Overview

Location

Adams Co., MS. This plantation was possibly located along the Homochitto River at T5N-R1W, section 37 along the southern Adams County line. See the county highway maps at the MS Dept. of Transportation website to find this location. The reasons that support this plantation's probable location follow.

1. Abijah Hunt owned a single 3,645 acre Adams Co., MS plantation ("Antebellum Natchez", D. Clayton James, LSU Press, Baton Rouge, p 157).
2. Abijah Hunt bought 1,280 acres on Wells Creek, 640 acres on the Homochitto River; 520 acres on Sandy Creek; and with partner John Holland another 450 acres on Wells Creek ("Early Settlers of Mississippi," by Walter Lowrie, Southern Historical Press, Inc. 1986).
3. Wells Creek and Sandy Creek (possibly also known as Beaver Branch) empty into the Homochitto River very close to each other along the southern border of Adams County.

Date Constructed/ Founded

About 1807. Certificates of Abijah Hunt's and John Holland's titles to this land were recorded in 1807 with the Register of the Land Office west of the Pearl River ("Early Settlers of Mississippi," by Walter Lowrie, Southern Historical Press, Inc. 1986).

Associated Surnames

Hunt, Holland

Historical notes

This plantation is being referred to as Hunt Plantation until the historical name can be determined.

Associated Slave Workplaces

Huntley Plantation

Associated Free Persons

• Abijah Hunt. Abijah Hunt died in a duel in 1811. Thus, Abijah's business interest in this plantation would have most likely been inherited by his main heir - his nephew David Hunt ("Antebellum Natchez", D. Clayton James, LSU Press, Baton Rouge, p 157).
• John Holland - possible partner of Abijah Hunt in this plantation.

Associated Enslaved Persons

• none recorded yet

Research Leads and Plantation Records

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Miscellaneous Information

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References

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