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Early History Mississippi Valley

 

EARLY MISSISSIPPIANS IN SPANISH NATCHEZ
 

THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION for 1945   Part II

 This report contains translations of materials from the Spanish Archives now in the Bancroft Library at Berkley, all concerned with Spain in the MS Valley, 1765-1794. 

A letter from Carlos de Grand Pre, Natchez, March 2, 1790, to Governor Don Estavan Miro, enclosed statement of tobacco produced by growers of Natchez, according to the settlers own statements, in 1790. The name of each planter is listed with number of pounds of tobacco reported.  The spelling of names is often SPANISH or a PHONETIC spelling of the same.
 

 

Planter

#s of Tobacco

-------, WILEY 

1500

ABRAMS, ROBERT 

3400

ALEXANDER, ISAAC 

3400

ALSTON, JAMES 

1000

ALSTON, JOHN 

11000

ALSTON, LEWIS 

13000

ALSTON, WILLIAM 

3000

AMBROSE, STEPHEN 

2,000

ANDERSON 

?

AMSTRAD, JOHN 

1200

ARMSTRONG, MOSES 

300

BACON, RICHARD 

2000

BALLACK, BENJAMIN 

1600

BALLOU 

5600

BANNER, JAMES 

3600

BARNARD, JOSEPH 

8000

BATES, EPHRAIM 

4000

BEALL, ALEXANDER 

5000

BELEY, GEORGE 

100

BELL, SAMUEL 

6000

BELL, WILLIAM 

1000

BELTH, BENJAMIN, 

4000

BENGEMAM, ADAM 

45000

BENNELL, ELIAS 

2100

BENOIST, GABRIEL 

3222

BINGEMAN, CHRISTOPHER 

1500

BISLAND, JOHN 

2100

BONNER, MOSES  SENIOR

6000

BONNER, MOSES, JR. 

6500

BOOTHE, JOHN 

500

BOULS, JOHN 

9100

BRANNON, GIRED 

12000

BROCUS, WILLIAM 

8000

BROWN, OBAJIAH 

3800

BRUIN, PETER B. 

7000

BULLEN, JOHN 

2000

BURNET, JOHN 

5000

CABLE, JACOB 

6300

CALVERT, THOMAS 

7000

CALVET, FREDERICK 

10100

CALVIT, WILLIAM 

10000

CARIDENE, PARKER 

14000

CARPENTER, MARY 

2100

CARTER, JESSE 

9500

CARTER, NEHEMIAH 

5100

CARTER, ROBERT 

900

CASON, CHARLES 

4600

CAVREY, JOHN 

8200

CHAMBERS, DANIEL 

1000

CHERBENAUX, LOUIS 

700

--CKEY 

4,100

CLARK, DANIEL 

20000

CLARK, GIBSON 

7000

COARTNEY, JOHN 

300

COBB, ARTHUR 

3800

COBURN, 

5000

COLE, JAMES 

2900

COLE, JAMES, SR. 

5000

COLE, MARK 

2500

COLE, STEPHEN 

1200

COLEMAN, JEREMIAH 

2300

COLEMAN, JOHN 

0

COLEMAN, WILLIAM 

300

COLLENS, WILLIAM 

6800

COOPER, HENRY 

6000

COOPER, SAMUEL 

3600

COOPER, WILLIAM 

11600

CRANE, WALTERMAN 

4000

CURTES, BENJAMIN 

1500

CURTES, RICHARD 

1000

CURTES, WILLIAM 

6100

DALVA, STEPHEN 

1300

DAVIS, ELISHA 

 -,600

DAVIS, HUGH &LAN-- 

 -,600

DAVIS, SAMUEL 

1000

DAW, SEBASTION 

2000

DAYTON, , EBENEZER 

200

DOVE, MISTRESS 

400

DUNBAR, ROBERT 

11000

DUNBAR, WILLIAM 

18200

DYSON, JOHN 

1600

DYSON, JOSEPH 

1100

DYSON, THOMAS 

1000

ELLIOT, JAMES 

4000

ELLIS, ABRAHAM 

16000

ELLIS, HERDE 

3000

ELLIS, JOHN 

18100

ELLIS, RICHARD 

15500

ESSER, THOMAS 

1000

FABER, WILLIAM 

2300

FANOU, ALEXANDER 

1400

FARBANKS, WILLIAM 

2000

FERGUSON, 

2000

FERMONT, GEORGE  -

 

