James M. Jones plantation journals, 1854-1888 (bulk 1855-1880).

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James M. Jones plantation journals, 1854-1888 (bulk 1855-1880).

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Plantation journals (volume 1: 1854-1861, 1876-1880) and (volume 2: 1861-1866) record the weather, work done by his hands on the cotton, corn, pea, and fruit crops, the dates of the first cotton bloom for the year, and the amount of cotton picked. Farmers almanacs for 1876-1878 and 1880, as well as accounts with merchants, have been sewn into volume one. In addition to plantation work, volume two contains a few notations of Union soldiers in the area and the activities of freedmen (1864), as well as mentions of Jones's furloughs from the 4th Mississippi. Jones was apparently a member of this unit, though the diaries continue, with little interruption, in his hand during the war era. Also present in volume two are Greek lessons and exercises and the roll of Company H, 4th Mississippi. Loose items removed from the volumes include a newspaper clipping announcing Jones's death (n.d.), a poem, a page of a letter from his wife to him during the Civil War, and an accounting of cotton seed.

2 v.6 items.1 microfilm reel.

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Jones, James M., 1969-

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James M. Jones was a cotton planter of Poplar Ridge Plantation, Rodney, Jefferson County Miss. His wife was M.E. Jones. Jones apparently served in Co. H, 4th Mississippi Cavalry during the Civil War. He died in Natchitoches, La., where he had moved six years before his death. From the description of James M. Jones plantation journals, 1854-1888 (bulk 1855-1880). (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 261433403 ...