Overview

Location

Holly Springs, Marshall Co., MS

Date Constructed/ Founded

not determined

Associated Surnames

Fant

Historical notes

none

Associated Slave Workplaces

none

Associated Free Persons

• James Wren Fant (b.1808-d.1889) - owner
• Elizabeth McCartney Taylor Fant (b.1817-d.1894) - wife of James W. Fant (m.1835)
• Arthur Fant (b.?-d.1881) - son of James W. and Elizabeth M.T. Fant
• Lily Fant - daughter of James W. and Elizabeth M.T. Fant
• Mary Fant - daughter of James W. and Elizabeth M.T. Fant
• William Fant - son of James W. and Elizabeth M.T. Fant
• James Thornton Fant (b.1838-d.?) - son of James W. and Elizabeth M.T. Fant
• Lewis Taylor Fant (b.1842-d.1862) - son of James W. and Elizabeth M.T. Fant
• Selden Fant (b.1847-d.1878) - son of James W. and Elizabeth M.T. Fant
• Euclid Berry Fant (b.1845-d.1864) - son of James W. and Elizabeth M.T. Fant
• Emma Fant (b.1852-d.1903) - daughter of James W. and Elizabeth M.T. Fant
• Glenn Fant (b.1853-d.1878) - son of James W. and Elizabeth M.T. Fant
• Preston Fant (b.1858-d.1917) - son of James W. and Elizabeth M.T. Fant
• Rice Turner Fant - son of James W. and Elizabeth M.T. Fant

• Charlie Frasier - free black man from Africa

Associated Enslaved Persons

From the WPA Slave Narrative of Callie Gray

• Nancy Fant
• Callie Fant Gray (b.1857-d.?) - daughter of Nancy Fant and Irish overseer
• Liz Fant - daughter of Nancy Fant

• Hensy - cook

Research Leads and Plantation Records

• none reported yet

Miscellaneous Information

• none

References

• MSGenWeb Library Slave Narrative Project: Aaron Jones. Mississippi Slave Narratives from the WPA Records. http://www.rootsweb.com/~msgenweb/xslaves/gray-xslave.htm
• Rootsweb World Connect Project, Johnson - Fant Genealogy Database

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