FIFE, YSAAC 

1300

FITZGERALD, GEORGE 

12000

FLETCHER, WILLIAM 

700

FLOWERS, DOCTOR 

12000

FLOWERS, ELISHA 

4000

FORD, JOHN 

5400

FORD, JOSEPH 

4500

FORD, ROBERT 

8000

FOSTER, JAMES 

5000

FOSTER, JOHN 

2000

FOSTER, THOMAS 

8000

FOSTER, WILLIAM 

6000

FOYE, BENJAMIN 

1000

GIBSON, GABRIEL 

4000

GIBSON, RUBEN 

3345

GIBSON, SAMUEL 

10000

GILLAIRD, MISTRESS 

12800

GILLEARD, ISAAC 

10000

GLASCOCK, M. 

3100

GOADEVIN, MISTRESS 

2300

GRAFTON, DANIEL 

11000

GRAY, RUFFIN 

2800

GREEN, ABNER 

9000

GREEN, HENRY 

17000

GREEN, JOSEPH 

1000

GREEN, THOMAS 

23000

GRIFFEN, GABRIEL 

10000

GRIFFEN, 

3000

HAMBORLIN, WILLIAM 

5000

HAMILTON, JESSE 

7500

HANDERSON, WILLIAM 

8000

HARMAN, EZEKIEL 

4100

HARMAN, JOHN 

3100

HARRISON, JOHN 

1200

HARRISON, RICHARD 

21000

HARTON, ABRAHAM 

2000

HAY, JAMES 

4000

HAYS, JAMES 

3000

HEARTLY, JOHN 

7000

HENDERSON, ALEXANDER 

2000

HERK, JAMES 

8800

HIGDON, JEPTHA 

10000

HIGDON, MARY 

2000

HOBLARD, THOMAS 

1200

HOLMES, BENJAMIN 

7700

HOLMES, JOSEPH 

6500

HOLT, DAVID 

9000

HOLT, JOHN 

4000

HOSTON, ABRAM 

8000

HOUVARD, JOSHUA 

5000

HOWIE, WILLIAM 

500

HUMPHRES, RALPH 

6000

HUMPHRIES, JUSTES 

1100

HUTCHENS, ANTHONY 

22000

IRIVIN, JAMES 

5600

ISINHOOD, BARNEY 

2000

JACOBS, HENRY 

1200

JOHNSON, YSAAC 

7100

JONES, DAVID 

400

JONES, JOHN 

2400

JORDEN, THOMAS 

6000

KILLION, GEORGE 

3000

KING, CABEL 

2000

KING, CALEB 

10000

KING, JUSTIN 

10000

KING, RICHARD, 

10000

LAMBERT, DAVID 

2000

LEAPHART, JACOB 

2000

LEE, WILLIAM 

4000

LENHART, ADAM 

6000

LINCTOT, BERNARD 

10000

LOVELAS, EDIARD 

 --00

LOVELAS, THOMAS 

1000

LUM, WILLIAM 

6000

LUSK, JOHN 

1000

MADDIN, MANUEL 

3000

MANADAU, HENRY 

7000

MARBLE, EZRA 

4000

MARLIN, JOHN 

11000

MCCABE, EDUARD 

3000

MCINTOSH, JAMES 

12200

MCINTOSH, WILLIAM 

5600

MELLER, WILLIAM 

100

MENOR, JOHN 

12000

MILLER, ARCHD. 

