He married Mary Ann McLaurin, daughter of Peter and Margaret McLaurin, 23 Feb 1847 in Copiah County, MS. census, the white population had increased about 10% to 3,215, while the colored population 1, page 68B, OQUIN, John, 34 slaves, Police Dist. had declined about 14% to 10,633. J., 135 slaves, Police Dist. Dudley Primus m. Nancy Spencer 17 Nov 1879 WebThe counties represented in the database: Adams, Amite, Carroll, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Harrison, Hinds, Itawamba, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Leake, Lowndes, Madison, Marshall, Monroe, Noubee, Noxubee, Pontotoc, Rankin, Sunflower, Tippah, Tishomingo, Warren, Wilkinson, Winston, Read More 2, page 86, JONES, Jno. In the interim, a slave revolt broke out on the Jefferson County plantation and a young woman died when the Ross' mansion was set afire, precipitating a lynching of several slaves suspected of setting the fire. 5, page 32, HARPER, Wm., 68 slaves, Police Dist. (Indian slavery was common in territorial Missouri; most Indian slaves had been captured during intertribal wars and sold to white traders. 3, page 98, JONES, Elizabeth L., 22 slaves, Police Dist. County population included 2,918 whites, 35 free colored and 12,396 slaves. Catalog record for Dawes Rolls microfilm Information about birth, death, marriage, and divorce records is available at the Vital Records office of the State Department of Health website. ----------------------------------------------. describe the main subdivisions of the State by which the census was enumerated. Alfred Bradley m. Sarah Ruo 04 Feb 1878 Historians agree that the patrols were probably used sporadically and only at times when white citizens feared rebellion or insurrection. WebThe archives has microfilm copies of service records for Mississippians in the War of 1812 (181215), Mexican War (184648), Civil War (186165), and the Spanish-American War (1898), and draft registration cards for World War I (191718). If an African American ancestor They are not available for every county, and several years are not indexed. while constituting less than 1 % of the total number of U.S. slaveholders, or 1 out of 7,000 free 2, page 85B, WARREN, Joseph J., 25 slaves, Police Dist. 3, page 93B, DARDEN, Jno. 1, page 66, SIMS, Eliza, 47 slaves, Police Dist. Although statutes prohibited abolitionist publications in the late 1830s, a decade later, the fear of abolitionist doctrine remained strong. 5, page 43, WOOD, Walter W., 48 slaves, Police Dist. An award-winning reference publication for history projects, papers and reports., Learning Lagniappes 5, page 37, ARCHER, James, 98 slaves, Police Dist. 1, page 72, COLEMAN, F.? 2, page 77B, JOHNSON, James S., 63 slaves, Police Dist. 3, page 105, PAYNE, Jane C., 33 slaves, Police Dist. B., 28 slaves, Police Dist. While engaged in the 47-day siege of the Mississippi city, federal soldiers visited Davis plantation, Brierfield, about twenty miles away. In 1837, the General Assembly passed an act to prohibit the publication, circulation, and promulgation of the abolition doctrines. A conviction subjected the offending person to a maximum fine of $1000 and two years in the state penitentiary. Make a Research Request Fearing slave escapes, territorial legislators included provisions designed to decrease these attempts. 3, page 95, LEIGHTON, Sarah, 36 slaves, Police Dist. 1870 census and they may have still been living in the same State or County. Two slaves of William were named as servant members of Union Church Presbyterian Church. The French implemented the Code Noir , or Black Code, attempting to define the parameters of slavery in the area that later became the state of Missouri. separate list of the surnames of the holders with information on numbers of African Americans on 3, page 97, KEY, T. J., 128 slaves, Police Dist. They were not required to leave the state after gaining their freedom. 5, page 44, GRIFFING, Jno. Orleans The page numbers used are the rubber stamped numbers Springfield Plantation is an antebellum house located near Fayette in Jefferson County, Mississippi. 4, page 54, FLOWERS, Catherine, 35 slaves, Police Dist. What can MDAH Volunteers Do? WebThe first Fugitive Slave Law was passed in 1793 providing for the return of enslaved blacks who had escaped and crossed state boundaries. 