Louisiana… Captain John Lyons Plantation 22 Sep 202522 Sep 2025 OVERVIEW Captain John Lyons, born in County Leitrim, Ireland ca. 1822, may have settled in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana before 1840. In 1842 Lyons enlisted at Albany as a private…
Attala… S.H. Clark Plantation 27 Aug 202521 Sep 2025 OVERVIEW Clark Plantation stood at Attalaville (near Sallis) on the Big Black River in Attala County, Mississippi. Founded and operated by Silas H. Clark (1814–1864), the site comprised two large…
Carroll_MS… Benjamin Campbell Plantation 15 Jun 2021 OVERVIEW Location: Carroll County, Mississippi; near Duck Hill Date Constructed/ Founded: 1830 Associated Surnames: Binford, Campbell, Cheek, Doty, Estes, Johnston, McNamara, Neville, Webb Historical Notes: Benjamin Campbell was a planter…
North Carolina… Thomas Covington Plantation 18 Jan 2021 OVERVIEW Location: Rockingham, Richmond County, Alabama; town of Wolf Pit Date Constructed/ Founded: bef. 1850 Associated Surnames: Adams, Covington, Durant, Wall Historical Notes: Thomas Arey Covington, son of Benjamin H.…
North Carolina… Benjamin Covington Plantation 18 Jan 202118 Jan 2021 OVERVIEW Location: Rockingham, Richmond County, Alabama; town of Wolf Pit Date Constructed/ Founded: bef. 1800 Associated Surnames: Covington, Crawford, Harlee, Settle, Wall Historical Notes: Benjamin H. Covington Sr. was born…
Edgecombe… Coolmore Plantation 17 Jan 202117 Jan 2021 OVERVIEW Location: Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North CarolinaDate Constructed/ Founded: 1789Associated Surnames: Downing, Garrison, Harrison, Powell, WhitakerHistorical Notes: Richard Harrison was born in 1768 in St. Mary’s Co., Maryland. He inherited…
Alabama… Aaron Cornelius Plantation 10 Jan 2021 OVERVIEW Location: Blount County, Alabama Date Constructed/ Founded: ca. 1830 Associated Surnames: Allred, Blackwood, Cornelius, Fortner, Gallion, Reid Historical Notes: Aaron Amos Cornelius (b. 1786 in South Carolina) was part…
Claiborne… Cornelius Cargill Plantation 5 Jan 202110 Jan 2021 OVERVIEW Location: Claiborne Parish, Louisiana Date Constructed/ Founded: ca. 1820 Associated Surnames: Cargill, Cornelius, Patterson Historical Notes: Cornelius Cargill married Anne “Amy” Cornelius in 1796. Anne Cornelius was from a…
Alabama… William Cornelius Plantation 5 Jan 20215 Jan 2021 OVERVIEW Location: Madison County, Alabama Date Constructed/ Founded: not determined Associated Surnames: Cornelius, Coyle, Kelly Historical Notes: William Cornelius (b.1814 in Alabama) married Emily Coyle in 1847. By 1850 he…
Titus Isham Cherry Plantation 29 Dec 202030 Dec 2020 OVERVIEW Location: Titus County, Texas; near Mount Pleasant Date Constructed/ Founded: aft. 1850 Associated Surnames: Cherry, Newton, Johnson Historical Notes: Isham B. Cherry (b.1826-34) was from a large slave-holding family…