hurricane plantation

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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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1836: Slaves of Joseph Davis

1847: Slaves of Joseph E. Davis

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

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