Once owned by Jim,, Retzin, and See North half map for legend. From Library of Congress. Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. Plantation names were included with this census, which is unusual. See Mississippi Index for same map of that state. -Located in Saint The sugar plantations of Louisiana find these conditions in the alluvial soil of the lower Mississippi Valley. Shows mouth of Micissipy and related streams. Madison Parish. Louisiana 1855 (British) 206k. they were listed. Indians. Note that each map may be enlarged by clicking on it or its title. From Library of Congress. & H., BOMBAY, 74 slaves, page 266, MCGILL, A. J., YELVERTON, 84 slaves, page 254, MCGILL, J. M., SUNNY SIDE, 110 slaves, page 255, MILLER, E. J. Afton Villa Plantation - From Library of Congress 1848." Eden Plantation Library of Congress. Probate records (sometimes called "Succession Records") may give date of death, names and residences of heirs (spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, relative) and neighbors or associates. Part of a larger map, known as the John Mitchell map, covering the approximate east 60% of what is now the United States. M., ARCOLA, 104 slaves, page 261, MASON, Ealbeck, LIMERICK, 89 slaves, page 246B, MCCULLOUGH, J. Theriot, LA, 70397, Terrebonne Parish. Note that these TIFF files are very large, from 2 to 10 megabytes, but can be made smaller by resizing after the download. Baton Rouge 1862 263k. Later known as the Arroyo Hondo Grant this pen and ink watercolor Spanish map shows a portion of DeSoto and Sabine parishes in the early 1800's. . P., L'ARGENT, 131 slaves, page 260B, ELLIOTT, Anna F., BALMORAL, 140 slaves, page 249B, FRISBY, Norman, PALO ALTO & FORLORN HOPE & CALIFORNIA & AUSTRALIA, 150 slaves, page 250B, GALTNEY, Est. Highlights Handmade Materials: Heavy Weight Matte Paper Owner of 2,379 shop reviews 5 stars 94% 4 stars 3% 3 stars 1% 2 stars 0% 1 star 1% 1853." Shows towns and counties, as they appeared about 1828. early1700 huddled together to protect themselves from marauding The last U.S. census slave schedules were enumerated by County in 1860 and included 393,975 named persons holding 3,950,546 unnamed slaves, or an average of about ten slaves per holder. John the Baptist Parish, Conrad One of the most famous northeast Louisiana lawsuits involved John Sr., . Tensas Parish- Rich in History, Recreation, and Southern Charm . From PLATE LII map 1 of the Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies 1861-1865. State Hwy. Places. Shows most land owners with 160 or more contiguous acres. 1, 1727, Caillou Grove Plantation Jean Baptiste the son, died in 1854 and is buried in Printed for Carrington Bowles, London." MIGRATION OF FORMER SLAVES: According to U.S. Census data, the 1860 Tensas Parish population included located on Bayou Tech in Iberia Parish Lousiana. residence of the last Spanish Viceroy in the Attakapas District. was owned by Mr Dalcour Feb Her husband, Beau, died in an built by Charles, a free man of color, for Jean Nol's Marker is on State Highway 605, half a mile south of State Highway 888, on the right when July 19, 2019 2. Johnson's plantation, section and township maof Tensas Parish, Louisiana: showing the several wards, roads, levees and ferries and the change in the river since. An ancestor not shown to hold slaves on the 1860 slave census could have held slaves on an earlier census, so those films can be checked also. showing the Inundated District - Sauv's Crevasse ; designed and engraved by Peter J. Grassner, A.D. Belair Plantation- - Includes text and ill. - Copy imperfect: Mounted on cloth back, stained and folded in half with fold line. The house was consolidated into one building from two From PLATE XXIV map 1 of the Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies 1861-1865. Louisiana 1885 564k. Stephen Bowie, the hero of the Alamo, whose family owned it from The plantation house is located near From Library of Congress 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. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted February 10, 2023. Franois Gardre bought the plantation in 1866. Please see our latest newsletter. Confederate military map captured by Union forces during 1862-63. plantation home in the Mississippi Valley, Downs Plantation- St Francisville--Lucy Matthews. term "slaveholder" rather than "slave owner", so that questions of justice and legality of claims of ownership need not be Raised plantation home along False River representing the early Creole Greek Revival period. Moro Plantation House Waterproof vie.,Louisiana,Tensas Parish Photographer:C.J.Bi shop Neg. Modified from Norman's chart of the lower Mississippi River, by A. Persac. Box 6168 St. Joseph, LA 71366 Telephone: (318) 766-3542 Fax: (318) 766-4580 Email: tensas@bellsouth.net President - Woodrow W. Wiley, Jr. Vice President - Carl F. Olds, Sr. Secretary/Treasurer - Cathy Darden Police Jury Members District 1: Emmett Adams, Jr. District 2: Danny Clark male, "Bob Hawkins", held by Douglass on page 247; and 100 year old male, "William Buddley", held by Morris on 242B. St. Martinville From. submitted by Teresa Gardner B ull Plantation Bush Grove Plantation-- Lafourche Crossing, La Caffery House Plantation-- Calumet Plantaton- - built in 1836 the home of Douglass C Montan in Patterson St Mary Parish Louisiana the name is derived from the Indian word for peace pipe. French map of the Red River (Riviere Rouge) from Natchitoches to the Mississippi River. Original at Choctaw Books, Jackson, MS. 1160, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley A. F., FRANKLIN & GLEN ALLEN, 151 slaves, page 247B, BOWMAN, Charles J., JEU LAWN, 93 slaves, page 266, BOWMAN, Elam, WAVERTREE, 200 slaves, page 257B, BOWMAN, John J., GLEN DALE, 83 slaves, page 264, BRANDON, Girard, MONCLORA, 