Oak Grove Plantation

OVERVIEW

Location: Autauga County, Alabama; a few miles from Montgomery
Date Constructed/ Founded: not determined
Associated Surnames: Blassingame, Elmore, Fitzpatrick
Historical Notes: Benjamin Fitzpatrick migrated to Alabama from Georgia in 1816. He retired from the practice of law in 1827 and became a planter on his estate “Oak Grove” in Autauga (now Elmore) County, a few miles from Montgomery. In 1827, he married Sarah Terry Elmore had several children, and after she passed away in 1837 he married Aurelia Rachel Blassingame in 1846.
Associated Pages: none
Accession: ALauta00003

ASSOCIATED ENSLAVED PERSONS

1840: 6 slaves – 1 boy under age 10 (b.1840-1830); 1 male, age 10 – 24 (b.1816-1830); 1 man, age 24 – 35 (b.1805-1816); 1 man, age 36 – 54 (b.1786-1804); 1 female, age 10 – 23 (b.1817-1830); 1 woman, age 24 – 35 (b.1805-1816) [1840 U.S. Federal Census, Autauga Co., AL, Benjamin Fitzpatrick]

1850: Male age 23 (b.1827), Male age 45 (b.1805), Male age 35 (b.1815), Male age 30 (b.1820), Male age 24 (b.1826), Male age 43 (b.1807), Male age 23 (b.1827), Male age 19 (b.1831), Male age 43 (b.1807), Male age 38 (b.1812), Male age 28 (b.1822), Male age 23 (b.1827), Male age 24 (b.1826), Male age 21 (b.1829), Male age 40 (b.1810), Male age 40 (b.1810), Male age 35 (b.1815), Male age 70 (b.1780), Male age 18 (b.1832), Male age 28 (b.1822), Male age 24 (b.1826), Male age 22 (b.1828), Male age 28 (b.1822), Male age 20 (b.1830), Male age 40 (b.1810), Male age 68 (b.1782), Male age 16 (b.1834), Male age 18 (b.1832), Male age 25 (b.1825), Male age 28 (b.1822), Male age 14 (b.1836), Male age 16 (b.1834), Male age 14 (b.1836), Male age 14 (b.1836), Male age 13 (b.1837), Male age 12 (b.1838), Female age 22 (b.1828), Female age 30 (b.1820), Female age 18 (b.1832), Female age 20 (b.1830), Female age 22 (b.1828), Female age 24 (b.1826), Female age 18 (b.1832), Female age 20 (b.1830), Female age 33 (b.1817), Female age 30 (b.1820), Female age 18 (b.1832), Female age 18 (b.1832), Female age 20 (b.1830), Female age 16 (b.1834), Female age 57 (b.1793), Female age 22 (b.1828), Female age 14 (b.1836), Female age 14 (b.1836), Female age 14 (b.1836), Female age 35 (b.1815), Female age 30 (b.1820), Female age 20 (b.1830), Female age 12 (b.1838), Female age 12 (b.1838), Female age 20 (b.1830), Female age 8 (b.1842), Female age 10 (b.1840), Male age 8 (b.1842), Male age 7 (b.1843), Male age 4 (b.1846), Female age 6 (b.1844), Female age 5 (b.1845), Male age 4 (b.1846), Male age 3 (b.1847), Female age 3 (b.1847), Male age 5 (b.1845), Female age 4 (b.1846), Male age 3 (b.1847), Male age 3 (b.1847), Female age 5 (b.1845), Male age 4 (b.1846), Male age 5 (b.1845), Male age 4 (b.1846), Male age 7 (b.1843), Female age 11 (b.1839), Male age 4 (b.1846), Female age 8 (b.1842), Male age 7 (b.1843), Male age 3 (b.1847), Female age 2 (b.1848), Female age 3 (b.1847), Male age 3 (b.1847), Female age 3 (b.1847), Male age 3 (b.1847), Female age 2 (b.1848), Male age 3 (b.1847), Female age 1 (b.1849), Female age 1 (b.1849), Female age 2 (b.1848), Female age 6/12 (b.1860), Male age 1 (b.1849), Female age 3/12 (b.1860), Female age 6/12 (b.1860), Male age 6/12 (b.1860), Female age 9/12 (b.1860), Male age 12 (b.1838), Female age 52 (b.1798), Female age 30 (b.1820), Female age 20 (b.1830), Female age 45 (b.1805) [1850 U.S. Federal Census – Slave Schedule, Autauga Co., AL, Benjamin Fitzpatrick, 106 total]

