Jesse Batey

Name: Jesse Batey
Given Name: Jesse
Family Name: Batey
Alternate Name: Jesse Beatty
Death Date: 1852
Sex: Male
Description: On June 19, 1838, Jesse Batey, at that time a resident of Terrebone Parish in Louisiana, agreed to purchase enslaved people from the Corporation of Roman Catholic Clergymen, who were represented by Thomas Mulledy, S.J. On November 10, 1838, the purchase of 56 people was finalized. He forcibly transported them to a 2,800-acre plantation on the Bayou Maringouin in Iberville Parish, Louisiana. He also owned lands in Pointe Coupee Parish.

Henry Johnson, who also purchased people from the Corporation of Roman Catholic Clergymen in 1838, served as power of attorney and an endorser of the promissory notes issued by Jesse Batey to Father Mulledy. 1,390 acres of the Maringouin plantation served as collateral for this loan.

After the death of Jesse Batey in 1852, his heirs sold the Maringouin plantation and the enslaved laborers who provided upaid labor on it to John Barrow who named the property West Oak Plantation.
Place of Significance: West Oak Plantation (Maringouin, Louisiana); Maringouin, Louisiana; Iberville Parish, Louisiana; Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana; Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana
Same As: Jesse Batey (Wikipedia)
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Occupation: Agriculture, Husbandry, and Forestry