Overview

Location

Natchez, Adams Co., MS

Date Constructed/ Founded

not determined

Associated Surnames

Davenport, Shields

Historical notes

none

Associated Slave Workplaces

Fish Pond Plantation (Adams Co., MS)



Associated Free Persons

  • Gabriel Shields - owner


Associated Enslaved Persons

Slaves of Aventine Plantation
From Voices From Slavery: Charles Davenport interview, edited by Norman R. Yetman

  • William Davenport - left Aventine Plantation with Union soldiers during the Civil War
  • Lucindy Davenport - wife of William Davenport; died shortly after son Charles' birth; father was Choctaw
  • Charles Davenport - son of William and Lucindy Devnport; born at Aventine; later worked at Fish Pond Plantation (Adams Co., MS)
  • "Granny" - cared for all the Black children on the plantation
1860 Federal Slave Schedule, Gabe B. Shields
From the 1860 Federal Slave Schedule, Adams Co., MS. Transcribed by Tom Blake.
  • 91 slaves - SHIELDS, Gabe B., page 33


Research Leads and Plantation Records

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Miscellaneous Information

  • Montebella was the mansion home of Gabriel Shields; at the end of Shields Lane


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