Overview

Location

Natchez, Adams Co., MS

Date Constructed/ Founded

ca. 1820

Associated Surnames

Howell, Senderson

Historical notes

none

Associated Slave Workplaces

Brierfield Plantation (Wilkinson Co., MS)

Associated Free Persons

• William Burr Howell (b.1797-d.1863) - owner
• Margaret Louise Kemp Howell (b.1805-d.?) - wife of William B. Howell
• Varina Anne Banks Howell (b.1826-d.1906) - daughter of William and Margaret Howell; wife of Jefferson Davis (m.1845) owner of Brierfield Plantation

• Dr. Senderson - owner (1858)

Associated Enslaved Persons

1840 Federal Slave Schedule, Wm. B. Howell

Natchez City, Adams Co., MS

• 1 male - ae 24-36
• 2 females - age 10 and under
• 2 females - age 10-24
• 1 female - age 24-36
• 1 female - age 36-55
• 1 female - age 55-100

Research Leads and Plantation Records

• none reported yet

Miscellaneous Information

• The Briars is currently a bed and breakfast called "The Briars Inn"
• The Briars is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Varina Howell and Jefferson Davis were married there.

References

• The Briars Inn. http://www.thebriarsinn.com/index.html
• The Papers of Jefferson Davis Project. http://jeffersondavis.rice.edu/resources.cfm?doc_id=1530
• Chart Of The Lower Mississippi River. Norman, B.M. ; Persac, A. ; Colton, J.H. 1858. David Rumsey Map Collection. http://www.davidrumsey.com/maps5501.html
• Rootsweb World Connect Project - Sharrow, Charron, Sharon, Carveth, Abbott, Armstrong, Miarecki and other Ancestors

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