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

Natchez, Adams Co., MS

 

Date Constructed/ Founded

not determined

 

Associated Surnames

Davenport, Shields

 

Historical notes

none

 

Associated Slave Workplaces

Fish Pond Plantation (Adams Co., MS)

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Associated Free Persons

 

• Gabriel Shields - owner

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Associated Enslaved Persons

 

Slaves of Aventine Plantation

From Voices From Slavery: Charles Davenport interview, edited by Norman R. Yetman

• William Davenport - left Aventine Plantation with Union soldiers during the Civil War
• Lucindy Davenport - wife of William Davenport; died shortly after son Charles' birth; father was Choctaw
• Charles Davenport - son of William and Lucindy Devnport; born at Aventine; later worked at Fish Pond Plantation (Adams Co., MS)
• "Granny" - cared for all the Black children on the plantation

 

1860 Federal Slave Schedule, Gabe B. Shields

From the 1860 Federal Slave Schedule, Adams Co., MS. Transcribed by Tom Blake.

• 91 slaves - SHIELDS, Gabe B., page 33

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Research Leads and Plantation Records

 

• none reported yet

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Miscellaneous Information

 

• Montebella was the mansion home of Gabriel Shields; at the end of Shields Lane

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References

 

• Adams Co. MS 1860 Slaveholders and 1870 African-Americans, by Tom Blake. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ajac/msadams.htm
• Voices From Slavery: 100 Authentic Slave Narratives. Edited by Yetman, Norman R. pp 71 - 76.

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