Overview
Location
Ascention Parish, LA
Date Constructed/ Founded
late 1700's
Associated Surnames
Burnside, Conway, Latil
Historical notes
Houmas Indians originally laid claim to the land where the initial four-room house was built by Maurice Conway and Alexandre Latil in the late 1700s. A Greek Revival mansion was added in 1840. The plantation flourished under the ownership of John Burnside, an Irish immigrant who built the sugar estate to 20,000 acres. During the Civil War, the plantation wasn't occupied by Union troops because Burnside claimed immunity as a British subject.
Associated Slave Workplaces
none
Associated Free Persons
- Maurice Conway - builder of intital four-room house
- Alexandre Latil - builder of initial four-room house
- John Burnside - owner; Irish immigrant who built the sugar estate to 20,000 acres
Associated Enslaved Persons
Research Leads and Plantation Records
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Manuscript Resources on the History of Music, Drama, and Other Performing Arts in the Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections Hill Memorial Library, LSU: Gray, Lillie Trust. Papers, 1860-1920 (bulk 1886-1890). 178 items; 8 vols. Location: U:154; F:9. Musician and teacher at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Convent, St. James Parish, Louisiana.....Collection also includes household and farm entries; receipts for music lessons; and a payroll book (1865-1867) forHoumas Plantation. http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/guides/perfarts.html
Miscellaneous Information
- Agriculture: indigo and sugarcane
References
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