3400

MITCHELL, DAVID 

4800

MORGAN, THOMAS 

3600

MULKEY, DAVID

500

NELSON, PETER 

2400

NICHOLSON, KA..ES 

2,200

NUTON, JOHN 

2000

ODAM, DAVID 

5000

ODAM, JOHN 

1500

OGDON, DANIEL 

1000

OGLESBY, JAMES, 

3400

OUITT, EZEKIEL 

4000

OWENS, WILLIAM 

3000

PALMER, --RCH 

3700

PARKINS, JONATHAN 

1000

PERDY, CHARLES 

-,000

PERHINS, JOSEPH 

5000

PERRY, DANIEL 

4000

PHIPPS, SAMUEL 

400

PIPES, WINSOR 

4000

PLANNER, HENRY 

3000

PRUETT, BEARLIE 

4000

RALEY, CADER 

3000

RANER, SAMUEL 

1500

RATLESS, WILLIAM 

7000

RATLIFF, JOHN 

9700

RICHARDSON, HENRY 

6000

RICHARDSON, JEORGE 

1000

ROACH, HENRY 

200

ROBB, NICHOLAS 

2800

ROU, MISTRESS 

1000

RUMSEY, JEAN 

8000

RUSSELL, WILLIAM 

3800

RYON, WILLIAM 

2300

SALVERS, JOHN 

3000

SARGET, CHARLES 

6500

SAVAGE, MISTRESS 

6000

SCOTT, WILLIAM 

2800

SHELLING, JACOB 

500

SHILLENG, BOLSER 

3000

SHORT, WILLIAM 

 --00

SHUNK, JOHN 

10000

SIMMONS, CHARLES 

7000

SINCLAIR, GASPER 

3800

SMILEY, THOMAS 

2300

SMITH ZACHEREAH 

9500

SMITH, DAVID 

1000

SMITH, EBENEZER 

5000

SMITH, JOHN 

12000

SMITH, PHEL 

1500

SMITH, PHELLINDER 

11000

SMITH, WILLIAM 

2000

SMITH, WILLIAM 

9000

SPAIN, FRANCIS 

3100

SPALDEN, 

200

STAMPLY, GEORGE 

600

STAMPLY. JOHN 

3000

STAYBREAKER, JOHN 

1600

STEPHENSON, SAMUEL 

1000

STEVENSON, STEPHEN 

1000

SWEEZE, GABRIEL 

2,000

SWEEZE, NATHEN 

8500

SWEEZE, SAMUEL 

1200

SWEEZY, RICHARD 

4700

TAMBLESTON, NATHAN 

2000

TERRY, JOHN 

11300

THOMAS, WILLIAM 

2500

TOOL, PATRICK 

1000

TRAVELLION, RICHARD 

6000

TREVEN, WILLIAM 

6300

TRIVEN, WILLIAM 

5000

TRULEY, JAMES 

9000

TURNEY, MATHEU 

1100

--UMMENS, THOMAS 

4,800

VOSS, THOMAS 

2000

WADE, JAMES 

4000

WELKS, WILLIAM 

7300

WEST, CATO 

11000

WHETEKER, DANIEL 

1000

WHITE, MATHEU 

18600

WILLIAMS, DAVID 

50000

Submitted by Sue Moore sbmoore@swbell.net


 

AMERICANS ARRIVING in SPANISH-HELD NATCHEZ 1788-1790
 

*These reports were written by a Spanish officer, Carlos de Grand Pre to Governor Estevan Miro; therefore many of the names are in SPANISH or a PHONETIC attempt to convert the name to Spanish.  Some are in English.  The term “settler” means those with intent to settle the district. In 1788, a royal order encouraged American immigration and trade, and colonist began arriving in larger numbers than ever before.  Few of these arrived via the land route, however;  most arrived on flatboats, coming down the Mississippi.  The majority came from Kentucky. Many settled in what would become Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson and Wilkinson counties. List taken from records in the MS Dept. of Archives and History, Jackson MS. 

