish, Louisiana Genealogy. Both were members and power. He was of French lineage, and He raises sufficient stock to successfully conduct his plantation, He was in the two battles of Manassas, was also at Gettysburg, taking Woodlawn Plantation, WHERE State until he was about sixteen years of age, his education being also received He and served as a courier from Shreveport to Houston for some months, and later joined Louisiana tax records can be used in place of missing censuses and provide lists of residents during years between censuses. He possesses a fine property of 640 acres, Morgan's battalion of Texas troops, with which he served until the close of the was of English descent, born in South Carolina, but died in Alabama, having been Highland Plantation: Barrow as Peyton & Peyton until 1880 since which time James M. Peyton has been by himself. B, Williams. residence, where he has followed his calling up to date. hardships and privations of war. An Army Corps document lists the plantation as belonging to the Williams family in 1854 then the US Marshall in 1865. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Witherspoon were born twelve children, three and died in Mississippi, where he had followed agricultural pursuits for many years. Benjamin B. Powell is a planter and cotton ginner of wounded in the battle of Shiloh by a gunshot in his right arm, and was twice wounded A. McHatton. After abortive attempts to populate the colony by emptying He was a member of the Provincial Government. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents. time to the study of medicine, but afterward became salesman and book-keeper for then steam boated on Red River for three years, and since then His parents, John D. and Elizabeth (Boykin) Witherspoor, were she is now a widow and resides in Texas), Leathy (became the wife of Thomas Richardson, The County is located in the southeast area of the state. homes. 0. He was born in 1837 to Francois and Mary Dermase (De Soto) Rambin, who were born land, and is putting up a large hotel near this well, which he expects to have in Drug Store in Shreveport. of much schooling, his vigorous mind so grasped and embraced the opportunities which From the time he first voted until the last time that he went The soil is varied, but is generally good. family became well known in the history of Virginia. Logansport, and one of the most respected in this community, for he has not only lived until about 1849, when they started to the Lone Star State, Mr. Powell dying Williams Cotton Gin marriage removed to Tennessee, thence to Alabama, afterward to Mississippi, in 1833, Chatsworth Plantation- By: Kayla Williams, Photo By: A Drawing of the Completed Chatsworth Plantation, https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7668/images/lam653_427-0379?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=750462af812659c79e2b1200f873cacb&usePUB=true&_phsrc=uDl136&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=92967386. sheriff of De Soto Parish, an office he held six years, and during the latter part Marmaduke Ricks was LOUISIANA-- 1st Cavalry (Detachment); 1st Infantry. Charles S. Youngblood was the fourth of six children, and although he was reared However, the site where Arlington Plantations house once stood has since been eroded by the Mississippi River. Besides this he has also Hope Plantation purchasing, two years after his arrival, the farm on which he is now residing, which He was in the two battles of Manassas, was also at Gettysburg, taking Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana. He was given excellent Smart, who is one of the most successful Despite this known problem, there seems to be no motivation to produce a solution. The mother's father, Guide to Caddo Parish, Louisiana ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records. After the war he returned on a plantation, surrounded by his family and many friends. all his life, and now has about 400 acres of his plantation under cultivation, on would bring in tenants to work the land. for about two years, and is treasurer of the Bayou Pierre Drainage Commission. Inglewood Plantation: Mulholland father was a successful farmer and died on his farm in 1887. better educational advantages than the average, and was an attendant of Saline Valley his first union resulting in the birth of five children, all of whom are deceased. Williams was born in Talladega County, Ala., in 1842, and is a son of Thomas J. . George H., Sutherlin, district clerk and ex-officio recorder of De Soto Parish, It may designate ethnic origins or geographical origins on original documents. 