Allen Caldwell Yates Plantation, Choctaw County, Alabama

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Marengo, Alabama, United States
Surnames/tags: Slavery Black Heritage Yates

US Black Heritage Index of Plantations

Contents 1 Plantation 2 Plantation Owners 2.1 Washington County, Plantation 2.2 Choctaw County Plantation 3 Land Records 4 Sources

Plantation

The Yates had two plantations in Washington and Choctaw counties, Alabama.

Plantation Owners

• Emily (Nail) Yates (1798-1865) had property from the Choctaw nation, of which she was quarter blood and came from the Mississippi Territory. She was allowed to select land from USA land. They had property was in multiple counties in two states.

• She married Allen Caldwell Yates (1783-1862). He brought George from the Choctaw land and then bought more. Allen was from Mechlenburg, Virginia.

He brought slaves including a young boy named Powhattan, black First Nation person, to Alabama from east Virginia. We think first to a plantation in Washington County then to this plantation in Marengo, Choctaw County, Alabama.

Their son, Alfred Caldwell Yates (abt.1817-abt.1866), had a plantation nearby and may have traded slaves. Other of their numerous relatives were nearby, also.

He was in Alabama as early as 1820 when it was the Mississippi Territory.

His portion of the plantation ended when one or some of the slaves revolted on 18 August 1862 and either drowned him in the creek or beat him to death with hoes supposedly due to hunting a runaway or due to cruelty. Both are tales, neither are documented or proven. Emily lived until 2 August 1865.

Washington County, Plantation

In 1840, the U.S. Federal Census recorded 33 slaves in his name on his Washinton County Plantation.

Choctaw County Plantation

In 1860, the U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedule recorded Slaves in his name on the Choctaw County Plantation. There were 800 improved acres farmed and 2,200 unimproved acres. Cash value of the farming was $1,865.

1860 Jun 26	Non-Population Schedule
800	Improved Land
2,200	Unimproved Land
$13,000	Cash Value of Farming
$1,865	Implements & Equipment

Livestock	Quantity	Products	Quantity
Horses	3	Sweet Potato	500 bushels
Asses & Mules	19	Butter	300 lbs.
Milch Cows	20	Slaughtered Animals	$420
Working Oxen	24
Other Cattle	100
Swine	100
Livestock Value	$6,220

^[1]

His son, Alfred Yates, was also in Alabama and formerly of Virginia, he had a small farm.

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Land Records

• 1820--Petitioned Congress for eastern Mississippi reparations due to income/property loss wars with England & Indians^[2]
• 10 Oct 1840 Yates acquired 40 acres 1 SE SW No 11N 4W 7^[3]
• 10 Oct 1840 Yates bought 65.82 acres 1 C 11N 4W 19^[4]
• 5 Jan 1841 Yates 34.19 acres 1D 11N 4W 19^[5]
• 1 March 1859 Yates 39.375 acres 1 SESW 11N 4W 18^[6]
• 1 March 1858 28.875 acres Yates bought 1NWSW 11N 4W 18^[7]
• 1 Feb 1860 39.875 acres Yates bought 1 NENW 11N 4W^[8]
• 1 Sep 1860 40 acres Yates bought 1 SWSW 11N 4W 7^[9]
• 1850--Planter, $6,000 value^[10]
• 1 Mar 1859 Choctaw, AL 11-N 4-W S-18^[11]
• 1860 Census Verified--Townships 9, 10, 11 and 12, Choctaw, Alabama, USA^[12]
• 1 Sep 1860 Emily bought on her own accord 160 acres from the US Government 1 Sep 1860 in Choctaw, Alabama, USA Township11-N, Range 5-W, Section 12, ^[13]
• 1 Sept 1860 Emily also bought 47 1/2 acres of Township 11-N, Range 5-W, Section 1^[14]

Sources

1. ↑ 1860 US Federal Census Choctaw Township 9 Non-Population Schedule
2. ↑ Territorial Papers of the US; Volume Number: Vol 6; Page Number: 571; Family Number: 76
3. ↑ United States, Bureau of Land Management. Alabama, U.S., Homestead and Cash Entry Patents, Pre-1908
4. ↑ Alabama, Homestead and Cash Entry Patents, Pre-1908
5. ↑ Alabama, Patents, Pre-1908
6. ↑ Alabama, Patents, Pre-1908
7. ↑ AL Patents
8. ↑ AL Patents
9. ↑ AL Patents
10. ↑ US Census 1850
11. ↑ Land Records
12. ↑ 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules
13. ↑ Accession Number AL1570__.037 Doc Num. 15149 Land Records
14. ↑ Accession Number AL1570__.102 Doc Num 15256 Land Records