*More history down...in this post! The advance forces reached Nitta Tola next day (May 2), when the fetters of slavery were broken instantly, and the hoe and the plow handle dropped from the hands of the negro, and I ceased to be a planter forever.-Judge *James Maury, Claiborne County, MS. Source: ~ LEAVES ~ THE DIARY OF ELIZABETH MEADE INGRAHAM The Rebel Sister of General George Meade Edited by Sue Burns Moore and Rebecca Blackwell Drake *Judge James Hervey Maury and wife Lucinda Smith Maury Dst. 3. Maury settled on the 750 acres located on Jackson Road, about two miles out of Port Gibson in 1856. Home plundered by Grant’s army beginning May 2, 1863. Maury also owned a home in Port Gibson. Source: claiborne.msghn.org/plantations.html **James Fontaine Maury was the son of James Hervey Maury (1796- 1874) and Lucinda Smith Maury (1804-1884) of Port Gibson, Miss. He lived there and at Nitta Tola Plantation, about two miles from Port Gibson, Claiborne County, MS. James Fontaine Maury was born in Port Gibson, Claiborne County, Miss., 1 July 1842; he died 22 April 1875. His parents, James Hervey Maury (1796-1874) and Lucinda Smith Maury (1804-884), who married on 29 May 1822, owned and operated the 750-acre Nitta Tola Plantation, which was located about two miles from Port Gibson, Miss., and included as many as 57 slaves between 1856 and 1863, when it was devastated by Union troops during the Vicksburg Campaign. James Hervey Maury also owned a home and worked in a law office in Port Gibson. James Fontaine Maury was living at Nitta Tola during most of the period covered by his diary. Subsequently, he married his first cousin, Elizabeth Owen, the daughter of Frank Owen. Lucknow Plantation, which adjoined Nitta Tola, was owned by Benjamin Grubb Humphreys (1808-1882) and Mildred Maury Humphreys (fl.1839-1851) prior to the Civil War. Members of the Maury family frequently visited and stayed overnight at Lucknow. For additional information, see P.L. Rainwater, ed., The Autobiography of James H. Maury, The Journal of Mississippi History V (April 1943): 87-102. This article includes a biographical sketch of James H. Maury and Maury family genealogical data. Source: www2.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/m/Maury,James_Fontaine.html Image: 54.201.12.217/content/slaves-work
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