One of the most enjoyable parts of our profession is being able to work with countless different genealogical documents. Vital records, land records, tax records, probate records, etc., all have some role in our research. Of course, some ancestors have left more numerous written records of themselves than others have. One of these individuals is Amos Webb who was born on 25 May 1789 in North Carolina. Soon after his emergence into adulthood, Amos made a name for himself as a Louisiana slave trader. All of his transactions in that profession were carefully recorded and are available for our use today. Amos married Charlotte Adams, the daughter of a rich plantation owner, on 11 June 1811 in Wilkinson Mississippi. After her father's death in 1816, Amos and Charlotte purchased their own plantation and quickly began the process of acquiring and developing land for cotton and sugar production. All this is documented in the conveyance records of several Louisiana parishes. The document below is a land survey for 531 acres owned by Amos and Charlotte in 1826. Amos died a very rich and influential man on 31 March 1854 in Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana.
