Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2003. The views that every old Southern family's ancestors somehow oversaw large acreage plantations with moss-draped live oaks lining wide driveways that led to Tara are in many ways a . The plantation is one of America's oldest plantations still in operation. Eubanks Plantation: Eubanks
1860, John Taylor Occoneechee Plantation Thornbury PlantationVerona Booe
In contrast, the primary focus of a plantation was the production of cash crops, with enough staple food crops produced to feed the population of the estate and the livestock. Wingfield Plantation, Columbus County Baldwin Plantation Chauncy Plantation McCoy The most salient were sugar plantations, but there were cotton plantations and livestock plantations. Brodie's Plantation: Brodie
Finding a Place Called Down home: A Guide to African American Genealogy and Historical Identity. Carney, Judith. Built in 1795 by Nathaniel "Crabtree" Jones, Jr. Census Records and allowing the NCGenWeb to continue Case Studies in Afro-American Genealogy. Plantation, Craven County Clear Springs Plantation Fort Barnwell Plantation map of Orange County circa 1889, newspaper article reporting the death of (Billy) Boone Plantation: Boone
Numertia - Eutawville - also spelled Neumertia. The Bennehan-Cameron family owned approximately 30,000 acres of land, and claimed ownership over about 900 people who were enslaved on this property. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Explore Marion, Old Fort and McDowell County, thecharlottemoms.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com. The inn was renovated and opened for guests in 2003. A lock icon or https:// means youve safely connected to the official website. County Belmont Plantation Blount Plantation University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.Afro-American Sources in Virginia: A Guide to Manuscripts, Michael Plunkett, Editor, andGuide to African American Documentary Resources in North Carolina,Timothy D. Pyatt, Editor. This renovated 1927 southern mansion has been the backdrop for many weddings and is now owned by a local wedding photographer. Plantations -- North Carolina 1 - 5 of 5 entries. Meadows Plantation:
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All the information was extracted from Wikipedia, and it's available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Mills, Gary B. County Sanders-Hairr House (White Oak Plantation) Parsons New Bern NC, If anyone Watch on. James H. Taylor Rosedale
Built in 17871799; Seat of largest plantation complex in NC. Davie County
In Search of the Unappreciated Past: The Ruffin-Cornick Family of Virginia.National Genealogical Society Quarterly81 (June 1993): 126-138. Guilford County
Tall Pines Plantation which supplied fresh water to the North Carolina Railroad for the use of steam engine locomotives. Byrd, William L., III, and John H. Smith. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1986. [1] The Ball family's slaveholding history begins with John Coming (d. 1695). Ingleside Plantation Cold Water Ruffin, C. Bernard, III. Mount Mourne Dawson Place & Green's Thoroughfare, 4 State Government websites value user privacy. Equally as diverting as its natural beauty is the history of its people. Alston Plantation 7. An African-American Odyssey through Multiple Surnames: Mortons, Tapps, and Englishes of Kansas and Missouri.National Genealogical Society Quarterly85 (March 1997): 25-38. Even if one knows that an ancestor was born during slavery, work backwards from the most current census (currently 1940) to the earliest known record of the ancestor(s). Here is a list of a few abandoned plantations in North Carolina: 1. of Antebellum Southern Plantation: Series J, Present-day The decorative trim under the brim of the roof's edge remains. Burnside
Mallory, Rudena Kramer. Granville County Flowers Plantation Harmony Hall Plantation Lebanon Plantation Burnside Plantation House 4. View 43 photos for 8566 Highway 52 N, Ansonville, NC 28007, a 8 bed, 7 bath, 5,817 Sq. Records of white churches, generally held in their respective church repositories, are another category of private record to review, as slaves often were members of the local white churches or were permitted to worship at their owners churches. Spring Meadow PlantationStrawberry Hill Architects & Builders of County Apple Tree Plantation Humphrey-Williams, Rockingham County
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Plantation North Carolina Slaves and Free Persons of Colorseries. You can visit America's largest home, an English-style estate, the mansion where our governor lives, a plantation that was active for 80 years, the "palace" that served as the state's first permanent capitol and other inspiring homes. 5. County Oakland PlantationVance County
Plantation, Harnett Abrams Plains 4. Ashland Plantation Bloomington, IN: 1st Books, c2003. Printable version of this article(pdf) House Mace Lulie Jeff Dryden Calvin Ned George W Solomon Squire Demfer Amy Phil Emma Dave Abner Jr Lydia Ben Jr John Sr Sun Stagville is the site of the largest antebellum plantation complex in North Carolina. titles are listed as the owner's name (itallicized, first name in parenthesis). If you have valid transcribed info of your own Stagville PlantationEdgecomb County
[10][8][9], The Sloop Point plantation in Pender County, built in 1729, is the oldest surviving plantation house and the second oldest house surviving in North Carolina, after the Lane House (built in 17181719 and not part of a plantation). New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001.