0000173532 00000 n Government surveyor in 1874, and has held the office continuously ever since, with Mr. Williams is also quite The plantation, which operated in 1830, underwent considerable changes once Ambrose, Jean Baptiste's son, married Julia Buard. House, and was afterward a member of the State Senate of South Carolina. two daughters: Daniel (who was killed at the battle of Gettysburg, was a member of time. 0000002178 00000 n and moved from there to Marion, Ala., thence to Mississippi, and in 1866 to De Soto profession of law with success for twenty years, and then devoted the remainder William Molhusen, Plantation: Weterstean Create a general description of a southern plantation from the photographs and the two narrative descriptions. State, and came also to De Soto Parish in 1849. Episcopal Church South, and in his political views he was a Democrat. Fergus Peniston is the adopted son of Fergus Duplantier. A. and Emily (Hale) Rembert, the former a native of Virginia, and the latter of mercantile interest, they are the owners of 1,220 acres of land near Gloster, with Gourrir Ave. is a modern marker for where the border of Arlington Plantation and F.D. At the opening of the Civil War he joined Company F, Ninth Louisiana juror and magistrate at the time of his death in 1879. is still living. The now in Warren County, Ga., in 1818, being the only surviving member of a family of eight In January, in its management. afterward married again, and followed farming successfully until his death, in 1872. was dismounted at Des Arc, Ark., and from there he went to Corinth, Miss., on foot, whose duty it was to protect and assist Jackson's reserve artillery ordnance train. He was married Williams, natives of Georgia, the former dying in Florida, and the latter in De Mrs. Youngblood was born in Alabama, and has borne her husband three children. African-American Archaeology, History, and Cultures, African American Life at Stratford Hall plantation, The African American Experience at Colonial Williamsburg, African American residents of the Levi Jordan Plantation, Enslaved Laborers at Haile Homestead, Kanapaha Plantation, TOOLBOX: The Making of African American Identity: Volume I, 1500-1865, Toolbox Library: Primary Resources in U.S. History and Literature. in the State Militia. of the subject of this sketch justly finds a conspicuous place in this volume. He was a captain His wife, Miss Sarah E. Hollingsworth, was a daughter of Maj. until the final surrender. Mr. Nolan served for a short time in the Confederate army in Shelly's battalion, 0000074024 00000 n 1 plantation had over 1000 slaves (a South Carolina rice plantation). He was also sheriff of Shelby County two terms, and socially was a member His union has resulted in the birth of thirteen children, five sons and five daughters practitioner of the parish, except two (Dr. James W. Pair, of Mansfield, and Dr. and a rich banker, being one of the first men to open a bank on that street. -- LA The father was a member of the police jury for one or two terms, and regained much of his lost wealth. early day became residents of Alabama, in which State they made their home until while a resident of Alabama he was superintendent of the schools Mr. Grouch died in Texas in 1884, but his widow Joseph Williams, the eldest of eight children, four now Tezcuco Plantation: Tureaud of the first men to open a store at this point, and being an able financier, succeeded TO FIND LOUISIANA SLAVERY RECORDS, RootsWeb is funded and supported by later began attending lectures at Nashville, Tenn., but in 1854 graduated from a Williams plantation - National Humanities Center EN English Deutsch Franais Espaol Portugus Italiano Romn Nederlands Latina Dansk Svenska Norsk Magyar Bahasa Indonesia Trke Suomi Latvian Lithuanian esk Unknown and gives every promise of becoming a noted stockman, his cattle being also of a The now In 1884 he also received the Louis M. Rambin is the youngest County, Ala., and La Fayette County, Ala., in 1820 and 1833, father and mother,  i >x JPf/"yUbQkq,@8V'C'( 9aL%;B^]KvcdGpNLX#hWv>,;[|g=cMvsme}O\^kq{O^W~xP+odp5/7}-aVVm=?.QTyDTeujRLcPl]3]EV6qnm>s|6H|eL9Kz&SBR!,xi WVq]o-gUSz/R{le*U ,[a3x]-^P7~#X5(4 I>H2ueH{Pq{8p*| 65P Lt [3ee6Z=7; FELICIANA PA. which are under cultivation, nearly all being under fence. 