SANKOFA'S PLANTATION DATABASE
Pleasant Hill Plantation
Location: Amite Co., MS
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Associated Surnames: Capell
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Natchez-Area Manuscript collections in The Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections at Louisiana State University http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/guides/natchez.html
- Capell family. Papers, 1816-1900. 84 items. Location: U:244. Planters and merchants of Amite and Wilkinson Counties in Mississippi. Eli Jackson Capell was a planter of Pleasant Hill Plantation in Amite County and operated a store near Rose Hill, Mississippi....Early papers in the collection consist of land deeds and slave bills of sale of Littleton Capell and his son Eli.
- Capell, Eli J. (Eli Jackson), 1814-1888. Family papers, 1817-1882, 1969. 19 items. Location: UU:85. Papers include certificates and business letters relating to Mississippi lands, two letters from Jefferson Davis, and family genealogy.
- Capell, Eli J. (Eli Jackson), 1814-1888. Family papers, 1817-1932 (bulk 1842-1890). 1,002 items. Location: U:106, E:47-48, Mss.Mf:C. Papers include inventories and financial documents related to the plantation, family letters, recipes, and a family genealogy.
- Capell, Eli J. (Eli Jackson), 1814-1888. Plantation records, 1840-1917 (bulk 1842-1869). 46 vols. (45 ms. vols., 1 printed vol.). Mss. 56, 257, 674, 1751. Records include diaries, ledgers, and scrapbooks that document daily activities related to the Pleasant Hill Plantation.
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