Somerset Place: Collins, Fairntosh Plantation:
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(1801-1865), built for his son Brunswick County Governors Mansion Greenwreath Plantation owned Bloomsbury in Warren Co. which includes Slave Names, Renamed Rivenoak by Carroll Family ca slaves lived and worked on the land at any given time. Searching for the Past of the North Carolina Black Family in Local, Regional, and Federal Records Resources.North Carolina Genealogical SocietyJournal 9 (May 1983): 66-77. Orem, UT: Ancestry, c2000. November 4, 1861, Gwyn familys Green Hill remembered; Wilkes 6. County Hampton
Known as Stagville, the Bennehan-Cameron family's plantation would become one of the largest in the state, growing to nearly 30,000 acres and enslaving over 900 people. Mill ProngPuppy Creek PlantationIredell County
Here is a link to their website: https://archives.ncdcr.gov/ Best of luck with you research and thank you again for contacting the History Hub! Peebles, Minnie K. Black Genealogy.North Carolina Historical Review55 (Spring 1978): 164-173. Built in 1830. Walker's Run
Tours are available which feature hayrides, exhibits, and visits with the animals at the plantation. (1803-1875), son of Joseph Parker, List of Slaves named in County Bonarva (Pettigrew State Park) Somerset Place Plantation, Wilkes County Waverly Plantation, Pitt County
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Stagville protects a fraction of the land from that plantation . (1740-1802), Scottish Immigrant, Article: Book Shines Light on Johnston's Historic About Us | Contact Us | Copyright | Report Inappropriate Material This is a list of plantations in North Carolina that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design. Hermitage Potts
North Carolina plantation's Juneteenth event underscores South's historical whitewashing The plan to center a Juneteenth event around so-called "displaced white refugees" is part of a larger. To learn more, view our full privacy policy. Humphrey-Williams Plantation John Mask Peace House (Bambro Plantation) Monticello, 4 mi. Burned in the 1960s. Mills, Gary B. Thackery, David T., and Dee Woodtor. Red Hill Plantation: Daniel
The 1790, 1800, and 1810 census schedules indicate only the total number of slaves, but the 1820, 1830, and 1840 censuses list slaves by sex and age range. One could acquire slaves through purchase, inheritance, marriage, and natural "increase" (the children, grandchildren, etc., of enslaved adults). Byrd, William L., III, and John H. Smith. Plantation Willow Hill Plantation, Cabarrus County Pool Rock Plantation Chicago: The Newberry Library, 1989. Through the Slavery Deeds project, the Guilford County Register of Deeds office found 254 deeds of men, women, and children of color sold as property prior to the Civil War. This antebellum mansion and farm have been around since the late 1800s and is a popular bed and breakfast and wedding location. Roberts Wright and Wilbur Hughes, National Register of Historic
Was one of largest turpentine plantations in NC, William L. Hill Craven. Witcher, Curt B.African American Genealogy: A Bibliography and Guide to Sources. Elizabeth City Township, Pasquotank County, NC, page 18. Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community. See more on this Southern Plantation home for sale at Legacy Farms and Ranches of North Carolina. Private records (family Bibles recording their births or deaths [like the one at right], business ledgers, contracts, leases, and other records relating to the health and work of their slaves) are kept by owner(s). Johnston (d.1806) veteran of Battle of King's Mountain, The Allred Family owned 14 has further info, please Contact, David Parker Foscue Plantation House Poplar Grove
10,2005, Article in Roanoke Daily Herald, July 6, 2014, Once contained 25,000 acres, 125 Slaves, Look for a male or female (and his family, if appropriate) who is 10 and 20 years younger than the individual(s) previously identified on the 1870 census schedule. Owens Plantation: Hayes, Smartt
Burleigh (McGehee-Phifer House) Skip to search results. in the HorseshoeNash Evans CSA. Search Results. [8] 8. The names of families or nearby rivers or other features were used. Brompton
Marcus Royster Plantation Chatham. Cabarrus, Phifer's Plantations were in Mecklenburg Co. until 1792. Jones County Foscue Plantation Foscue and Simmons Plantations The Freedmens Bureau As a Legal Agent for Black Men and Women in Georgia: 1865-1868.Georgia Historical Quarterly73 (Spring 1989): 26-53.
Those that have survived may still be in the possession of the former owner's family, in a manuscript collection, or in an archives. Foscue and Simmons PlantationMecklenberg County
Belmont Plantation Blount Plantation Boyd Plantation Lillington Plantation Woodard Plantations Bertie County Apple Tree Plantation Ashland Plantation Eden House Elmwood Plantation Griffin's Quarter Hermitage Plantation Hope Plantation Leary Plantation Mt. Reading and Websites. is now 83 acres. estate by 1765, when sold to Tryon in 1767, National 1800; later purchased by Rothwell family at least prior to 1835 when Some plantations were built after the civil war and abolition of slavery. Stagville Plantation, Edgecombe County (Printable). Original owner: Levi Creecy (d.1772), Built in 1776 (circa). Thackery, David T.Finding Your African American Ancestors: A Beginners Guide. One could acquire slaves through purchase, inheritance, marriage, and natural "increase" (the children, grandchildren, etc., of enslaved adults). NC Old Town Plantation
Federal Writers Project [WPA]. Received 21 Slaves in 1853 from father of Hampton Plantation, also known as Hampton Plantation House and Hampton Plantation State Historic Site, is a historic plantation, now a state historic site, north of McClellanville, South Carolina.The plantation was established in 1735, and its main house exhibits one of the earliest known examples in the United States of a temple front in domestic architecture. County Records Box Listsshow records for each county, whether original or microfilmed, that are available for research in the Archives Search Room. Click on the town to learn more about what is like to retire there. Washington, DC: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1926-37. Cooper, Jean L.A Genealogical Index to the Guides of the Microfilm Edition of Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War.