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The Homewood Plantation land was originally owned by Stephen Minor. The land was probably bought by Robert Dunbar at around the same time he bought the adjoining Ivy Place (later known as Lansdowne Plantation). The plantation would have then passed from Robert Dunbar to his daughter and her husband (Jane (Dunbar) and John Ferguson). Then the plantation would have passed to Jane and John Ferguson's daughter and son-in-law - Ann (Ferguson) and David Hunt. Homewood plantation was a wedding gift from David Hunt to his daughter Catherine Hunt and son-in-law William S. Balfour. Catherine and William married in 1850. They built one of the grandest mansions near Natchez on this plantation. A photo is at the following website. Scroll down to the William S. Balfour section at http://www.rootsweb.com/~msissaq2/balfour.html More photos are half-way down the page at: http://www.geocities.com/twincousin2334/Natchez.html Construction began in 1855 and lasted for five years until the mansion was finally completed]]>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:59:52 +0000modIllinois
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COLES Formed in 1830 from Clark & Edgar Co.s Grove Plantation Plantation- Matson COOK Formed in 1831 from Putnam Co. GALLATIN Formed in 1812 from Randolph (prior to IL statehood) Hill Plantation Plantation- Crenshaw GREENE Formed in 1821 from Madison Co. ]]>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:20:41 +0000modEdward B Adams
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http://www.adamstreenews.com Pages I've created Coles County, Illinois Black Grove Plantation Gallatin County, Illinois Hickory Hill Plantation ]]>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:18:34 +0000modBlack Grove Plantation
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Black Grove Plantation
OVERVIEW
Location
Northeast corner of Coles County, Illinois which is now in Douglas County, Illinois.
Date Constructed/Founded
1835
Associated Surnames
Matson, Corbin, Peyton
Historical Notes
Black Grove Plantation is thought to be more of a farm than a plantation. General Robert Matson owned a farm in Fulton County, Kentucky on which he had ten slaves in 1850. He brought his slaves from Kentucky to work the land, Black grove, in Illinois. He appointed one of the slaves, Anthony Bryant, as overseer. Jane Bryant, Anthony’s wife, and her four children, had a problem with the house keeper who threaten to sell them.
Associated Slave Workplaces
Matson Farm, Fulton Co., KY
Associated Free Persons
· Robert Matson – owner
· Mary Ann Corbin Matson – wife
· James Matson – father
· Mary Peyton Matson – mother
Associated Enslaved Persons
· Anthony Bryant – also worked as overseer
· Jane Bryant ]]>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:16:35 +0000addPleasant Hill
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http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~markfreeman/hawkinva.html Inventory of the Hawkins Family Papers 1738 -1895 http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/ead2/00322.xmlhttp://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/h/Hawkins_Family.html Descendancy Chart of Philemon Hawkins Sr. of Virginia http://members.aol.com/vafdking/hawknj.htm ]]>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:32:40 +0000modIllinois
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COLES Formed in 1830 from Clark & Edgar Co.s Black Grove Plantation COOK Formed in 1831 from Putnam Co. ]]>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:06:50 +0000modAndy McMillion
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Northern soldiers raided Woodlawn in Jefferson County for supplies and set it on fire (apparently the house did not burn down because it is still there) (Irene Robertson, "Slave Narrative of Peter Brown," Federal Writer's Project, http://jeffersoncountyms.org/peterbrown.htm , rootsweb, retrieved 30 Nov 07). Newly freed slaves armed by the northern army after the fall of Vicksburg came down Deer Creek and killed George Hunt's overseer on Georgiana as they made their way down the Creek on a killing spree (Editor Dunbar Roland, "Mississippi Historical Society," 1918 Centenary Series Vol II, p198). (The previous reference always names George Short, not George Hunt. Everything else is right - the plantation name, the location, and the overseer's name. Thus, I am concluding that someone got George's last name wrong somewhere along the way. Hunt could easily look a lot like Short on an old faded manuscript.) The Hunts could not get another white man to live on the plantation and manage it ]]>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:47:09 +0000modAndy McMillion
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Northern soldiers raided Woodlawn in Jefferson County for supplies and set it on fire (apparently the house did not burn down because it is still there) (Irene Robertson, "Slave Narrative of Peter Brown," Federal Writer's Project, http://jeffersoncountyms.org/peterbrown.htm , rootsweb, retrieved 30 Nov 07). Newly freed slaves armed by the northern army after the fall of Vicksburg came down Deer Creek and killed George Hunt's overseer on Georgiana as they made their way down the Creek on a killing spree (Editor Dunbar Roland, "Mississippi Historical Society," 1918 Centenary Series Vol II, p198). (The previous reference always names George Short, not George Hunt. Everything else is right - the plantation name, the location, and the overseer's name. Thus, I am concluding that someone got George's last name wrong somewhere along the way. Hunt could easily look a lot like Short on an old faded manuscript.) The Hunts could not get another white man to live on the plantation and manage it ]]>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:44:14 +0000modAndy McMillion
