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|Bradford| |Colbert| |Cryer| |Dawson| |Hutchinson| |Maria| |Mosely-Johnson| |Smith-Johnson|
| Family Last Name: |
Unknown |
| First name: |
Maria |
| "Slave" name: |
Maria |
| Gender: |
Female |
| Date of birth: |
1835 |
| Place of birth: |
Kentucky |
| Cemetery (if known): |
Old Republic at Longwood |
| Mother's full name: |
unknown |
| Mother's place of birth: |
unknown |
| Father's full name: |
unknown |
| Father's place of birth: |
unknown |
| Sibling names: |
Ruben 90, Isey 65, Jo Carpenter 67, Roberto Jones, and Francis Walker
93, Jenny Spillman 105; 62 grand children and 59 great grand children |
Short story about this person, any notes and/or
family oral history that you might remember:
|
According to a Journal given to me by my mother I am related
to a woman named Maria, born supposedly in 1835 in Kentucky when Andrew
Jackson was president. The journal states that Maria recalled as a little
girl hearing stories about a Sheveez man who had cleared the river a few
years before referring to Captain Henry Miller she was brought to Caddo
Parish as a little girl with her mother and sold to the Wormly Rose family.
Maria went without a last name for all of her childhood and most of her
adulthood she was freed before the civil was also known to be part indian. |
| Slave owner's last name: |
Rhodes |
| Slave owner's first name: |
Edmund |
| Plantation name: |
unknown |
| Plantation location: |
Caddo Parish |
| Was this person born at the plantation? If yes, then what year: |
unknown |
| Married on plantation?: If yes, spouse name and year: |
unknown |
| How was slave acquired: |
I believe she was sold to the Baines family |
| Previous slaveowner: |
Edmund Rhodes |
| Location of previous owner: |
Bethany |
| Additional comments: |
She lived with her 90 year old son on Longwood farm and she died at 124
years of age after breaking her leg on new years day |
Submitter's name:
|
Annette Floyd |
| Submitter's email address: |
annettefloydgrant (at) yahoo (dot) com |
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| Family last name |
Colbert |
| First name: |
Sam |
| "Slave" name |
Sam |
| Gender: |
male |
| Date of birth: |
unknown |
| Place of birth: |
Louisiana |
| Cemetery (if known): |
Morning Glory |
| Mother's full name: |
Alice Hatcher |
| Mother's place of birth: |
unknown |
| Father's full name: |
Robert A. Hatcher |
| Father's place of birth: |
unknown |
| Sibling names: |
Robert Emmit Jr. |
Short story about this person, any notes and/or
family oral history that you might remember:
|
My grandfather was Sam B. Colbert born about 1896 in Mansfield,
Louisiana. His father was a white plantation owner Robert A. Colbert in
Mansfield Louisiana who fathered 3 children with Alice Hatcher. I believe
he
had another white family. Each one of the siblings were given land in
Mansfield on which some of my family still live. The history is so
sketchy. My mother said we were related to Claudette Colbert the actress
and
that great great grandfather was French. |
| Slave owner's last name: |
Colbert |
| Slave owner's first name: |
unknown |
| Plantation name: |
unknown |
| Plantation location: |
Mansfield |
| Was this person born at the plantation? If yes, then what year: |
unknown |
| Married on plantation?: If yes, spouse name and year: |
unknown |
| How was slave acquired: |
unknown |
| Previous slaveowner: |
unknown |
| Location of previous owner: |
unknown |
| Additional comments: |
I am seeking any info regarding the Colbert families in
Mansfield/Shreveport areas. |
Submitter's name:
|
Teresa Murphy Thompson |
| Submitter's email address: |
jthomps599 (at) sbcglobal (dot) net |
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Family Last name:
|
Hutchinson |
| First name: |
Morgan |
| "Slave" name: |
Morgan |
| Gender: |
Female |
| Date of birth: |
1813 |
| Cemetery (if known): |
unknown |
| Place of birth: |
Georgia |
| Mother's full name: |
unknown |
| Mother's place of birth: |
unknown |
| Father's full name: |
Isaac Hutchinson ? |
| Father's place of birth: |
unknown |
| Sibling names: |
unknown |
Short story about this person, any notes and/or family oral history
that you might remember: |
Morgan and his wife Mariah is listed on the slave list on the New Hope
Plantation in Morehouse Parish in Louisiana. I believe they were
part of George O. Gilmore's inventory and came to Louisiana with
George Gilmore and his son James Gilmore. |
| Slave owner's last name: |
Gimore |
| Slave owner's first name: |
George or James |
| Plantation name: |
New Hope in Morehouse Parish in 1857 and Cash Point
in 1850 |
| Plantation location: |
