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Research object · BT-CLM-00085

Laura Tolliver was formerly enslaved on H. G. D. Brown's Lucky Hit plantation.

Documented· 2 sourcesLast reviewed August 8, 2026
Research & Interpretation byAmberly R. Carter-Mills— Founder, Creator & Descendant Archivist

The Claim

Laura Tolliver was formerly enslaved on the plantation identified in the 1865 Freedmen's Bureau register as H. G. D. Brown's Lucky Hit.

Public Summary

The 1865 Freedmen's Bureau register associates Laura's former enslaver with Lucky Hit plantation. The precise location of Lucky Hit has not been independently established and no coordinates are recorded.

Evidence Reviewed

  • SupportsStrong

    The register associates the former enslaver with Lucky Hit plantation.

    Source: Register of Formerly Enslaved People — H. G. D. Brown / Lucky Hit Plantation · FamilySearch / National Archives and Records Administration

    The plantation association comes from the same 1865 register that names Laura and her former enslaver.

  • SupportsStrong

    The register identifies Laura as formerly enslaved by H. G. D. Brown.

    Source: Register of Formerly Enslaved People — H. G. D. Brown / Lucky Hit Plantation · FamilySearch / National Archives and Records Administration

The Evidence Trail

Step 1 · Claim

Laura Tolliver was formerly enslaved on H. G. D. Brown's Lucky Hit plantation.

Documented· 2 sources

BT-CLM-00085

Laura Tolliver was formerly enslaved on the plantation identified in the 1865 Freedmen's Bureau register as H. G. D. Brown's Lucky Hit.

Step 2 · Evidence & Source

  1. Supports · Strong weight

    The register associates the former enslaver with Lucky Hit plantation.

    Register of Formerly Enslaved People — H. G. D. Brown / Lucky Hit Plantation · FamilySearch / National Archives and Records Administration · pp. 10-11, image 7 of 81 · Digital Image

    BT-EVD-00049 ← BT-SRC-00035

    Researcher interpretation · Amberly R. Carter-Mills

    The plantation association comes from the same 1865 register that names Laura and her former enslaver.

  2. Supports · Strong weight

    The register identifies Laura as formerly enslaved by H. G. D. Brown.

    Register of Formerly Enslaved People — H. G. D. Brown / Lucky Hit Plantation · FamilySearch / National Archives and Records Administration · pp. 10-11, image 7 of 81 · Digital Image

    BT-EVD-00048 ← BT-SRC-00035

Step 3 · Conclusion

No conclusion has been published. This remains an open research question. Where exactly was Lucky Hit plantation, and what land, tax, or estate records survive for it?

How the Evidence Sits Together

What supports the claim

Observations that carry the claim forward.

  • The register associates the former enslaver with Lucky Hit plantation.

    Supports · Strong weight

    Register of Formerly Enslaved People — H. G. D. Brown / Lucky Hit Plantation

    The plantation association comes from the same 1865 register that names Laura and her former enslaver.

  • The register identifies Laura as formerly enslaved by H. G. D. Brown.

    Supports · Strong weight

    Register of Formerly Enslaved People — H. G. D. Brown / Lucky Hit Plantation

What complicates or contradicts it

Kept in view rather than discarded.

  • Nothing in this column for this claim.

What only provides context

Consistent, but not identifying or probative on its own.

  • Nothing in this column for this claim.

Research Conclusion

No conclusion has been published for this claim. It remains an open research question.

Amberly's Research Notes

No research note has been published for this claim yet.

From the research notebook ofAmberly R. Carter-Mills— Founder, Creator & Descendant Archivist

What We Still Need to Find

Where exactly was Lucky Hit plantation, and what land, tax, or estate records survive for it?

Provenance, Access and Use

Source creator
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Who made the original record.
Researcher of record
Amberly R. Carter-Mills — Founder, Creator & Descendant Archivist
Located, transcribed, weighed and interpreted the evidence.
Publishing archive
BEFORE TILL: The Living Evidence Archive
Holds the object, its identifiers and its revision history.

Register of Formerly Enslaved People — H. G. D. Brown / Lucky Hit Plantation

BT-SRC-00035
Evidentiary weight 3 of 4. Digital image of original recordOriginal image: Citation entered — image review pendingA photographic image of a contemporary record held by the repository named below.
Creator
Not recorded
Date created
Not recorded
Repository
FamilySearch / National Archives and Records Administration
Collection
Mississippi, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872
Record form
Digital Image
Source type
Freedmens Bureau
Accessed
Not recorded

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