Regarding Compton's Planatation:
On a statement of the sugar crop of Rapides Parish for 1860-1861 by P. A. Champomier, there is listed:
P. B. Compton, below Alexandria, on right bank of Red River
Estate of John Compton, right and left bank of Bayou Boeuf
From Gardner's Directory containing names of cotton and sugar planters for 1861 there is listed:
John Compton Estate, sugar, Home Plantation, Bayou Boeuf, Rapides Parish
P. B. Compton, sugar, Red River, Rapides Parish
Peter Baillo Compton was the son of the above John Compton and Amelie Baillo.
From Dictionary of Louisana Biography lahistory.org
Compton, John, pioneer. Born, Charles County, Md., June 20, 1779. Migrated to Louisiana, 1799. Eventually acquired several thousand acres of land south of Lecompte, La. Married Amelie Baillio, daughter of Pierre Baillio II, June 18, 1817. Died, September 18, 1855.
On the 1860 census of Rapides parish, Peter B. Compton and Samuel L. Compton are listed next to Levi Wilson and Thomas J. Stafford, in that order, on the pages of the record. Overseers are also listed. This is all I can tell you about the location of the Compton property and the Comptons.
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Regarding the location of Lodi Plantation:
I found a notice in the newpaper giving township and range of the location of at least part of the plantation. The notice is self-explanatory. The townships would have been North. Ida Wells and Fannie Wells, nee Brent, were the granddaughters of Walter and Harriet Overton. They had another sister, Laura P. Brent Maddox, who filed a claim with the Southern Claims Commission, stating that the Union Army had taken over $200,000 worth of stores and supplies from the plantation in 1863 and 1864, but she was denied. Her heirs later made the claim in the U. S. Court of Claims.
Here is the newspaper notice:
September 25, 1895 The Louisiana Democrat from Alexandria, Louisiana Page 2
JUDICIAL SALE.
State of Louisiana-Parish of Rapides, Tenth Judicial District Court. Dutch American Land Company Vs. Mrs. Fannie M. Wells, wife, ( and E. M., Wells, husband.) By virtue and to satisfy an order of seizure and sale issued from the Honorable the Tenth Judicial District Court and to me directed as Sheriff of the Parish of Rapides, Louisiana, commanding and authorizing me to specialy seize and sell the hereinafter described property, belonging to defendant, after due and legal advertisment, I have seized and will offer for sale at public auction, to the last and highest bidder, at the front door of the Court House, in the Town of Alexandria, La., between the hours prescribed by law, on Saturday, the 28th day of September, A. D. 1895, the following described property, towit: All the interest of Mrs. Fannie M. Wells in the Lodi plantation, situated in Townships three (3) and four (4), Ranges one (1) and two (2) west, in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, which Lodi plantation formerly belonged to Walter H. Overton and Harriet E. Overton, and which interest of Mrs. Fannie M. Wells consists of a certain three hundred and seventy-five (375) acres of open or cultivated land set apart to her in a certain deed of partition between said Fannie M. Wells and Ida E. Wells, dated December 10th. 1888, recorded in the records of the Clerk's office of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, reference to which deed is hereby made, and which interest of Mrs. Fannie M. Wells consists also of an undivided one-half interest in a large body of woodland, being, about two thousand two hundred and thirty (2230) acres, forming a part of said Lodi plantation, whether held by her now in indivision or as set apart to her in said deed of partitions, together with the rents, revenues, appurtenances and improvements thereto belonging. Terms of Sale-Cash, without the benefit of appraisement. T. STAFFORD Sheriff Parish of Rapides, La.
