Ashton Plantation and an Inquest

Family Friends and Neighbors (St. Charles Parish, Louisiana) piqued my interest of Ashton Plantation with this post about an inquest that was held in 1883. LSU Libraries has a broadside for the cotton growing Ashton Plantation of East Carroll Parish. USGenWeb LAGenWeb Archives announces that sugarcane grown in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, four miles below Hahnville, Louisiana, was produced there. Genealogy Trails.com declares that Ashton Plantation was in New Orleans, Louisiana and produced a sugar crop.

"We have received the champion blue-ribbon stalk of sugar cane from the Ashton plantation four miles below Hahnville. It contains ten red joints, well-developed, and is the largest we have seen this season." St. Charles Herald, 28 Jul 1883 http://files.usgwarchives.org/la/stcharles/newspapers/herald/07281883.txt

The Sankofa Wiki has produced a little information about the Ashton Plantation of
East Carroll Parish, Louisiana.

The LSU broadside, available on microfilm, declares the sale of Ashton Plantation
along with 98 slaves in 1859. Ashton consisted of 1,800 acres on Bayou Macon
and the Mississippi River.  It was owned by Dr. William Webb Wilkins.

There is currently a subdivision named, Ashton Plantation, in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana.

More: 44 British Bull Dog Revolver Wiki
Describes that the gun is only suitable for use at point blank range and is an American made
handgun that began production about 1878.

• Where is the 2nd Ward in St. Charles Parish 1883?
  
• Who was the 2nd Ward Justice of the Peace in St. Charles Parish 1883?
• Who is Joseph Clendon? (Could this be Mclendon instead of Clendon?)
• Is the Morgan Flowers listed in the CWSS system the same man?

  Flowers, Morgan Co. D

  Confederate

  Infantry

  5th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry

BLM GLO records indicate ONE surname record for a James M. Clendon in Louisiana in Clairborne Parish, Louisiana 1861. There were numerous surname land owners in Louisiana, Flowers, however, no Morgan Flowers.The closest BLM records of the surname were listed in "Carroll Parish" according to the document. BLM GLO states that this is West Carroll, but the document image stated "Carroll Parish". Odd. Sometimes you may find other names or military information on the documents of the BLM GLO records that can give you clues. No such luck this time. LAGenWeb did not have Ward Maps listed that could be immediately found, but, I'll keep searching.

Algiers Historical Society Meeting

Saturday July 17, 2010
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: rear of Old Algiers Courthouse, 225 Morgan St., Algiers, LA

Notes:
Michel-Antoine Nicolas returns to talk about the Basques and their part in Louisiana's history.

Louisiana SAR contact

Sons of the American Revolution

Louisiana State Society Genealogy Contact:

Clifford Normand, Registrar
15131 Championship Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70810
Email: Clifford.Normand@att.net

SAR Genealogy Assistant

Edward E. Friloux, Louisiana
Expertise: Louisiana and Mississippi
Contact: edfriloux1@wwdb.org

EOGN:First African American in Georgia to be Inducted into National Society Sons of the American Revolution

"Henderson, a native of New Orleans, La. who currently lives in metro-Atlanta, discovered his unique lineage while researching his French ancestry. His fourth generation great-grandfather, Mathieu Devaux, a French National, served as a militiaman under the command of the Spanish Governor General Bernardo de Galvez, who led troops in several major battles in Louisiana and along the Gulf Coast. Devaux had a relationship with his former slave, Agnes Mathieu, in Spanish Colonial Louisiana. Henderson is descendent from one of their seven children, all of whom were born free prior to the Louisiana Purchase in 1803."