Lane Family Plantation

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Brazeau Township, Perry, Missouri, United States
Surnames/tags: Slavery Heritage_Exchange US_Black_Heritage_Project

Index of Plantations

Contents 1 Lane Plantation 2 Heritage Exchange 2.1 Identified Slaves 2.2 1840 Unidentified Slaves 2.3 1850 Unidentified Slaves 2.4 1860 Unidentified Slaves 3 Sources

Lane Plantation

Joseph Harrison Lane and his son Joseph Skinner Lane and daughter-in-law Jane Knox Lane owned a farm or plantation in Brazeau Township, Perry County, Missouri. They held from 9 to 16 people enslaved from the early 1840s until the end of the Civil War.

James Monroe Abbot was enslaved by the Lane family. James was interviewed for the Federal Writers' Project, District 5, in Sikeston, Scott County, Missouri.^[1] He said that the Lanes had a big house with porches, flowers all around it and sweet locust trees in the yard. They lived in Perry County, Missouri, a few miles from Seventy-Six Landing on the Mississippi River. In his interview, James Abbot mentioned his sister, his Uncle Rube, Aunt Hanna, and his Grampa, along with a woman named Lucy, all enslaved by the Lanes.

In the 1840 U.S. census, Joseph Harrison Lane and his family lived in Madison County, Mississippi, including six free white people: 1 Male under 5 years old, 1 Male 5 thru 9 years old, 1 Male 15 thru 19 years old, 1 Male 40 thru 49 years old, 1 Female 40 thru 49 years old, 1 Female 70 thru 79 years old. Joseph was the slave owner of four enslaved people (see below).^[2] The obituary of his son Joseph Skinner Lane says that the family moved to Missouri about 1841.^[3]

Heritage Exchange

Identified Slaves

1. Allie Ann Lane (abt.1836-)
2. James Monroe (Lane) Abbot (1854-1940)
3. James Abbot's sister
4. James Abbot's Grampa
5. Uncle Rube
6. Aunt Hanna
7. Lucy

1840 Unidentified Slaves

In 1840 Mississippi, Joseph Harrison was the slave owner of 4 enslaved persons.

1. 1 UNKNOWN Male 10 thru 23 years old (1840 Census)
2. 1 UNKNOWN Male 24 thru 35 years old (1840 Census)
3. 1 UNKNOWN Female under 10 years old (1840 Census) this may be Allie Ann
4. 1 UNKNOWN Female 24 thru 35 years old (1840 Census)

1850 Unidentified Slaves

In 1850 Missouri, he was the slave owner of 9 enslaved persons:^[4]

1. 1 UNKNOWN Male 45 years old,
2. 1 UNKNOWN Male 29 years old,
3. 1 UNKNOWN Female 35 years old,
4. 1 UNKNOWN Female 10 years old,
5. 1 UNKNOWN Male 8 years old,
6. 1 UNKNOWN Female 8 years old,
7. 1 UNKNOWN Male 5 years old,
8. 1 UNKNOWN Male 4 years old,
9. 1 UNKNOWN Female 1 year old.

1860 Unidentified Slaves

In 1860 Missouri, he was the slave owner of 16 enslaved persons:^[5]

1. 1 UNKNOWN Male 55 years old,
2. 1 UNKNOWN Female 40 years old,
3. 1 UNKNOWN Male 35 years old,
4. 1 UNKNOWN Female 20 years old,
5. 1 UNKNOWN Male 18 years old,
6. 1 UNKNOWN Female 16 years old,
7. 1 UNKNOWN Male 14 years old,
8. 1 UNKNOWN Male 12 years old,
9. 1 UNKNOWN Female 10 years old,
10. 1 UNKNOWN Male 8 years old,
11. 1 UNKNOWN Male 6 years old,
12. 1 UNKNOWN Female 4 years old,
13. 1 UNKNOWN Female 2 years old,
14. 1 UNKNOWN Female 4 years old,
15. 1 UNKNOWN Male 2 years old,
16. 1 UNKNOWN Male 1 year old.

Sources

1. ↑ Federal Writers' Project, District 5, in Sikeston, Missouri, 240—Folklore. Interview with James Monroe Abbot, ex-slave, Cape Girardeau, Missouri. https://www.loc.gov/resource/mesn.100/?sp=6 : 10 Dec 2021
2. ↑ 1840 U.S. Federal Census: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8057/images/4409452_00640?pId=3598479 : 18 Dec 2021
3. ↑ Obituary for Joseph S. Lane, Perry County Republican, Mar. 5, 1925: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90452691/obituary-for-joseph-8-lane-aged-86/ : 12 Dec 2021
4. ↑ 1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedule: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8055/images/MOM432_424-0047?pId=91308586 : 18 Dec 2021
5. ↑ 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedule: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GBSH-NQ3?cc=3161105&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AWKPJ-THT2 : 18 Dec 2021