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Eustatia Plantation

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Overview
Associated Free Persons
Associated Enslaved Persons
Research Leads and Plantation Records
Miscellaneous Information
References
Users Researching This Workplace

Overview

Location

Issaquena Co., MS

Date Constructed/ Founded

not determined

Associated Surnames

Anderson, Brown, Blue, Bunkly, Butler, Campbell, Claiborn, Clark, Eustis, Gaines, Good, Goodson, Green, Hall, Hawley, Island, Jenifer/Jennifer/Jenfer, Jones, King, Kinny/Kinney, Odum, Reed, Thomas, Uslem/Ooslem/Uslum

Historical notes

none

Associated Slave Workplaces

none

Associated Free Persons

Horatio Eustis (b.?-d.1858) - owner
Catherine C. Eustis - wife of Horatio Eustis

Sarah - free person of color

John W. Butler - overseer; recorded entries in Eustatia Plantation Account book
George R. Clark - overseer; recorded entries in Eustatia Plantation Account book
Henry C. Eustis - overseer; recorded entries in Eustatia Plantation Account book
Q.F. Hawley - overseer; recorded entries in Eustatia Plantation Account book
Major Chatard - buyer and seller of goods, noted several times in account book
J.R. Langley - noted as borrowing hay from Eustatia (in account book)
Mr. William Brown - saw mill engineer
Mr. Borham - traded goods with Eustatia plantation
Dr. Duval - tended to many of the sick slaves

Associated Enslaved Persons

1860 - 1861 Slaves mentioned in the Eustatia Account Book

Abe
(Big) Amanda
(Little) Amanda
Amanda Campbell - married William Campbell(?)
Anderson - ran away Sat. Sept. 29, 1860; returned Mon. Oct. 1, 1860
(Old) Ann
Anica - cook, sick nurse
Arthor
Bazzel/Basil/Baswell - man; carried out several duties and ran many errands; made slave collars
Ben Reed - ran away the night of Tues., June 12, 1860; returned Sun., July 15, 1860; ran away Wed. Sept. 12, 1860; returned Fri. Oct. 5, 1860
Betsy Brown
Betsy Ooslem/Uslem - baby born Oct. 16, 1860
Bob Uslum
Body/Boddy - woman
Borlea - meat curer
Caroline Uslum
Celest
Claiborn - ran away Sat. Sept. 29, 1860; returned Mon. Oct. 1, 1860
(Big) Clarissa Hall
(Little) Clarissa
Dick - ran away Thursday, June 15, 1860; returned Sunday, July 15, 1860; ran away Sat. Sept. 29, 1860; returned Mon. Oct. 1, 1860
Elijah - mending pipes along the saw mill
Eliza - house servant
Eliza Ann
Ellen
Frozen/Frozene - baby born Sept. 18, 1860
Green/Greene - ran away Sat. Sept. 29, 1860; caught and returned Oct. 18, 1860
Harrison
Henney Jenifer - female; one baby (became ill and died June 4, 1860); married Jim Jenifer (?)
Jack Odum
Jackson - man; slave driver
Jim Jenifer - male, mending pipes along the saw mill, axe grinding
Jim King
Jim Kinny: ran away Sat. Sept. 29, 1860; returned Mon. Oct. 1, 1860
Jeff
Jenny
Jerry - ran away Sunday, July 8, 1860; returned Sunday, July 15, 1860
Jery - ran away Tuesday, June 12, 1860
Jo Claiborn
Jo Gaines
Joe Bunkly
Joe Eustis - ran away Sat. Sept. 29, 1860; returned Mon. Oct. 1, 1860
Joe Thomas
Joe Uslum
John
Kean Hall - man; mending and sharpening plows, blacksmith, foreman
Leah-Anne
Leige
Liddy
Lidely
Linsey/Lincy - woman; died Mon. Nov. 5, 1860
Manervia
Margrate - baby born Oct. 20, 1860; house servant
Maria Anderson - house servant
(Old) Maria
Marrien
Mary Blue
Mary Green
Mary Jones
(Little) Mary
Matilda - baby born July 1860
Montgomery
Moses
Ned
Nelce
Nelson
Ned Brown
Patsy Ann - ran away Tues. Oct. 30, 1860; returned Sat. Nov. 3, 1860
(Little) Patsy
(Old) Peter - basket weaving; ran away Tues. Sept. 11, 1860; returned Fri. Oct. 5, 1860
(Little) Peter - waggoning; ran away Sat. Sept. 29, 1860; returned Fri. Oct. 5, 1860
Phillip/Phill Good
Phillis - nurse
Polly
Richmond/Richman - ran away Fri. Sept. 7, 1860; returned Fri. Oct. 5, 1860; ran away Wed. Oct. 10, 1860; returned Mon. Oct. 15, 1860
Roda/Rody - female; baby born Sept. 5, 1860
Rosetter
(Big) Sarah
(Little) Sarah
Sarah Goodson
Sarah Uslem
Spenser - ran away Oct. 16, 1860; returned night of Oct. 18, 1860
Stepney - ran away the night of Fri., June 22, 1860; returned Thurs. Aug. 12, 1860; ran away Sat. Sept. 29, 1860; caught and returned Oct. 18, 1860
Steven
Susan
(Old) Synay
Thomas/Tom - fixing/building wagon wheels and carts in his shop
Tom Island - carpenter
William Campbell - house servant, working on houses; ran away Thurs. Sept. 27, 1860; returned Mon. Oct. 1, 1860
Wilson

Research Leads and Plantation Records

Eustatia Plantation, MS, Account Book, 1861: Ohio Historical Center Archives Library. Vol 649

Miscellaneous Information

none

References

Branton, K. and Wade, A. Early Mississippi Records: Issaquena Co. & Washington Co., 1827-1900, Vol. II. Pioneer Publishing Co. 2001. [Estate of Horatio Eustis; WBk. C, p.13; 1859]
The African American Experience in Ohio 1850-1920 (online): Eustatia Plantation, MS, Account Book. The online source has images of the pages from the account book as well as a transcribed version.