Overview
Location
Davis Bend, Warren Co., MS
Date Constructed/ Founded
ca. 1835
Associated Surnames
Davis
Historical notes
Jefferson Davis received the land upon which he and his slaves built Brierfield as a gift from his older brother Joseph E. Davis (owner of Hurricane Plantation).
Associated Slave Workplaces
Hurricane Plantation (Warren Co., MS), Rosemont Plantation (Wilkinson Co., MS)
Associated Free Persons
- Jefferson Finis Davis (b.1808-d.1889) - son of Samuel E. Davis of Rosemont Plantation; President of the Confederate States of America
- Sarah Knox Taylor Davis (b.1814-d.1835) - first wife of Jefferson F. Davis (m.1835)
- Varina Anne Banks Howell Davis (b.1826-d.1906) - second wife of Jefferson F. Davis (m.1845); daughter of William B. Howell of Briars Plantation
- Samuel Emory Davis (b.1852-d.1854) - son of Jefferson F. and Varina A.B.H. Davis
- Margaret Howell Davis (b.1855-d.1909) - daughter of Jefferson F. and Varina A.B.H. Davis
- Jefferson Davis (b.1857-d.1878) - son of Jefferson F. and Varina A.B.H. Davis
- Joseph Evan Davis (b.1859-d.1864) - son of Jefferson F. and Varina A.B.H. Davis
- William Howell Davis (b.1861-d.1872) - son of Jefferson F. and Varina A.B.H. Davis
- Varina Anne Davis (b.1864-d.1898) - daughter of Jefferson F. and Varina A.B.H. Davis
Associated Enslaved Persons
1860 Federal Slave Schedule, Jeff Davis
Warren Co., MS
Research Leads and Plantation Records
Cox, Owen B. Papers, 1844-1882
Manuscript Resources on African American History in the Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, Special Collections, LSU Libraries. http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/guides/afam.html
n.d. 21 items. Location: Mf. Planter and merchant of Clinton and Briarfield, Mississippi. Papers include slave sale documents; family letters; two Jefferson Davis documents; and a contract (1879) and a letter (1882), both pertaining to the management of Briarfield Plantation. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3041.
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