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Levi Jordan
Plantation

HISTORY LINKS

The plantation house,
as it stands now

(more pics below)

Here are some of the links in this web site that contain historical information of various sorts. There are more pictures below this list. Also, each page has lots of other links; this is just a taste!

A Brief History of the Plantation, by Ken Brown (includes an excerpt from Levi Jordan's will and some family photos)
Interview with Ken Brown on the History and Archaeology of the Plantation
Who Lived There?
Oral History of African-American Descendant Community, by Cheryl Wright
Sharecropping and Tenancy
Maps
Abandonment (why did the tenants leave the their homes on the plantation?)
Past as Present in Brazoria County
Diaries
Excerpts from Sallie McNeill's Diary
The History of Brazoria, by Cheryl Wright
African-American residents of the plantation
Families with African Connections
My Family History, by Dorothy Cotton
Genealogical Information
Church Histories
A letter from Robert Furniss Martin to Archie McNeill (has 56K image)
For information on how archaeologists sometimes use historical documents, see the page on Ethnography.
Mary Barnes' paper on the historical context of late-19th century Brazoria
Why is this site important? Comments from Ken Brown
Ewing Martin Remembers
Robert Farris Thompson on the "Rise of the Black Atlantic Visual Tradition"

The plantation house in 1904, according to the date written on the back of picture. According to some family members, it still looked like this in the 1930's. Pauline Martin, Robert Martin's mother, remembers visiting there with her young children and sitting on the porch while the kids played out front.

Levi Jordan

The Martin brothers: Calvin, Furniss, McWillie, and Charles
These were Levi and Sarah's grandchildren, Annie Martin's children.

Sarah Stone Jordan

Emily Jordan McNeill

Hester Holmes, who lived on the plantation for many years, and worked on the plantation for many years after that.

Anne (Annie) Royal McNeill Martin