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

ca. 1820

 

Associated Surnames

Howell, Senderson

 

Historical notes

none

 

Associated Slave Workplaces

Brierfield Plantation (Wilkinson Co., MS)

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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)

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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

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Research Leads and Plantation Records

 

• none reported yet

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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.

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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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