OVERVIEW

 

 

 

Location

Adams County, Mississippi     

 

 

Date Constructed/Founded

c1775

 

 

Associated Surnames

Adams, Leonard, Ballance   

 

 

Historical Notes

William Adams Sr., owned Solitary Valley Plantation on a land claim of 201 acres that he received from his father, Richard Adams who brought his wife, Eleanor, and his family to Mississippi in 1775.  Richard Adams received a Spanish land grant.   .   

 

 

 

Associated Slave Workplaces

Linwood Plantation, Tensas Parish, Louisiana

Cerro Gordo Plantation, Tensas Parish, Louisiana

Locust Grove Plantation, Tensas parish, Louisiana 

Adams Plantation, Warren County, Mississippi

Adams Plantation, Warren County, Mississippi

Adams Place Plantation, Yazoo County, Mississippi

 

 

 

Associated Free Persons

• William Adams Sr. - owner
• Orpha Leonard Adams - wife of owner  

 

 

Associated Enslaved Persons

• Angola, age 22 in 1787
• Catherine, age 18 in 1787 
• Harry, age 7 in 1795

 

 

 

Research Leads and Plantation Records (To be added)                                                               

 

 

 

Miscellaneous Information (To be added)

 

 

 

References (To be added)

 

 

 

Users Researching This Workplace 

Edward B Adams