Kansas Plantation is sold

I'm beginning to learn roughly where these plantations in eastern Monroe were (again...roughly). I found a front-page article in the News-Star June 22, 1920 headlined, "Plans for Transfer of "Kansas" Plantation Is Sold For $86,000: 436 Acres To Be Orphanage Site". Basically, John P. Parker, Sr. sold the plantation to the Baptist Church as the … Continue reading Kansas Plantation is sold →

What Plantation?

This is a bit frustrating. I am familiar with the names of plantations, but I don't really know the exact area they stood in. I can tell you exactly where Limerick Plantation stood (on the site of Sherrouse House), but some of the others in that same area, nope. That is frustrating at the moment, … Continue reading What Plantation? →

John Peyton Parker

A couple of weeks ago, I noticed this carte de vise photograph come up for sale on eBay. It was signed on the back and front saying it was a portrait of John P. Parker from December, 1877. I couldn't let it go and paid way too much for it. I am a sucker for … Continue reading John Peyton Parker →