Overview

Location

Claiborne Co., MS. The land was approximately at T12N-R3E section 7. The county highway maps at the MS Dept. of Transportation website show these land coordinates.

This plantation was on the north bank of the Bayou Pierre between the Grind Stone Ford Site (where the Old Natchez Trace crossed the Bayou Pierre north of Port Gibson) and modern day highway 61. To see this land on a modern map, click on the red icon, then click on "Hybrid," and then zoom in at

http://www.clocations.com/cviewmap.aspx?list=caty&state=MS&caty=Locale&lid=938143

The following links show historic sites adjacent to Woodlawn Plantation.

1. the historic Grind Stone Ford location and photos: http://www.clocations.com/cviewmap.aspx?list=caty&state=MS&caty=Locale&lid=913592 , http://www.civilwaralbum.com/vicksburg/inland1.htm
2. the historic Fairview Plantation location: http://www.clocations.com/cviewmap.aspx?list=caty&state=MS&caty=Locale&lid=910911
3. the historic Ashland Plantation location: http://www.clocations.com/cviewmap.aspx?list=caty&state=MS&caty=Locale&lid=900804

Date Constructed/ Founded

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Associated Surnames

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Historical notes

Abijah Hunt owned and operated a dry goods store on the banks of the Bayou Pierre at the Grind Stone Ford just to the east of Fariview Plantation. The Grind Stone Ford was a place where the Old Natchez Trace crossed the Bayou Pierre. In the early 1800s the area north of the Grind Stone Ford was Native American Land which stretched almost all the way to Nashville, TN along the Old Natchez Trace. The U.S. Government had formed an agreement with the Native Americans to allow settlers to travel through their land unharmed along the Old Trace.

Associated Slave Workplaces

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Associated Free Persons

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Associated Enslaved Persons

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