2, page 83B, TERRY, Jon, 44 slaves, Police Dist. 2, page 75, SHORT, Davy, 28 slaves, Police Dist. obtained using Heritage Quests CD African-Americans in the 1870 U.S. Federal Census, 2, page 88B, TURPIN, Joseph A., 59 slaves, Police Dist. listed as having 2,489 whites, about 15% less than in 1860, and the 1960 total of 7,652 3, page 107, FULTON, John, 43 slaves, Police Dist. WebSome 36,000 former slaves are listed on the contracts, which record the freedmens agreement to work for a planter (possibly their former master) for a fee, medical care, Each countywide slave schedule must be searched to see if there are names of enslaved individuals or not. The patrols were not, however, supposed to prevent slaves from attending Sabbath worship services. Cemetery category needed, Missouri. 1, page 64B, BUIE, Daniel G., 26 slaves, Police Dist. Slave patrols worked at least twelve hours per month, or as many hours as the court appointing it desired; members received twenty-five cents per hour. Published information giving names of slaveholders and numbers of slaves held in Educable childrens lists may be found in the records of the Secretary of State, Department of Education, or counties. 1, page 677B, BULLIN, Benj. You are the visitor to this page. L.?, 27 slaves, Police Dist. Some of our archives are viewable online; others, only in person. 2, page 84B, OQUIN, R. B., Thomas Oquin agent, 23 slaves, Police Dist. County clerks indexed the marriage records, usually by grooms surnames. The law also prohibited owners, in the process of selling slaves, to break up a family unit of a husband, wife, and children under the age of fourteen. This image depicts the 1878 Mississippi River map showing suspected slave cemeteries on the site of the $9.4 billion Formosa Chemical complex proposed for western St. James Parish. 2, page 83B, DUNBAR, Olivia, James S. Johnson Admr of, Stephen ____? Jane, 107 slaves, Police Dist. Use our Learning Lagniappes to quickly search the Digital Archives for historical photographs and documents to use with students. 240 slaveholders, and those slaveholders have not been included here. Green had the house built to show off his wealth. 5, page 41, SCOTT, R. B., 27 slaves, Police Dist. 5, page 39B, BAKER, Thomas F., 37 slaves, Police Dist. If the surname is not on this list, the microfilm can be viewed to see if Mississippi History Day About Us | Contact Us | Copyright | Report Inappropriate Material slaveholders and former slaves. According to U.S. Census records, Doggett owned 151 slaves, including Evans and his immediate family members. The plantation survived the Civil War and the Union occupation of Mississippi during the later half of the 1800s. Cemetery category needed, Missouri. At that first meeting, the general assembly enacted legislation necessary to make the constitution operative. 5, page 35B, COLEMAN, Israel, 84 slaves, Police Dist. Anyone who arrested a runaway slave could receive a $100 reward if the capture took place outside of Missouri borders and the slave was over the age of twenty. , Research at the Winter Building Labor contracts are indexed by freedmen, planter, and plantation. Authorities designed these laws in order to maintain power in the face of a growing slave population. States that saw more significant increases in colored population during that Mississippians have a long history of serving in the armed forces. Mississippi History Now The Natchez District was the first Mississippi region where plantations were established. being used to designate the pages without a stamped number. The commission generated the Dawes Rolls of people eligible for tribal membership from 1898 to 1914. Dixon, 26 slaves, Police Dist. 2, page 80, WADE, Lauane?, 20 slaves, Police Dist. Volunteer Applications Saml Shaw, 48 - Ceiley, 30 - Elvie, 14 - Melissa, 10 - Mary, 8 - Minerva, 7 - Merryman Howard, 11 months In addition to placing more restrictions on slave life, the General Assembly also attempted to prevent abolitionist influence on Missouri slaves. Plantation names were not shown on the census. In a slave society, slaveholders considered it necessary to monitor the daily lives of their slaves, thereby subjugating an involuntary labor force, and limit the freedom of free blacks, who might otherwise agitate and create unrest and rebellion among the slaves. The law considered any black person, free or slave, who conspired to incite a rebellion or commit murder, guilty of a felony; in such instances, the slaves usually received a death sentence. of