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The Lucketts of Portobacco

The Lucketts of Portobacco

A genealogical history of Samuel Luckett, Gent, of Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland, and some of his descendants, with a sketch of the allied family of Ofifutt, of Prince Georges County, Maryland.

Adams, Adderton, Addison, Alexander, Applebaugh, Ashby, Atkisson, Baggett, Bainbridge, Baldwin, Barnes, Barney, Bartlett, Battle, Beale, Beall, Beatty, Beaven, Belt, Benson, Bethel, Blair, Borden, Bottrell, Bowie, Bradford, Brazier, Brengle, Briscoe, Brocke, Brogdon, Brown, Bryan, Burgess, Campbell, Cantwell, Carr, Carroll, Cave, Chiswell, Clapman, Clements, Clephane, Contee, Cooke, Cooper, Cope, Cox, Creek, Cumming, Dade, Davis, Delahay, Dent, Doling, Dorry, Dorsey, Douglas, Drone, Duval, Eagler, Earle, Edelen, Edmonston, Elms, Evans, Fendall, Ferguson, Field, Fink, Floyd, Fouch, Franklin, Galford, Gladden, Glahn, Glenn, Godfrey, Goodrick, Gracey, Graham, Gray, Green, Griffin, Gulick, Haddox, Hall, Hamill, Hamilton, Hanson, Harding, Harris, Harrison, Harrold, Hawkins, Haynie, Hobbs, Hobson, Holton, Hussey, Jamieson, Jenifer, Jenkins, Jett, Johnson, Jones, Jordan, Kalbfleisch, Keith, Kennedy, Kenner, Kerrick, Kybert, Langworth, Lawson, Lennarts, Lewis, Lilley, Lowe, Luckett, Lynn, Maddox, Magruder, Mantz, Manzy, Markham, Marlow, Martin, Marye, Mastin, Matthews, McCane, McCauley, Metcalf, Middleton, Miller, Minor, Mooney, Moore, Morehead, Morris, Mudd, Muir, Murray, Neale, Nelson, Nesbit, Nichnow, Nichollas, Odom, Offord, Offutt, Oldham, ORea, Orrell, Parker, Parnell, Patton, Payne, Perry, Peters, Peyton, Posey, Price, Ramsey, Rankin, Rasbury, Ratliff, Reed, Robey, Robinson, Roxborough, Sage, Sargeant, Sayles, Scott, Sewell, Seydel, Shaw, Shrive, Sidener, Skinner, Smith, Smoot, Sprigg, Spriplin, Steel, Stone, Sugar, Swansted, Swearingen, Taylor, Theobald, Thickpenny, Thompson, Tolson, Tongue, Trundle, Tyler, Venom, Wall, Wallace, Ware, Watkins, West, Westman, Wheadon, Wheeler, White, Whiting, Wickliff, Willcoxen, Williams, Withers, Witt, Wood, Woods, Woodward, Yates, Yost.

Louisiana Land Patents – Choctaw Tribe

A detailed listing of Louisiana land patents for the Choctaw Tribe, organized by patentee name, date, document number, and accession number. The record includes many Native and non-Native grantees and spans patents issued from the 1840s through the early 1900s, offering a valuable reference for historical land and genealogy research.

B Surnames – Walpole Massachusetts Marriage Records to 1850

The provided records detail marriage intentions from the town of Walpole, Massachusetts, for individuals with surnames starting with “B,” covering various dates up to 1850. Notable entries include Betsey Babitt and Samuel Clap in 1843, Alfred Bacon marrying Harriett Perry in 1834, and numerous other couples throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. Each entry typically specifies the names of the individuals involved and the date of intention publication, reflecting the community’s social history and matrimonial practices during this period.

Slave Narrative of Jasper Battle

In an interview with Grace McCune, 80-year-old Jasper Battle reflects on his life as a slave on Marse Henry Jones’ plantation in Georgia. He reminisces about the conditions of slave life, including the slave quarters and cooking arrangements, highlighting the divided roles and experiences of families. Jasper discusses the affection among slaves, the impact of the Civil War, and the transition to freedom. He shares anecdotes about community gatherings, church, and his marriage to Lovie Williams, expressing nostalgia for the simpler, cohesive days of his youth.

Slave Narrative of Alice Battle

In a 1936 interview, Alice Battle recounts her life as a slave on Mr. Ed Marshall’s plantation in Bibb County, Georgia. Born in the 1850s to Emanuel and Neal Anne Caldwell, Alice describes her experiences as typical for an enslaved person, noting that she was well-fed and treated humanely, albeit with occasional punishment. She recalls witnessing Union soldiers pass with Jefferson Davis following the Civil War. After emancipation, Alice initially stayed with her former masters before eventually marrying and living a life marked by mobility and dependence on family in her later years.