According to the 1850 U.S. Federal Census- Slave Schedules, Benjamin Temple owned four enslaved people in his household. They were living in Ward 1, Morehouse, Louisiana. A female 28, a female age 9, a male age 3, and a male 9/12. It's unfortunate that names for the most part was listed on the slave schedules.
Welcome to Preserving Our History in Tangipahoa and St. Helena Parishes, Louisiana. "Our History, Our Story, Our Legacy!" Dr. Antoinette Harrell is a native of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. She is a genealogist and local historian with a broad emphasis of African Americans in the Louisiana Florida Parishes.
Thursday, July 3, 2025
Benjamin Temple and his son James Family History
For decades the Temple family history has been longstanding in Tangipahoa Parish. Oftentimes genealogy research can take you behind what the places you have always called home. That is the case in the study of Jim Temple's family history. Jim was born to an enslaved woman who name has yet to be found. That is the million dollar question that the Temple family who like to know. One descendant of Jim Temple said that it a branch of our family tree that is missing. Just who was Jim's mother. Using Ancestry to find any information that maybe available online. I found that fifty-three family trees on James "Jim" Temple. Jame's father Benjamin Temple was born in 1809 in Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey and died in 1877 in Ouachita, Louisiana. According to the 1860 U.S. Federal Census- Slave Schedules, Benjamin had two enslaved people living in his household in Morehouse Louisiana. A female age 50 and as male age 19,
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