Arcola Plantation, Marengo County, Alabama

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Arcola, Hale, Alabama, United States
Surnames/tags: Hatch Slavery

Index of Plantations

Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 Slaves 1.2 Notes 2 Sources

Introduction

Arcola Plantation is located on land first settled by Frederic Ravesies. It was originally known as the Ravesies plantation, and also known as Alfred Hatch Place.

Alfred Hatch purchased the plantation from his brother Lemuel Hatch in the early 1850's.^[1] The main house was built in 1856 as the center of the 3,000-acre plantation. It is on the National Register of Historic Places. He established several other plantations, including Elm Ridge near Greensboro. He enslaved nearly 200 people to work them.

Slaves

In the 1830 Census, Alfred is enumerated with 85 slaves in Craven, North Carolina.

When they moved to Alabama, Alfred Hatch is found in both Greene County and in Perry County. It isn't until the 1860 Schedule do we find him in Marengo County where Arcola Plantation is located and where he is enumerated with 174 slaves.

In the 1840 Census he is enumerated with 12 slaves in Greene, Alabama, and 100 slaves in Perry, Alabama. In 1850 he is living in Greene, Alabama with wife and 4 children. He owned 15 slaves. In 1850 in Perry, Alabama he owned 190 slaves. In 1860 Marengo County, Alabama he is enumerated with 174 slaves.

Notes

After much research, with all online tools and resources, there seems to be little or no information available about the enslaved who lived on this plantation.

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hatch_Place_at_Arcola

• Probate: "North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998"
  Wills and Estate Papers (Craven County), 1663-1978; Author: North Carolina. Division of Archives and History
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 9061 #2934958 (accessed 11 April 2022)
  Durant Hatch's will
• 1830 Census: "1830 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1830; Census Place: Craven, North Carolina; Series: M19; Roll: 119; Page: 118; Family History Library Film: 0018085
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8058 #181840 (accessed 6 February 2022)
  Alfred Hatch. (Slaves:85)
• 1840 Census: "1840 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1840; Census Place: Newbern, Craven, North Carolina; Roll: 358; Page: 59; Family History Library Film: 0018093
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8057 #3301827 (accessed 6 February 2022)
  Alfred Hatch. (12 Slaves)
• 1840 Census: "1840 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1840; Census Place: Perry, Alabama; Roll: 10; Page: 285; Family History Library Film: 0002334
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8057 #3873214 (accessed 6 February 2022)
  Alfred Hatch. (100 Slaves)
• 1850 Census: "1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
  The National Archive in Washington DC; Washington, DC; NARA Microform Publication: M432; Title: Seventh Census Of The United States, 1850; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8055 #90190882 (accessed 6 February 2022)
  Alfred P Hatch in Greene, Alabama, USA. (15 slaves - look at original)
• 1850 Census: "1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
  The National Archive in Washington DC; Washington, DC; NARA Microform Publication: M432; Title: Seventh Census Of The United States, 1850; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8055 #90564986 (accessed 6 February 2022)
  Parker Hatch in Barrons, Perry, Alabama, USA. (39 Slaves - Parker Hatch)
• 1850 Census: "1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
  The National Archive in Washington DC; Washington, DC; NARA Microform Publication: M432; Title: Seventh Census Of The United States, 1850; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8055 #90564337 (accessed 6 February 2022)
  Alfred Hatch in Barrons, Perry, Alabama, USA. (190 Slaves)
• 1860 Census: "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
  The National Archives in Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Eighth Census of the United States 1860; Series Number: M653; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7668 #91548413 (accessed 6 February 2022)
  Alfred Hatch in Western Division, Marengo, Alabama, USA. (174 Slaves)
• 1860 Census: "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
  The National Archives in Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Eighth Census of the United States 1860; Series Number: M653; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7668 #94320560 (accessed 6 February 2022)
  Alfred P Hatch in Newtown, Greene, Alabama, USA. (4 slaves)