Overview

Location

Carroll Co., MS

Date Constructed/ Founded

ca. 1835

Associated Surnames

Eskridge

Historical notes

none

Associated Slave Workplaces

McNeill Plantation

Associated Free Persons

• Richard Edmund Eskridge (b.1775-d.1860) - owner
• Nancy Livingston Eskridge (b.1782-d.1821) - wife of Richard E. Eskridge
• Burdit Mark Eskridge (b.1798-d.?) - son of Richard E. and Nancy L. Eskridge
• Mary Ann Eskridge (b.1800-d.1860) - daughter of Richard E. and Nancy L. Eskridge
• Julia Ann Eskridge (b.1800-d.?) - daughter of Richard E. and Nancy L. Eskridge
• Taliaferro Eskridge (b.1803-d.?) - son of Richard E. and Nancy L. Eskridge
• Samuel Grigsby Eskridge (b.1805-d.?) - son of Richard E. and Nancy L. Eskridge
• Richard Ringold Eskridge (b.1807-d.?) - son of Richard E. and Nancy L. Eskridge
• Savannah Rebecca Eskridge (b.1811-d.?) - daughter of Richard E. and Nancy L. Eskridge

• Thomas Livingston Eskridge (b.1801-d.1838) - son of Richard E. and Nancy L. Eskridge
• Julia A. Lilly (b.1805-d.1869) - wife of Thomas L. Eskridge
• Richard Edmund Eskridge (b.1826-d.1896) - son of Thomas L. and Julia A.L. Eskridge
• David Lilly Eskridge (b.1831-d.?) - son of Thomas L. and Julia A.L. Eskridge
• William Chiles Eskridge (b.1833-d.?) - son of Thomas L. and Julia A.L. Eskridge
• Sarah Rebecca Eskridge (b.1836-d.?) - daughter of Thomas L. and Julia A.L. Eskridge
• Mary Tabitha Eskridge (b.?-d.?) - daughter of Thomas L. and Julia A.L. Eskridge; wife of Albert F. McNeil (see McNeill Plantation)

Associated Enslaved Persons

1845 Estate of Thomas L. Eskridge

From the Book of Estate Records, Carroll Co., MS. MS Department of Archives

• Amanda - valued at $575
• Betsy - valued at $225
• Brown - valued at $366.66
• Lucy - & child valued at $466.66
• Porthena - child of Lucy
• Moses - valued at $341
• Nancy - valued at $275
• Patsy - valued at $500
• Rose - valued at $160
• Samuel - valued at $275

To Albert McNeil

• Abigail - valued at $200; in right of his wife
• Dolly - & child; valued at $600
• Harril - child of Dolly
• Fanny - valued at $325; in right of his wife
• Feriby - valued at $500; in right of his wife

To Richard Eskridge & William Eskridge

• Bill - at $125
• Ruth - at $500
• Winny - & child valued at $500
• Squire - child of Winny

1851 Estate of Thomas L. Eskridge

From Carroll County Mississippi Estate Records 1840 - 1869

To Sarah R. Grantham (wife of John Gratham), slaves belonging to the heirs of Samuel B. Eskridge

Lot #1

• Jim - $500
• Mary 
• Dorcas - child of Mary and Jim
• Paldon - $250, child of Mary and Jim 
• Edam - $100, a child 

Lot #2

• Jacob - $225
•  Maria - $650

Lot #3

• Jiny - $500
•  Becky - $350

Lot #4

• John $300
• Harriett - $250 
• Polly - $275 

1854 Estate of Thomas L. Eskridge

From Carroll County Mississippi Estate Records 1840 - 1869

Lot #1 - drawn by W.C. Eskridge

• Moses - $1200
• Nancy - $300
• Betsey - $700
• John - $600
• Tom - $475 

Lot #2 - drawn by Mrs. Julia Eskridge

• Brown - $1150
• Lucy - $51
•  Patsey & child - $1200
• Parthurey - $700

1853-1860 Slaves of Richard E. Eskridge

From the Will and codicil to the Will of Richard E. Eskridge (Stephen Hanks)

To grandson Burditt Eskridge (son of Taliaferro Eskridge)

• Abram
• Bill
• Elias
• Jim - age 22
• Martha
• Jim - son of Martha
• Mitch
• Moses Jr.
• Luke
• Amanda - wife of Luke
• Nelson - child of Luke and Amanda
• Rich/ Richard

1860 - Slaves of Richard Eskridge
From the Carroll Co., MS Slave Schedule, 49 total, 9 houses

• 17 female black, 16 female black, 13 female black, 11 female black, 8 male black, 3 female black, 3 female black
• 30 male black, 28 female black, 14 female black, 12 male black, 10 male black, 8 male black, 3 female black, 1 female black
• 24 female black, 1 male black
• 37 male black, 36 male black, 26 female black, 9 male black
• 28 male black 
• 38 male black, 34 male black, 30 male black
• 63 male black, 41 male black, 21 male black
• 70 female black, 16 female black
• 64 male black, 24 male black, 20 male black, 16 male black
• 36 male black, 35 female black, 13 male mulatto, 2 female mulatto
• 16 male black, 14 male mulatto, 8 female black
• 60 male black, 60 female black, 50 male black, 21 male black, 20 female black, 14 female black

1860 - Slaves of Tollivar (Taliaferro) Eskridge 

From the Carroll Co., MS Slave Schedule, 14 total, 4 houses

• 33 female black, 21 male black, 19 male black, 18 male black, 16 male black, 14 male black, 12 male black, 8 male black, 5 female black, 4 male black, 2 female black, 1 female black
• 38 male black, 16 female mulatto

1860 - Slaves of Richard E. Eskridge

From the Carroll Co., MS Slave Schedule, 11 total, 2 houses

• 40 female black, 30 male black, 28 female black, 16 male black
• 19 male black, 8 female black, 6 female black, 3 male black, 3 male black, 9 mo. female black, 6 mo. female black

1860 - Slaves of Albert F. McNeal (McNeil) 

From the Carroll Co., MS Slave Schedule, 30 total, 5 houses

• 32 male black, 35 female black, 9 female black, 7 female black, 5 male black, 3 male black, 6 mo. female black
• 30 male black, 17 female black, 6 mo. male black
• 27 male black
• 37 female black, 16 female black, 2 female black 
• 27 female black, 1 female black
• 23 female black, 13 male black
• 28 female black, 1 female black 
• 30 female black, 14 female black, 2 male black, 1 female black, 1 mo. male black
• 23 male black, 20 male black
•  22 male black, 18 male black, 16 female black

Research Leads and Plantation Records

• none reported yet

Miscellaneous Information

• none

References

•  
• Wiltshire, Betty C. Carroll County, Mississippi Estate Records 1840 - 1869 with Freedmen Apprenticeships. 
• Hanks, Stephen. Akee Tree: A Descendant's Search for His Roots on the Eskridge Plantations. PepperBird Books, Portland, OR. 2005.
• Rootsweb World Connect Project - Raper, Vanderford, Kingsland, Wilkins and Connecting Branches

Users Researching This Workplace

• Karmella Haynes