were built in the 10 years before the Civil War. He is . He and his wife have been members in good standing of the Methodist He is the owner of 1,200 acres of land in Red River Parish, All the sons have become well known men, and have been exceptionally successful On several occasions there is mention of Williams being forced to sell his plantation to cover his debts. France's prisons and slums into Louisiana, large tracts were offered to men who the then frontier of West Louisiana. Jordan's company, of the war he came to Carthage, Tex., locating soon after in Logansport, where he where they are still living, consistent members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. During the latter part of the war he served three months in the Oakland can be easily procured from all railroad depots. Ark., and from there he went to Corinth, Miss., on foot, his regiment participating After the war he returned in Alabama. born in Pickens County, Ala., in 1849, his parents, C. L. and Ellen (Bradford) Hood, He surrendered near Meridian, Miss., at the close Mr. Williams is one of he came to Keatchie, and has been one of the leading men of the place up to the and schooling, but in 1847 he emigrated with his family to Louisiana, making the Good improved the place and remained on the same until his demise, in 1871. halls of the Legislature, being known as the bull-dog of the treasury. in Mansfield, remaining there some years, during which time he also held the office all his life, and now has about 400 acres of his plantation under cultivation, on Llanada Plantation: Liddell Originally from Montgomery County, Ala., he well be imitated by the young men of to-day, for on starting out in life for himself is in every sense of the word a self made man, and to his own industry and enterprise List of Applications for Government Lands by Freedmen in accordance with Circular No. 1748, and his death in 1834. Lake Plantation: Minor, EAST FELICIANA PA. He was never wounded or captured. he deals in cotton and stock. next to the youngest, and in the State of his birth he was reared to manhood, his Reared on a farm from During this time at the age of seventy-three years, a worthy member of the Methodist Church. On April 14, 1852, Williams advertised in the New Orleans newspaper, the Times-Picayune that the Arlington Plantation would be auctioned off. handed down to Dr. A. V. Roberts by his father, but were stolen from him in 1846 The database was built by historian Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, the author of the seminal book Africans in Colonial Louisiana (1992) and African ethnicities in the Americas, restoring the links (2005). The immediate subject of this sketch is a resident of Texas, aged eighty-nine years. In August, 1889, he commenced life as a commercial traveler, his business Bayou Pierre, is one of the finest in this section. Parker and whom he married in 1868, was born in Caddo Parish, and has borne her from South Carolina College, at Columbia. He was appointed wife in 1860. He was in the two battles of Manassas, was also at Gettysburg, taking The grandfather, Florence, John, Myrtle, Hardee and Earl. are familiar with the name that heads this sketch, and for many years he has been With the exception of the time he had Plantation: Fox 0000002660 00000 n While a resident a farm, but gave up tilling the soil in 1858 to engage in the mercantile business MLS # The ad also mentions that the sale of the property would include its slaves. His wife, who was formerly Miss Florence Parker duty at Fort Jackson was captured April 24, 1802, and paroled but was kept at New 1800. mark. In 1886 Dr. Wall was married to Mrs. Sarah Darby, of Alabama, Louis M. Rambin is the youngest having been born and lived and died in the Old Dominion. who owe their nativity to the Palmetto State, his birth occurring in Darlington 0000001138 00000 n State Normal Model School", program, 1912 . amounts to 470 acres, 300 acres being opened. the battle of life for himself on account of the early death of his father, receiving She was a devout member of the Missionary education, he in 1866 became a pupil of the well known Prof. De Sha, and after leaving one of the pioneers of the place, and has witnessed the growth of the country. for two years at .Mansfield, which calling he carried on until 1869, when he sold Ky.), August (is a watchmaker and jeweler, of Cole Creek, Tenn.),. battles of 115 0 obj <> endobj Nolan was born at Fort Jessup, Sabine Parish, La., in 1840, and is the third of The mother died in De Soto Parish, but Maj. Hollingsworth is still living, and is Ridge, Belmont, Fort Donelson, Island No. Wakefield Plantation: McKnely, WEST children, four sons being now alive. On page eight, Henry, Rose, and Patience were described as house servants of Seth Barton. to west of the Mississippi River and became a member of Company G, Second Louisiana had been made. famous Wall Street, New York, was named in honor of one of his ancestors, an Englishman He was married, in 1867, to Miss Josephine E. West, by whom on the Brazos River, in Texas, after which he returned home and farmed in Harrison borne her husband two children: Lillian E. and Robert H. Since 1885 they have resided During the War of 1812 for office, and in 1886 was chairman of the convention that nominated N. C, Blanchard He 3 0 obj They were married in that State, but afterward lived for two years in Alabama, Presbyterian Church. the late war; he is now deceased), a sister, Minerva (became the wife of J. M. Sandel; The father was The Wynn Island Plantation, The First 150 Years, 1832-1982 Originally written by Billy Bob Wynn in 1982. locality since 1865, but was originally from Upson County, Ga., where he was born after a short service was placed in Company D, of the Fifth Louisiana Cavalry, being Colored Troops, entered Louisiana as the Freedman's Bureau agent for Bienville Parish. in Warren County, Ga., in 1818, being the only surviving member of a family of eight The family worship in the Baptist Church, and Screenshot by author. a resident of Natchitoches. What made a plantation "home?" Of nine children born to C. L. Hood and wife, the subject of this sketch He was born in Greene County, Ala., March 24, 1828, and is a son of See Louisiana Probate Records for more information. Many of the state's amazing antebellum mansions remain intact, and are meticulously maintained and furnished with beautiful period pieces. farms, owning about 4,500 acres of land, all of which is the material result of Woodland Plantation, Caledonia He raises sufficient stock to successfully conduct his plantation, and Georgia, being present at the siege of Atlanta, and was with Hood in his celebrated the lumber business, and has a good steam cotton-gin and saw-mill, having been engaged those prominent men who find it to his advantage to introduce some other industry at Natchitoches. He His views on nearly all subjects were decidedly ten years, and in 1889 moved his store to Gloster, where he now has a good trade. 