avoyelles parish plantations

. Denomination / Affiliation: Roman Catholic. 1825-1830 by Antoine Gosserand. He is possessed of that untiring energy, vim and business push, which is characteristic of the New Englander, and He began improving his plantation and was one of the first members of the Legislature from St. Landry Parish. Due to variable film quality, handwriting The maternal great-grandfather of our subject, J. Is the item digitized? He died in 1885, at the advanced age of eighty-six years, greatly regretted all over Louisiana. Dr. Ducote and his wife are the parents of three children: Joseph Richard (attending Spring Hill College), and Ethel Lee and Beatrice (attending the Convent of States that saw more significant increases in colored population during that time, and Vicksburg. During the Until the development of the steamboat, transportation of goods on major rivers was generally accomplished either with barges or flatboats, floated downstream or pushed upstream with poles or by hand using overhanging tree limbs. His home is the resort of the intelligence of the country round, as also of strangers of the same class sojourning here. researchers should view the source film personally to verify or modify the information in this transcription for their own He was married in New Orleans to Miss Amanda Bouligny, which union has resulted in the birth of nine children: Louise, Charles, Gustave, Corinne, Estelle, Mathilde, Edward, Amanda and Beulah. Visitation of Mobile. born in the parish of Natchitoches, La., May 11, 1845, but was reared in Avoyelles Parish, his education being received in Baton Rouge Collegiate Following the holder list is a separate list of the surnames of the holders with William M. Prescott, planter, Eola, La. In 1873 he entered the medical department of the University of Louisiana, now the Tulane University of New Orleans, from which institution he was sent out as an M. D. in 1875. In this parish he was married to Miss May H. Campbell, by whom he has three children: William Henry, Mamie B. and William W. Mr. Hall's father was a sugar merchant of Mobile, Ala., and his grandfather, who was of English descent, was born in Winchester, Moreanville, and few men have had demonstrated to them in a more worthy manner Subject's great great-grandfather was the first governor of I Louisiana under the Spanish rule. Of his marriage, three children were bornone son and two daughters the son, E. Bascom Joffrion, was born on February 27, 1802, and died ou November 24, 1884. For animated maps illustrating Louisiana Parish boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Louisiana Parish Boundary Maps" (1805-1990) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website. The U.S. gained rights to use the New Orleans port in 1795. General Richard Taylor's Confederate army failed to prevent Union army crossing . Georgia, up 80,000 (17%); Texas, up 70,000 (38%); Alabama, up 37,000 (8%); North Carolina, up 31,000 (8%); Florida, The Irion family has always been of Baptist persuasion. P. Regard, merchant, Mansura, La. On September 24, 1857, he was married to Sue K. Fields, daughter of William M. Fields and Ann Thorne, at, Danville, Ky., and returned to Avoyelles, his native parish, to locate. (Cullom) Frith, the birth of the former occurring in the State of Mississippi. John A. and Mary C. (Cocke) Glaize, both parents being North Carolinians. Miles, daughter of Lemuel Miles, one of the pioneer settlers of Avoyelles Parish in 1801 Mr. Ewell gave up merchandising and has since devoted the principal part of his time to planting near Evergreen. war, when he returned home in Louisiana. He is a native of St. Landry Parish, La., born November 8, 1849, and is the son of Hon. A. E. Gremillion is a notary public of His parents, Alfred Tarleton and Cecilia Tarleton, moved from Mary Ian! If only black-and-white ("b&w") sources are listed and you desire a copy showing [13] The only practical means for shipping agricultural products more than a few miles without exceeding their value was by water. A. The immediate subject of this biography was reared in this parish, and received his early education under the instruction of private tutors and in the Evergreen Home Institute. Rachel. In the above mentioned year, on account of poor health, he determined to try a milder climate and came to Louisiana, and for several years thereafter They Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana Genealogy: The following Civil War battles were fought in Avoyelles Parish:[6]. He is a hard student, and keeps the roughly apace with the progress of his profession, to which fact no doubt much of his success is due. He acted as a private and gunner, and was wounded at Petersburg and Gettysburg, losing his hearing in the last-named battle. In the 1725 1770 period under French rule, early pioneers and settlers from Pointe Coupe and Natchitoches Parishes and surrounding areas began to settle in the area. [citation needed] The return of good harvests in Europe along, with the newly cleared and planted land in the Midwest and Mississippi River Valley and improvements in transportation, resulted in a collapse in agricultural prices that caused the 1818-19 depression. in Avoyelles Parish, accounting for 2,684 slaves, or 37 % of the Parish total. Avoyelles Commission of Tourism | 8592 Hwy. position of clerk of the parish court, a position for which ho was admirably president of the police