African-American Resources for Lafayette County, Mississippi

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Lafayette, Mississippi, United States
Surnames/tags: Black_Heritage Slavery

US Black Heritage Project Home Page

US Black Heritage Project Mississippi Team

African-American Resources for Mississippi

Focus County from Sep - Dec 2023

Contents 1 Genealogy Resources 2 Cemeteries 3 Slave Owners 4 Plantations 5 One Place Studies 6 Stats for 2023 7 Sources

Genealogy Resources

• The Plantation Families Of Lafayette County, Mississippi 1832 - 1865
• Lafayette County Historical and Genealogical Society
• African-American Resources for Mississippi.

Cemeteries

AA cemeteries in Lafayette County.

• Lafayette County Mississippi Cemetery Categories
• Big Hill Cemetery
• Providence United Methodist Cemetery (21/144 memorials on WikiTree, ~14.6% complete)
• Smith Chapel CME Church Cemetery (14/85 memorials on WikiTree, ~16.5% complete)
• Buford Chapel Cemetery (0/22 memorials on WikiTree, 0% complete)
• St. John Cemetery (6/121 memorials on WikiTree, ~0.05% complete)
• Saint Peters M.B. Church Cemetery (aka East St. Peter Cemetery) (6/209 memorials on WikiTree, ~0.03% complete)

Slave Owners

Slave Schedules - create new slave owner profiles.

• 1850 Lafayette County, Mississippi

1. James Robert Bowles (abt.1828-)
2. Benjamin Edward Avent (1799-1878)
3. William Edward Avent (1827-1897)

• 1860 Lafayette County, Mississippi

Plantations

• Mississippi Plantations

One Place Studies

Stats for 2023

This team was new in mid 2023. Work was focused on Lafayette County between September and December. Other work was done in Bolivar and Warren Counties

Sources