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Reuben White, son of brother
James White, and his
mother, Mrs. [James] White, said [Jane's owner] John White,
during the "latter part of 1781", was
living in Washington Co. NC (now TN). This
Natchez Deposition,
pertained to a document entered in Burke Co. NC between
Catherine White Dewitt and husband
William Dewitt. The Natchez deposition was
made on Jan 31, 1785 and noted that John's brother James
was deceased [McBee, Natchez Court Records, Book E, pp. 36, 38]. |
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In May 1782,
13 families
arrived in Natchez District from the Cumberland settlement in Washington Co. NC
(later Nashville TN) and were recorded by Spanish authorities on Jul 6. They
included John and his family in a party of 8 individuals
under the entry "Juan White, wife and children"
with one slave (Jane); and the families of brother
James White, and of
William Dewitt and his
second wife Catherine White, the daughter of John's
brother William White. |
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On May 17, 1782, having just arrived in Natchez,
John White sold the lone slave brought with
his family, named Jane, "aged 18 (born 1764?), native of Virginia", to widow
Anne McIntosh for $440 paid in cattle and
horses. Witnesses were "David Smith and
Richard Gooding", both heads of families
that also came with the Whites to Natchez. By Jun 2, 1785, three years later,
John's deed to a Richard Harris was deposited in archive as
"John White has absconded", that is, left the Natchez
District [McBee, Natchez Court Records, Book A, pp. 14, 31]. |
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In Feb 1789, Cato West sold "Jane", aged 20
(born 1768?), nat. of America", to Henry Green, son of
Thomas Green Sr.. The Green and West families
were among the
13 families
to arrive in Natchez in May 1782 [McBee, p. 63]. |
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Manuel Gayoso de Lemos succeeded
Charles de Grand-Pré in early 1792 and
changed the name of the mansion built by his predecessor to Concord to
reflect a new age of cooperation with all Natchez residents.
Postcard
showing the mansion before it burned down in 1901. |
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In 1790 a William Henderson claimed that several slaves, including a
"negro woman Jane" and a man named "John" had been stolen prior to him
selling them to Richard Harrison and "William Calvit", respectively and they
"now" possessed them. After much evidence and testimony, it was thought that
the slaves were in Kentucky. By Oct 1791, the slaves were found and Henderson
still owed money to
David Smith, another May 1782 Natchez arrival,
for the mortgaged slaves. The slaves were appraised at $350 each
[McBee, Natchez Court Records, Book E, pp. 181-4]. |
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According to the 1792 Spanish Census for the Natchez District, Jane's
possible new owners,
William Henderson was not counted as a head of household; "Enrique Green", headed a household of 2 whites and 4 black (slaves) on 1800 arpents of land in the Villa Gayoso area of the district; "Guillermo Calvet" headed a household of 8 whites and 4 blacks (slaves) on 1500 arpents of land in the Second & Sandy Creek area. [Adams Co. Miss. Gen. & Hist. Network]. |
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1895 Map
of Natchez showed the likely routes of the Second and Sandy Creeks in 1792. [Ancestral Trackers, website. |
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Map of
the Natchez District as it may have looked between 1779 and 1799. |
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SOURCES: Adams Co. Mississippi Genealogy & History Network, "1792 Census for Natchez District (under Spanish Government control)", 2009, 1792 Census. American State Papers, Documents, ... of the Congress of the Unitied States, ... 1789-1809, vol. 1, Gales and Seaton, Washington DC, 1832, register A, p. 868, register B, p. 895. Elliott, Jack D. Jr., The Fort of Natchez and the Colonial Origins of Mississippi, rev. 2013 of article in Journal of Miss. Hist., 1990. Farrell Family History, website. "Franklin County, MS 1810 Census", abstract from Gillis book, rootsweb website. Marriages of Early Natchez Settlers, New Orleans Genesis Vol. 6 no.21, Jan 1967, p 84. McBee, May Wilson, comp., Natchez Court Records, 1767-1805, Greenwood MS, 1953, v. 2, Book A, pp. 14, 63, Book E, pp. 181-4. "Natchez District 1792 Spanish Census Index", in USGenWeb, Early Southwest Miss. Territory, Census Index. Rowland, Dunbar, "1816 Census for Franklin Co. Miss.", taken from The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi, Centennial Edition, 1917, rootsweb website. | ||||