Overview Location Date Constructed/ Founded Associated Surnames Historical notes Associated Slave Workplaces Associated Free Persons Associated Enslaved Persons Research Leads and Plantation Records Miscellaneous Information References Users Researching This Workplace

Overview

Location

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• Claiborne County, MS.  It was adjacent to Port Gibson.

Date Constructed/ Founded

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• Between 1798 and 1811

Associated Surnames

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• Hunt

Historical notes

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Associated Slave Workplaces

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• Connections via the Owners
• Abijah had two plantations when he died in 1811.  This one in Claiborne County and Huntley Plantation in Jefferson County.  He sold another plantation he also had in Claiborne County in 1808 that was located on the north branch of the Bayou Pierre complete with 61 slaves, livestock and farming tools.   Abijah may have had a fourth plantation at some point in Adams County.  For now it is being called Hunt Plantation until it can be determined if it actually existed. 
• Huntley Plantation
• Hunt Plantation

Associated Free Persons

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• Plantation Owners

• Abijah Hunt (b. about 1853-d.1811) - bought the plantation with wealth generated from his mercantile business sometime between 1798 and 1808; sold the plantation in 1808.

Associated Enslaved Persons

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•  About 61 slaves were listed by name in the inventory of Abijah's estate when he died in 1811.  Probably about 30 of these  were working on this plantation. 

Research Leads and Plantation Records

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Miscellaneous Information

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