justice and legality of claims of ownership need not be addressed in this transcription. Due to variable film 5, page 32B, HOLMES, William, 75 slaves, Police Dist. ADAMS, Thomas, 64 slaves, Police Dist. L., 21 slaves, Police Dist. An ancestor not shown to hold slaves on the 1860 slave census WebThe history of slavery in Missouri began in 1720, predating statehood, with the large-scale slavery in the region, when French merchant Philippe Franois Renault brought about These files list the names and ages of children aged five to eighteen and, beginning in 1885, their parents or guardians. should be noted however, that in comparing census data for 1870 and 1960, the transcriber did the 1870 census who were enumerated with the same surname. 4, page 56B, DENT, Warren R., 76 slaves, Police Dist. 2, page 81, ROWAN, Thomas, 97 slaves, Police Dist. County. 3, page 105B, WADE, Nelsan? The mansion was one of the first houses in America to have a full colonnade across the entire facade and is the first such mansion to be built in the Mississippi Valley. 2, page 77B, KINNISON, David, 32 slaves, Police Dist. Some families who were missed by the state or federal census taker may be listed on the enumeration of educable children. census, the white population had increased about 10% to 3,215, while the colored population Map of Underground Railroad routes from 1830 - 1865. County population included 2,918 whites, 35 free colored and 12,396 slaves. See what's new in our collections of historic objects, archival records, and archaeological artifacts. These conditions put limitations on the activities of slaves and free blacks, placing the responsibility of slave control on the owners. PURPOSE. African American descendants of persons who were enslaved in Jefferson County, Mississippi in 4, page 54B, HARRISON, Richard, 38 slaves, Police Dist. A quarter-million photographs, postcards, maps, and more, available for reproduction. Explore roles for public, behind-the-scenes, and even virtual e-volunteers. A., 63 slaves, Police Dist. Using plantation Though the census schedules speak in terms of slave owners, the 103-104). 3, page 93, STAMPLEY, Jacob, 25 slaves, Police Dist. 2, page 87B, SCOTT, Samuel, 169 slaves, Police Dist. Bring history to life in your classroom. This was an obvious attempt to limit any means by which slaves might escape to freedom. Learn more about the most extensive collection of archaeological artifacts, archival records, and historic objects that span 13,000 years of Mississippi history. ( Find A Grave). Owners also lived under particular guidelines with respect to their slaves. Negroeswas about 38% less than what the colored population had been 100 years before.) by 1%, about 6,000. . 1, page 74B, SCOTT, Putnam, 35 slaves, Police Dist. This transcription lists the names of those largest slaveholders in the County, the Missouri Office of the Secretary of State. 5, page 44B, DONOHO, William C., 20 slaves, Police Dist. President Grover Cleveland appointed the Dawes Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes in 1893 to negotiate land with the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole tribes. into fully and absolute ratify and confirm the foregoing receipt for said sum of $4000 - and bill of sale of certain negroes therein named and I futher release and assign in consideration foresaid all of my rights title and interest unto the said William Shaw of in and to the said negroes slaves to wit, SAM, GEORGE, ABRAM, ALFRED, TOM, AMY and ELIJA to same being sold to the said William in consideration of services rendered viz ? Digital Archives MDAH provides free and low-cost services to help state and local government entities comply with Mississippi laws on records management. . Before presuming The increasing presence of mulattos in the territory proved the ineffectiveness of the law against miscegenation, especially in governing the relationships between white owners and black slave women. 4, page 47B, MADDOX, A., 63 slaves, Police Dist. 4, page 50B, DIXON, Rachael, in trust for hire of Robt. 2, page 76, CAGAN, Tho. For two years, Green Jr. had to leave his beloved plantation to go to Washington, D.C. when he became a Congressman from the Mississippi Territory. Corporate Information | Privacy | Terms and Conditions | CCPA Notice at Collection, African American descendants of persons who were enslaved in Jefferson County, Mississippi in By the 1870 census, the white population had increased about 6% to 6,145, and the colored population had increased about 10% to 13,225. Masters who allowed their slaves to go at large, hire their own time, or deal as a free person, were fined between $20 and $100 for each offense. 