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Northern soldiers raided Woodlawn in Jefferson County for supplies and set it on fire (apparently the house did not burn down because it is still there) (Irene Robertson, "Slave Narrative of Peter Brown," Federal Writer's Project, http://jeffersoncountyms.org/peterbrown.htm , rootsweb, retrieved 30 Nov 07). Newly freed slaves armed by the northern army after the fall of Vicksburg came down Deer Creek and killed George Hunt's overseer on Georgiana as they made their way down the Creek on a killing spree (Editor Dunbar Roland, "Mississippi Historical Society," 1918 Centenary Series Vol II, p198). (The previous reference always names George Short, not George Hunt. Everything else is right - the plantation name, the location, and the overseer's name. Thus, I am concluding that someone got George's last name wrong somewhere along the way. Hunt could easily look a lot like Short on an old faded manuscript.) The Hunts could not get another white man to live on the plantation and manage it ]]>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:41:51 +0000modAndy McMillion
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Abijah bought 800 acres on the Big Black River in Claiborne County in 1808 ("Federal Writers Collection," Northwest State University in Louisiana, http://www.nsula.edu/watson_library/cghrc_core/federal_writers_project.htm , retrieved 14 Jan 08). This was at about the same time that he sold a plantation on the Bayou Pierre in Claiborne County (mentioned above). Since the other land he purchased was for plantations, this land surely was for a plantation too. This 800 acres was probably on both sides of the Big Black River. The bulk of the land was on the south side of the River in Claiborne County and was located at T13N-R3E, sections 15, 16, 17, and 18 and also probably section 24. On the north side of the River in Warren County the land probably included T13N-R3E, section 19. The map at the Bureau of Land website at the following link shows this land. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/SurveySearch/Survey_Detail.asp?dmid=73580&Index=27&QryID=81206.37 Concordia Parish, LA. Abijah and Pa]]>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:04:09 +0000modAndy McMillion
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Location: T10N-R1W sections 26, 27, 39, 40 and 43. It was on the opposite side (the west side) of a lake from Calviton Plantation. The lake was connected to the MS River by Black Creek. Size: about 1,350 acres got them.) them.) Homewood, Lansdowne, Oakley Grove, Wilderness and maybe other plantations were passed on to David Hunt's wife Ann from her family. She was a descendant of planter Robert Dunbar who had lived on Lansdowne first and then on Oakley Grove. Homewood, Lansdowne and Wilderness were adjoining plantations. Oakley Grove was over to the east of these plantations. Wildernesss had been once owned by one of David Hunt's Uncle Abijah's business partners, so it was either sold to Robert Dunbar or came to David from his Uncle Abijah's estate. Lansdowne was purchased by Robert Dunbar in about 1782. Adams Co., MS - Homewood Plantation - given to daughter Catherine as a wedding gift Location: T7N-R3W, section 12; and T7N-R2W, section 55, on Pine Ridge Road/M.L.]]>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:39:28 +0000modWilderness Plantation
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Overview Location about 1,000 600 acres in size. Maps showing this land can be found on-line at two websites: www.glorecords.blm.gov (the government land office records at the Bureau of Land Management's website) and at the MS Department of Transportation's website on their county highway maps. The plantation was located just to the north of and adjoining Lansdowne Plantation (formerly known as Ivy Place) in Adams Co., MS. Date Constructed/ Founded ]]>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:53:40 +0000modAndy McMillion
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Adams Co., MS - Wilderness Plantation, on Pine Ridge Road/M.L. King Blvd/highway 555 Location: T7N-R2W, sections 16, 17, 14 and the land west of the creek in section 18 approximately 1,000 600 acres Slaves: undetermined Adams Co., MS - Oakley Grove Plantation - 1/2 ownership inherited by David's wife Ann late in her life, 1/2 ownership possibly passed to son George's children ]]>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:52:53 +0000modAndy McMillion
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I created all of the pages for the plantations that I am researching except for Homewood Plantation and Woodlawn Plantation MS Plantations/ Workplaces I'm Researching four plantaions plantations (about 8,000 acres) with about 60 slaves working on each (so 240 slaves). He was smart, rich and respected, so people listened to what he said. He began publicly criticizing politician Geroge George Poindexter. Poindexter would not stand for this and killed Abijah in an 1811 duel. Abijah had been one of the richest men in the Natchez District and left a $500,000 estate. ("Antebellum Natchez", D. Clayton James, LSU Press, Baton Rouge, p 157). The following is a possibly complete list of Abijah's plantations which were mostly located very near his stores along the Old Natchez Trace ("Early Settlers of Mississippi," by Walter Lowrie, Southern Historical Press, Inc., details Abijah's land purchases) (the land coordinates below can be found on-line]]>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:03:46 +0000modAndy McMillion