jury, and held the office of magistrate for many years. Mass times for St. Elizabeth are below. up 27,000 (41%); Ohio, up 26,000 (70%); Indiana, up 25,000 (127%); and Kansas up from 265 to 17,000 (6,400%). afterward married to Miss Zepherine M. Zorich, a member of the influential family of Prof. Charles Campbell Wier, Evergreen, La. For a number of years after leaving school Mr. Marshall resided in Madison County, Ala., after which he removed to Memphis, Tenn. where he dealt in cotton until the He was married in 1849 to Miss Azema Lemoine, daughter of Z. Lemoine, who is a planter and a native of this parish. William M. and Evalina (Moore) Prescott, the father a native of south," which was highly commended. and grew under his management. At the age of eighteen years he commenced business for himself fis a planter, Congregation members: Mrs. Newel Avoyelles Parish residents have traditionally lived quiet lives on small farms. Also known as the Old Post Office. His grandfather was one of the pioneer settlers of the Blue Grass State. The land area consists of 864 square miles. Circa-1850 home on former sugar plantation, scene of a, Early 19th-century plantation, joined in 1890 with, This page was last edited on 25 February 2023, at 00:44. have been born five children: Bennett Barton, Wilber Fields, Joseph William Eloi, Lola Grace and Winnie Pearl. When twenty-one years of age he was married to Miss Mary E. Bennett, who was but fifteen years of age, and they He is at present, a member of the police jury or Ward No. Abt 1856 Some records were destroyed or damaged from unknown causes. Slaves were In his declining years he wears the laurels of an upright, honest life, and He was married in August, 1890, to Miss Elize, daughter of F. and Zeline (Monnin) Survey number: HABS LA-1248, Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress), Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Building no more existing. J. M. Watson is an industrious, enterprising man of business, and as a general He' was a lineal descendant of Charles J times Fox. which he had begun under an able physician in Missouri. have seven living children: Sarah A. Burdette and Jemima (Thompson) Kemper, natives also of Kentucky. The paternal grandfather of our subject, was also born in Louisiana, and was a planter. After finishing his course he returned home and immediately entered upon the practice of his profession. By his marriage, which occurred in 1864 to Miss Hermentine Bonnette, there were born six children: Alice, Irene, Rosney, Annie, Mary and James. Established circa 1815, Frogmore Plantation has a steam-powered cotton gin. Since 1858 he has been a notary public and magistrate most of the time up to the present. Both are deceased. In 1859 he was married to Miss Caroline King, of Opelousas, and the daughter of Valentine King, of one of the prominent Louisiana families. His decisions were rendered after (he most He is the owner of some valuable land in the parish, and is in very good circumstances financially. and was a man of considerable prominence in the parish, having been a Whig (Some images display only as thumbnails outside in 1886 began merchandising in East Feliciana Parish for himself, and there In 1850, the slave census was also separate from the free census, but in earlier years it was a part of the free census. In Louisiana in 1860 there were 371 farms of In this manner he continued his studies for a number of years, and became as well informed as the majority of the young men of his day. Ex-Senator Jonas and others. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents. H. C. Kemper, planter, Evergreen, La. A certain lot or parcel of land situated and lying in the Parish of Avoyelles on Bayou Boeuf; it is well understood, that the land hereby purchased in the whole front of the original tract, as purchased by the said vendor, and running back so far as to include all the buildings and improvements erected thereon, and thence to the nearest point on He surrendered at Natchitoches. McEnery, of his death, which occurred in 1877. Dr. E. de Nux, physician and surgeon, Marksville, La. Walter and Elizabeth. The families on both sides (Prescott and Moore) were of English extraction. His consideration for the people with whom he comes in contact in the practice of his profession, his gentle and kindly manners, his genial and cheering presence and his humanity, inspire perfect confidence between him and his patients, and do almost as much as his medicines in bringing about the desired results. He is prepossessing in appearance, and is the picture of health and physical manhood. His social is not less marked than his business prominence. the appreciation in which they are held than has Dr. Rabalais. He participated in the battles He was born in Bedford County, Tenn., December 8, 1851, and in that State was retired and educated. In 1800 he was married to Miss A. M. Gray, a native of Mississippi, but a resident of Louisiana, and they moved on their present plantation, which was a part of the Gray estate in 1863. Marksville, and as he was born in this parish on January 23, 1859, his many good The dogtrot and other minor alterations were made in 1967. Learn more. Parish seat: Marksville [4]. In connection with this she is managing a hotel, and as she at. Do the Access Advisory or Call Number fields above indicate that a non-digital surrogate exists, father's death occurred in 1827 when fifty-six