5, page 45, WOOD, Edgar G., Wilkin Place, F. F. F. Fletcher agent, 156 slaves, Police Dist. Web1860 Jefferson County Slave Schedule - Mississippi Atty and Hager Nevils Whalumwith a Grandchild Atty born about 1837, died 1928 Slave on the John Mitchell Plantation Union Traveling Trunks 3, page 105, STEWART, W. B., 61 slaves, Police Dist. 2, page 79, ROSS, John J. W., 61 slaves, Police Dist. 3, page 1, WEST,Charles, 51 slaves, Police Dist. F., 59 slaves, Police Dist. Elnora Primus m. James Jackson 20 Dec 1884 2, page 86B, SHAW, Mary, 55 slaves, Police Dist. Violations could receive a $500 fine, six months in jail, or both (Laws 1847, pp. data for 1860 was obtained from the Historical United States Census Data Browser, which is a Gabe Bradley m. Emily Coleman 20 Oct 1887 Guardian, 120 slaves, Police Dist. Field Trip Guides Failure to leave the state meant a jail term and ten lashes; statutes allowed up to twenty lashes after 1845. PRIMUS MARRIAGES Listed below is additional information about these families. TERMINOLOGY. The online catalogs Quick Searches offer three finding aids for court records, listed to the right, with entries for individual parties named in the suit. 4, page 55B, MAYBERRY, Mary J., 22 slaves, Police Dist. He died in 1871 at the age of sixty-one and is buried in Holly Springs, Mississippi. The information on surname matches of 1870 African Americans and 1860 slaveholders is William's mother Mary released her rights and interest in the seven slaves in 1854, after the death of her husband T. B. Shaw. The same sentence applied to a free negro who broke this law. 2, page 75, BRUN?, Catherine, 20 slaves, Police Dist. W., 52 slaves, Police Dist. The 1860 U.S. Census Slave Schedules for Jefferson County, Mississippi (NARA A portion of the fifty microfilm rolls pertaining to the operation of the Mississippi Freedmens Bureau include marriage records of some of the newly freed slaves. Malinda Bradley m. 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W., 21 slaves, Police Dist. In Mississippi in 1860 there were 481 farms of 1,000 In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand seal, W. A. Killingsworth, Witness Whether you are interested in discovering a Mississippi story, preserving it for future generations, or sharing it with others, see how MDAH can help. Both are buried in the Union Church Cemetery in Union Church, Jefferson County, MS. William owned 53 slaves per the 1860 Jefferson County Slave Schedule. 3, page 104B, REYNOLDS, Nancy? Abr, 39 - Sallie, 26 - Linda, 10 - Melvin, 8 - Gabriel, 6 - Mariah, 2 - Frozina, 4 - Jennie, 76 WebThe plantations of the Old South, the white families who owned, operated, and lived on them, and the blacks who toiled on them as slaves for more than two centuries, have been the subjects of numerous historical studies since the pioneering work of Ulrich B. Phillips in the early twentieth century. J., 68 slaves, Police Dist. The archives collection includes hundreds of court cases from the files of the High Court of Errors and Appeals (forerunner of the State Supreme Court). Distance Learning 5, page 41B, CRON, Asa, 35 slaves, Police Dist. to describe the main subdivisions of the State by which the census was enumerated. 2, page 78, COFFEY, Chesley S., 41 slaves, Police Dist. If the surname is found, they can then view the microfilm for the details listed regarding the sex, 5, page 39, DOBYNS, C. E., 105 slaves, Police Dist. The 1860 U.S. Census was the last U.S. census showing slaves and Miscegenation (where people of two different races have a child together) was also absolutely forbidden, though the law was difficult to enforce. If the capture took place outside the state and the slave was under the age of twenty, the reward dropped to $50. 