| Eustatia Plantation was located in the southwestern part of Issaquena
County near the Mississippi River. Owned by the Horatio Sprague Eustis
family, the plantation was home to 101 slaves according to the 1860 Federal
Census slave schedules. The plantation included 26 slave houses in addition
to the main house and many outbuildings including a sawmill and cotton
gin. During the year 1860 there were three overseers enlisted -- G.R. Clark,
J.W. Butler and Henry Chotard Eustis, son of Horatio Sprague Eustis. Horatio
Sprague Eustis, born December 25, 1811 at Newport, Rhode Island, was the
son of Abraham and Rebecca Sprague Eustis. He moved to Natchez, Mississippi
at an early age where he married Catherine Chotard of that city. During
the 1850s they purcased land in Issaquena County where they built Eustatia
Plantation. Horatio died on September 4, 1858 in Issaquena County and his
wife continued running the plantation with the help of her son and overseers.
Catherine Chotard Eustis and her children divided their time between living
at her home in Natchez, and on Eustatia Plantation in Issaquena County.
The following census of the adult slaves was compiled from information
contained in the December 1860 entries in the Eustatia Plantation Account
Ledger. |
Kean Hall
Joe Thomas
Ned Brown
Jim Jenifer Nelson
Green Richmond
Claiborne Harrison
Little Peter
Joe Gaines
John
Stepney
Jefferson
Old Peter
Anderson
William Spenser
Stephen Montgomery
Jim Kinney
Jerry
Ben
Dick
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Joe Claiborne
Phillip Wilson
Elijah Jackson
Clarissa Hall (Big Clarissa)
Ellen
Betsey Brown
Henney Jenifer
Mary Green (Little Mary)
Mary Jones
Rhoda
Liddy
Minerva
Matilta
Frazene
Leah Anne
Old Maria
Maria Anderson
Amanda Campbell
Celeste
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Big Sarah
Little Amanda
Eliza Anne
Patsey Anne
Betsey Uslem
Sarah Uslem
Caroline Uslem
Susan Uslem
Little Clarissa
Little Patsey
Sarah Goodson
Abe
Basil
Polly
Phillis
Anica
Tom Island |
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