The Enslaved People of Magnolia In the 1850s

Local surveyor G. S. Walmsley made a plat of Magnolia that illustrated the location of buildings including the Magnolia Quarters and a hospital for the enslaved in 1858.

Image courtesy of the Hertzog family.

The 1850 census showed that the enslaved population had increased to 182. In addition, the census indicates a change in the age and gender balance of the enslaved workforce, which could have resulted from estate division. In 1852, Ambrose’s daughter Atala and son-in-law Matthew Hertzog took over operation of Magnolia.

The following information has been retrieved from archival records.

1851
Daniel
Joe, driver
Lolette, age 24, died July 29, 1851 – Cholera
Zelina, age 31, died July 30, 1851 - Cholera
Octavie, age 12, died July 31, 1851 - Cholera

1852
Henriette, age 5, child of Lafille
Henriette, age 28
Henriette, age 26, child of Aimee
Henriette, age 21
Henriette (gross), age 33
Henry, age 19
Henry, age 17
Henry, age 26
Henry Dickerson, age 15
Hippolyte, age 7, child of Jeannette
Honore, age 28, died June 4, 1859 - Drowned
Honore, age 54
Honore, age 45
Hortense, age 7
Hortense, age 48
Hortense, age 7 months, child of Mimi
Hortense, age 35 Hortense, age 62, nurse
Idey, age 25
Idey, age 31, wife of Rene
Irene, age 13
Iris, age 2, child of Laura
Israel, age 6 months, child of Eddy
Israel or Isaac, age 8 months, child of Maria
Jack, age 17
Jack, age 42
Jack Cyrene, age 22, sick
Jacob, age 30 Jacques, age 19
Jacques Cyrine, age 23
Jacques solo, age 23
James, age 38
James, age 3, child of Milly
James fils, age 12
Janvier, age 57
Janvier, age 11, son of Prudence
Jean, age 21 Jean Baptiste, age 5, child of Louise Jean Baptiste, age 45
Jeanne, child of Adeline
Jeanne, age 62
Jeanne (petite), age 57 Jeannette, age 30 Jeffrey, age 44
Jim, age 25
Jim, age 12, child of Louise
Jim Smith, age 35, blacksmith
Joe Anglais, age 29
Joe Gasparite, age 49
John, age 4, child of Sally
John, age 20
John Jones, age 5, child of Laura
John Adams, age 34 John Davis, age 34
John Smith, age 42
John Steward, age 28
John, age 5, orphan John, age 11, son of Laura from Vienna Plantation
Joseph, age 24
Joseph Larouge, age 34
Joseph, doctor, age 52
Joshua, age 1, child of Laura
Jules, age 24
Julie, age 43
Keziah, age 31
Kitty, age 12
Kitty or Kate, age 19
Lafille, age 34
Lafille, age 37
Lagrosse, age 19
Landen, age 6, child of Angey
Landry, child of Florence
Landry, age 17
Laura or Lama, age 25
Laura, age 31, wife of Desir
Levy, age 17
Lewis, age 11, son of Peyton
Lezida, age 2, child of Constance, died December 12, 1855 - Burnt
Liriage, age 22
Loise, age 22
Lolette, age 18
Lolette, child of Emilia
Lorenza , age 21
Louis, age 7, child of Celestine, at A.B. Rachal
Louis (petit), age 27
Louis Zenon, age 66, commandeur
Louis, age 60, commandeur
Louisa, child of Edose
Louisa, child of Idey
Louise, age 35 Louisiana, age 3, child of Louise
Lucette, age 30
Lucien, child of Eloise
Madeleine, child of Florence
Madeleine, age 29
Malinda, age 20 Manuel, age 20, servant
Marcel, child of Roseline
Marcelite, child of Lucette
Marcelite, age 39
Marguerite, age 7
Marguerite, age 6
Maria, age 31
Marie Jeanne, age 52
Marie Jeanne, age 58
Marie Quinin, age 47
Marine, age 31
Marinette, age 45
Marinette, age 47
Martha, age 25
Martha, age 29
Mary, age 35
Mary Ele, age 34
Mathilda, child of Clementia
Mathilda, age 35, wife of Peyton, sickly
Mathilde, age 45
Mathilde, age 25
Matt Ross, age 22
Melia, age 28 Meliza, age 23
Mimi, age 44 Moses, age 40, carpenter
Mozile, age 27
Nancy, age 5, daughter of Peyton, mother dead Narcisse, age 3, child of Eloise
Ned, age 19
Ned, age 34 Ned (big), age 26
Ned (little), age 18, died on September, 29, 1856 - Burnt in press
Nelson, age 45
Nelson, age 35
Nelson, age 15, child of Angey
Nequite, child of Celestine
Neuville, age 45 NO NAME, child of Adele
NO NAME, child of Constance
Noel, age 47
Octavie , age 6, child of Couachine
Olice, age 49
Olympia, child of Lafille
Osborne Gibson, age 22
Pantaleon or Justin, age 1, child of Celestine
Pasite, age 20
Patterson Bass, age 14
Paul, age 14, servant
Paulin, age 23
Paulin, age 4, child of Louise
Paulinaire, child of Marine
Pazite, age 13
Peter, age 3 months, child of Mary
Petit Louis, age 20
Petite Jeanne, age 50
Peudanes, age 10
Peyton, age 42
Peyton, jr., age 7, son of Peyton
Picayune, age 19
Pierre, age 24
Pierre or Peter, age 31
Plutarch Barnes, age 16
Predanes, age 3, child of Matilde
Prudence, age 30
Raphael, age 3, child of Selefine
Raphael, age 10
Rebecca, age 2, child of Florence
Reine, age 3, child of Edose
Rene, age 18
Rene, age 24
Robert, age 31
Rose, age 35
Roseline, age 21

1853
Salli, age 55
Sally, age 60
Sally, age 30
Samuel, child of Sarah
Sanite, age 22, servant
Sarah, age 8, child of Idey
Sarah, age 2, child of Eddy
Sarah
Sarah, age 40
Sarah Jane, age 3, child of Maria
Scott, age 46
Selefine, age 22
Selephine, age 29 Selestine
Severe, child of Selephine
Severin, age 1, child of Selephine
Severine, age 11
Shucky, age 38
Silvin, child of Nanette, died August 19, 1853 - Whooping Cough
Solitaire, child of Louise

1854
Solo, age 48
Solo, age 41
Sonny, child of Maria
Souri, child of Adelina
Steward, age 6, child of Sally
Sucky, age 45
Suzan, age 62
Suzanne, age 3, child of Helene
Old Suzanne, age 69
Suzanne, age 34, servant
Suzette, age 30
Suzette, child of Lagrosee
Tanas Duguet, age 62
Tanas Monet, age 52
Terence, age 25

1855
Therese, age 42 Thereze
Thomas, age 40
Toney, age 19
Tony, age 26 Toussaint, age 29 Urene, child of Azelie
Ursin, age 29

1856
Ursin, child of Lorenze Valsin
Valsin, age 30 Venus, age 26 Victorien, age 27
Victorine, age 36

1857
Priscilla, age 18, recommendation that she be sold, she having had tapeworm and becoming barren
Victorine, age 29
Vina, age 35
Vincy, age 41
Violet, age 26
Warren, age 23, carpenter
William, age 35

1858
William, age 42
William age 9, child of Louise
William, age 1 month, child of Florence
William, age 12, child of Angey

1859
William (Dr. J.D. Irvine), age 25
William or Billie, age 13, child of Louise
Wolsey, age 27
X, child of Selephine
X, child of Serverine
Zeline, age 25
Zeline, age 23

1845

1860