urn:taro:utexas.cah.00361 A Guide to the Rogillio Family Papers, 1821-1933 Encoded in XMetal 2 by Jessica Tucker according to instructions in TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. Descriptive Summary Rogilio Family Rogillio Family Papers 1821-1933 Materials are written in English. 2004-019 1 ft. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,The University of Texas at Austin The Rogillio family papers trace the history of the Rogillio family cotton plantation and its owners in Mississippi. Biographical Note

Elizabeth (Tannehill) Rogillio, known as Eliza, was born on December 19, 1805 and died on August 10, 1886. She was the daughter of George Tannehill and Elizabeth Foster. On November 14, 1822 in Claiborne County, Mississippi, she married Emanuel Rogillio. Emanuel Rogillio was born on September 27, 1795 in the Natchez District, Adams County, Mississippi and died on December 12, 1862. He and Eliza had the following children: Tennessee, Emanuel, Thomas S., Margaret, William J., Serena Catherine, Adeline Mary, Elias Julian, and Barbara Helen. Emanuel's father Ysidoro Policarpo Reguillio was born on January 26, 1766 in Lezuza, Province of Albacate, Spain and died on August 30, 1832 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Emanuel's mother Margaret (sometimes given as Marguerita) Thomas was born on October 8, 1768 in the Natchez District, Adams County, Mississippi and died on May 5, 1829 in the East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Emanuel Rogillio had eleven siblings. After his death, Eliza took over the management of the family plantation.

Emanuel and Eliza's daughter Barbara Helen Rogillio was born on July 20, 1846 and died on November 12, 1932. She married Melvin (also spelled Melvine) Gibson, a farmer and cotton plantation owner, on September 20, 1866. According to the 1880 Mississippi census, Gibson's birth year was estimated at 1845. He and Barbara Helen lived for a time in Pine Ridge, Mississippi, and assumed management of the Rogillio family plantation after Eliza's death. They had the following children: James H., Elias J., Lavinia P., Mollie, and Eva

 Scope and Contents

The Rogillio family papers trace the history of the Rogillio family cotton plantation and its owners in Mississippi. They follow the plantation's evolution from 1821 through the death of original owner Emanuel Rogillio and the travails of the Civil War to the emancipation of the plantation slaves under the capable direction of his wife Eliza and the plantation's eventual transfer to Emanuel's son-in-law, Melvin Gibson.They include several ledgers detailing every aspect of the plantation's finances, receipts for the sale of cotton and the purchase of farm supplies, contracts, deeds, scrapbooks, printed material, and a small amount of correspondence. The scrapbooks contain short newspaper clippings, printed recipes and holographic poetry. Among the printed materials are an 1893 Butterick pattern catalog and a 1904 Gold Medal Flour cookbook. The papers document both the Rogillio and Gibson families, and are geographically centered on Natchez, Mississippi. The plantation itself produced mainly cotton and a small amount of wool. The collection spans from 1821-1933, with the bulk of the records dating from ca. 1830-1890.

Of the Gibsons' children, Elias J. was the most frequent correspondent. There is also some record of correspondence between Eva Gibson and her son by her second marriage, Charles Wilson, Jr. Melvin Gibson corresponded with his sister A. C. Flowers, a teacher in Mississippi, and A. N. Clarke, a dental surgeon in St. Joseph, Louisiana.

