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| The Rounds Family Of Adams County, MS |
The Rounds Family of Adams County, Mississippi began with two former enslaved
Africans, Charles and Charity Rounds. They were a very industrious couple and were able
to acquire Glen Aubin (Rounds Plantation) shortly after the end of the Civil War. Three
generations of their descendants were raised on the Rounds Plantation and there is an
active family cemetery on the property. The Rounds Family has now been in America for 7
generations.
ABOUT CHARLES AND CHARITY
Charles Rounds was born in about 1811 in the Western African nation of Guinea. According
to oral family history, he was taken to Virginia and then sold south at the notorious Forks
of the Road slave market of Natchez, MS. Its not known exactly where he was enslaved at
the time of this writing.
Charity Rounds was born in Virginia and also sold south. She worked on the Laurel Hill
Plantation owned by Dr. William Newton Mercer. Her name appears on a slave inventory
of Dr. Mercer. In 1874, Charlie and Charity Rounds were able purchase the Rounds
Plantation with the assistance of Wilmer Shields. In 1985, the Rounds Plantation was
placed on the National Historic Register making a national landmark. To read more of the
history, go here
Africans, Charles and Charity Rounds. They were a very industrious couple and were able
to acquire Glen Aubin (Rounds Plantation) shortly after the end of the Civil War. Three
generations of their descendants were raised on the Rounds Plantation and there is an
active family cemetery on the property. The Rounds Family has now been in America for 7
generations.
ABOUT CHARLES AND CHARITY
Charles Rounds was born in about 1811 in the Western African nation of Guinea. According
to oral family history, he was taken to Virginia and then sold south at the notorious Forks
of the Road slave market of Natchez, MS. Its not known exactly where he was enslaved at
the time of this writing.
Charity Rounds was born in Virginia and also sold south. She worked on the Laurel Hill
Plantation owned by Dr. William Newton Mercer. Her name appears on a slave inventory
of Dr. Mercer. In 1874, Charlie and Charity Rounds were able purchase the Rounds
Plantation with the assistance of Wilmer Shields. In 1985, the Rounds Plantation was
placed on the National Historic Register making a national landmark. To read more of the
history, go here
