Bolivar
County GenWeb
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House of
Representatives Claims Bill by C. J. Field and C. F. Clay
A partial list of plantations in Bolivar County
ASIA - William Sillers
AUSTRALIA Sydney T. Deeson &
William Deeson. Sold to D. G. Glover
AVONDALE Esquire Campbell
BARTLETT -
BELLE ISLE - Dickinson Bell
BELLEVUE Dr. Tom Shelby
BELMONT Major Hunt, W. E. Hunt, Col. W. G. Myers
BEULAH - Colonel F.A. Montgomery
BISHOP PLACE Edgar A. Stacy, sold to Thomas J. Allen
BRANDON -
BUCK RIDGE -
CARSON PLANTATION - Mrs. A. Carson
COACHWORTH
COMPROMISE Faunt Biscoe
CONTENT Charles Scott
DAHOMEY PLANTATION - 1833, F.G.
Ellis; 1837 Joseph Hugh; 1856 I.F. Daniel
DORO - General Clark
DORSET GROVE - William Sackville Cook
EGYPT - Jonathan C. Lobdell
EGYPT RIDGE A. V. Pearcefield
EUTAW Charles Scott.
A portion also owned by Sam Cox, a Negro
FALL BACK - Balfour
GIPSON -
GLENWOOD Joseph Sillers.
Sold to George L. Gayden
GREEN ISLAND -
GRIMM-BLACK
HIRAM-BROWN Colonel James Brown
HURLEY Dake and Thomas
ISOLE Cassius M. Clay.
Sold to C. B. Box & Patty M. Clay (Col. Green Clay)
JACOB'S PLANTATION - Charles Jacob
KENTUCKY RIDGE
L. G. DEAN -
LAKE BOLIVAR Edgar A. Stacy
LAKE VISTA John M. Parker, Governor
LEESLAND Lobdell
LOBDELL
LOW NOTCH
LUCKNOW Clementine Evans
MACANUT (MONOCKONUT) - Col. M.D. Shelby; Capt. Isaac Shelby
(s/o M.D.); George Shelby
(Name changed to Bellvue then Shelby Plantation)
MELROSE -
MEYERS PLANTATION - Mrs. G.W. Meyers
MOORE Charles Scott
MOUNDS Glenn Brothers
NEBLETT
NUGENT Hannah & Henry
PARKER PLACE Dr. Parker
PATTERSON
PECAN RIDGE Mr. Thompson at Waxhaw
PERTHSHIRE (1845) - Gilford Torrey
PORT ANDERSON Butler &
Copeland (name changed to Huntington Plantation)
PRAIRIE E. M. Dickerson
REVEILLE PLANTATION - Mrs. W.L. Nugent
ROSEDALE - Lafayette
Jones, sold to Charles Scott
SPEAKES -
SUGARHILL PLANTATION - Judge Joseph McGuire
SUNNYWILD - Miles McGehee
TALLY HO Col Jesse Perkins, sold to Dr. Brooks, sold to Col. Dan Sessions
& Tom Gibson
TERRELL -
TERRENE - James M. Porter & Elias Reese Porter. Name from Paradise Lost
TIMBER LAKE PLACE - John L Martin
TRIUMPH - E.A. Stacey; also Charles Scott
VIRGINIAN PLANTATION(aft.1898) - Alex Scott
WAXHAW Elias Reese Porter, sold to John C. Kirk &
sister, Mrs. Cousar of South Carolina
WHITEHALL Charles Scott
WILDWOOD - Benjamin B. Wilson; Col. W.N. Brown; Maj. Robert C.
Duncan
WILDWOOD - Hume
WOODLAWN - Joseph Sillers
ZUMBRO PLANTATION - Owner unknown at this time
The
following were submitted by Daisy Griggs:
Joe BELLUCHI's Place (circa 1930 -1945)
Will DENTON's Place
Laura Mae KEELER's Place (circa 1920 -1940)
Mark MAINE's Place (circa 1940 -1950)
George and Dr. SHELBY's Place (circa 1940-1960)
Joe STAFFORD's Place
Obsolete
names for diseases and disorders
Apoplexy - Paralysis due to stroke
Brain Fever Meningitis
Bright's Disease - Chronic inflammatory disease of
kidneys
Child bed fever - Infection following birth of a child
Cholera - Acute severe contagious diarrhea with
intestinal lining sloughing
Cholera morbus - Characterized by nausea, vomiting,
abdominal cramps, elevated temperature, etc. Could be appendicitis.
Congestive chills/ fever Malaria
Consumption Tuberculosis
Decrepitude - Feebleness due to old age
Dropsy - Edema (swelling), often caused by kidney or
heart disease
Dropsy of the Brain Encephalitis
Dysentery - Inflammation of colon with frequent passage
of mucous and blood
Encephalitis - Swelling of brain; aka sleeping sickness
Falling sickness Epilepsy
Flux - An excessive flow or discharge of fluid like
hemorrhage or diarrhea
Grippe/grip - Influenza like symptoms
Jaundice - Condition caused by blockage of intestines
Lagrippe Influenza
Lockjaw - Tetanus or infectious disease affecting the
muscles of the neck and jaw. Untreated, it is fatal in 8 days
Lung fever Pneumonia
Lung sickness Tuberculosis
Meningitis - Inflation of brain or spinal cord
Nephrosis - Kidney degeneration
Nephritis - Inflammation of kidneys
Quinsy - Abscess behind tonsils
Small pox - Contagious disease with fever and blisters
Summer complaint - Diarrhea, usually in infants caused
by spoiled milk
Tetanus - Infectious fever characterized by high fever,
headache and dizziness
Trench mouth - apathos ulcers or a virus disease
Thrush - Childhood disease characterized by spots on
mouth, lips and throat
Tuberculosis - Bacterial infection that primarily
attacks the lungs, but which may also affect the kidneys, bones, lymph nodes,
and brain. Symptoms of TB include coughing, chest pain, shortness of
breath, loss of appetite, weight loss, fever, chills, and fatigue.
Typhus - Infectious fever characterized high fever,
headache, and dizziness
Winter fever Pneumonia
