Overview
Location
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Adams Co., MS. This plantation, which belonged to Abijah Hunt, was possibly located along the Homochitto River at T5N-R1W, section 37 along the southern Adams County line. See the county highway maps at the MS Dept. of Transportation website to find this location. The reasons that support this plantation's probable location follow.
- Abijah Hunt owned a single 3,645 acre Adams Co., MS plantation ("Antebellum Natchez", D. Clayton James, LSU Press, Baton Rouge, p 157).
- Abijah Hunt bought 1,280 acres on Wells Creek, 640 acres on the Homochitto River; 520 acres on Sandy Creek; and with partner John Holland another 450 acres on Wells Creek ("Early Settlers of Mississippi," by Walter Lowrie, Southern Historical Press, Inc. 1986).
- Wells Creek and Sandy Creek (possibly also known as Beaver Branch) empty into the Homochitto River very close to each other along the southern border of Adams County.
Date Constructed/ Founded
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About 1807. Certificates of Abijah Hunt's and John Holland's titles to this land were recorded in 1807 with the Register of the Land Office west of the Pearl River ("Early Settlers of Mississippi," by Walter Lowrie, Southern Historical Press, Inc. 1986).
Associated Surnames
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Hunt, Holland
Historical notes
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This plantation, belonging to Abijah Hunt and possibly to John Holland, is being referred to as Hunt Plantation until the historical name can be determined. Abijah Hunt died in a duel in 1811. Thus, Abijah's business interest in this plantation would have most likely been inherited by his main heir - his nephew David Hunt ("Antebellum Natchez", D. Clayton James, LSU Press, Baton Rouge, p 157).
David is said to have sold what he inherited in Adams County from his Uncle Abijah's estate to expand his plantation operation in neighboring Jefferson County. This surely included "Hunt Plantation" and probably occurred between his Uncle's 1811 death and the 1816 end of the War of 1812 (1816 is about the time that David closed his Uncle's Hunt and Smith business firm.) David, however, again acquired plantations in Adams County - Homewood, Lansdowne, and Oakley Grove - through his 1816 marriage to Ann Ferguson.
Associated Slave Workplaces
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Abijah Hunt's other plantations. In addition to this plantation in Adams County, he possibly owned Wilderness Plantation in Adams County. He had Huntley Plantation (and possibly Oakwood Plantation ) in Jefferson County, MS. He had a plantation with 600 acres in cotton in 1811 that was adjacent to Port Gibson in Claiborne County. He had a plantation on the Bayou Pierre north of Port Gibson with 900 acres and about 61 slaves that he sold in 1808. He definitely owned land which was in the vicinity of plantations his main heir David Hunt later owned - so he could have owned Hole In The Wall Plantation in Concordia Parish, LA as well as nearby Arcola Plantation in Tensas Parish, LA.
Associated Free Persons
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- Abijah Hunt. Rich Natchez District Merchant: owned between three and five plantations; probably owned 200 to 300 slaves; owned five general stores and several public cotton gins; worth $500,000 at his 1811 death; was one of the 18 richest men in the Natchez District from 1800 to 1811.
- John Holland - possible partner of Abijah Hunt in this plantation.
- David Hunt. Abijah Hunt's nephew and main heir: owned 25 plantations; owned about 1,200 slaves; one of only 35 millionaires in the U.S. during his lifetime; lived on Woodlawn Plantation in Jefferson County, MS.
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References
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- "Early Settlers of Mississippi," by Walter Lowrie, Southern Historical Press, Inc. 1986.
- "Antebellum Natchez", D. Clayton James, LSU Press, Baton Rouge, p 157
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