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Hurricane Plantation
Location: Davis Bend; Warren Co., MS
History: Hurricane Plantation was owned by Joseph E. Davis. Following the Civil War conflicts at Donelson, Belmont and the capture of Corinth, Davis and his stock and great body of slaves, went as refugees, to Alabama.
Benjamin Thornton Montgomery
Shortly after being sold from Virginia, Benjamin attempted to escape and return
home in 1836. Instead of punishing him, Benjamin and his owner reached a mutual
understanding that if Benjamin promised not to run, he could learn to read and
write, earn money, and manage a store. Ben subsequently became proficient as
a mechanic, machinist and civil engineer. Ben later conducted a merchantile
business and kept all records and accounts of his family and his slave master.
Isaiah Thornton Montgomery
Born in May, 1847, I.T. Montgomery learned from his father, Benjamin Montgomery,
and his father's master, soon becoming the private secretary and attendant of
Mr. Davis. Isaiah served in the U.S. services on the gunboat, Benton. He was at
the battle of Grand Gulf, and saw Grant cross and assault Port Gibson, Jackson
and finally Vicksburg. Benjamin Montgomery and the brother of Joseph Davis, (Jefferson
E. Davis) entered an agreement of sale of the Davis estate, some 4,000 acres,
in 1867. I.T. Montgomery moved to Vicksburg with his attention on the Great Yazoo
(Mississippi Delta). After investigating, he opened a colony (in around 1886,
numbered 600) and laid out the town of Mound Bayou, the L.N.O. and T.R. Railroad,
in Bolivar County. I.T. Montgomery went on to become a Warren County Republican
Convention delegate. In 1888, he was placed on the Republican County Committee
in Bolivar County.
Associated Surnames: Davis, Montgomery
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Associated Black Slave Names
1836: Slaves of Joseph Davis
- Benjamin Montgomery: runaway slave
1847: Slaves of Joseph E. Davis
- Benjamin Thornton Montgomery
- son Isaiah Thornton Montgomery: born 1847; founder of Mound Bayou, MS (1867); son of Benjamin T. Montgomery; born 1847
1860: Slaves of Joseph E. and Jefferson Davis
From Warren Co. MS Largest Slaveholders From 1860 Slave Census Schedules, Transcribed by Tom Blake
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ajac/mswarren.htm
- DAVIS, J. E., 365 slaves, page 306
- DAVIS, Jeff, 113 slaves, page 305
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