OVERVIEW
Location: Adams County, Mississippi; immediately west of The Grove Plantation
Date Constructed/ Founded: not determined
Associated Surnames: Griffith
Historical Notes: none
Associated Pages: none
ASSOCIATED ENSLAVED PERSONS
1820: 12 slaves [1820 United States Federal Census, Wilkinson Co., MS, William Brooks]
1830: 64 slaves [1830 United States Federal Census, Adams Co., MS, Robert Field]
1850: 95 slaves [1850 U.S. Federal Census – Slave Schedules, Adams Co., Mississippi, Robt Field]
1860: 84 slaves [1860 U.S. Federal Census – Slave Schedules, Adams Co., Mississippi, Charlotte Griffith]
ASSOCIATED FREE PERSONS
Brooks family: William Brooks (b.1764-d.1821)- owner; Mary Elizabeth Celeste Hutchins Brooks (b.1772-d.1812) – wife of W. Brooks (m.1803)
Field family: Robert Field (b.1797-d.1850); Charlotte Marie Celeste Brooks Field (b.1806-d.1881) – daughter of W. and M.E.C.H. Brooks, wife of R. Field (m.1822); Annis Eliza Field (b.1828-d.1872) – daughter of R. and C.M.C.B. Field; Hannah Boudinot Field – daughter of R. and C.M.C.B. Field; Charlotte Brooks Field (b.1837-d.1857) – daughter of R. and C.M.C.B. Field; Robert Field (b.1842-d.1909) – son of R. and C.M.C.B. Field; William Brooks Field (b.1844-d.1903) – son of R. and C.M.C.B. Field; Mary Dunbar “May” Field (b.1848-d.1866) – daughter of R. and C.M.C.B. Field
Griffith family: John T. Griffith; Charlotte Marie Celeste Brooks Field Griffith (b.1806-d.1881) – daughter of W. and M.E.C.H. Brooks, wife of J.T. Griffith (m.1851), owned/managed Anchorage Plantation as the widow Mrs. Griffith after her husband’s death
Crane family: Reverend Howard C. Crane; Charlotte Marie Celeste Brooks Field Griffith Crane (b.1806-d.1881) – daughter of W. and M.E.C.H. Brooks, wife of Rev. H.C. Crane
RESEARCH LEADS AND RECORDS
None noted yet
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION
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REFERENCES
- Jordan, Winthrop D. Tumult and Silence at Second Creek: An Inquiry Into A Civil War Slave Conspiracy. 1993. Louisiana State University Press.
- 1860 US Federal Slave Schedule, Adams Co., MS
- Find A Grave: Charlotte Marie Celeste Brooks Field Griffith Crane, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=53445241&ref=acom
- Rootsweb Word Connect: Leitner Kogl Prideaux & Threlkel Families, Entry: William Brooks, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=marykl&id=I027196
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