Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi

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

Index of Plantations

David Hunt Plantations Index

Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 Owners 1.2 Census Records/Legal Records 1.3 Slaves 2 Sources

Introduction

Huntley Plantation was the main plantation associated primarily with Abijah Hunt. ^[1]

Owners

• William Murray and Jacob Cable (first owners of the land)
• Abijah Hunt
• David Hunt
• George Ferguson Hunt

William Murray and Jacob Cable were the first owners of the land, but Abijah Hunt was the first to develop the property and utilize the name "Huntley" for the plantation. When Abijah was killed in a duel in 1811, the property was inherited by his nephew David Hunt. Years later, David gave the property to his son George Ferguson Hunt upon his marriage to Anna Watson. They also received Georgiana Plantation.

Census Records/Legal Records

• Mississippi State Census 1808^[2]
• Mississippi, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1780-1982^[3]

Note: Although Abijah Hunt's will was filed in Adams County, Huntley Plantation is generally associated with Jefferson County.

Slaves

Extracted from 1811 probate records for Abijah Hunt (see above reference). Probably worked at Huntley Plantation.

Name	Age	Gender	Race	Slave Owner	Resident Place
Leonard	Unknown	Male	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Frank	Unknown	Male	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Ned	Unknown	Male	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Sall	Unknown	Female	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Daniel	Unknown	Male	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Spencer	Unknown	Male	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Hannah (1)	Unknown	Female	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
child (probably child of Hannah)	Unknown	?	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Pompey (2)	Unknown	Male	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Hannah	Unknown	Female	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Emily	Unknown	Female	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Lewis	Unknown	Male	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Dolly & Edward	Unknown	Female & Male	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Morris	Unknown	Male	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Jess	Unknown	Female	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Jenny & child	Unknown	Female	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Sandy boy	Unknown	Male	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Abraham boy	Unknown	Male	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Jack	Unknown	Male	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Lucy	Unknown	Female	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Charles	Unknown	Male	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Lizzy	Unknown	Female	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
John Luke	Unknown	Male	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
John Meridith	Unknown	Male	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Dave	Unknown	Male	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
July	Unknown	?	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Roze	Unknown	Female	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Sophia	Unknown	Female	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Harriet	Unknown	Female	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Jack boy	Unknown	Male	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Jim	Unknown	Male	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Dick boy	Unknown	Male	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Dick	Unknown	Male	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Jenny	Unknown	Female	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Alse girl	Unknown	Female	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Sam	Unknown	Male	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Dan boy	Unknown	Male	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Washington	Unknown	Male	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Pamila & child	Unknown	Female	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Penelope girl	Unknown	Female	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Moses	Unknown	Male	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Peggy	Unknown	Female	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Abraham boy	Unknown	Male	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Anika girl	Unknown	Female	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Jack	Unknown	Male	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Stepney	Unknown	Male	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
David	Unknown	Male	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
John Markey	Unknown	Male	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Andrew	Unknown	Male	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Prim man	Unknown	Male	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Mary	Unknown	Female	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Clarissa	Unknown	Female	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Harriet	Unknown	Female	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Henrietta girl	Unknown	Female	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Sandy man	Unknown	Male	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Molly	Unknown	Female	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Lucy	Unknown	Female	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Cornelia Tennessee	Unknown	Female	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Bill boy	Unknown	Male	Black	Abijah Hunt/David Hunt	Huntley Plantation, Jefferson County, Mississippi

Sources

• Hunt Family
• Wikipedia

1. ↑ Huntley Plantation
2. ↑ 1866 Census: "Mississippi, U.S., State and Territorial Census Collection, 1792-1866"
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1125 #40446 (accessed 20 February 2022)
   Abijah Hunt in Jefferson.
3. ↑ Probate: "Mississippi, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1780-1982"
   Mississippi, Adams County Probate Records; Author: Mississippi. Chancery Court (Adams County); Probate Place: Adams, Mississippi
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8995 #5001269 (accessed 20 February 2022)
   Abijah Hunt probate on 3 Jun 1811.