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Plantations -- Alabama.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Andrew Jackson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3491
Abstract This collection consists primarily of a list of payments, dated September 21, 1818, made on Andrew Jackson's plantation at Melton's Bluff, Alabama. The first seven entries are written by Richard Massey (the plantation's overseer); the remainder of the list is written in Jackson's hand. Also included are five manuscript receipts from Melton's Bluff dating from April 1 to September 21, 1818. These items describe payments (possibly made to enslaved individuals) for such tasks as picking out...
Dates: 1818 April 1-September 21

McCalley Plantation Record Books

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0491
Abstract

This collection contains plantation record books from the McCalley Plantation in Huntsville, Alabama. The record books contain information on the day to day operations of the plantations as well as inventories of the farm.

Dates: 1853-1871