Feemster family; Travel; Oaths; Religion; Feemster, Samuel King, 1836-1899; Feemster, Alexander Whitfield, 1827-1911; Selma (Ala.)
Letter, William O. Feemster, at ''Bro. Bob's,'' to his brother, Alex W. Feemster, in Selma, Alabama, telling him about traveling along the river on mules and horses. Sam got home and seems to be improving, though he still looks ill. Uncle Whitty...
Tensas Parish (La.)--History.; Natchez (Miss.)--History.; Waterproof (La.)--History.; Saint Joseph (La.)--History.; Plantation life--Louisiana--History--19th century.; Slavery--United States--History--19th century.; Levees--Louisiana.;...
Diary kept by plantation owner Zenas Preston from 1850-1853. Preston's plantation, Leftwich, was situated on Lake St. Peter in Tensas Parish, Louisiana, and Preston describes frequent trips to Waterproof, Saint Joseph, and Natchez via the...
Curtis C. Floyd family farm; multiple views. Farm of 1758 acres, 380 of which are owned by Curtis Floyd, located in Edwards, MS. Hinds Co. Agricultural agent Graham Hales assisted with selection of farm family.
Leroy Butts family farm; multiple views. Farm of 1025 acres located ten miles north of Vicksburg at Redwood, MS. Warren Co. Agricultural agent W. R. Lominick and Home Demonstration agent Mrs. Mamie L. Bright assisted with selection of farm family.
Darden, John P.; Laughman, Samuel.; Carradine & Newman (Firm: Jefferson County, Miss.); Darden, David M.; Darden, Samuel W.; Slaves--Mississippi--Jefferson County--Bills of sale.
Bill of sale from Jefferson County sheriff Sam Laughman to John P. Darden for 8 slaves sold at legal auction: Jake, wife Esther, and children Henry and Alexander; and Brister, wife Ann, and children Green and Margaret.
Sharkey Co. (Miss.) ; Carter, J. R. (Jimmy Dick), Sr.--Family. ; Mississippi State University--Alumni and alumnae.;farm life--Mississippi.
J. R. (Jimmy Dick) Carter, Sr. family farm; multiple views. Farm of 1088 acres 640 of which are rented. J. R. Carter is MSU alumnus. Sharkey Co. agent Lewis Garrison and County assistant George Berry assisted with selection of farm family.
Holmes Co. (Miss.) ; Donald, Charles U.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Charles U. Donald family farm; multiple views. Farm of 490 acres located one mile south of Goodman, MS on highway 51. Holmes Co. Agricultural agent W. R. Sullivan assisted with selection of farm family.
Lincoln Co. (Miss.) ; Ferguson, Merrill--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Merrill Ferguson family farm; multiple views. Farm of 209 acres 11 miles west of Brookhaven. Lincoln Co. agent James H. Price assisted with selection of farm family.
Contract of the heirs of John Calvin Williams on how to designate the land among each other and their mother. Signed by Cammie Williams, Mims Williams, Douglas K. Williams, Mary E. Stewart, and Cora L. Mitchell. Witnessed by Justice of the Peace A....
Whitehead, Bernard--Family; Farm life--Mississippi; Winston County (Miss.)
Bernard Whitehead family farm; multiple views. Farm of 447 acres located in the Ellison Ridge Community about 18 miles southeast of Louisville, MS. Winston Co. Home Demonstration agent Miss Hildreth Price and County agent E. L. Sessums assisted...
Knox, James, 1786-1864; Pickens County (Ala.); Presbyterians; Agriculture; Slavery; African-Americans; Somerville, James, 1827-1868; Oak Grove Presbyterian Church (Franconia, Ala.); Sons of Temperance of North America; Cotton; Presbyterian Church...
Diary kept from March 1848 to February 1851 by James Knox (1786-1864), a planter and Presbyterian church elder in Pickens County, Alabama. The diary records planting, harvesting, and other agricultural work, as well as Presbytery meetings and...
Attala Co. (Miss.) ; Henderson, David W.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
David W. Henderson family farm; multiple views. Farm of 165 acres in the Nile Community about 12 Miles southeast of Kosciusko. Attala Co. agent Frank Buchanan assisted with selection of farm family.
Smith Co. (Miss.) ; Hough, Clifford E.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Clifford E. Hough family farm; multiple views. Farm of 100 acres owned and 75 acres rented about five and a half miles east of Magee, MS, just south of Highway 20. Clifford Hough is MSU Alumnus. Smith Co. Agricultural agent Truitt Bufkin assisted...
Rosie McKenzie family farm; multiple views. Farm of 280 acres located in Jasper Co. Jasper Co. agent W. C. Jefcoat assisted with selection of farm family.
Hugh Norman family farm; multiple views. Farm of 157 acres located about five miles east of Summitt, MS. Pike Co. agent George Mullendore assisted with selection of farm family.
Choctaw Co. (Miss.) ; Smith, Robert H.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Robert H. Smith family farm; multiple views. Farm of 80 acres located in the LaGrange Community about 16 miles north of Ackerman, three and a half miles south of Eupora. Choctaw Co. agent Belton Berry and Work Unit Conservationist Jim McMinn...