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  Letter to William Marshall Bullitt from Mildred Chenoweth Stites discussing Louisiana Taylor, February 27, 1912

  A letter from Mildred Chenoweth Stites to her cousin, William Marshall Bullitt, dated February 27th, 1912. Mildred mentions that she had a photograph of a person formerly enslaved by the Bullitt family. The "Grandmammy" she describes is most likely Louisiana Taylor, and she states that Helen was five months old at the time of the photograph. The Filson Historical Society has this photograph in our collections, see "Photograph of Louisiana Taylor and Helen Stites, August 12th, 1879."

  Tags Helen Stites; Louisa Taylor; Louisiana Taylor; Mildred Chenoweth Stites; Teush; William Marshall Bullitt
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  Letter to William Marshall Bullitt from Mildred Chenoweth Stites discussing Louisiana Taylor, February 23, 1912

  A letter from Mildred Chenoweth Stites to her cousin, William Marshall Bullitt, dated February 23rd, 1912. Mildred signs the letter as "Cousin Nan." Mildred Chenoweth goes into great detail about what she remembers about growing up at Oxmoor plantation, including the farm work, her grandparents, William Christian Bullitt and Mildred Ann Bullitt, and the daily lives of the people they enslaved. She mentions Louisiana Taylor and Aunt Caroline, two women who were enslaved by the Bullitt family, and refers to Louisa as "Teush" or "Grandmammy." She also describes a wedding between people who were enslaved, and argues that many of the enslaved people at Oxmoor were "cared for" after the Civil War and Emancipation.

  Tags Aunt Caroline; Caroline; Eliza Julia; Frank; Louisa Taylor; Louisiana Taylor; Mildred Chenoweth Stites; Teush; Uncle Billy; Uncle Henry; William Marshall Bullitt
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  Undated documents listing people enslaved by William C. Bullitt at Cottonwood plantation, including people hired out to Archibald Dixon and William Soaper.

  Undated documents listing people enslaved by William C. Bullitt at Cottonwood plantation, some of whom were hired out to Archibald Dixon and William Soaper. One document lists the names of people enslaved by William Christian Bullitt, who they were loaned to, and for how much. Another document lists the names of enslaved people, as well as what clothing they owned. The following enslaved people are mentioned by name, on the first page: Bill, John, Bobb, Rody, Lizzy, Nelly, Daniel, Jim, Parker, Alek, Joe, and Diana. On the second page: Samuel, Cole, Billy, Ike, Harry, Jim, George, Dick, Daniel, Armstead, Sam, Jim, Billy, Ike, Parker, George, Simon, and Louisa Taylor (labelled as Teush). On the third page: Simon, Harry, Jim, Billy, Daniel, Ike, Parker, George, Richard, Coleman, Samuel, Washington, Sam, Armstead, and Rose with her three children.

  Tags Alek; Archibald Dixon; Armstead; Bill; Billy; Bobb; Cole; Coleman; Cottonwood; Daniel; Diana; Dick; George; Harry; Ike; Jim; Joe; John; Lizzy; Louisa Taylor; Louisiana Taylor; Nelly; Parker; Richard; Rody; Rose; Sam; Samuel; Simon; Teush; Washington; William Christian Bullitt; William Soaper