~ Click on Images to Enlarge ~ According to documentation in the Library of Louisiana, this property was initially granted by the Spanish authorities to Baptiste Boutte. Over time, the land changed hands until it was purchased by Washington Jackson and Donelson Caffrey in 1814, both of whom were related to General and Mrs. Andrew…
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Afton Villa Plantation
~ Click on Images to Enlarge ~ The original owner, John Crocker, built an eight-room house on 15,000 acres of land in 1790. David Barrow and his first wife Sarah were given this house and land as a marriage gift from his from father Bartholomew Barrow in the 1820s. After Sarah Barrow died in 1846,…