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There were some errors in my previous post and I have corrected them below, and also have provided some additional information. I'm sorry I can't answer your other questions. Best regards--
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Information from a statement of the sugar crop of Rapides Parish, Louisiana of 1851-52:
M. and T.J. Wells, Wellswood Plantation, left bank of Bayou Boeuf
L.A. Stafford, right bank of Bayou Boeuf
Charles H. Flower, right and left bank of Bayou Boeuf
C.H. Flower & Sister & Linton, left bank of Bayou Boeuf
Michael Welch, below Alexandria, right bank Red River
Levi Wilson, below Alexandria, right bank Red River
Mrs H.F. Overton, Lodi Plantation, left and right bank of Bayou Robert
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From Cohen's Directory of Cotton and Sugar Planters of Louisiana and Mississippi for 1855:
M. and T.J. Wells, sugar, Wellswood Plantation, Bayou Boeuf, Rapides Par.
L.A. Stafford, sugar, Edgefield Plantation, Bayou Boeuf, Rapides Par.
Charles H. Flower, sugar, Bayou Robert, Rapides Par.
C.H. Flower and Sister, sugar, Bayou Boeuf, Rapides Par.
Michael Welch, sugar, Alexandria, Rapides Par.
Levy Wilson, sugar, Red River, Rapides Par.
Mrs. H.F. Overton, sugar, Lody Plantation, Bayou Robert, Rapides Par.
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Information from a statement of the sugar crop of Rapides Parish, Louisiana of 1860-61:
M. and T.J. Wells, Wellswood Plantation, left bank of Bayou Boeuf
L.A. Stafford, Edgefield Plantation, right bank Bayou Boeuf
J.R. Osborne, below Alexandria, right bank Red River
Captain Levi Wilson, below Alexandria, right bank Red River
Estate of Mrs H.F. Overton, Lodi Plantation, left and right bank of Bayou Robert
P.B. Compton, below Alexandria, on right bank of Red River
Estate of John Compton on the right and left bank of Bayou Boeuf
The original says J. and R. Osborn, but that is a mistake, as shown by later records.
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From Gardner's Directory containing names of cotton and sugar planters for 1861:
M. and T.J. Wells, sugar, Wellswood Plantation, Bayou Boeuf, Rapides
L. Stafford, sugar, Edgefield Plantation, Bayou Boeuf, Rapides
J.R. Osborn, sugar, Alexandria, Rapides
Capt. Levy Wilson, sugar, Red River, Rapides
Mrs. H.F. Overton Estate, sugar, Lody Plantation, Bayou Robert, Rapides
John Compton Estate, sugar, Home Plantation, Bayou Boeuf, Rapides
P. B. Compton, sugar, Red River, Rapides
The original says J. and R. Osborn, but that is a mistake, as shown by later records.
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Those listed on 1860 slave schedule of Rapides Parish:
Jeanette Wells, Martha Wells, T. J. Wells
(Wellswood Plantation, 2 miles south of Lecompte)
James M. Wells (later governor)
(Sunnyside Plantation near Lecompte)
Charles Flower
(Inglewood Plantation, Inglewood Plantation Historic District, just south of Alexandria off Hwy 71) Refer to this link: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~afamerpl/plantations_usa/LA/inglewood.html
Estate of Harriet Overton
(Lodi Plantation)
Thomas O. Moore (governor)
(Mooreland, about 1 mile south of Inglewood Plantation)
Leroy Stafford (living with his mother)
(Edgefield/Greenwood Plantation near Cheneyville)
J. M. Stafford
Thomas J. Stafford
Michael Welch
John Osborn
W. H. Osborn (civil engineer)
Levi Wilson
Peter B. Compton
S. L. Compton
T. J. Wells is listed as F. S. Wells in the index, but the original record is clearly T. J. Wells.
Leroy Stafford is listed as Terry Stafford numerous times in the index. The original record is clearly Leroy Stafford.
Harriet Overton died in 1853.
Charles H. Flower died 1858.
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Martha Wells and Jeanette Wells were sisters, nee Dent, and they married brothers. Martha was married to Thomas Jefferson Wells and Jeanette was married to Montford Wells, sons of Levi Wells. James Madison Wells was another brother.
Lodi Plantation belonged to Walter Hampden Overton and his wife, Harriet Winter Overton. Two of their granddaughters married into the Wells family. Walter H. Overton was the uncle of Governor Thomas Overton Moore.
W. H. Osborn married the niece of the wife of Michael Welch. The maiden name for both was Duval.
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