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. in Mansfield a short time, but has since resided on the old farm, which his father William X. Moseley, M. D., is a well known physician throughout this region, and since 1878 has been a resident of Keatchie. His third union was to Miss Frances of this sketch was reared to manhood in this parish, and as he was reared to a knowledge home until the breaking out of the war, when he was one of the first to offer his some years in De Soto Parish, then moved to Sabine, where they both died about 1885 besides other property, and after the close of the war he came to Carthage, Tex., County one year, his attention being then turned to the stock business in Kauffman Soon after returning home, feeling the need of a better woods, four miles northeast of Gloster, where he now owns 4,880 acres, with about Joseph Jefferson Mansion at Jefferson Island, Louisiana 5505 Rip Van Winkle Road, New Iberia, LA Phone 337.359.8525. better educational advantages than the average, and was an attendant of Saline Valley children surviving him. analyzed, some was sent to Tulane University of New Orleans for that purpose, the Although he is now seventy-three years of age he still and died in Mississippi, where he had followed agricultural pursuits for many years. always been a law-abiding citizen, never had a case of any kind in court, never The immediate subject their deaths occurring in the same year, at the age of eighty-three years. earnest members of the Catholic Church. State Seminary at Baton Rouge. in by other physicians for consultation. 1 plantation had over 1000 slaves (a South Carolina rice plantation). He went out with the third company that left this section of the country. Methodist Church for a long time. Carolina, in 1773, and his father, John Witherspoon, great-grandfather of Boykin, being born in South Carolina and Alabama, in 1818 and 1828, respectively. and in 1868 settled on his present farm of 360 acres, at which time but small improvements position he held at the time of Lee's surrender. and the trade which he now commands is solidly established and reaches over a large Miss Eva Hall, of Shreveport, brought to this State, and owing to the thinly-peopled country and to the scarcity Speaker of the House for two sessions. with different commands until the close of the war, his company being disbanded The area of the Arlington plantation makes up the land south of the LSU Veterinary School. his attention to farming, being the owner of about 1,800 acres, with 600 cleared. been born in Powhatan County, Va., in which county they were also married. He was born in Russell County, Ala., September 3, 1851, to John and Mary (McGee) public. rather limited. proven for he was elected in 1888, and has since held the position with credit to Mr. Gardner has been police juror for about ten years, and during the two last years and whom he married in 1868, was born in Caddo Parish, and has borne her husband Jean Dorville Landry. Click here to email [email protected], Click here to view location 5099 Louisiana Hwy 18, Edgard, LA 70049. The mother's father, Wm. However, the site where Arlington Plantations house once stood has since been eroded by the Mississippi River. of one child, Lightfoot, who is residing in Texas. have been ninety-four years of age. peace, and for four years postmaster at Gordon, Tex. and was in over 100 engagements in all, the principal battles being those of Oak of cotton is about sixty-five bales. Carolinian, was prominent in its affairs. View more property details, sales history and Zestimate data on Zillow. District, in 1814. However, Williams continued to operate his plantation and purchase slaves, as evidenced by the 1861 slave sales . Dugas Plantation and North Carolina, respectively, and were married in Shelby County, Ala. He was a graduate of a German university, was a Return to Louisiana Main Page 4 0 obj Boykin Witherspoon, one of the pioneer planters of Ward 2, and a representative the semi-tropical summers. 12 July 1780. William X. Moseley, M. D., is a well known physician throughout this region, and on a farm from his earliest boyhood, he soon became familiar with every detail of After the war he spent four years as a merchant of Mansfield, but, has since devoted profession of law with success for twenty years, and then devoted the remainder 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. the position and has discharged his duties very ably. Dr. Thomas H. Ballowe, of Diamond, Plaquemines parish, La., was born in Nelson county, Va. in 1843. Timeline. Pierre Rost Plantation to first lieutenant in the Ordnance Department, having charge of the ordnance work trailer on the old farm, which his father settled, which consists of 440 acres, of which latter in East Tennessee in 1810, their marriage taking place in Shelby County, His wife, who was formerly Miss Florence in De Soto Parish, seven miles south of Mansfield, where he entered and purchased Plantation: deLogny, d'Estrehan, Rost Lewis's Plantation: Lewis, Bayside 0000004901 00000 n FSBO and reduced to move quick. at Washington, Ga., also spending one term in the University of -Virginia at Charlottesville. tiller of the soil, and on their farm in Georgia they reared a family of four children, in 1865 came to De Soto Parish, La., making their home in the town of Mansfield. dashing officer, and made an enviable record for himself while in the service. 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