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…
Carroll_MS… Teoc Waverly Plantation 24 Aug 202024 Aug 2020 OVERVIEW Location: Carroll County, Mississippi Date Constructed/ Founded: 1851 Associated Surnames: McCain, McAllister, Young Historical Notes: William Alexander McCain owned a 2,000 acre plantation in Carroll County, Mississippi alternately known…
Carroll_MS… Prairie Mont Plantation 24 Aug 2020 OVERVIEW Location: Carroll County, Mississippi Date Constructed/ Founded: 1838 Associated Surnames: Vaiden, Herring, Kaigler Historical Notes: After Cowles M. Vaiden and his wife Elizabeth W. Herring married in North Carolina…
Carroll_MS… Binford Plantation 23 Aug 202023 Aug 2020 OVERVIEW Location: Carroll County, Mississippi; town of Duck Hill Date Constructed/ Founded: ca. 1834 Associated Surnames: Binford, Bradford, Campbell, Sykes Historical Notes: John A. Binford (also spelled Bentford or Bentfer…