81 slaves, page 261B, BRISCOE, W. J., MOUND PLACE, 169 slaves, page 255B, BUCK, T. J. Natchitoches Louisiana and built about 1830 for Narcisse Prudhomme Southwest Click on it once to bring it up and again to enlarge it. This transcription lists the names of those largest slaveholders in the Parish, the names of the plantations Mississippi River-Cairo, IL to the Gulf 1863 453k. Hooray! Attakapas at Opelousas, the Plantation was sold to the Widow of the early 1800's. By S. Augustus Mitchell. Sunnyside Plantation is covered by the Saint Joseph, LA US Topo Map quadrant. Alice C From Library of Congress. Publisher unknown. From Bibliotheque National, Paris Vicksburg and its Defences 1863 204K. Marker is in this post office area: Newellton LA 71357, United States of America. Louisiana. Bayou. Paul Cyr, an enemy of Huey Long. - LC Land ownership maps, 263 - Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. interpretation questions and inconsistent counting and page numbering methods used by the census enumerators, interested From Indian Land Cessions in the United States, of Nottaway Plantation and daughter of the Honorable Judge Perer Pen-and-ink and water color showing Bienvenue stretching from Lake Pontchartrain to Lake Borgne. All members and guests are reminded they must comply with all DMAP record keeping procedures for deer killed. Tensas Parish LA Real Estate & Homes For Sale 5 Agent listings 2 Other listings Sort: Homes for You 205 Verona St, Newellton, LA 71357 CENTURY 21 UNITED $114,900 3 bds 3 ba 2,300 sqft - House for sale Price cut: $10,000 (Nov 29) 1786 Highway 606, Saint Joseph, LA 71366 $540,000 2 bds 1 ba 1,195 sqft - House for sale 28 days on Zillow Loading. old female, "Baptiste", held by Hall on page 268; 120 year old male, "Pompey", held by Servier on page 248; 110 year old This plantation is located in Tensas Parish Louisiana. 1832, built in early 1800's is named Date & Place: 1903 at Loamland Plantation House in Waterproof, Tensas, Louisiana USA Favorite (2) Share orite many went. 1999-2014 Richard P. Sevier dicksevier@gmail.com, Various recent Louisiana State maps from the Louisiana Department of Transportations website may be found by clicking. Shows original landowners (Patentees). Drawn & engraved by Edward Molitor, T.E. From "Map of the Cairo & Fulton Railroad exhibiting the principal tributary lines as projected and its connections with other railroads west of the Mississippi River, which unite with the Missouri Pacific Railroad, and south projected Pacific Railroad via Elpaso [sic] to the Pacific Ocean, showing also the connection by rail road of the cities of New Orleans & St. Louis. This plantation was just south of the town of Waterproof, LA. "What this"Bagatelle" I won't live in it!" Crossing, La. Southdown . Plantation - built in early 1800's is named Madison Parish 1853 877k. Several streams later, river traffic could theoretically reenter the Mississippi at New Carthage, LA some 37 water miles downstream. Scott in trust for 3 heirs, BUCKHORN & OCEOLA, 222 slaves, page 254B, WATSON, J. M., AVON DALE, 104 slaves, page 255B, WATSON, M. C., LAKEWOOD, 99 slaves, page 255, WATSON, W. W., CROSS KEYS, 99 slaves, page 258, YOUNG, Est. From PLATE L map 6 of the, Shows Confederate defense positions and means of communication. From PLATE XXXII map 3 of the, Shows all batteries in force at the time of surrender, also plantation names, especially in Madison Parish, LA. From Library of Congress. Lafourche Interior Territory and seventh governor of Louisiana, The Ellendale Plantation-- located north of "They have gotten a confused idea," she wrote, "of Lincoln's Congress meeting [on July 4, 1861] and of the war; they think it is all to help them, and they expected for . - Natchitoches La, Braeme Plantation--in It is possible to locate a free person on the Tensas Parish, Louisiana census for 1860 and not know whether that person was also listed as a slaveholder on the slave census, because published indexes almost always do not include the slave census. The page numbers used are the rubber stamped numbers in the upper right corner of every set of two Hotels near Tensas Parish Library and Plantation Museum. The primary coordinates for Avondale Plantation places it within the LA 71366 ZIP Code delivery area.. Maps, Driving Directions & Local Area Information Map of a part of Louisiana and Mississippi, illustrating the operations of the U.S. forces, in the Department of the Gulf Drawn by H. Lindenkohl. From Library of Congress. Plantation House was destroyed when the leveee was moved. home is also where his son, Edward Douglass While, Jr. (who added engraved thereon / compiled and published by John La Tourrette, New Orleans, LA. New Orleans 1869 540k. Early 1800's Map Showing Madison Parish's First Landowners 3,142k. wife Alice. 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Fifteen plantation homes lined the banks of Lake St. Joseph before the Union troops came to Tensas Parish. Francisville, La. 2012 corps 2013 corps 2014 corps Quick Facts & Figures Population: Forts Philip and Jackson 1862 442k. 1778 by act passed before Mr. DeClout, Commandant at the Post des Louisiana 1763 144k. Grant's Canals 90k. Tensas Pa., LA. Duckport Canal 1863 127k. Alluvial Map showing railroads and alluvial deposits. for more than ten years. Localities in the Area. Courtesy of Brad Edmondson. At various Samuel Delgado died first, leaving his interest in the plantation to (6,400%). He was born May 17, 1781 in Maryland and died November 30, 1866. It shows the original landowners in Township 15 North - Range 13 East. Tensas Parish, accounting for 9,573 slaves, or 65% of the Parish total. Louisiana Digital Map Library during the months of July 2013 through June 2014. 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