OVERVIEW

Location

Concordia Parish south of Vidalia west of the Mississippi River.

Date Constructed/Founded

unknown

Associated Surnames

Barland, Pierson

Historical Notes

Robert Stewart, nephew of Jacob Stewart, great great grandfather of Edward B Adams, gave information in an affidavit that Jacob Stewart’s parents are Ben Barland and Margaret Stewart, both born in Virginia. Milly Barland, aged 38, Ben Barland, aged 13, were listed among the slaves on the Rifle Point Plantation inventory after the death of Dr. Samuel Gustine.

Checking for persons named Barland living nearby, the 1850 U. S. Federal Census, Trinity, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, lists David Barland, born 1798, Mississippi, and his wife, Susanna Pierson Barland, born, 1800, Virginia. Susan Barland is listed in the 1860 U. S. Federal Census, Ward 7, Concordia, Louisiana as a farmer. Listed with her are M. A. E. Johnson, female mulatto, aged 39, born in Mississippi, J. S. Johnson, male white, aged 5, and W. D. Johnson, male white, aged 3.

David Barland, for example, was one of twelve mulatto children born to William Barland, a white planter in Adams County, Mississippi. (Oakes, p. 48.).

William Barland was one of the earliest slaveholders in the Mississippi Territory. He purchased the freedom of his companion, Elizabeth Barland, and three infant children, Andrew, Elizabeth, and Margaret from James Eilers in 1815. William and Elizabeth had twelve children. He owned land in five counties and gave land to each of his children.

Associated Slave Workplaces

none

Associated Free Persons

• David Barland – owner
• Susannah Pierson Barland – wife of owner
• William Barland - father of owner
• Elizabeth Eiler Barland - mother of owner 
• M. A. E. Johnson - female mulatto listed in household on 1860 Census  

Associated Enslaved Persons

Eighth United States Federal Census, 1860,

Schedule 2 - Slave Inhabitants

Ward 7 Concordia, Louisiana

S. Barland - 10 Slaves

Research Leads and Plantation Records

none

Miscellaneous Information

In Mississippi, the plantation and slave-owning Barland brothers – Andrew, David, and John – and probably the Natchez barber William Johnson, the wealthiest Negroes in the state, were children of white slave owners and slave women. (Scheninger, p. 100.).

References

• Mississippi Court Records (p.4) Adams County 1802
• Eighth United States Federal Census, 1860, Concordia, Louisiana, Schedule 2 - Slave Inhabitants. S Barland - 10 Slaves
• Rowland, Dunbar, History of Mississippi: The Heart of the South, Volume 1, Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1927, p. 333.
• Davis, William C., A Way Through The Wilderness: The Natchez Trace and the Civilization of the Southern Frontier, New York: Harper – Collins Publishers, Inc., 1995, p. 80.
• Schweninger, Loren, Black Property Owners in the South, 1790-1915,

Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1997, p. 100.

• Oakes, James, The Ruling Race: A History of American Slaveholders,

New York: Knopf Publishing, 1982, p. 48.

Users Researching This Workplace

• Edward B Adams