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...
Darden, John P.; Laughman, Samuel.; Maunsel White & Co. (Firm: Jefferson County, Miss.); Darden, David M.; Slaves--Mississippi--Jefferson County--Bills of sale.
Bill of sale from Jefferson County sheriff Sam Laughman to John P. Darden for 3 slaves sold at legal auction: Henry, Sarah, and Caroline.
Humphreys Co. (Miss.) ; McMorrough, W. A.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
W. A. McMorrough family farm; multiple views. Farm of 240 acres about six miles south and west of Belzoni, MS. Humphreys Co. Agricultural agent Elmo Hill assisted with selection of farm family.
Warren Co. (Miss.) ; Simrall, B. N. (Newell)--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
B. N. (Newell) Simrall family farm; multiple views. Farm of 3700 acres located on highway 3 just north of Redwood at Ballground Plantation. Warren Co. agent W. R. Lominick and County Soil Conservationist C. L. Tullos assisted with selection of farm...
Narrative and list compiled by Jane Stewart Calhoun, documenting money owed to her by the government for food, supplies, animals, and other damages incurred during the Civil War, undated. She also mentions an unnamed Union spy who stayed with...
Smith Co. (Miss.) ; Carr, H. D.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
H. D. Carr family farm; multiple views. Farm of 240 acres located at the Carr Church Community about 12 miles south of Forest, 20 miles northeast of Raleigh or about 5 miles north of Pineville. Smith Co. Agricultural agent Truitt Bufkin assisted...
Part of the group of growers who shipped cooperatively from Starkville, Mississippi, November 20, 1933. Ten carloads of turkeys shipped last year from Oktibbeha, Noxubee, Lowndes, Monroe, and Chickasaw Counties, Mississippi.
