Z 0811.000
BIRDSONG (JEFFERSON J.) PLANTATION JOURNAL
1836 - 1859 Microfilm copy must be used. (MF Roll # 36069)
Biography/History:
Jefferson J. Birdsong was born in Sussex County, Virginia, on November
9, 1810, and moved to Brownsville, Hinds County, Mississippi in 1832
where he became engaged in general mercantile business. After some time
he became a large landowner and the second largest taxpayer in Hinds County.
He was a member of the A. F. & A. M., master of his lodge for many
years, a magistrate and a longtime member of the Hinds County Board of
Supervisors.
Scope and Content:
The journal has some entries relating to the mercantile business and personal
business affairs, but mainly deals with the day to day operation of the
plantation. Almost daily accounts of weather, chores, crops, social events,
and household happenings are given. Birdsong was interested in politics,
and there are numerous references to the American Party in the entries
made in 1855, 1856, and 1857.
Series Identification:
Journal. 1836–1859. 1 vol.
Journal (microfilm copy). 1 roll 35 mm, positive, n.d.
