Overview

Location

Davis Bend, Warren Co., MS

Date Constructed/ Founded

ca. 1835

Associated Surnames

Davis

Historical notes

Jefferson Davis received the land upon which he and his slaves built Brierfield as a gift from his older brother Joseph E. Davis (owner of Hurricane Plantation).

Associated Slave Workplaces

Hurricane Plantation (Warren Co., MS), Rosemont Plantation (Wilkinson Co., MS)

Associated Free Persons

Jefferson Finis Davis (b.1808-d.1889) - son of Samuel E. Davis of Rosemont Plantation; President of the Confederate States of America

Sarah Knox Taylor Davis (b.1814-d.1835) - first wife of Jefferson F. Davis (m.1835)

Varina Anne Banks Howell Davis (b.1826-d.1906) - second wife of Jefferson F. Davis (m.1845); daughter of William B. Howell of Briars Plantation
Samuel Emory Davis (b.1852-d.1854) - son of Jefferson F. and Varina A.B.H. Davis
Margaret Howell Davis (b.1855-d.1909) - daughter of Jefferson F. and Varina A.B.H. Davis
Jefferson Davis (b.1857-d.1878) - son of Jefferson F. and Varina A.B.H. Davis
Joseph Evan Davis (b.1859-d.1864) - son of Jefferson F. and Varina A.B.H. Davis
William Howell Davis (b.1861-d.1872) - son of Jefferson F. and Varina A.B.H. Davis
Varina Anne Davis (b.1864-d.1898) - daughter of Jefferson F. and Varina A.B.H. Davis

Associated Enslaved Persons

1860 Federal Slave Schedule, Jeff Davis
Warren Co., MS

113 slaves

Research Leads and Plantation Records

Cox, Owen B. Papers, 1844-1882
Manuscript Resources on African American History in the Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, Special Collections, LSU Libraries. http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/guides/afam.html
n.d. 21 items. Location: Mf. Planter and merchant of Clinton and Briarfield, Mississippi. Papers include slave sale documents; family letters; two Jefferson Davis documents; and a contract (1879) and a letter (1882), both pertaining to the management of Briarfield Plantation. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3041.