years of ago, and the mother's in 1802 fit the ago of eighty-three years. have a number of physicians, among whom prominently stands Dr. L. Rabalais, a native of Avoyelles Parish, La. for a mouth. A. He is a sound Democrat. A village in Avoyelles Parish that thrived from 1830-1881. names of plantations in this Parish with the names of the large holders on this list should not be a difficult research task, but advise you in both how to fill out a call slip and when the item can be served. his mother in 1859, he returned home. It was paid out at Shreveport, La., and at Marshall, Tex. Dr. A. G. Pearce received the most of his literary education fit the Louisiana State University and completed the same at Georgetown, Ky. Steam-powered river navigation began in 1811-12, between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and New Orleans. Significance: Clarendon Plantation House, located in Avoyelles Parish Louisiana was originally constructed circa 1842. Later he embarked in the mercantile business at Evergreen. Review, is a native of Avoyelles Parish, La., born in 1841, and as he grew up in his native parish he received his education in the schools of the same. . A plaque reading "Louisiana Ice & Utilities Bunkie Div. He has also been superintendent of public instruction for Avoyelles Parish, and Dr. C. J. Ducote was born in the town in which he is now residing (Cottonport, La.) He was born ou February 11, 1832, and is a son of Josoph and Deidami (Rabalais) Joffrion (see sketch of E. J. Joffrion]. Completed in 1790, the site of a tribunal after, Composed of 39 buildings, Evergreen Plantation is an intact major. He does tin annual business of about $20,000, and his large and growing patronage is unquestionably deserved. and is numbered among the highly-respected citizens of the same. Built in 1830; French-Creole Architecture. endeavors. The USGenWeb has provided an easy to use form for submitting a RECORD of any . Using plantation names to locate ancestors He died when about only twenty-five or thirty years of age, leaving two children, one a sister, besides our subject. He has resumed the practice of the law, and enjoys to a great degree the esteem and confidence of his fellow-men. Plantation names were not shown on the census. A. D. Lafargue was He served during the entire war, with the exception of about ten months of tin close, when be was very seriously wounded. The Library of Congress does notown rights to material in its collections. PLANTATION NAMES. Adolphe J. Lafargue received his education in Jefferson Literary College of St. James Parish, La. He is a native-born resident of Mansura, La. in 1871 he purchased a plantation, and erected au The father died at our subject's residence, in 1888, and the mother died three years previous to this. Parish InformationAvoyelles Parish residents have traditionally lived quiet lives on small farms. although his first efforts as a tiller of the soil were on fifteen acres of land He served in the latter part of the war, but was not in any of the large battles, After making up his mind to study medicine he pursued his studies under a preceptor, but subsequently entered and graduated from the Georgia Medical College of Augusta, Ga., after which he emigrated to Louisiana, and at once began practicing in Evergreen. He has resided in this parish all his life, for here be was born on March 24, 1858, to Thomas P. and Sarah A. Mr. Tanner is a native of this State, born in 1804, and is a son of E. L. and Alice Winifred (Glaze) Tanner, both of whom were also born in this State, being here reared, the education of the father being obtained in the State of Virginia. Now the school has a large attendance, and is in a flourishing condition. leaving five children, two sons and three daughters, one child dying at the age of ton years, in 1888. Raised plantation home along False River representing the early Creole Greek Revival period. Upon the completion of his course he located permanently at Cottonport, and entered actively upon the practice of his profession, which calling His parents, William and Elizabeth (Standifer) Hudson, were natives of Georgia, and were married in Alabama, in 1828, by Dr. Daniel P. Bestor, a Baptist minister of that State, for whom the subject of this sketch was named. Orleans Parish saw an increase This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. His father, Hypolite The father was a fanner and was quite a prominent man. thorough agriculturist, and he is a man of industry and enterprise. Three children died Those who have found a free ancestor on the 1860 Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana census can check this list to learn if their ancestor was one of the larger slaveholders in the Parish. Roman HABS LA,5-EVGR.V,1- (sheet 1 of 9) - Clarendon Plantation, Evergreen, Avoyelles Parish, LA Contributor: Historic American Buildings . M. K. Pearce. Eulalie (Lemoine) Ganthier, both of whom were born in Louisiana. He was called from earth in 1871, at the age of forty-three years, but his widow, who was educated in Louisiana and Alabama, still survives him, and is, as washer husband, a consistent member of the Episcopal Church. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:[5]. He is a physician of decided ability, a Daniel Bester Hudson, general merchant, Eola, La. SOURCES. eructation was obtained in the city of Brotherly Love. 189, Evergreen Chapter No. He raises 350 bales of cotton each year, and is one of born in Louisiana in 1802, and died on July 3, 1872, his mother, Deidami Rabalais, born also in Louisiana in 1810, died August 28, 1868; both were of French descent, their ancestors being among the first settlers of the parish of Avoyelles. He served only eight mouths in that capacity, when he resigned to accept a commission from Jefferson Davis in the regular Confederate Army, and was Dr. Roy is a young The 1860 U.S. Census was the last U.S. census showing slaves and slaveholders. Lodge Mason at Evergreen Lodge. The above mentioned gentleman is one of the most, successful and prominent physicians in this part of Louisiana, and is ever to be found b}r the bedside of sick and suffering humanity. He is a leader in politics in his locality. preferred living a more retired life, devoting himself to his home interests and to the advancement of the locality. PWey, of Hamburg, La., was born in Switzerland County, Ind., in 1840, am! The parish is geographically located in the center of the state with a present-day population of approximately 40,000. In 175)8 they removed to Tennessee, and there the After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were usually recorded at the county courthouse where records are also currently housed. Built in the late 18th century in what then was outside of the city, home to Mayor, Former sugar plantation from the 1820s, manor house built in 1884 for the 1884. Gardens and ruins open daily, March 1 to June 30 & October 1 to December 1. The actual number of slaveholders may be slightly lower because some large holders held slaves in more than one County and they would have been counted as a separate slaveholder in each County. strength of the mercantile trade, and he is not- only a gentleman of education and learning, but has high social qualities. of the fourteenth section of the Ninth International Medical Congress, which met tit Marksville. Mr. Ewell Before clerking he was printer and deputy clerk for about one year, and worked two years in a drug store of his brother-in-law. Corrine, Lola, Ida and Omitha. distinction at the bar by his talents and eloquence, winning a well earned enumeration of the transcribed slaveholders. His marriage which occurred in 1870 was to Miss Lizzie Woodward, who died in 1885, This Roman Catholic church serves Sonoma County CA . Their family consists of four children: L. B., Susan E. (wife of Dr. J. J. Roberts, Hillsboro, Tex. information on numbers of African Americans on the 1870 census who were enumerated with the same surname. sketch. He has a large cotton-gin on his This made much of the land in the U.S. unsuitable for growing crops other than for local consumption. He has been a lifelong student of the classics, Greek and He filled with great credit the Had been Francis Routh's cotton plantation; and the land is now part of the. The paternal grandfather was also born in the city of New Orleans, and the family are After Lee's surrender he returned to New Orleans, but from 1865 to 1872 was in business for himself in that city. years he was engaged as manager of a cooperative store in Grangeville. After completing his course he located at Haasville, and here he has since practiced his profession. been accomplished by individual effort, and by constant, earnest industry, her career in this respect being one well worth}' of imitation. capture of Napoleon Bonaparte. A. one vote. merchant of Bunkie, La., he has built up a large paying trade He was born in St. although the son of a zealous supporter of the Bourbons, was himself a Republican, and bitterly opposed Charles X. which fact forced him to seek his home in America. Personally and in every private relation, and duty of life, to much can not be said in his praise, for he is liberal, generous and high-minded, and is the By his profession he has acquired considerable property, [citation needed], Transportation at the time was extremely limited. B. man and a useful citizen, he brought a number of books with him, and his leisure This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States. [citation needed], Under ownership of Spain, the city of New Orleans held the strategically important location between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain. though a well-informed man on political affairs. The mother died in 1877. In 1873 he was married to Miss Annette Derivas, a native of Louisiana, and the fruits of this union are four children: Emeric, Gaston, Henry and Sylvain, Dr. de Nux and family are members of the the original in color by citing the Call Number listed above and including the catalog Dr. George E. E. Fox received private schooling at home until sixteen years of age and then entered In 1850 he entered the junior class at Center College, Danville, Ky., but left there after six mouths to begin the study of law under Judge T. B. Monroe, of Frankfort, Ky. property which he operates in connection with managing his plantation and his Eloi Joffrion was reared and partially educated in During the Civil War era, Avoyelles had military action as witnessed at Fort DeRussy (Marksville), the Battle of Mansura, and the Battle of Yellow Bayou (Simmesport). His paper is strictly moral in its tone He enlisted in the Confederate Army, Company I, Eighteenth Louisiana He moved to Avoyelles Parish in 1849, and shortly afterward was engaged as overseer for a prominent planter in He got out naturalization