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lot number one of square number three in Natchez with a Hunt and Smith general store located on it. Jefferson Co., MS Huntley Plantation Plantation - Abijah Hunt's residence a couple of lots in the town of Greenville with a Hunt and Smith general store located on them. 195 acres on Coles Creek with a Hunt and Smith firm public cotton gin located on it. The land coordinates for this land is at T9N-R1E, section 31. Location: T10N-R1W sections 26, 27, 39, 40 and 43. It was on the opposite side (the west side) of a lake from Calviton Plantation. The lake was connected to the MS River by Black Creek. Size: about 1,350 acres got them. them.) Adams Co., MS - Homewood Plantation - given to daughter Catherine as a wedding gift Location: T7N-R3W, section 12; and T7N-R2W, section 55, on Pine Ridge Road/M.L. King Blvd/highway 555 ]]>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:41:44 +0000modAndy McMillion
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Location: T10N-R1W sections 26, 27, 39, 40 and 43. It was on the opposite side (the west side) of a lake from Calviton Plantation. The lake was connected to the MS River by Black Creek. Size: about 1,350 acres David Ferguson. Ferguson. (It's possible that Homewood, Lansdowne (a.k.a Ivy Place) and Wilderness were all one big plantation when David and Ann got them. Adams Co., MS - Homewood Plantation - given to daughter Catherine as a wedding gift Location: T7N-R3W, section 12; and T7N-R2W, section 55, on Pine Ridge Road/M.L. King Blvd/highway 555 Slaves: undetermined History: Members of David's wife Ann's family lived on this plantation. Ann's father was David Ferguson. His family had the Mount Locust Plantation and Mount Locust Inn/Rest Stop nearby on the Old Natchez Trace. Rest stops were located about every six miles along the Trace - Mount Locust is now open as a tourist site. Calvit) died died. (It's possible that Calviton, Woodlawn a]]>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:36:34 +0000modWoodlawn Plantation MS
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Fairview Plantation - probably in Claiborne Co, MS Issaquena Co., MS - Georgiana Plantation Ashland PlantationJefferson Co., MS - probably in Jefferson Co, maybe in Claiborne Co Ashland Plantation MS Jefferson Co., MS - Black Creek Plantation Buena Vista PlantationJefferson Co., MS - probably in Jefferson Co, maybe in Claiborne Co Buena Vista Plantation Jefferson Co., MS - Calviton Plantation Jefferson Co., MS - Fatlands Plantation Jefferson Co., MS - Southside Plantation - Jefferson MS Jefferson Co., MS - Brick Quarters Plantation Waverly Plantation - JeffersonJefferson Co., MS - probably in Waverly Plantation - Jefferson Co MS Jefferson Co., MS - Woodlawn Plantation MS Fatherland Plantation MS ]]>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:46:22 +0000modAshland Plantation MS
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Hunt, Servis Historical notes located). Thus, David Servis may have owned surely bought Servis Island Plantation jointly with David from Hunt as well. Ashland adjoined Buena Vista Plantation. David Servis was from New Jersey. He opened a blacksmith shop at Church Hill. Later, he managed Woodlawn Plantation for David Hunt. Finally he was involved as an owner and/or operator of a sawmill near Rodney, MS. Associated Slave Workplaces ]]>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:33:53 +0000modAshland Plantation MS
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not determined Associated Surnames possibly Hunt, possiblyHunt, Servis Historical notes Road and may have been one of the many plantations was owned by David Hunt. The reason that this is still not certain is that so far no recorde of Hunt's ownership of this plantation have been found on-line. Another plantation named Ashland was on the Bayou Pierre near Port Gibson - which may also have been the Ashland Plantation that David Hunt owned. Hunt Hunt helped a Mr. David Servis buy a this plantation named Ashland - which made Mr. Servis a very rich man. This means that Hunt loaned Mr. Servis the money at interest to buy this plantation or that Hunt bought the plantation and then let Mr. Servis buy the plantation from him gradually over time by making periodic payments. Ashland Plantation was right beside Services Island (where Servis Island Plantation surely was located). Thus, David Servis may ]]>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:29:37 +0000modServis Island Plantation
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Hunt, Servis Historical notes entirely. It's thus possible that Servis Island Plantation was originally a much more valuable plantation on the banks of the Mississippi River in Jefferson County. David Servis was from New Jersey. He opened a blacksmith shop at Church Hill. Later, he managed Woodlawn Plantation for David Hunt. Hunt formed a partnership with Mr. Servis and helped him buy Ashland Plantation. Ashland Plantation was right beside Services Island (where Servis Island Plantation surely was located). Thus, David Servis Hunt probably owned sold Servis Island Plantation jointly with to David Hunt. Servis. Associated Slave Workplaces David Hunt's other nearby plantations are detailed at the following link: Woodlawn Plantation MS ]]>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:20:30 +0000mod