Roll 3 (MF Roll # 36216):

Materials primarily relate to financial and plantation affairs of Francis Surget, Sr., Francis Surget, Jr., and Eustace Surget; also includes inventory and appraisal of property of John and Anna Maria Linton (December 22, 1834, and 1847, respectively) and an advertisement for sale of Lenox Surget’s Concordia Parish property (December 1858); material is very disorganized; no chronological order; following is a list of major items in approximate order of their appearance on roll:

• Receipts for sale of cotton by Mandeville and McIlhenny of New Orleans to account of Eustace Surget, 1860.
• Slave lists for Cocodra and Palmetto plantations, n.d.
• "Rules for the Superintendent of the [Cocodra] Plantation," n.d.
• Advertisement for Lenox Surget property in Concordia Parish, by Francis Surget, Jr., December 11, 1858; to be published in Concordia Intelligencer until sale date, December 31, 1858.
• Will of Eustace Surget, New Orleans, January 24, 1866.
• Inventory and appraisal of Rapides Parish estate of John Linton, December 22, 1834.
• Inventory and appraisal of property of John and Anna Maria Linton, 1847.
• Insurance policy of Alexander Dunbar with Protection Insurance Company for cotton gin on The Hedges Plantation (Adams County), March 20, 1834.
• Francis Surget, Sr., slave bills of sale, May 16, 1840; November 26, 1849.
• Francis Surget, Sr., slave donation to Francis Surget, Jr., and Catharine Surget Shields, January 20, 1841.
• Francis Surget, Sr., purchase of Palmetto Plantation from Montgomery family, January 14, 1843.
• Appraisal and distribution of estate of Francis Surget, Sr., [1856]; corrects and supplements similar data in Surget-McKittrick-MacNeil Family Papers.
• Distribution of Francis Surget property in Mississippi and Louisiana, January 26, 1857; separate document from preceding, although some information is duplicated.
• Portion of roll indicates Francis Surget, Sr., was purchasing numerous slaves in small lots in early 1850s; also documents purchase of various tracts of land as far back as Stephen Minor in 1792.
• Sketch of The Hedges Plantation (Adams County) by Dougherty and Simpson, 1835.
• Slave lists for plantations: Ashwood (February 1863), Chiripa (1861), Morville (July 19, 1863), Palmetto (1863), and Scotland (May 1855).
• Notices to burn cotton by order of Confederate government, May 1862.
• Purchase and disposition of Basin Place Plantation (Madison Parish), December 1841.
• Act of revocation and sale relating to Basin Place Plantation, Francis Surget, Sr., with Gabriel Benoist and Catharine Surget Shields and Francis Surget, Jr., April 26, 1842.
• Materials relating to Eustace Surget:
  • Sworn statement of William G. Deal concerning number of slaves taken by Union troops from Morville and Palmetto plantations in 1863.
  • Confederate tax return, Adams County, Mississippi, October 1, 1861.
• Materials relating to Francis Surget, Sr.:
  • Survey of Palmetto Plantation, 1843; receipt for purchase of Palmetto Plantation from Eli Montgomery, January 17, 1843; "Memo of Papers Sent to Alex Montgomery" relating to Palmetto Plantation, March 18, 1845.
  • Receipts from Vidalia, Louisiana, indicating purchase of Concordia Parish plantation from estate of Priscilla Williams, January 23-25, 1847.
  • Ashwood Plantation medical accounts, 1850-1852.
  • Ashwood Plantation overseer’s accounts, 1852-1853.
  • Notes relating to purchase of Ashwood Plantation slaves, 1847.
  • Receipt for pew rental in Roman Catholic church in Natchez, February 23, 1856.
• Materials relating to Francis Surget, Jr.:
  • Numerous receipts, bills, and accounts detailing personal expenditures for clothing, dry goods, furniture, groceries, and plantation expenses of Francis Surget, Jr., following death of his father in 1856; he was buying clothing, sundries, and wine along with shoes for slaves from various New York suppliers; following are most notable items:
  • Tax receipts for Mississippi and Louisiana properties, 1854-1859; primarily Clifton; one receipt for Cocodra Plantation, January 30, 1858.
  • Plantation expenses, 1857-1859; purchase of shoes for slaves from F. B. Ernest and Company of Natchez and Halsey Utter and Company of Newark, New Jersey; bill for lightning rods at Clifton, September 23, 1859; bill from attorney H. B. Shaw for professional services relating to sale of L’Esperance Plantation (Rapides Parish), 1859; bill for gin stands at Chiripa Plantation, June 18, 1859.
  • Miscellaneous personal expenses, 1858-1859; bill for men’s clothing from Brooks Brothers, New York City, October 28, 1858; pew rental, Trinity Episcopal Church, Natchez, January 1, 1859; receipt for dues in Natchez Club, May 2, 1859.
  • Francis Surget, Jr., account with Washington, Jackson, and Company, New Orleans, 1859.
  • Items relating to Chiripa Plantation (Concordia Parish), 1859; list of slaves brought from L’Esperance Plantation, Bayou Boeuf, Louisiana, January 31, 1859; list of male slaves [probably 1858, before transfer of L’Esperance Plantation slaves]; receipt for overseer’s wages, January 6, 1859.
  • Tax receipt for Cocodra Plantation, Vidalia, Louisiana, January 20, 1859.

Compiled by William K. Scarborough, 1997.
Copyright 1997 by William K. Scarborough.

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