Overview

Location

Fifteen miles from Hazelhurst, Copiah Co., MS

Date Constructed/ Founded

ca. 1840

Associated Surnames

Beasley, Taliaferro

Historical notes

none

Associated Slave Workplaces

Reed Plantation (Chicot Co., AR)

Associated Free Persons

• William Quarles Taliaferro/ Tolliver (b.1811-d.1840) - owner
• Susan Ann Chapman Taliaferro Reed (b.1815-d.?) - wife of William Q. Taliaferro (m.1839); after William Q's death, she married Mr. Reed and moved to Chicot Co., Arkansas (ca.1855-1858); see Reed Plantation
• Peachy Ridgway Taliaferro (b.1840-d.ca.1860) - son of William Q. and Susan C. Tolliver; fought and died in the Civil War

• Kurt Johnson - overseer
• Mack McKenzie - overseer
• Phil Womack - overseer

Associated Enslaved Persons

1849-1855 Slaves of Taliaferro Plantation

From Voices From Slavery: Lucretia Alexander interview, edited by Norman R. Yetman (Note: Lucretia mentions several descendants in her narrative. See source for details.)

• John Beasley (b.1775-1781-d.1881) - of Virginia; sold five times for rebellious behavior against his masters and ended up in Claiborne Co., MS; finally purchased by Susan Reed ($1500.00) under the condition that Agnes come to Arkansas as well (ca.1855)
• Agnes Taliaferro (b.1792-1794-d.1865) - wife of John Beasley; born in Washington Co., VA; daughter of Washington (a free Indian man) and a slave woman; owned by William Q. Taliaferro and later bequeathed to Peach
• son (?) - Lucretia Alexander states that her mother Agnes had a boy older than she
• daughter (?) - Lucretia Alexander states that her mother Agnes had a girl older than she
• Lucretia Taliaferro Alexander (b.1849-d.?) - daughter of John Beasley and Agnes Taliaferro ; owned by Peach R. Taliaferro, then by Susan Reed

1860 MS Slave Census

• TALIAFERRO, R. H., 44 slaves (page 34)

(Note: This may be Richard Henry Taliaferro, b.1827, nephew of William Q. Taliaferro)

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Miscellaneous Information

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References

• Copiah Co., MS Largest Slave Holders From the 1860 Slave Census Schedules. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ajac/mscopiah.htm
• Rootsweb World Connect Project, Brown RatcliffeNovember2006
• Voices From Slavery: 100 Authentic Slave Narratives. Edited by Yetman, Norman R. pp 11-14.

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