shropshire plantation
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Shropshire
Plantation
Location: Fayetteville, GA
Constructed: ----
History: The Shropshire's lived in Fayetteville, Georgia on a cotton plantation.
The plantation house was not destroyed during the Civil War.
Associated Surnames: Shropshire
Associated Free White Names
- Joshua Pollard Shropshire: plantation owner
- wife Minerva Letcher Smith Shropshire
Associated Black Slave Names
Slaves named in the Shropshire Family Bible (indicated in bold)
Contributed by Greg Burton
- Aring: "was born 27th April 1837 Sold 1856"
- Anna: "departed this life the 29th of October 1859 aged 3 months
17 days"
- Bailey: "was born in the year 1825 from bilersale"
- Charles: "was born February, 19th, 1846"
- Eliza
- dau. Emma: "daughter of Eliza was born saturday June 15th
1860"
- Lucy: "was borned 1814 from the billersale; Lucy died November
19th 1855" [webmaster's note: "from bilersale" = according
to bill of sale?]
- dau. Lizer: "Daughter of Lucy was borned Monday 11th March
1839"
- Manda
- son Jack: "son of Manda was born wednesday March 5th 1862"
- dau. Rosella: "daughter of Manda was born monday 22nd of
October 1860"
- son Frank: "son of Manda was born on saturday February 6th
1864"
- Monday: "was born the 6, December 1842"
- Ralph: "was born in the year 1792 from bestaccount; Ralph died
7th March 1858"
- Rose: "departed this life the 5th day of Sept 1862 aged 1 yr
- 10 mo - 13 days"
- Susan
- dau. Mollie: "daughter of Susan was born the 25th of November
1858"
- dau. Alice: "daughter of Susan was born friday 24th August
1860"
- dau. Ida: "daughter of Susan was sunday May 11th 1862"
- son Lee: "son of Susan was born monday December 28th 1863"
- Tom: "was born from bilersale 1847" [webmaster's note:
"from bilersale" = according to bill of sale?]
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