Dr Samuel Steen Marshall divides up his plantation

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ID: I593 Name: Jehu Foster Marshall Surname: Marshall Given Name: Jehu Foster Sex: M Birth: 1817 in SC Death: 1862 in Manassas, VA _UID: 77AFB635C3A310409412EE756E7790F73C8A Note: from WC database upstate-sc From "Greenwood County Sketches", p.320-321: Samuel Marshall, son of Samuel and Mary Steen Marshall, was about five years old when the family came to South Carolina. In 1810 Samuel Marshall went to Charleston to study medicine under a distinguished physician, Dr. Warren Waldo. Marshal was licensed to practice in 1812 and located at White Hall plantation in Greenwood County (then Abbeville District). While Dr. Marshall was a successful physician, he became more widely known as a progressive planter, and about 1830, he abandoned medical practice for farming. He was quoted as saying that the way to succeed in farming was "to raise and manufacture everything for the support of the plantation and let your cotton money represent your net profit." He followed his own advice, growing practically all the food needed for people and livestock, having cotton and woolen clothes and even shoes made on the place. His cotton yield was reported as ranging from 800 to 1200 pounds an acre, and he had hundreds of acres planted in that crop. Price of cotton ranged from 25 to 35 cents a pound. At his death in 1861, Dr. Marshall owned 147 slaves and was one of five men in Abbeville District with more than 100 slaves at that time. Dr. Marshall built an elegant home, "Cedar Grove." The site is the southeast corner of the intersection of highway 221 and state highway 156. A few years after the Confederate War, the place of about 3,700 acres, was sold to the South Carolina Land Commission, an agency set up to aid former slaves in acquiring home sites on long terms at low interest. It was said that each family was "promised" 40 acres and a mule. The Cedar Grove plantation was divided into tracts of about 40 acres each and sold to former slaves. The section became known as "Promised Land." The grand plantation house was occupied by four or five families, but later burned. In 1815 Dr. Samuel Marshall had married Eliza Clopton Foster, 1797-1870, daughter of Jehu and Margaret Perrin Foster; eight children. Title: MARSHALL PLANTATION SITE Location: County: Marion City: Ocala Description: A short distance north of here stood the sugar plantation of Jehu Foster Marshall, established in 1855. At the start of the Civil War in 1861, Marshall was named a colonel in the Confederate Army and soon commanded one of General Wade Hampton's infantry units, the 1st South Carolina Rifles. Colonel Marshall was killed during the Second Battle of Manassas in August 1862. The plantation continued in operation under the supervision of his widow, Elizabeth Anne DeBruhl Marshall, until March 10, 1865, when Union troops staged a surprise raid. The Marshall Plantation and the sugar mill were burned to the ground. The raid was conducted by elements of the 3rdUnited States Colored Infantry ,led by the black Sergeant Major Henry James. The Ocala Home Guard pursued the Union force and during the running battle, two of the home guard members were killed. After crossing the Ocklawaha River, the raiders set fire to the bridge. Company H, 2nd Florida Cavalry, lead by Captain J.J. Dickinson, encamped at nearby Silver Springs, soon gave chase and succeeded in driving the Union troops into St. Augustine, and reclaiming all property seized during the raid. Change Date: 24 Feb 2009 at 00:00:00 Ancestry Hints for Jehu Foster Marshall     3 possible matches found on Ancestry.com Marriage 1 Elizabeth A DeBruhl b: 1827 in ,,SC Married: 1843