Bossier or Caddo |
Was this person born at the plantation? If yes, then what year:
|
unknown |
Married on plantation?:
If yes, spouse name and year: |
Mariah Hutchinson |
How was slave acquired:
|
unknown |
| Previous slaveowner: |
unknown |
| Location of previous owner: |
unknown |
Additional comments:
|
I have strong feeling that Morgan came with the
Gilmore to Louisiana
from Georgia. |
| Submitter's name: |
JoEthel Gray Honoré |
| Submitter's email address: |
jagolbert (at) cox (dot) net |
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| Family Last name: |
Mosley-Johnson |
| First name: |
Rebecca |
Nick name:
|
Becky |
| "Slave" name: |
Jernigan |
| Gender: |
female |
| Date of birth: |
unknown |
| Place of birth: |
unknown |
| Cemetery (if known): |
unknown |
| Mother's full name: |
Emma Mosley Johnson |
| Mother's place of birth: |
unknown |
Father's full name:
|
unknown |
| Father's place of birth: |
unknown |
| Sibling names: |
tamar anderson and tamar jefferson |
Short story about this person, any notes and/or family oral history
that you might remember:
|
Lived in Bethany, Texas then sent to Caddo, Louisiana. Children of
Rebecca Emma Mary Waddles Ada, Lenora, Essie D, Ruth and Dorothy. Boys
George Anderson, Floyd Anderson and Leroy Anderson |
| Slave owner's last name: |
Jernigan |
| Slave owner's first name: |
unknown |
| Plantation name: |
unknown |
| Plantation location: |
Bethany, Texas |
| Was this person born at the plantation? if yes, what year? |
yes, 1881 |
| Location of previous owner: |
unknown |
| Married on plantation?:If yes, spouse name and year: |
yes, James |
| How was slave acquired: |
unknown |
| Previous slaveowner: |
unknown |
Additional comments:
|
Emma Jernigan died in December of 1951. |
| Submitter's name: |
Cynthia |
| Submitter's email address: |
aaboyd10 (at) kc.rr (dot) com |
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| Family Last name: |
Cryer |
| First name: |
Cornelia |
Nick name:
|
unknown |
| "Slave" name: |
unknown |
| Gender: |
Female |
| Date of birth: |
unknown |
| Place of birth: |
about 1840 |
| Cemetery (if known): |
possibly Louisiana |
| Mother's full name: |
Candis |
| Mother's place of birth: |
Tennessee |
| Father's full name: |
Levi Cryer |
| Father's place of birth: |
Arkansas |
| Sibling names: |
A brother named Horace not sure of how many others |
Short story about this person, any notes and/or family oral history
that you might remember:
|
Cornelia is my gg grandmother. She married Elias Pickett in 1884 and
had several children they raised in Miller County, Arkansas (Garland
City) I'm not sure what year either one died. Levi (Cornelia's dad)
was
still living in the 1900 Census. At that time he was 106 years of age.
Candis had already passed. Morgan Cryer had ties to Louisiana also
(the
Amite area). |
| Slave owner's last name: |
Cryer |
| Slave owner's first name: |
Wiley |
| Plantation name: |
unknown |
| Plantation location: |
Lafayette County, Arkansas |
| Was this person born at the plantation? if yes, what year? |
unknown |
| Location of previous owner: |
unknown |
| Married on plantation?:If yes, spouse name and year: |
unknown |
| How was slave acquired: |
a gift from their father |
| Previous slaveowner: |
Morgan Cryer |
| Previous slaveowner location: |
Lafayette County, Arkansas (Red River) |
Additional comments:
|
|
| Submitter's name: |
Sheila Watson |
| Submitter's email address: |
sheilaihs (at) yahoo (dot) com |
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| Family Last name: |
Dawson |
| First name: |
Clarissa |
| Nick name: |
Clara, Clay |
| "Slave" name: |
unknown |
| Gender: |
female |
| Date of birth: |
1830 |
| Place of birth: |
Georgia |
| Cemetery (if known): |
Caddo Parish, unk |
| Mother's full name: |
unknown |
| Mother's place of birth: |
Georgia |
| Father's full name: |
Unknown |
| Father's place of birth: |
Georgia |
| Sibling names: |
Unknown |
Short story about this person, any notes and/or family oral history
that you might remember:
|
My GGG "Clay" Dawson Thompson resided in Caddo Parish. In the 1870
census it shows her 4 children, Frank 21, Ned and Jane (possibly
twins)
16, and Cora 3. The older 3 children show Georgia as their birth
state,
and the youngest Cora shows Louisiana, 1867. We are currently
researching her association with Caddo and Bossier Parish. It is
possible she
moved from Georgia at the end of slavery, possibly to reconnect with
family. Another possibility is that she could have been owned and
sold
between Louisiana and Georgia. Frank and Ned were farmers, the family
owned 240 acres of land, still owned by the Dawson Family of
Shreveport.