papers in the decade of 1860. He is a native of St. Landry Parish, La., born in 1830, and prepared himself for college in the private schools of that State. Mrs. Ewell died in 1800. In the beginning of 1802 he enlisted in Boone's battery as a private, and later was promoted to sergeant. Mayer opened up a stock of general merchandise and drugs, in partnership with his brother, with a capital of about $600. the public has in him. John Kemper, was a native of the Old Dominion and of German descent. He is an ardent Democrat, never having Census data He has been an active member of the Louisiana State Medical Society since its organization, and has served three times as vice-president and once as president. and afterward took up the study of law, entering the law department of the Louisiana University (now Tulane), at the age of twenty years, but as he was too young to receive a license, he entered the journalistic field, as manager of the Bulletin, of which he became editor and proprietor some three years later, a position he has since held. V. and Eugenie (Ganthier) Rabalais, both natives of Louisiana, and their families being among the first of this part of the State. Besides his law practice lie has planting interests to which he devotes some attention. Upland or green seeded cotton was not a commercially important crop until the invention of an improved cotton gin in 1793. He was in the battle of Mansfield, and was at Alexandria at the time of the surrender. He came to Avoyelles Parish when a young man, and he and his wife became the parents of six children. Mrs. Joffrion lived only eighteen months after marriage, and left no issue. his widow passed from life in 1890 at the age of seventy-three years. Latin, speaks and writes the French language quite proficiently, and reads German. Other materials require appointments for later the same day or in the future. He visited the Paris Exposition in 1889, and other points of interest in France, among which was Nancy and Bar Le Due. He was married in Mississippi (while at home on a furlough, during the war, at the time he was wounded), to Miss Laura McMakin, a native of Spartinburg, S. C., and the fruits of this union were fourteen children, seven Henrietta Convillion was the only living daughter of Regiment Infantry, and served during the remainder of the war. Mr. Ewell was engaged in this business until the close of the war. was born in Lowndes County, Miss., March 2. House destroyed by fire in 1963. the mother's native State. purposes. La. He is one of the foremost citizens and business men of the town, and has at all times contributed liberally for the support of every enterprise for the building up of the parish, and is considered one of its good citizens. He was not active in political affairs. The gentlemen composing the firm enjoy a solid reputation, and they require no accompanying sign to tell of their connection with the dry-goods trade of Avoyelles Parish. You are the visitor to this page. Since that time Dr. Rabalais has practiced his profession in connection with his paper for years. He is a LARGEST SLAVEHOLDERS FROM 1860 SLAVE CENSUS SCHEDULES, SURNAME MATCHES FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS ON 1870 CENSUS. To his marriage were born four children: W. K.; C. H., Aloysia and Joyce. [2] Map all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap have reared five orphan children to honorable manhood and womanhood. this in May, 1870. St Elizabeth Parish is a Catholic Church located in Zip Code 95446. (a student at Jefferson College), Isabella, Normand, Louis, Hampton, for him to be counted out as before. Mr, Hudson is one of the leading business men of Eola, and has been on the police jury of Avoyelles Parish for some time. He takes an active interest in all that tends to push forward the material growth of his parish or advance the interests of his people. financier he has not his superior in the parish. His wife died about eighteen months after they were married. With an inexpensive cotton gin a man could remove seed from as much cotton in one day as a woman could de-seed in two months working at a rate of about one pound per day. endeavors to succeed in life have resulted satisfactorily, and as a shrewd In 1.86! a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate. Thomas A. February 17, 1812, his parents, John and Joyce (Calliham) H. Ward, being also born in that State, being there reared and married, the former receiving the advantages of the common schools. By the 1870 census, the white population had increased 14% to 6,751, He and his estimable wife are members of the Baptist Church. After this ho went with Gen. Wharton's staff, took part in the battle of Mansura, Yellow Bayou find Simmesport, and returned with the command to Houston, Tex., where Gen. Wharton was killed in a personal difficulty with Maj. Baylor. Between 1860 and 1870, the Louisiana colored population Rosa Cailletean. MIGRATION OF FORMER SLAVES: According to U.S. Census data, the 1860 Avoyelles Parish population included In 1859 Mr. Joffrion was the Democratic candidate for sheriff of Avoyelles Parish, and he and his opponent, received the same number of votes, necessitating another election, which resulted in the election of his opponent by Significance: Clarendon Plantation House, located in Avoyelles Parish Louisiana was originally constructed circa 1842.

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