EXPLANATION OF NUMBERS: 

NAME-TOTAL COUNT  (MEN-WOMEN-CHILDREN


 

JULY 5, 1788

Arriving from DISTRICT of KENTUCKY

BUCHANAN, JAMES   2  (1-1-0) 

PROCTOR, RUBIN  5  (1-1-3)

GLASACOCK, JAIME  6  (1-0-5)

TAYLOR, ISAAC  8  (1-1-6)

MARBLE, ABNER  13  (1-1-11)

RICHARD, ESTEVAN  3  (1-1-1)

PATON, ROBERTO  1

EASMAN, ABEMESER  1

BROCTOR, JUAN  1

CHAMBER, JUAN  1

CHAMBER, SILAS  1

CHAMBER, JOSEPH  1

DAVIS, JUAN  1

GUYLE, JUAN  1

SHORT, JUAN  1

PYAT, JACOBO  1
 
 

JULY 5,1788

Arriving from STATE of VIRGINIA

BRUIN, PEDRO  5  (1-1-3)

WOOLLEY, MELIN  1

HUMPHRIS, MS.  7  (0-1-6)

TURNEY, JUAN  2  (1-1-0)

NEWMAN, BENJAMIN  7  (1-1-5)

DAYTON, ABNER  1

CHAFEY, ABNER  1
 
 

JULY 5, 1788

Arriving from 

DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE/CUMBERLAND
 

COOK, JORGE  3  (1-1-1)

DRACK, BENJAMIN 2 (1-1-0)

GASKINS, JUAN  5  (1-1-3)

BEHR, THOMAS  4  (1-1-2)

HARDIGILL, DANIEL  5  (1-1-3)

FREMTHAM, MARTIN  5  (1-1-3)

SPAWLINS, JAMES  3  (1-1-1)

SCOGINGS, MADAME  4  (0-1-3)

PIAT, JACOBO  3  (1-1-1)

ORMSBY, JUAN  1

CRETO, ROBERTO  1

MARNEY, JUAN  1

STRICKLING, DANIEL 1

FLECHER, BENJAMIN  1

SNEED, TOMAS  1

MCDUGAL, GUILLERMO  1

PYNN, JAYME  1

MCGUNE, HUGH  1

WEST, JUAN  1

GREEN, ENRIQUE  1
 
 

DECEMBER 31, 1788

Arriving from FORT PITT/PITTSBURG

COCHRAN, ROBERTO  1

LAND, JUAN  1

LIVEING, LOUIS  1

BONNEY, HUGH  1

HOLSTON, GEORGE  1

DULS, HENRY 1
 
 

DECEMBER 31, 1788

Arriving from CUMBERLAND/TENNESSEE

RUNDELL, JOSIAH

MCGOUBIK, RUBIN

RUNDELL, SETH

HAYWARD, JOUCHA

ELBERINGTON, JOHN
 
 

DECEMBER 31, 1788

Arriving from CONNECTICUT

SELDON, GEORGE
 
 

DECEMBER 31, 1788

Arriving from KENTUCKY

RUD, THOMAS

BECKLY, ADAM

HAMLET, JOHN
 
 

DECEMBER 31, 1788

Arriving from  PENNSYLVANIA

WALHER, ANDREW
 
 

DECEMBER 31, 1788

Arriving from the Chacta (CHOCTAW NATION

BASSETT, WILLIAM  6 (1-1-4)

MILLER, WILLIAM  3  (1-1-1)

FOOY, BENJAMIN  4  (1-1-2)
 
 

FLATBOATS ARRIVING IN NATCHEZ - 

OWNER, EMPLOYEES, AND/OR SETTLERS 

ACCORDING TO LETTERS FROM CARLOS 

DE GRAND PRE  TO GOVERNOR MIRO
 
 

FEBRUARY 23, 1790

Arriving from KENTUCKY

LEE, MARK, owner with two flatboats 

Employees:

BOCOM, RAMON

FRYEL, ROBERT

BOCOMAN, LEONARD

GIFFORD, WILLIAM

NUOY, JOHN

LEE, JOHN

WAZIAM, JOHN

HARRISON, JOHN

CATHORS, EDWARD, owner with one flatboat

Employees:

