urn:taro:utexas.cah.00382 A Guide to the Airlie Plantation Records, 1846-1951 Center for American History Original EAD encoding by Evan Hocker according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. February 2005 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Airlie Plantation Airlie Plantation Records 1846-1951 16125404 1 in. Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Records include land deeds (1846 and 1868); daily record book (1862) including daily events, record of cotton picked, lists of livestock and expenses; genealogical correspondence (1951); and a map of East Carroll Parish, Louisiana, with location of Airlie Plantation (ca. 1951). Materials are in English. Historical Note

The Airlie Plantation was owned and operated by James Green Carson, who moved across the Mississippi River from Canebrake Plantation in Adams County, Mississippi, around 1846 with his wife Catherine Waller Carson and family. The Carsons fled to Texas during the Civil War, and James Green Carson died of diphtheria in Tyler, Texas.

Scope and Contents

Records include land deeds (1846 and 1868); daily record book (1862) including daily events, record of cotton picked, lists of livestock and expenses; genealogical correspondence (1951); and a map of East Carroll Parish, Louisiana, with location of Airlie Plantation (ca. 1951). The record book was printed by Thomas Affleck of New Orleans.

Alternate Form Available

Microfilm available: Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations, Series G, University Publications of America, 44 North Market St., Frederick, MD 21701.

This microfilm is available at the Center for American History, Microfilm 18,335 Series G, Part 1, Reel 11

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 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Affleck, Thomas, 1812-1868. Carson, Catherine Waller, d. ca. 1888. Carson, James Green, 1815-1863. Gallaway, T.A. Subjects Airlie Plantation (East Carroll Parish, La.) Cotton growing--Louisiana. East Carroll Parish (La.)--History--Sources Plantations--Louisiana--East Carroll Parish. Slavery--Louisiana. Cite as

Airlie Plantation Records, 1846-1951, Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.

 Related Material

See also Canebrake Plantation Records, 1856-1858.

 Manuscript: 2A130 Land deeds, 1846 and 1868 2A130 Daily record book, 1862 2A130 Genealogical correspondence, 1951 Maps: Map of East Carroll Parish, Louisiana, with location of Airlie Plantation [see repository map collection], ca. 1951 Microfilm: Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations [see Microfilm 18,335 Series G, Part 1, Reel 11]