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Thomas Kershaw

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Washington County, Mississippi

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Julie Stevens

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Thomas Kershaw was born 1804/8 in Charleston, South Carolina. He came to Washington County in the early to mid 1830s. He died in 1885. Kershaw had a large plantation in southern Washington County. The plantation was situated on the Mississippi River, just below and adjoining the town of Princeton. Thus far, I have found three sources listing names of EP. The first is the deed by which Kershaw obtained the plantation in 1836. Second, is a deed from 1839 whereby he placed a number of EPs as security for payment of a debt. Lastly, the pension records for Reuben Fox reveal EP Buck Anderson, who was enslaved on the Kershaw place. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1: Acquisition of Plantation Washington County, Mississippi Deed Book E Page 514 By indenture dated 16 June 1836, THOMAS KERSHAW and JAMES H. CLAIBORNE acquired a large, existing plantation in Washington County from CORNELIUS and SUSAN HARING. The plantation was situated on the Mississippi River, just below and adjoining the town of Princeton. The plantation was described as being Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4 of Section 10, and Lots 5, 6, 7, and 8 of Section 9, all in Township 14 Range 9W. Along with the land, Kershaw and Claiborne acquired furniture, farm utensils, cattle, horses, mules, sheep, and oxen. They also acquired Haring’s 32 EP who lived on the plantation. Kershaw and Claiborne paid $95,000 for the land, animals, furniture, and EPs. The EPs were, in the order listed in the deed: 1. JOE 2. AGGY 3. MAJOR 4. POLLY 5. NANCY 6. MARY 7. JIM 8. JAMES 9. CAROLINE 10. ELLEN 11. MARK 12. JUDY 13. EMELINE 14. PHOEBE 15. CELIA 16. MILLY 17. MARGARET 18. ROBINSON 19. DAVID 20. PETER 21. PETER H …? 22. JANE 23. ELLEN 24. ANTHONY 25. BETSEY 26. and her CHILD 27. TOM 28. GEORGE 29. GREY (?g) 30. JULIA ANN 31. BARTELET 32. PETE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. Security for Payment of Debt Washington County, Mississippi, Deed Book I Page 12 On June 27, 1839, Thomas Kershaw, of Washington Co, who was indebted to Matthew Flournoy, of Kentucky, in the sum of $27,171, along with John &Frederick Turnbull, drew note, along with John & Frederick Turnbull, for the sum. The note was made in favor of Matthew Flournoy, and was payable at the Commercial bank of New Orleans. To secure payment of the note, Kershaw conveyed 59 EP located on his plantation in Washington County, along with his cotton crop then growing on that plantation to Victor M. Flournoy. Victor was the son of Matthew Flournoy, and lived on a plantation at/near Lake Washington, in Washington County. The EP named are as follows, in the order in which they appear in the deed: ELIZA, about 25 years old ABRAHAM, 30 years old JOHN, 4 years old ABRAHAM SMITH blacksmith, 30 years old LULLY, 25 years old HARDTIMES, 25 years old MOLLY, 18 years old BEN, 22 years old EMELINE, 24 years old LYDIA, 4 years old HENRY carpenter, 30 years old MAHALA, 22 years old and CHILD, 4 years old MARK, 25 years old JUDY, 30 years old GEORGE, 30 years old DIANNA, 20 years old and CHILD, 1 year old HARRIET, 20 years old HERCULES, 22 years old and CHILD, 4 years old ROBIN, 20 years old, and WIFE, 18 years old TONY, 25 years old YELLOW DIANNA, 20 years old, and CHILD, 2 years old ROBIN M. B... (hard to read), 17 years old HARDTIMES MA?Y... carpenter, 18 years old JOE carpenter, 40 years old AGGY, 40 years old ANTHONY, 40 years old JANE nurse, 38 years old ELLEN, 17 years old DAVID, 30 years old MARGARET, 22 years old HEA?NLY cooper, 32 years old MARY, 30 years old ISAAC, 14 years old MOLLY, 12 years old CHAPMAN, 4 years old JOSIE, 35 years old MARY, 34 years old RHODA, 18 years old TOM, 20 years old WILLIAM, 18 years old PHILLIP, 18 years old MOSES, 12 years old BOB, 20 years old SOLOMON, 40 years old JIM, 30 years old, a carpenter, and HIS WIFE, 25 years old TOM, 28 years old, and his wife BETSY, 25 years old, and child PRINCE, 22 years old SOPHY, 22 years old PETER, 40 years old PHEBY, 30 years old NANCY, 12 years old ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. EP: BUCK ANDERSON Born circa 1856, Mississippi Died 1939 Coahoma County, Mississippi Son of JACK ANDERSON Brothers ABRAHAM and JOHNSON Sister JANE and LETTY Wife HANNAH WOODS; married 2 Feb 1876, Washington County, Mississippi 1880 US Federal Census: Washington County, Mississippi; in home of father Jack Anderson 1910 US Federal Census: Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi 1912: Deposition in support of Reuben Fox; in Coahoma County, Mississippi 1920 US Federal Census: Clarksdale, Coahoma County, Mississippi In a deposition given 1912, in support of REUBEN FOX's claim for pension, Buck stated that he was enslaved at the "Kershaw place" about four miles from Elmwood Plantation, which was the George Ward place at Lake Washington. Information on Buck found in Reuben Fox's pension file. That file is not online. Contact me for further information. Reuben Fox was a EP at the Ward plantations on Lake Washington. He claimed a pension based on his father's service.

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