We are currently researching the Gilmer Plantation owners, Dennis
Plantation in Georgia. |
| Slave owner's last name: |
unknown |
| Slave owner's first name: |
unknown |
| Plantation name: |
unknown |
| Plantation location: |
unknown |
| Was this person born at the plantation? if yes, what year? |
unknown |
| Location of previous owner: |
unknown |
| Married on plantation?:If yes, spouse name and year: |
Clara married Harris Thompson in 1874 in Caddo Parish |
| How was slave acquired: |
unknown |
| Previous slaveowner: |
unknown |
| Previous slaveowner location: |
unknown |
Additional comments:
|
unknown |
| Submitter's name: |
Sherylita Mason-Calhoun |
| Submitter's email address: |
uncommontreasure(at) aol (dot) com |
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| Family last name |
Bradford |
| First name: |
Jane |
| "Slave" name |
Jane |
| Gender: |
female |
| Date of birth: |
around 1820 |
| Place of birth: |
Georgia |
| Cemetery (if known): |
unknown |
| Mother's full name: |
unknown |
| Mother's place of birth: |
unknown |
| Father's full name: |
unknown |
| Father's place of birth: |
unknown |
| Sibling names: |
unknown |
Short story about this person, any notes and/or
family oral history that you might remember:
|
Lived in Belcher had 8 children. Four of the kids: Oliver, Lee, Thomas, James wore the last name Cade and all were also born in GA. The other children were: Josie Bradford (b.1852 in LA), Betty Bradford (b.1855 in LA), Mollie Bradford (b. 1860 in LA) Samuel Bradford (b. 1862 in LA). Jane is listed on the 1870 census but missing on the 1880 census. Suspect she might have been on the James Marks slave inventory. Also suspect a linkage to the Cade plantation in Bossier. |
| Slave owner's last name: |
Marks (maybe) |
| Slave owner's first name: |
James |
| Plantation name: |
Egypt or Cairo Plantation (maybe) |
| Plantation location: |
both plantations listed above are near Gilliam/ Belcher, LA areas along the Red River |
| Was this person born at the plantation? If yes, then what year: |
unknown |
| Married on plantation?: If yes, spouse name and year: |
unknown |
| How was slave acquired: |
unknown |
| Previous slaveowner: |
unknown |
| Location of previous owner: |
unknown |
| Additional comments: |
Seeking any information on Jane and her siblings & descendents |
Submitter's name:
|
webmaster |
| Submitter's email address: |
info (at) redriversankofa (dot) org |
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Surnames: Smith/Johnson
"I have little oral history for this lineage. My mother's mother, Addie Lee Smith was orphaned at age 8 and went to live with a cousin in Vernon Parish, so she did not know her parents well and then lived apart from her brothers and sisters. She was the youngest or next to the youngest. Anyway, her parents were Sam Smith from Georgia (abt 1832-abt 1888) and Caroline Johnson from S. Carolina (abt.1854-abt 1896). They were married April 23, 1870 in Bossier Parish and lived in Plain Dealing where they raised their family until their death as far as I can determine. It appears that all of their 8 children except my GM were born there. My GM was born in Texarkana , Ark. where her mother's sister Elizabeth Smith Bush lived (she and her husband moved from Plain Dealing). Upon Sam and Caroline's death Addie went to live with a cousin who wanted her, Savilla (La) and Burton Johnson (TX) (don't know which is the cousin). They ran a Boarding house at a saw mill in Oakdale, Vernon Parish I think. That is where my GF, Ed Norris (Jefferson, Marion Co.) met my GM. They married and had 4 children. They moved to Neame and Cravens (briefly) and then finally moved to Beaumont Texas abt. 1926. My GM's siblings lived in Caddo, Bossier, Texas and Oklahoma."
Submitted by Dr. Cheryl Gaines
Contact email: cgaines (at) uic (dot) edu
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