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

Ripley, Tippah Co., MS

 

Date Constructed/ Founded

1845

 

Associated Surnames

Rogan

 

Historical notes

Alabama (1826 - 1845) James Rogan (age 31), his wife Sarah Netherland and their two children Maria and James W. journeyed from Tennessee down the Holston and Tennessee Rivers by flatboat and arrived in Asheville, St. Clair Co., AL in 1826. There, James Rogan founded and operated a mercantile business at Gunter's Landing, a store (Asheville, AL), and later, a tannery. By, 1830 James Rogan's family had grown (6 free whites). One slave, a young black man (age 10 - 24) was enumerated in the Rogan household. James Rogan eventually co-founded Asheville's first school, Asheville Academy, and church, Mount Pleasant, served as postmaster at Asheville for several years, and was elected Judge of the County Court. After three more children were born, Rogan prepared to move his family to Tippah County, MS.

 

Mississippi (1845 - 1866) In 1845, James sent his 14 year old son Lafayette with slaves, livestock, and farming implements to clear the land, plant crops, and build a dwelling house. The industrious Rogan slaves had built a main house, smokehouses, big barns, stables, and slave quarters. James and the remainder of his family moved into the finished home in 1846 and began farming operations. Rogan was considered "Judge" of the Probate Court, although he was not officially elected. Through the years leading up to the Civil War, Rogan continued to run his small farm. After his wife's death in 1854, James Rogans noted that it had been the first death in his family "white or black, for about 32 years (since 1813)". This suggests that the same slaves who were with the Rogan family in 1830 - 1854 were still living. During the Civil War, Rogan's farm was constantly raided, occupied and pillaged by Union troops. After the War had ended, a few of the Rogan ex-slaves remained at the farm to work on the shares.

 

Associated Slave Workplaces

none

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Associated Free Persons

 

• Judge James Rogan (b.1797-d.1885) - plantation owner
• Sarah Netherland Rogan (b.1806-d.1854) - wife of James Rogan (m.1822)
• Maria Rogan (b.?-d.?) - daughter of James and Sarah N. Rogan; wife of Pinkney Wood (m.1846)
• James Woods Rogan (b.1823-d.1891) - son of James and Sarah N. Rogan; husband of Margaret McKinney (m.1846)
• Catherine Crawford Rogan (b.1828-d.?) - daughter of James and Sarah N. Rogan; wife of Reverend W.A. Gray (see William Boyd Plantation), pastor of the Presbyterean Church of Ripley MS
• Lafayette Rogan (b.1831-d.1906) - son of James and Sarah N. Rogan; husband of Ellen Jane Hunt
• Richard Cornelius Rogan (b.1833-d.?) - son of James and Sarah N. Rogan
• John Netherland Rogan (b.1836-d.?) - son of James and Sarah N. Rogan; husband of Marie Wood
• Leonidas Holman Rogan (b.1840-d.?) - son of James and Sarah N. Rogan
• Margaret Cornelia Rogan (b.1844-d.?) - daughter of James and Sarah N. Rogan; wife of George W. Brooks (m.1860)
• Sarah Alabama Rogan (b.1848-d.?) - daughter of James and Sarah N. Rogan

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Associated Enslaved Persons

 

1830 Slaves of James Rogan, St. Clair Co., AL

From the 1830 US Federal Census, St. Clair Co., AL

 

• 1 male, age 10-24

 

1833 Slaves of James Rogan, Asheville, St. Clair Co., AL

From James Rogan, Hill Country Pioneer, by Virginia O. Bardsley

 

• James Rogan bought his first slaves sometime after 1833, when he purchased land near Asheville Academy where cotton was raised as a cash crop.

 

1840 Slaves of James Rogan

From the 1840 US Federal Census, St. Clair Co., AL

• 3 males under age 10
• 1 male age 10-24
• 1 female under age 10
• 2 females age 24-36

 

1850 Slaves of James Rogan, Ripley, Tippah Co., MS

From the 1850 US Federal Slave Schedule, Tippah Co., MS

• female, age 30, black
• female, age 28, black
• male, age 23, mulatto
• male, age 22, black
• male, age 19, mulatto
• female, age 19, mulatto
• male, age 12, black
• male age 12, black
• male, age 3, black
• male, age 1 month, black
• female, age 6, black (on next page, following Richard White)
• male, age 8, mulatto (on next page, following Levi Shells)

 

1860 Slaves of James Rogan

From the 1860 US Federal Slave Schedule, Tippah Co., MS

 

• female, age 45, black
• female, age 45, black
• male, age 38, mulatto
• male, age 37, black
• male, age 28, mulatto
• female, age 27, black
• male, age 22, black
• male, age 19, black
• female, age 15, black
• male, age 12, black
• female, age 10, black
• male, age 6, black
• Note: 2 slave houses

 

1860 Slaves of James Rogan

From James Rogan, Hill Country Pioneer, by Virginia O. Bardsley

 

• Aunt Nancy - cook

 

1865 Slaves of James Rogan

From Southern Claims Commission Files, James Rogan, Claim #16866

 

• Tom (?-1865) - servant

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Research Leads and Plantation Records

 

• none reported yet

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Miscellaneous Information

 

• none

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References

 

• Rogan, James. Another Birth Day Has Come Round (autobiography). Southern Sentinel. Ripley MS. Dec 18, 1884.
• Southern Claims Commission Claim #16866, James Rogan, 1877. National Archives Microfiche Publication M1407. RG233, Southern Claims Commission Disallowed Claims, 1871-1880. Report 7, Office 0483, Fiche #2478, 2479, 2490
• 1830 U.S. Federal Census, St. Clair Co., AL p. 235
• 1840 U.S. Federal Census, St. Clair Co., AL
• 1850, 1860 U.S. Slave Schedule, Tippah Co., MS
• 1870 U.S. Federal Census, Tippah Co., MS
• Bardsley, Virginia O. James Rogan, Hill Country Pioneer. A dissertation submitted to the faculty of Mississippi State University. Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University. 1961.
• Rootsweb World Connect Project - Sims2001

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Users Researching This Workplace

 

• Karmella Haynes