Alabama… Fairhope Plantation 15 Jul 2019 OVERVIEW Location: Perry County, Alabama; one mile east of Uniontown Date Constructed/ Founded: ca. 1850 Associated Surnames: Fowler, Selden Historical Notes: The plantation was established by Joseph Selden (b.1831-d.1900) from…
Alabama… Pond Spring Plantation 14 Jul 2019 OVERVIEW Location: Lawrence County, Alabama; historic Pond Spring Date Constructed/ Founded: 1818 Associated Surnames: Jones, Hickman, Sherrod, Wheeler Historical Notes: The first land-seizing colonizers moved into this area of Northern…
Alabama… Caledonia Plantation 13 Jul 201913 Jul 2019 OVERVIEW Location: Lawrence County, Alabama Date Constructed/ Founded: ca. 1817 or 1819 Associated Surnames: Jones, Sherrod, Wheeler Historical Notes: none Associated Pages: Pond Spring Plantation (Lawrence Co., AL) ASSOCIATED ENSLAVED…
Alabama… Grassdale Plantation 11 Jul 2019 OVERVIEW Location: Greene County, Alabama; city of Eutaw Date Constructed/ Founded: ca. 1817 or 1819 Associated Surnames: Cobb, Coleman, Johnson Historical Notes: John Coleman traveled from Edgecombe Co., NC to…
Marengo… Faunsdale Plantation 26 Jan 201926 Jan 2019 OVERVIEW Location: Marengo County, Alabama; near the town of Dayton; one of the Alabama Canebreak Plantations Date Constructed/ Founded: ca. 1830 Associated Surnames: Barron, Bennett, Brown, Collins, Dixon, Francis, Fortune,…
Alabama… Finnely Plantation 9 Jan 2019 OVERVIEW Location: Jackson County, Alabama Date Constructed/ Founded: not determined Associated Surnames: Finnely Historical Notes: none Associated Pages: none ASSOCIATED ENSLAVED PERSONS 1860: From the narrative of John Finnely, "Voices From Slavery"…
Alabama… Bellevue Plantation 18 Jun 2018 OVERVIEW Location: Burke County, Alabama Date Constructed/ Founded: not determined Associated Surnames: Carswell Historical Notes: none Associated Pages: none ASSOCIATED ENSLAVED PERSONS None listed yet ASSOCIATED FREE PERSONS Carswell family:…
Alabama… Strawberry Hill Plantation 28 Jun 2017 OVERVIEW Location: Forkland, Greene County, Alabama Date Constructed/ Founded: unknown Associated Surnames: Walton, Webb Historical Notes: William Walton and his family migrated from South Carolina ot Alabama around 1820. Associated…
Alabama… Thornhill Plantation 25 Jun 201725 Jun 2017 OVERVIEW Location: Watsonia, Greene County, Alabama Date Constructed/ Founded: 1833 Associated Surnames: Glover, Thornton Historical Notes: none Associated Pages: Fall Hill Plantation (Spotsylvania Co., VA), Rosemount Plantation (Greene Co., AL)…
Alabama… Rosemount Plantation 24 Jun 2017 OVERVIEW Location: Forkland, Greene County, Alabama Date Constructed/ Founded: 1818 Associated Surnames: Alcorn, Glover, Hadden, Lyon, Thornton Historical Notes: Allen Glover migrated with his wife Sarah Serena Norwood Glover from…
