Louisiana Clio Plantation token

[Kieth-Tx]

Anybody have any info on this token? I dug it last year in Louisana and haven't been able to find out much about it. I posted a pic of it also on the Lousiana forum and found that the Sugar Plantation was taken by the Mississippi river and that it was in Rapides Parish. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks, Kieth

 

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[seger98]

Sorry I don't have any info, but it sure is a neat find! Congratulations

 

[Mackaydon]

The Cross Keys Plantation, comprising approximately 1,453 acres, was acquired by William W. Watson, husband of Anna McCall Watson, from Thomas R. Sutton and Thomas B. Kempe on November 15, 1853, for $52,000. At least a portion, if not all, of the main plantation residence existed at the time of the sale. The name "Cross Keys" was given to the plantation at the time of its purchase by Mr. Watson and his partner, Dr. Asa P. Jones, who was his brother-in-law, being the widower of his sister, Olive, who had died in 1848.
William W. Watson was the son of James H. and Anna Maria Cable Watson who owned the Waterloo Plantation in Jefferson County, Mississippi. William W. Watson and his father-in-law, Dugald G. McCall, had previously acquired the Clio Plantation, just across the river from Rodney, Mississippi, and apparently lived on the Clio Plantation at the time of his purchase of Cross Keys. Clio Plantation has since been taken by erosion of the Mississippi River.

http://www.tulane.edu/~lmiller/WATSON.HTM

 

[woody_g]

nice old token

 

[coinshooter]

Wow! That token has history that might make it quite valuable. Kind of like finding a slave tag.
I thought it was for a two bit hooker named Clio!

 

[Kieth-Tx]

Coinshooter...you ain't right! You made me spill my coffee!!! I have looked at that token lots of times and dang it....I wish I had thought of that!!! I will remember that though.

Mackadon, Seger and Woody...thanks for the comments and info.