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)
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