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Submitted by Sue Moore, sbmoore@swbell.net


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



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