WILSON, ISRAEL

GOLLCHER, PATRICK

BROCON, JOHN 

HATER, JOHN 

MCGALLIHAN,---- with five children

THOMAS, PHILEMON, owner with two flatboats

Employees:

THOMAS, RICHARD

SMITH, CARLOS

MOONEY, SAMUEL

GRIFFON, FRANCIS

CARMACK, JOHN

MOORE, JOHN

MORELY, FLORANCE
 

FEBRUARY 23, 1790

Arriving overland from SOUTH CAROLINA

GRUBB, BENJAMIN 

with wife, 1 daughter, 5 Negroes and 1 Negress
 
 

MARCH 12, 1790

Arriving from SOUTH CAROLINA

WILLIAMS, JUAN, owner with 25 Negroes, to settle

TENDSLEY, PRESTON, with 7 Negroes, to settle
 
 

APRIL 19, 1790

Arriving from KENTUCKY with 5 flatboats

GUILLERMO, HARMON, owner

Settlers:

DAVIS, JOHN

FOLBERT, EDMUND

BOARD, PHILLIP

ARMESTRONG, WILLIAM

HALL, WILLIAM

ROBERTS, ANTHONY , 

with wife, son and daughter

O’FINNEY, HUGH 

with wife, son and 3 daughters


 

APRIL 20, 1790

Arriving from KENTUCKY with flatboat

MCGANEY, HUGH,  owner and settler

WHITSEL, LEWIS, settler
 
 

APRIL 22, 1790

Arriving from PENNSYLVANIA , 

brought by EZEKIEL FORMAN  all to settle

FORMAN, EZEKIEL 

with wife, son, and three daughters

Passengers:

OMUND, EBENEZER

CHACACH, ELIZABETH

Employees:

HARLTOCK, CHRISTIAN

ROBENS, GEORGE

OCONOR, GUILLERMO
 
 

APRIL 22, 1790

Flatboat arriving from VIRGINIA

SHARKEY, PARTICK

Settlers:

HENDERSON, JAMES

STOGAN, JOHN

SMITH, THOMAS

MCELWEE, THOMAS

JOHNSON, EDMUND with family of 5 and 3 Negroes

THUNS, BERRY  with family of four

ROBERTS, JOHN with family of three

DANIEL, THOMAS

SULBAN, THOMAS
 

APRIL 23, 1790

Flatboat arriving from KENTUCKY

COWA-, JOHN, owner and settler

Employees and to settle:

YOUNGE, PETER

GRAHAM, JAMES
 
 

APRIL 23, 1790

Arriving by  two berchas and 

one flatboat from KENTUCKY

First bercha, all to settle:

BIERALTER, GEORGE with wife and 2 sons

Employees:

JONES, CHARLES with wife and 2 sons

ROADS, JACOB

WALKER, GEORGE

WALKER, JOSEPH

EVANS, LUIS

STEWART, JAMES

SLONE, AUTHUR

SLONE, JOSEPH

ENRUFTY, JOHN

WILLSON, MICHAEL

Second bercha , all to settle:

LUSK, JAMES, with wife and 2 sons

JONES, FRANCIS

Flatboat:

GRANT, WILLIAM JOHN, owner, returning, 

cargo included 8 casks of tobacco for 

PILMAN, BUCKNER, 

an inhabitant of the Natchez District
 
 

APRIL 29, 1790

Arriving by flatboat from KENTUCKY

COBURN, JOHN , returning to home

Employee:

TODD, CHARLES, remaining to settle
 
 

APRIL 30, 1790

Arriving by 2 flatboats from PENNSYLVANIA

FOWLER, ALEXANDER, owner and settler

Employees to settle:

MURENS, FREDERICK

MCDERMOT, THOMAS

HOUSE, CASPER

TYLAR, DANIEL JOSEPH

GREY, JAMES
 
 

APRIL 30, 1790

Flatboat arriving from PENNSYLVANIA

PERRY, JUAN, owner

Settlers:

