Prospect Hill Plantation

Overview

Location

Holly Springs, Marshall Co., MS

Date Constructed/ Founded

ca. 1836

Associated Surnames

Jones

Historical notes

none

Associated Slave Workplaces

none

Associated Free Persons

• Rufus Jones (b.1811-d.1856) - owner
• Martha Elizabeth Alston Crawford Reese Jones (b.1820-d.1874) - wife of Rufus Jones (m.1840)
• Elizabeth Reese Jones (b.1841-d.?) - daughter of Rufus and Martha E.A.C.R. Jones
• William Augustus Jones (b.1844-d.?) - son of Rufus and Martha E.A.C.R. Jones
• Susan Phalla Jones (b.1846-d.?) - daughter of Rufus and Martha E.A.C.R. Jones
• Egbert Rufus Jones (b.1848-d.1917) - son of Rufus and Martha E.A.C.R. Jones
• Martha Crawford Jones (b.1850-d.?) - daughter of Rufus and Martha E.A.C.R. Jones

Associated Enslaved Persons

From the Slave Narrative of Aaron Jones

• Kinch Staffne
• Remeberme Staffne

• Judy

• Kinch Jones - son of Kinch and Rememberme Staffne; field laborer and driver
• Melissa Jones - daughter of Judy; cook for the Jones family
• Aaron Jones - son of Kinch and Melissa Jones

• Porter - joined the Union Army during the Civil War

• JONES, Mrs. M. Estate, Benj. Boling agent for, 47 slaves (page 23)

Research Leads and Plantation Records

• none reported yet

Miscellaneous Information

• Box Hill: The Jones Family home, Box Hill, was built ca. 1836.
• Cottage Hill: Another Jones family lived near Box Hill in a home called Cottage Hill.
• Finley Place (aka Jones-Shuford Home): Located near Holly Springs. Purchased by Mrs. Martha E.A.C.R. Jones in 1859. She moved there with her children after the death of her husband Rufus Jones.

References

• Marshall Co., MS Largest Slave Holders From the 1860 Slave Census Schedules. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ajac/msmarshall.htm
• Marshall County MSGenWeb. Box Hill information from The South Reporter, Dec. 9, 2004. Finley Place information from The South Reporter, Apr 14, 2005. http://marshallcountyms.org/locales/historic.php
• MSGenWeb Library Slave Narrative Project: Aaron Jones. Mississippi Slave Narratives from the WPA Records. http://www.rootsweb.com/~msgenweb/xslaves/jones-aaron-xslave.htm
• Rootsweb World Connect Project, Some Southern Families

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