Randolph, John H. (John Hampden), 1813-1883.
Biographical notes:
John Hampden Randolph was born in Virginia and moved with his family to Wilkinson County, Mississippi, in 1819. There he practiced law and began working as a cotton planter. In 1823, he was appointed as a circuit court judge in Mississippi. Randolph married Emily Jane Liddell, daughter of Moses Liddell, in 1837. In 1841, the Randolphs moved to Iberville Parish, Louisiana, where John Randolph owned and operated sugar plantations Forest Home, Nottoway, Blythewood, and Bayou Goula. He began sugar production in 1844, working in partnerships with Charles A. Thornton and Franklin Hudson. During the Civil War, the partners moved with their slaves and valuables to Washington County, Texas, where they farmed on rented land. Randolph returned to Iberville Parish after the war.
From the description of John H. Randolph family papers, 1823-1889 (bulk 1834-1889). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122505690
John Hampden Randolph, son of Peter Randolph, was born in Virginia and moved with his family to Wilkinson County, Mississippi, in 1819. There he practiced law and began working as a cotton planter. In 1823, he was appointed circuit court judge in Mississippi, and married Emily Jane Liddell,daughter of Moses Liddell, in 1837.
The Randolphs moved to Iberville Parish, Louisiana, in 1841, where John Randolph owned and operated the sugar plantations of Forest Home, Nottoway, Blythewood, and Bayou Goula. He began sugar production in 1844, working in partnerships with Charles A. Thornton and Franklin Hudson. During the Civil War, the partners moved with their slaves and valuables to Washington County, Texas, where they farmed on rented land. Randolph returned to Iberville Parish after the war.
From the description of John H. Randolph family letters, circa 1780-1860. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 244436357
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Subjects:
- Slavery
- Cotton growing
- Freedmen
- Indians of North America
- Plantations
- Slaveholders
- Sugar growing
- Sugar trade
Occupations:
- Plantation owners
Places:
- Iberville Parish (La.) (as recorded)
- Southern States (as recorded)
- Forest Home Plantation (La.) (as recorded)
- Bayou Goula Plantation (La.) (as recorded)
- Louisiana--Iberville Parish (as recorded)
- Louisiana (as recorded)
- Wilkinson County (Miss.) (as recorded)
- Troy Plantation (La.) (as recorded)
- Washington County (Tex.) (as recorded)
- Indian Territory (as recorded)
- Mississippi (as recorded)
- Mississippi--Wilkinson County (as recorded)
- Blythewood Plantation (La.) (as recorded)
- Louisiana (as recorded)
- Mississippi--Wilkinson County (as recorded)
- Nottoway Plantation (La.) (as recorded)
- Louisiana--Iberville Parish (as recorded)
- Nottoway Plantation (La.) (as recorded)
