SANKOFA'S SLAVERY DATA COLLECTION

(Freeman) Irby's Place

Location: Panola Co., MS
Constructed: 1848

History: In 1848, Freeman Buckner Irby and his brothers Dr. John, and Dr. Edward Irby moved from Nottoway County, Virginia to Tennessee and Mississippi. Freeman settled in Panola County, Mississippi and fathered several mixed children by Lou, a slave woman whom he brought with him from Virginia. In 1850, Freeman resided in District No. 13, Panola County, Mississippi. According to census records, he had 58 slaves in 1850.

Notes: James Rainey and a guy with the last name Black both have same names of the owners of the ship "Friendship Belfast" which sailed a generation or two earlier -- transported indentured servants and maybe slaves. Leslie L. Lester

Associated surnames: Irby

Associates Plantations: Pleasant Hill Plantation (Nottoway Co., VA)

Associated Free White Names

• (1848 - ) Freeman Irby: owner; born at Pleasant Hill Plantation; fathered slave Lou's children
  • wife Maria (/Martha) L. Bacon Irby

Associated Black Slave Names

Slaves of Freeman Irby's Place
Contributed by Leslie L. Lester

• Lou: originally from Pleasant Hill Plantation (Nottoway Co., VA)
  • son E.W. Irby
  • son Edwin Irby
  • other children

1850: Slaves of Freeman Irby
From the 1850 U.S. Census, Panola County, Roll #379, Dist. 13, Line 36

• Freeman Irby owned 58 slaves

Agriculture

• Miscellaneous crops

Description of Associated Architecture

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Other People Researching This Plantation

• Leslie L. Lester, [email protected]

RESOURCES

• Freeman Irby's Place originally submitted by Leslie L. Lester. Thank you!
• Old Homes & Families in Nottoway (1932)