2, page 84, OWEN, Mary, 22 slaves, Police Dist. 3, page 97B, TRIMBLE, Michael W., 69 slaves, Police Dist. Alfred, 37 - Sarah, 26 - Martha, 19 - Charlie, 11 - Jane, 13 - Alice, 3 - Mary E., 3, All marriages occurred in Jefferson County, MS. - 3, page 93B, STAMPLEY, Stephen C., 77 slaves, Police Dist. Athens?, 24 slaves, Police Dist. ALFRED BRADLEY available through Heritage Quest at. and living in County), JOHNSON, 33402, 2900, 115, 2220, 1541, 80. The archives offers microfilm copies of most of the original marriage books held by the county courthouses. Only one of William Finleys former slaves, ten-year-old Ruben Finley, appears in the Register of Freedmen. Due to variable film Slaves were enumerated in 1860 without giving their names, only their sex and age In addition, the code made it unlawful for slaves to leave their master's property without permission, and prohibited slaves from carrying guns or owning property. The 1940 census is the most recent one opened to the public and is available online.. 3, page 96B, DARDEN, A. J., 35 slaves, Police Dist. The code instructed them to not torture, mutilate, or kill their slaves, though masters who did so were rarely rebuked. methods used by the census enumerators, interested researchers should view the source film Plan your visit to our reading rooms in Jackson, where most of our archives are housed.. SOURCES. Jefferson, which became Hernando in 1836, originated as a trading post for barter with the Chickasaw Indians, but rapidly became the largest town in the county. 4, page 49B, GRIFFING, Sarah, 25 slaves, Police Dist. 5, page 35, DUNBAR, Joseph, 59 slaves, Police Dist. Union Church Presbyterian Church Session Records, 1820-1998 by Linda Durr Rudd. obtained using Heritage Quests CD African-Americans in the 1870 U.S. Federal Census, slaves, or 85% of the County total. Learn more. Download ready-made guides for seven historic destinations. 5, page 33, CHAMBLISS, Drucilla, 30 slaves, Police Dist. 4, page 49, ROSS, J. Allison, 115 slaves, Police Dist. 1, page 71B, MITCHELL, John J., 69 slaves, Police Dist. I was born in Greenville, Mississippi. Check open positions at specific locations. 4, page 59B, COMPTON, Richard, 34 slaves, Police Dist. The counties represented in the database: Adams, Amite, Carroll, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Harrison, Hinds, Itawamba, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Leake, Lowndes, Madison, Marshall, Monroe, Noubee, Noxubee, Pontotoc, Rankin, Sunflower, Tippah, Tishomingo, Warren, Wilkinson, Winston, , Early Mississippi Marriages 1800-1900 Read More , Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person Interviewed: Matilda Bass Location: 1100 Palm Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 80 Occupation: Farmed Yes maam, I was eight years old when the Old War ceasted. 1, page 71B, KILLINGSWORTH, A. W., 104 slaves, Police Dist. 3, page, TERRY, Robert D., 24 slaves, Police Dist. The term County is used Tune in with Suzanne Marrs, Welty's friend and biographer, and Suzann Harrison, Eckerd College professor of rhetoric, for an online discussion of V. Bring your mats for Yoga in the Welty Garden Tuesdays in May from 77:30 a.m. At noon on Wednesday, May 3, Davis Houck will present A Lynching Post-Facto: Emmett Till and the Mississippi Press in 1955 as part of the His. The law imposed a penalty of $150 for each illegally transported slave; in addition, the master could recover damages, including the market value for a lost or runaway slave, from the ship's captain or ship's owner in court. Exceptions were made for those slaves living on a frontier plantation; their owner could obtain a license from the justice of the peace allowing the slaves to possess a weapon, presumably for protection against Indians and wild animals, or perhaps for hunting. 4, page 58B, KILLINSWORTH, Anapens?, 47 slaves, Police Dist. 5, It is not known how many people are buried at the Green Family Cemetery at Springfield Plantation. They took my parents , Slave Narrative of Matilda Bass Read More , It has been the discovery of the rich mineral deposits of the northwest that has led to the development of this section of the country, and among those who have been prominent in promoting the mining interests of Idaho is Benjamin F. Hastings, late mining inspector of the state. an African American was a slave on the 1860 census, the free census for 1860 should be checked, 3, page 106, CHAMBERLAIN, T. C., 72 slaves, Police Dist. on this list should not be a difficult research task, but it is beyond the scope of this transcription. 3, page 94B, COX, Martha M., 33 slaves, Police Dist. It has been associated with many famous people throughout its history. 3, page 100B, MONTGOMERY, Saml. In 1850, the slave K., 37 slaves, Police Dist.

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