1860: Female age 60 (b.1790), Male age 60 (b.1790), Male age 60 (b.1790), Male age 55 (b.1795), Male age 55 (b.1795), Male age 54 (b.1796), Female age 52 (b.1798), Male age 50 (b.1800), Male age 50 (b.1800), Female age 50 (b.1800), Male age 50 (b.1800), Male age 50 (b.1800), Female age 46 (b.1804), Male age 46 (b.1804), Female age 46 (b.1804), Male age 44 (b.1806), Female age 44 (b.1806), Male age 44 (b.1806), Female age 42 (b.1808), Female age 42 (b.1808), Male age 42 (b.1808), Male age 40 (b.1810), Male age 40 (b.1810), Male age 40 (b.1810), Female age 40 (b.1810), Female age 40 (b.1810), Male age 40 (b.1810), Female age 38 (b.1812), Female age 37 (b.1813), Male age 35 (b.1815), Female age 35 (b.1815), Male age 35 (b.1815), Male age 34 (b.1816), Male age 32 (b.1818), Female age 32 (b.1818), Female age 32 (b.1818), Male age 31 (b.1819), Female age 31 (b.1819), Female age 30 (b.1820), Male age 30 (b.1820), Female age 30 (b.1820), Male age 30 (b.1820), Male age 28 (b.1822), Male age 28 (b.1822), Female age 26 (b.1824), Female age 26 (b.1824), Male age 26 (b.1824), Female age 26 (b.1824), Male age 25 (b.1825), Male age 25 (b.1825), Male age 25 (b.1825), Female age 25 (b.1825), Female age 25 (b.1825), Female age 25 (b.1825), Male age 25 (b.1825), Male age 25 (b.1825), Male age 24 (b.1826), Female age 24 (b.1826), Female age 24 (b.1826), Male age 23 (b.1827), Male age 23 (b.1827), Male age 23 (b.1827), Male age 23 (b.1827), Male age 23 (b.1827), Male age 23 (b.1827), Female age 23 (b.1827), Female age 23 (b.1827), Female age 23 (b.1827), Female age 22 (b.1828), Male age 22 (b.1828), Male age 20 (b.1830), Female age 19 (b.1831), Male age 18 (b.1832), Male age 15 (b.1835), Male age 15 (b.1835), Male age 15 (b.1835), Male age 15 (b.1835), Female age 14 (b.1836), Female age 14 (b.1836), Female age 14 (b.1836), Female age 13 (b.1837), Male age 13 (b.1837), Male age 13 (b.1837), Male age 12 (b.1838), Male age 12 (b.1838), Male age 11 (b.1839), Female age 10 (b.1840), Female age 10 (b.1840), Female age 10 (b.1840), Female age 10 (b.1840), Female age 10 (b.1840), Female age 9 (b.1841), Female age 9 (b.1841), Female age 8 (b.1842), Female age 8 (b.1842), Male age 7 (b.1843), Male age 7 (b.1843), Male age 6 (b.1844), Female age 6 (b.1844), Female age 5 (b.1845), Female age 5 (b.1845), Male age 4 (b.1846), Male age 3 (b.1847), Male age 2 (b.1848), Male age 2 (b.1848), Male age 2 (b.1848), Female age 1 (b.1849), Female age 1 (b.1849), Female age 10/12 (b.1860), Male age 6/12 (b.1860), Male age 4/12 (b.1860), Female age 3/12 (b.1860), Female age 3/12 (b.1860) [1860 U.S. Federal Census – Slave Schedule, Autauga Co., AL, Benjamin Fitzpatrick, 113 total, 27 houses]

ASSOCIATED FREE PERSONS

Fitzpatrick family: Benjamin Fitzpatrick (b.1802-d.1869) – owner of Oak Grove, 11th Governor of Alabama; Sarah Terry Elmore Fitzpatrick (b.1807-d.1837) – wife (m.1827) of B. Fitzpatrick; Elmore Joseph Fitzpatrick (b.1828-d.1884) – son of B. and S.T.E. Fitzpatrick; Phillips Fitzpatrick (b.1830-d.1901) – son of B. and S.T.E. Fitzpatrick; Morris Fitzpatrick (b.1832-d.1853) – son of B. and S.T.E. Fitzpatrick; James Madison Fitzpatrick (b.?-d.?) – son of B. and S.T.E. Fitzpatrick; John Archer Fitzpatrick (b.?-d.?) – son of B. and S.T.E. Fitzpatrick; Aurelia Rachel Blassingame Fitzpatrick (b.1825-d.1872) – wife (m.1846) of B. Fitzpatrick; Benjamin Fitzpatrick Jr. (b.1854-d.1892) – son of B. and A.R.B. Fitzpatrick

HISTORICAL RECORDS AND DATA

• 1840 U.S. Federal Census, Autauga Co., Alabama, USA (Ancestry.com) – Benj. Fitzpatrick (p.29)
• Benjamin Fitzpatrick, memorial ID 6432299 (Find a Grave)
• Benjamin Fitzpatrick Papers, 1819-1892 (UNC University Libraries) – The collection is chiefly papers of Benjamin Fitzpatrick, along with some papers of his son, Benjamin Jr. (b.1854-d.1892). Papers of the elder Fitzpatrick consist of documents relating to his legal practice; plantation records, including receipts and bills of sale for slaves, etc.

REFERENCES

• UNC University Libraries. The Southern Historical Collection at the Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library. Collection no. 03291, Benjamin Fitzpatrick Papers, 1819-1892 [digital library]. https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/03291/.
• Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. (Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.)
• Ancestry.com. 1850 U.S. Federal Census – Slave Schedules [database on-line]. http://ancestry.com. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2004. (United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432, 1,009 rolls)
• Ancestry.com. 1860 U.S. Federal Census – Slave Schedules [database on-line]. http://ancestry.com. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. (United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1,438 rolls)
• Wikipedia. Benjamin Fitzpatrick [database online]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Fitzpatrick.
• Find a Grave. [database online]. http://findagrave.com.