Date Original
1804-1882
Description
This collection contains bills of sale, receipts, deeds, slave lists, and genealogical information of the Hightower family of Lincoln County, Tennessee, and Panola County, Mississippi.
Biographical/Historical Note
Stephen Lee Hightower was born October 3, 1777, in Amelia County, Virginia, the son of Joshua and Phebe Hightower. He married Tabitha Baugh on July 21, 1808, in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. The family was living in Lincoln County, Tennessee, by 1820, where John D. Hightower was born April 23, 1834. Shortly afterwards the family moved to Sardis, Panola County, Mississippi, where Stephen died July 21, 1860, and where John D. died July 31, 1899. Before the Civil War, the Hightowers were cotton planters who owned large numbers of African American slaves. They lost their land during Reconstruction. After 1900, members of the family moved to Arkansas.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Tennessee; Mississippi
Language
English
Identifier
MG.00282
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Stephen and John D. Hightower slave and plantation records, MG.00282
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Stephen and John D. Hightower Slave and Plantation records, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