BRON, JAMES

WOLF, GEORGE

BESHIP, GUILLERMO
 
 

MAY 4, 1790

Arriving by 2 flatboats from KENTUCKY, 

employees returning

FRENCH, HENRY, owner and to settle

PATERSON, JOHN, owner and to settle


 
 

MAY 8, 1790

Arriving by flatboat from PENNSYLVANIA 

with people and goods and brothers of 

the Adjutant Major of Natchez, 

DON ESTEVAN MINOR, 

employees on boat returning

MINOR, WILLIAM, owner and to settle

MINOR, THEOPHILUS, owner and to settle


 
 

MAY 15, 1790

Arriving by flatboat from PENNSYLVANIA

CHAMBERS, WILLIAM, owner and to settle
 
 

MAY 16, 1790

Arriving by flatboat from PENNSYLVANIA

TATE, JOHN, owner 

JACOBS, MIGUEL

HERY, JOSEPH
 

MAY 16, 1790

Arriving by 2 flatboats from NORTH AMERICA

MARSHALL, GEORGE, 

owner of both boats and returning

First flatboat, employees to settle:

DARLINGTON, ABRAM

CARTER, FRIEND

ARMSTRONG, JOHN

LAWSON, AARON

MAJOR, WILLIAM

FRUVIN, ADAM

SCRIBERS, STEPHEN

SCRIBER, ABRAM

Passenger to settle:

BROUNGH, RICHARD

Second flatboat in charge of 

WILLIAM THOMSON, returning

Settlers:

DEPOS, CHARLES

MORRIS, ISAAC

COLLEK, JUAN

MORROW, MARTIN

FRAZER, GEORGE

MCMULLIR, CARLOS
 

MAY 17, 1790

Arriving by flatboat from KENTUCKY

GORDON, ROBERTO, owner and settler

Settlers:

SMITH, GODFRAY

SHOVER, JACOBO

ROS, ROBERTO
 
 

MAY 17, 1790

Arriving by flatboat from KENTUCKY

BOYLE, JUAN , owner

MATUES, Hugh 
 
 

MAY 23, 1790

Arriving by 2 flatboats from KENTUCKY

First flatboat with all to settle:

EWING, CARLOS, owner

Employees and passengers:

BRODER,--

ROBEL, LEONARD

Second flatboat, owner to return

OCONER, SANTIAGO to settle
 
 

JUNE 3, 1790

Report of family which 

EPHRAIN HUBBARD  brought from VIRGINIA

Settlers:

HUBBARD, EPHRAIN and wife and 9 children, 

10 Negroes, and plantation tools
 
 

JUNE 7, 1790

Arriving by 2 flatboats from FORT PITT/PITTSBURG

Settlers:

FIELDS, DANIEL

FIELDS, FELIPE

TOMAS, JUAN  with wife and 1 son

SMITH, CHRISTOPHER

LYON, MATHEW

JACOBO, GEORGES
 
 

JUNE 22, 1790

Arriving by 6 flatboats from the UNITED STATES
 
 

First flatboat,  the NANCY, from OHIO

FORMAN, SAMUEL, owner and settler

FORMAN, EZEK, resident of Natchez District
 
 

Other flatboats all from KENTUCKY
 
 

Second boat, owner and one passenger returning

Settlers:

MITCHEL, WILLIAM

GOLL, JACOBO

MCKEY, JUAN
 
 

Third boat

WINTERS, ELISHA, owner and settler
 
 

Fourth boat, owner returning

Settlers:

BUSHNELL, EUSEBIO

GUILLION, JOHN

Fifth and sixth boats, 

consigned to OLIVER POLLOCK

SHIPMAN, STEPHEN , to settle
 
 

JUNE 28, 1790

Arriving  by flatboat from KENTUCKY

Settlers:

BEARE, WALTER

TERRY, JAMES with wife and 5 children

HUFFMAN, JACOBO with wife and three children

submitted by Sue Moore sbmoore@swbell.net

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