Pleasant Prospect Plantation, Prince George's County, Maryland

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Prince George's, Maryland, United States
Surnames/tags: Contee Slavery

US Black Heritage Index of Plantations

Background

John Contee owned Pleasant Prospect Plantation. This plantation, purchased from Isaac Duckett, was located in Prince George's County, Maryland.^[1]

Pleasant Prospect grew multiple crops which included:^[2]

• Tobacco
• Rye

Pleasant Prospect was the residence of John Contee who died in 1839. In his will he gives Pleasant Prospect to his son John and his daughter Margaret.^[3]

John Contee's probate inventory also mentioned the Pleasant Prospect Plantation along with the names, ages, and values of the slaves who resided there.^[2]

For more information please see the Slaves of John Contee

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.historic-structures.com/md/woodmore/pleasant_prospect.php
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Inventories: "Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999"
   Catalog: Inventories Liber PC no. 4 1839-1844 Liber JH no. 1 1844-1848
   Image path: Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999 > Prince George's > Inventory accounts 1839-1844 vol 4 > image 18 of 251
   FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GTYL-Q1C (accessed 8 April 2023)
   • probate inventory of John Contee for Pleasant Prospect plantation
3. ↑ Wills 1698-1921 ; index 1698-1948: "Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999"
   Catalog: Wills 1698-1921 ; index 1698-1948 Liber TT no. 1 1808-1833 Liber PC no. 1 1833-1854
   Image path: Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999 > Prince George's > Wills 1833-1854 vol PC > image 74 of 284
   FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GT1L-28V (accessed 8 April 2023)
   • 1839 will of John Contee