Biography of Thomas Smith Gregory Dabney (1798-1885) of King and Queen County, Virginia. His ancestors were French Huguenots of the name of "d'Aubigne," and the surname had various spellings before it became Dabney. Thomas married twice, lived first in Gloucester County, Virginia, and in 1835 moved to Hinds County, Mississippi, where he had a large cotton plantation. When the Civil War ended, he became a vegetable farmer, selling fresh produce to New Orleans. In 1882, he retired and moved to Baltimore to live with a daughter and her family.

Hardcover reprint of the original 1888 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9. No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Smedes, Susan Dabney. Memorials of A Southern Planter. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Smedes, Susan Dabney. Memorials of A Southern Planter, . Baltimore, Cushings & Bailey, 1888. Subject: Dabney, Thomas Smith Gregory, 1798-1885

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries offer access to the full text of "Memorials of a Southern Planter," written by Susan Dabney Smedes (1840-1913). Cushings and Bailey in Baltimore, Maryland, published the book in 1887. The libraries provide the text as part of the Documenting the American South (DAS) collection on Southern history.