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Facts and Events
| Name |
Margaret Slaughter |
| Gender |
Female |
| Birth[3] |
Abt 1775 |
Anson, North Carolina, United States |
| Marriage |
Bef 1792 |
North Carolinato James W. Williams, Sr. |
| Property[5] |
19 Oct 1805 |
Bayou Sara, West Feliciana, Louisiana, United StatesMargaret's husband purchased land here. |
| Occupation[4] |
Bet 1806 and 1829 |
Coffeeville, Clarke, Alabama, United StatesBesides being the wife of a Planter, Margaret's husband probably was involved in the Cattle Trade. Margaret's family were Cattle Baron's of Louisiana. Margaret's husband James Sr., was helping a relative by the name of Hardy Perry, drive cattle out of Louisiana and into the Choctaw Nation East. Moving the cattle from Mobile, Alabama north near the Choctaw Village, Fakit Chipunta. |
| Census[1] |
1840 |
Sumter, Alabama, United States |
| Census[2] |
1850 |
De Soto, Louisiana, United States |
| Census[3] |
1860 |
Leon, Texas, United States |
References
- ↑ Sumter County, Alabama, in United States. 1840 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M704).
Name: Margarett Williams
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Sumter, Alabama
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69: 1
No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 5
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 7
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 7
- ↑ Western District, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, in United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432).
Name: Margaret Williams
Age: 60
Birth Year: abt 1790
Birthplace: Georgia
Home in 1850: Western District, De Soto, Louisiana
Gender: Female
Family Number: 121
Household Members:
Name Age
James Williams 70
Margaret Williams 60
Hiram Williams 45
Thos T Williams 28
William M Williams 26
Lavina Williams 19
Aminta Williams 6
Westley Williams 4
Emeline Williams 2
Margaret Williams 2
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Leon, Leon County, Texas, in United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M653).
Name: Margaret Williams
[Margaret Slaughter]
Age in 1860: 70
Birth Year: abt 1790
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1860: Leon, Leon, Texas
Gender: Female
Post Office: Lookout
Household Members:
Name Age
E Lynch 55
Rebecca Lynch 30
Samantha Lynch 14
James Lynch 13
David Lynch 8
Augustus Lynch 5
Lettice Lynch 3
Lavinia Lynch 1
James Williams 88
Margaret Williams 70
- ↑ Cushman, H. B, and Angie Debo. History of the Choctaw, Chickasaw and Natchez Indians. (Greenville, Texas: Headlight Printing House, 1899)
Page 390, 391.
Nathaniel Folsom writes:
“At that time there were several white men among the Choctaws, all of whom married Choctaw wives, and thus became identified with that people. The descendants of nearly all of whom are still among the Choctaws to this day.
“Hardy Perry,” continued Nathaniel Folsom, “brought the first neat cattle into the Nation.”
The old gentleman evidently refers to the eastern part of the Nation, where he lived; since it was well known that, either about the same time or short time before Perry’s drove were first introduced into the eastern part of the Nation, and the waters of the Tombigbee River...
“He bought them of the French at Mobile, Alabama, Twenty-five dollars for a cow and calf. This was soon after I came into the country. Benjamin James then bought one. I was the third man. From these the stocks of cattle have sprung.
- ↑ Before 1793, Henry Willis, a native of Virginia, and a Revolutionary veteran married his 2nd wife Sarah F. Williams. Henry Willis traveled to the Natchez District in the spring of 1791 to try his fortune in the Louisiana Territory, then under Spanish authority. He was granted a warrant of survey, signed by the Spanish governor, for 672 acres of land on Bayou Sara, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. He purchased from Jason Lawrence an adjoining tract of 432 acres, totaling 1,100 acres. Then, he returned to his native South Carolina and passed away sometime in 1794. His widow, Sarah F. Williams inherited. She married a second time to John Chotard LaPlace. He belonged to a French family that came to New Orleans, Louisiana from San Domingo, between (1791-1804). Sarah F. Williams and her husband attempted to sell the land on Bayou Sara, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana but failed due to the law that her 1st husband Henry Willis failed to maintain and cultivate the land, nor did anyone else upon his death.
Claim No. 576, Spanish grant to Capt. Jason Lawrrence of 1000 acres in Natchez District on Homochitto River, all sides vacant. New Orleans, Louisiana 15 Mar 1789, by Miro. Jason Lawrence to Henry Willis the above land, 1000 acres, gr. as per plat, for 500 pesos, to be paid during four years, 2 May 1791. Both signed. Witnesses: Miguel Gomez, Antonio Fromentin, James Lemain, before Pedro Padesclaux, notary.
File: James Williams, claimant, 13 Mar 1804. Witness: William McIntosh, 8 Jun 1804.
Certificat, A-678, Oct. 19, 1805. James Williams claims the above grant to Jason Lawrence who sold to Henry Willis, and devised by said Henry Willis as related in preceding claim and sold to James Williams.
Sarah F. Williams and John Chotard LaPlace spent some time searching for land in Monroe County, Alabama. In the town of Claiborne, Alabama. In 1820, the Federal Government allowed her any land she wanted, either in Alabama, or Mississippi. She chose Alabama. She recieved 105 acres west of the Cahaba River, and 55 acres east of the Cahaba River near Centreville, Alabama Bibb County, Alabama.
SOURCES:
1. McBee, May Wilson. The Natchez Court Records: Abstracts of Early Records, 1767-1805. (Greenwood, Mississippi: The Author, 1953).
2. Ellison, Rhoda Coleman. Bibb County, Alabama : the first hundred years, 1818-1918. (University, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, c1984).
3. Online Source
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