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 Preferred Citation

Rogillio Family Papers, 1821-1933, Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Index Terms Rogillio, Emanuel Rogillio, Eliza Gibson, Melvin Gibson, Barbara Helen Natchez, Mississippi Cotton growing - - Mississippi Plantations - - Mississippi - - Adams County Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 3D70 Rogillio family 3D70 Eliza Rogillio 3D70 Contract, 1867 3D70 Creative writing, 1843 3D70 Financial documents 3D70 Estate assessment, 1888 3D70 Ledger materials 3D70 Tax receipts, 1868-1885 3D70 Freedman's Bureau agreement, 1865 3D70 Emanuel Rogillio 3D70 Contract, 1844 3D70 Correspondence 1844-1858 3D70 Estate maps 2.325/D6c Estate map, oversize, 1875 3D70 Financial documents 3D70 Assorted, 1850-1862 and undated 3D70 Deeds, mortgages, 1837-1860 3D70 Folder with ledger pages, 1857 3D70 Ledger materials 3D70 Tax bill, 1850 3D70 Tax receipts, 1840-1851 3D70 Will, 1863 3D70 Notebook belonging to Thomas S. Rogillio, 1842 3D70 Gibson family 3D70 Barbara Helen (Rogillio) Gibson 3D70 Contracts, 1879-1898 3D70 Correspondence, 1895, 1898 3D70 Medical records, 1921 and undated 3D70 Receipts, 1876, 1916 3D70 Melvin Gibson 3D70 Bluff City Railway Company, 1896 3D70 Jefferson College, 1888-1890 3D70 Jefferson College catalog, 1886-1887 3D70 Natchez Democrat, 1904-1906 3D70 Correspondence, 1889-1904 3D70 Post Office materials, 1893-1906 3D70 Financial documents 3D70 Assorted, 1884-1888 3D70 Banking House of Britton and Koontz, undated 3D70 Tax receipts, 1884-1906 3D70 Legal documents 3D70 Bill of Probate, 1884 3D70 Contracts, 1879-1899 3D70 A. H. Geisenberger, 1898 3D70 W. P. Henderson, 1904 3D70 Jury summons 3D70 Medical records 3D70 Doctors Lamkin and Beekman, 1893-1901 3D70 M. G. Ducrow, veterinarian, 1902 3D70 Textile sales records 3D70 Cotton 3D70 William Abbott, [ca. 1890] 3D70 Sam Beekman, 1899 3D70 Dreyfus Mercantile Company, 1901-1902 3D70 James S. Fleming, 1904-1907 3D70 A. F. Jacobs, 1892-1896 3D70 A. & M. Moses, 1881 3D70 F. C. Sanford and Company, 1903 3D70 Schlenker & Hirsch, 1881-1890 and undated 3D70 Wool 3D70 A. Beer & Company, 1890 3D70 Vendors 3D70 Blacksmith and wagon maker 3D70 N. A. Whitehead, [ca. 1900] 3D70 Brick 3D70 O'Brien & Company, 1896-1911 3D70 Whitmarsh & Connor, 1891 3D70 Druggists and stationers 3D70 J. L. Young, 1896 3D70 Dry goods 3D70 Junkin Brothers, 1891-1907 3D70 Perrault & Company, 1886 3D70 S. W. Wren General merchandise 3D70 S. H. Lambdin, Jr., 1902-1905 3D70 Groceries 3D70 C. G. Miller, 1898 3D70 Hardware 3D70 Baker & McDowell, 1887-1901 3D70 Schwartz and Stewart, 1891-1895 3D70 Wood 3D70 E. A. Enochs, [ca. 1900] 3D70 Roth Brothers, 1886 3D70 William H. Wilson, 1900 3D70 Unknown 3D70 C. Meeks, 1890 3D60 C. Holloman, [ca. 1900] 3D70 Lulu H. Gibson 3D70 Ledger book, 1879 3D70 Robert M. Gibson 3D70 Contracts, 1883, 1887 3D70 Sarah Gibson 3D70 Contract, 1887 3D70 Receipts, 1874, 1888 3D70 Southern Express Company, 1893 3D70 Assorted materials 3D70 Account book belonging to Charles H. Wilson, 1933 3D71 Contracts, 1869-1883 and undated 3D71 Correspondence, 1913-1914 3D71 Effie A. Brown notebook, 1903 2.325/D6c Indenture mortgages, oversize, 1838-1850 3D71 Scrapbook 3D71 Printed materials 3D71 Almanacs, 1867, 1874, 1885 3D72 Bible (Old Testament fragment) 3D72 Book cover, F. M. Lipton (publisher), 1896 3D72 Butterick pattern catalog, 1893 3D72 Ephemera 3D72 Funeral notices, 1834-1884 3D72 Gold Medal Flour cookbook, 1904 3D72 Olney's School Atlas (fragment), 1844 3D72 Tax lists, 1890-1893 3D72 Wedding invitations, 1902-1905 2.325/D6c Newspaper clippings