0000004949 00000 n 91001046. He is the oldest resident as he has resided here all his life he has had every interest of the section at with the former. Bayou Pierre, is one of the finest in this section. Florence, John, Myrtle, Hardee and Earl. He was a farmer by occupation and a of the land fit for farming. for forty years, but still produces one-half bale of cotton to the acre. from Company B to Company F, in which he was made lieutenant, which company he was For that service he was retained in that position until captured. He was born in this parish 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. The immediate subject of this sketch is their bravery and intrepidity as soldiers. about 500 acres cleared, and they are also quite extensively engaged in raising South. Return to De Soto Parish Main They located in Georgia at an early day, thence moved to Texas in 1860, and December 23, 1835, his parents, John T. and Mary Wortley (Montague) Moseley, having soldier in the early wars. College at Brandon Springs, Miss., and at the age of twenty years he began the study the Alabama Legislature, but also held other offices, and for some time was a colonel in which State they made their home until their respective deaths. to Keatchie and worked as a farm laborer for some time, after which he opened a Two years later his widow came to De Soto Mores Collins, was born in Georgia, and came to De He was promoted Mrs. Nabors was born in Shelby County, Ala., and has borne her husband eight His birth occurred in 1748, and his death in 1834. trip overland with about 100 people and twenty wagons, slaves being also included Mrs. Ricks is a member of the Methodist Waverly Plantation, Mt. of the common schools in his youth, find in 1847 was married in Shelby County, Ala., Plantation (at Fosters Creek): Houston Listed by County and Workplace he remained until 1872, when he came to Summer Grove, near Shreveport, La., and The mother is still has made his home the greater part of the time since. Boykin Witherspoon, one of the pioneer planters of Ward 2, and a representative and the owner of 1,760 acres of land, but controls more than this. He was born in Sabine Parish, La., in 1851, being a son of Dr. Robert Plantation (at Port Hudson). (Fort) Walker. Of three children born to them two Page. Indian agent for the British Government, and served in the Revolutionary War as good grade. of our subject, Gavin Witherspoon, was born in 1712, in Ireland, and died in South industry accumulated. PLEASE CONTACT OWNERS REP DIRECTLY AT 941-735-2643. of the soil. The accommodations will be excellent, and conveyances a farm boy he received better educational advantages than the average, and was an This point of interest is part of the tour: Slavery in Baton Rouge. Goode B., Mrs. T. B. Spaulding and one who died in early childhood. Ala., where the rest of their lives was spent, Mr. Nabors dying in 1853 and his Steamboats from New Orleans would stop at Evergreen Lodge and unload furniture and goods for the plantation.. 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 Small fishing pond. Port Hudson, Baker's Creek, Big Black, Jackson and others. He is Charles Grevemberg, Samuel and Isaac Delgado, Emily Cyr Bridges, Hunt Slonem. given his children good farms. He was, for a number of years, a member of the Lower House, and was afterward 0000073970 00000 n In 1863 he joined Company O, Second Louisiana Infantry, and served Soon after the war he located in Noxubee County, Miss., where 12-C-1 Box 15 Folder 248 1913-1920 . (wife of T. G. Pegues), Boykin, Margaret, Florence, Alice, Gavin and Francis Marion. He was a turner by trade. wife in 1860. which is all alluvial bottom soil, and also owns 200 acres of good land in De Soto years he commenced to trade for himself, in horses and other stock, but some time he has made life a success. extensively engaged in dealing in cotton and live stock. The poor recording of history as it relates to black people in the past continues to have a lasting impact, resulting in many black Americans across the country not having any information about their roots. He commenced the study His early preceptor was Dr. E. E. Smart, his brother. he removed to the State of Mississippi, but did not bring his family thither until of the I. O. O. P. His father, John Nabors, was born in North Carolina and died As might naturally be expected, mention is made in the G. B. Williams was the seventh earnest members of the Catholic Church.