Benjamin Farar papers, 1773-1826 (bulk 1820-1826).

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Benjamin Farar papers, 1773-1826 (bulk 1820-1826).

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Personal and business correspondence (1820-1826) concerns family matters and life at Laurel Hill Plantation, with some references to social life in New Orleans. Correspondents include Mary Farar, Anna Farar Mercer, and other family members, friends, and associates including Thomas Butler, John Dick, Abner L. Duncan, and William Kenner. The earliest items in the collection include an English and a Spanish land grant and a land survey of holdings near Ouachita, Concordia Parish, Louisiana.

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Butler, Thomas, 1785-1847.

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Judge Thomas Butler, born in Pennsylvania, moved to the Mississippi Territory in 1809. An attorney, Butler worked for many of the merchants in southwest Mississippi and in the Feliciana Parishes. In 1813, he was appointed judge of the Louisiana Third District Court after moving to Saint Francisville. He served as a representative in the U.S. Congress (1818-1821) and was a twice unsuccessful Louisiana gubernatorial candidate. Thomas Butler married Ann Ellis in 1813, and t...

Dick, John A., 1943-....

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Farar, Mary.

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Kenner, William, 1774-1824.

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William Kenner, a businessman, planter, slaveholder, and politician, was born in Virginia. He married Mary Minor (1778-1814) of Natchez, Mississippi, and had several children, including Stephen Minor Kenner (1808-1862), the founder of the town of Kenner, Louisiana. William Kenner moved to New Orleans (ca. 1800) and established "William Kenner & Company," a mercantile and commission business. He was affiliated with Stephen Henderson, John Oldham, and Richard Clague. He owned two sugar plantat...

Mercer, Anna Farar, 1796-1839.

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Farar, Benjamin.

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Benjamin Farar was a planter of Laurel Hill Plantation near Natchez, in Adams County, Mississippi. He was married to Mary Ellis Farar and had daughters, Mary Farar and Anna Eliza Farar Mercer. Jane Ellis Rapalje was a sister-in-law. Associates include Thomas Butler, John Dick, Abner L. Duncan, and William Kenner. From the description of Benjamin Farar papers, 1773-1826 (bulk 1820-1826). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122467768 ...