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

Fifteen miles from Hazelhurst, Copiah Co., MS

Date Constructed/ Founded

ca. 1840

Associated Surnames

Beasley, Taliaferro

Historical notes

none

Associated Slave Workplaces

Reed Plantation (Chicot Co., AR)


Associated Free Persons

  • William Quarles Taliaferro/ Tolliver (b.1811-d.1840) - 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); see Reed Plantation
  • Peachy Ridgway Taliaferro (b.1840-d.ca.1860) - son of William Q. and Susan C. Tolliver; fought and died in the Civil War
  • Kurt Johnson - overseer
  • Mack McKenzie - overseer
  • Phil Womack - overseer

Associated Enslaved Persons

1849-1855 Slaves of Taliaferro 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 Alexander 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
1860 MS Slave Census
  • TALIAFERRO, R. H., 44 slaves (page 34)
(Note: This may be Richard Henry Taliaferro, b.1827, nephew of William Q. Taliaferro)

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Miscellaneous Information

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