SANKOFA'S SLAVERY DATA COLLECTION

Davis Plantation

Location: Sturgis, Oktibbeha Co., MS

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Associated Surnames: Davis

Associated Free White Names

• Thomas Davis: owner
  • son Phil Davis: died during service in the Civil War
  • dau. Rachel Davis Travis: married Captain Dan Travis who took possession of Davis Plantation after the Civil War

Associated Black Slave Names

1860: Slaves of Thomas Davis
From Oktibbeha Co. MS Largest Slaveholders From 1860 Slave Census Schedules, Transcribed by Tom Blake
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ajac/msoktibbeha.htm

• DAVIS, Thomas, 89 slaves, page 393B

Slaves of Davis Plantation
From Voices From Slavery: D. Davis interview, edited by Norman R. Yetman

• Henry Davis: purchased from Mr. Spence
  • wife Malindy Davis
  • son D. Davis: b. ca. 1853
• "Uncle" Joe Davis: father of Malindy Davis; originally owned by Thomas Davis's father

Agriculture

• Mill

Description of Associated Architecture

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Research Leads

• Carrol. Historical Sketches of Oktibbeha County

Connect With People Researching This Plantation

• Raquel, [email protected]

RESOURCES

• Plantation name and additonal information originally submitted by: Raquel, [email protected]
• Voices From Slavery: 100 Authentic Slave Narratives. Edited by Yetman, Norman R. pp 76-81.