William J. Minor and family papers, 1779-1898, 1941 (bulk 1830-1870).

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William J. Minor and family papers, 1779-1898, 1941 (bulk 1830-1870).

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The collection includes a Spanish land grant, 1791 and land survey, undated; plantation records, early Natchez banking papers, and personal correspondence of the Stephen, the William J., and the Henry C. Minor families of Natchez, Mississippi, and Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. Letters of Stephen Minor reflect his banking and farming activities, and the shipment of produce, especially cotton. Correspondents include John and Berhard Lintot, Felix Trudeau, Joseph Vidal, Alexander Milne, Samuel Postlethwaite, Peter Walker, and J.C. Wilkins. Several items relate to Philip Nolan and his wife, Fannie (nee Lintot). Letters (1839-1842) of William J. Minor and Stephen Duncan relate to activities of the Agricultural Bank of Natchez. Later correspondence concerns plantation life, cotton growing, and horse racing. Civil War letters concern property ownership, African-American labor, trade conditions, the Confederate economy, and protection of Minor family property by Federal forces. Some relate to the death of William J. Minor's son, Duncan, from disease while in military service (1862) and the parole of his son, William, from Johnson Island Prison (1864). Reconstruction letters and papers relate to plantation management and to freedmen laborers and tenant farmers. Also present are letters of Henry C. Minor, and Minor, Butler, and Postlethwaite family genealogies. Plantation diaries (1847-1870) kept by William J. Minor and later, his wife, Rebecca, record personal and business affairs on Concord, Hollywood, Southdown, and Waterloo plantations. Volumes include records of medical care on plantations, rules governing overseers, drivers and slaves, and lists of slaves and provisions issued to them.

410 items.37 v.1 microfilm reel.68 microfiche ; 11 x 15 cm.

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Minor, Rebecca Ann Gustine, 1813-1887

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William J. Minor was a sugar planter of Southdown and Hollywood plantations in Terrebonne Parish, and Waterloo Plantation in Ascension Parish, La. His father, Stephen Minor (1760?-1815), owned Concord Plantation, was governor of the Spanish district of Natchez, and was the first president of the Bank of Mississippi. William J. Minor was the second president of the Agricultural Bank of Natchez. He married Rebecca A. Gustine and had eight children, including Henry Chotard Minor, heir to Southdown ...

Agricultural Bank of Natchez.

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Nolan, Philip, 1771-1801

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Born to Peter and Elizabeth (Cassidy) Nolan in Ireland, Philip Nolan (1771-1801) became a noted mustanger and possible filibuster in Spanish Texas. Before arriving in Texas, Nolan worked as a bookkeeper and shipping clerk for General James Wilkinson in Kentucky and New Orleans, where he learned of business opportunities in Texas. Nolan began mustanging in 1791, though suspicions grew among Spanish authorities about his true intentions due to his connections with Wilkinson and illegal trade. A ye...

Minor, John.

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Stephen Minor, a planter of the Concord Plantation, was a governor of the Spanish district of Natchez and a mayor of the town of Natchez, Mississippi. His son, William J. Minor (1807-1869) married Rebecca A. Gustine of Philadelphia and had 7 sons and 1 daughter. William J. Minor owned and operated the Hollywood and the Southdown plantations in Terrebonne Parish and the Waterloo Plantation of Ascension Parish, Louisiana. Stephen Minor's daughter, Mary Minor (1778-1814) married William Kenner (177...

Minor, Henry C. (Henry Chotard), d. 1898.

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Bank of Mississippi

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Minor, William J., 1807-1869.

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William J. Minor, son of Stephen Minor of Natchez, Mississippi, was a sugar planter of Southdown and Hollywood plantations in Terrebonne Parish and Waterloo Plantation in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. He was married to Rebecca A. Gustine and had eight children. William Minor was influential in the development of horse racing and thoroughbred breeding in Louisiana. The Minor family was related by marriage to the Kenner family of Louisiana. From the description of William J. Minor paper...

Minor, Stephen, 1760?-1815.

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Stephen Minor, a planter of the Concord Plantation, was a governor of the Spanish district of Natchez and a mayor of the town of Natchez, Mississippi. His son, William J. Minor (1807-1869) married Rebecca A. Gustine of Philadelphia and had 7 sons and 1 daughter. William J. Minor owned and operated the Hollywood and the Southdown plantations in Terrebonne Parish and the Waterloo Plantation of Ascension Parish, Louisiana. Stephen Minor's daughter, Mary Minor (1778-1814) married William Kenner (177...

Duncan, Stephen, 1787-1867

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Stephen Duncan was a planter and banker of Natchez, Mississippi. The Duncan family plantations included L'Argent, Auburn, Camperdown, Carlisle, Duncan, Duncannon, Duncansby, Ellisle, Homochitto, Middlesex, Oakley, Rescue, Reserve, and Attakapas Plantation. Duncan was married to Margaret Duncan, née Ellis (d. 1815), and had two children, John Ellis Duncan and Sarah Jane Duncan. He married his second wife, Catherine A. Duncan, née Bingaman, in 1819 and had four children, Stephen Duncan, Jr., Cha...

Butler family.

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Johnson Island Prison

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Johnson Island, located in Sandusky, Ohio, operated as a federal prisoner of war depot, housing Confederate officers and other enlisted men captured in battle, from April 1862 to September 1865. From the guide to the Johnson Island Prison Autograph Albums, ., 1861-1865, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Union army prison in Ohio. From the description of Diagram, 1862. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat...

Minor family.

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