White Haven Plantation, St Louis County, Missouri
Location: St. Louis County, Missouri, United States
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Introduction
White Haven was first known as the Gravois property. "When Theodore and Anne Lucas Hunt purchased William Lindsay Long's home in 1818, there existed "several good log cabins" on the property—potential quarters for the five enslaved people purchased earlier by Hunt. The work of Walace, Andrew, Lydia, Loutette, and Adie would be an important part of the Hunts' farming venture. The Hunts sold the Gravois property to Frederick Dent in 1820, for the sum of $6,000." [1] William Lindsey Long and his family "built their first home, known as “White Haven”. Ulysses S. Grant was one of the subsequent owners of the home. It is now owned by St. Louis County, and is on the National Register of Historic Places."[2]
Ownership History
- Gravois Family
- William Lindsay Long
- Theodore & Anne Lucas Hunt (purchased from Long in 1818)
- Frederick Dent. This is the father-in-law of President Ulysses Grant
Slaves
1850: 18 enslaved people
Research Notes
(9 slaves in 1840 at Bonhomme, St Louis, owned by Wm Lindsey Long)[3]
Sources
- ↑ Wikipedia: Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant_National_Historic_Site#Slavery_at_White_Haven
- ↑ "William Lindsey Long" https://www.fentonhistory.com/node/7
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1840 Census:
"1840 United States Federal Census", database with images
Year: 1840; Census Place: Bonne Homme, Saint Louis, Missouri; Roll: 231; Page: 249; Family History Library Film: 0014858
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8057 #3617122 (accessed 26 November 2022)
William L Long in Bonne Homme, Saint Louis, Missouri.
http://www.thecivilwarmuse.com/index.php?page=ulysses-s-grant-national-historic-site
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https://home.nps.gov/articles/000/the-dent-family-and-the-domestic-slave-trade.htm