Plantations; Plantation overseers; Choctaw Agency (Oktibbeha County, Miss.); Cattle; Swine; Agriculture; Slaughtering and slaughter-houses; Spinning; Rice, Augusta H., 1831-1906
Letter from plantation manager A. B. Parks in Choctaw Agency, Mississippi, to Augusta Hopkins Rice, reporting that he slaughtered some hogs and is sending her some meat and produce. He also writes about cattle and spinning. 1864.
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Civil War; Politicians; Presidents; Politics and government; Generals
Volume 27 of a continuing series (currently 31 volumes) showcasing an edited collection of documents by and about Ulysses S. Grant. Materials in the series span the dates of 1837-1885; volume 27 spans the dates of January 1-October 31, 1876.
Salem Church (Oktibbeha County, Miss.); Slavery; African-Americans; Churches; Rice, Augusta H., 1831-1906
List of African-American members of Salem Church in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, 1865. Includes notations beside members who have died and one who is 'deranged.' All members are noted as servants of Augusta Hopkins Rice.
Shaw family; Copiah County (Miss.); Port Hudson (La.); Civil war; United States; African-Americans; Slavery; Brookhaven (Miss.); Agriculture; Confiscations; Spinning; Children; Diseases
Letter, Albert Shaw to his mother, Mary Shaw. He is feeling much better, but his wife, Almerinda (''Rinnie''), is still in bad health. Their son, Clarence, likes to go out to the fields before dinner and ride home on a plow mule. He writes that...
Darden, John P.; Leatherman & Morgan (Firm: Vidalia, La.); African-Americans--Louisiana--Concordia Parish.; Slaves--Louisiana--Concordia Parish--Bills of sale.; Scales, Noah.; Vidalia (La.)--History.
Bill of sale from Leatherman & Morgan to John P. Darden for a slave woman named Jane. Transaction took place in Vidalia, Louisiana and was witnessed by R.C. Cawley and Noah Leavs.
Walthall Co. (Miss.) ; Holmes, B. B.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
B. B. Holmes family farm; multiple views. Farm of 450 acres located three miles south of Tylertown, MS. Walthall Co. agent Ansel Estess and Home Demonstration agent Miss Jane Reese assisted with selection of farm family.
Jefferson Davis Co. (Miss.) ; Ramsay, James--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
James Ramsay family farm; multiple views. Farm of 250 acres located in the Janesville Community about 17 miles northeast of Prentiss, eight miles west of Mt. Olive and nine miles south of Magee. James Ramsay is MSU Alumnus. Jefferson Davis Co....
Lincoln Co. (Miss.) ; Smith, Steve J.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Steve J. Smith family farm; multiple views. Farm of 508 acres located about six miles northeast of Brookhaven. Lincoln Co. agent Travis Tadlock and Home Demonstration agent Miss Sarah Jane Craig assisted with selection of farm family.
Walthall Co, (Miss.) ; Bullock, George Wilson--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
George Wilson Bullock family farm; multiple views. Farm of 164 acres located nine miles north of Tylertown, MS. Walthall Co. agent Sam Dyar and Associate Home agent Miss Jane Reese assisted with selection of farm family.
Walthall Co. (Miss.) | Holmes, B. B.--Family.|Farm life--Mississippi.
B. B. Holmes family farm; multiple views. Farm of 450 acres located three miles south of Tylertown, MS. Walthall Co. agent Ansel Estess and Home Demonstration agent Miss Jane Reese assisted with selection of farm family.
