Overview

Location

not determined

Date Constructed/ Founded

1851

Associated Surnames

Davis

Historical notes

Strawberry Plains was a 4000 acre plantation built by Eben Davis of VA. Davis was one of the earliest settlers of Marshall County. The plantation was self-sufficient and had an ice house, flour mill, blacksmith, carriage house, cotton gin, stable, slave quarters and the school for Davis' children and the slaves' children. During the Civil War, Davis left for his other plantation in Alabama, and left his wife, Martha Greenlee to run Strawberry Plains.

Associated Slave Workplaces

none

Associated Free Persons

• Eben N. Davis (b.?-d.1881) - owner; cousin of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy
• Martha Trimble Greenlee Davis (b.1823-d.?) - wife of Eben Davis (m.1845)
• Eben Davis - son of Eben and Martha T.G. Davis
• John Davis - son of Eben and Martha T.G. Davis
• Mary Davis - daughter of Eben and Martha T.G. Davis
• Augusta Davis - daughter of Eben and Martha T.G. Davis
• Nannie Davis - daughter of Eben and Martha T.G. Davis

Associated Enslaved Persons

1860 MS Slave Census

• DAVIS, E. N., 114 slaves, T3 R3 (page 46)

Research Leads and Plantation Records

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Miscellaneous Information

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References

• Marshall Co., MS Largest Slave Holders From the 1860 Slave Census Schedules. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ajac/msmarshall.htm
• Marshall County MSGenWeb. Strawberry Plains information from The South Reporter, Apr 15 & Nov 4, 1999 and Nov 30, 2000 http://marshallcountyms.org/locales/historic.php
• Rootsweb World Connect Project, Gretchen Zollinger's Family Tree

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