1. Overview
    1. Location
    2. Date Constructed/ Founded
    3. Associated Surnames
    4. Historical notes
    5. Associated Slave Workplaces
  2. Associated Free Persons
  3. Associated Enslaved Persons
  4. Research Leads and Plantation Records
  5. Miscellaneous Information
  6. References
  7. Users Researching This Workplace

Overview

Location

Chicot Co., AR

Date Constructed/ Founded

not determined

Associated Surnames

Beasley, Phipps, Reed, Taliaferro

Historical notes

none

Associated Slave Workplaces

Taliaferro Plantation (Copiah Co., MS)


Associated Free Persons

  • Mr. Reed - owner
  • Susan Ann Chapman Taliaferro Reed (b.1815-d.?) - wife of William Q. Taliaferro (m.1839); after William Q's death, she married Mr. Reed and moved to Chicot Co., Arkansas (ca.1855-1858)
  • Peachy Ridgway Taliaferro (b.1840-d.ca.1860) - son of William Q. and Susan C. Tolliver; fought and died in the Civil War
  • Tom Phipps - overseer
  • Martha Ann Phipps - daughter of Tom Phipps (white overseer) and a black woman; Lucretia Alexander's narrative does not specify her as slave or free

Associated Enslaved Persons

1849-1855 Slaves of Reed Plantation
From Voices From Slavery: Lucretia Alexander interview, edited by Norman R. Yetman (Note: Lucretia mentions several descendants in her narrative. See source for details.)

  • John Beasley (b.1775-1781-d.1881) - of Virginia; sold five times for rebellious behavior against his masters and ended up in Claiborne Co., MS; finally purchased by Susan Reed ($1500.00) under the condition that Agnes come to Arkansas as well (ca.1855)
  • Agnes Taliaferro (b.1792-1794-d.1865) - wife of John Beasley; born in Washington Co., VA; daughter of Washington (a free Indian man) and a slave woman; owned by William Q. Taliaferro and later bequeathed to Peach
  • son (?) - Lucretia Alexander states that her mother Agnes had a boy older than she
  • daughter (?) - Lucretia Tolliver states that her mother Agnes had a girl older than she
  • Lucretia Taliaferro Alexander (b.1849-d.?) - daughter of John Beasley and Agnes Taliaferro ; owned by Peach R. Taliaferro, then by Susan Reed

Research Leads and Plantation Records

  • none reported yet

Miscellaneous Information

  • none

References

  • Voices From Slavery: 100 Authentic Slave Narratives. Edited by Yetman, Norman R. pp 11-14.

Users Researching This Workplace

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