(pg. 23) Mary McCoy's House: This home (now the property of Mr. & Mrs. H.K. Bubenzer, Jr.) was owned by Mary McCoy who was described by Northup as "the beauty and glory of Bayou Boeuf." Mary Dunwoody McCoy was married three times, her full name being Mary Dunwoody McCoy Rhodes Burgess Cooper. Given to her as a wedding gift in 1854, she lived here until her death in 1913.
At the McCoy house, turn and drive back towards the Bayou Boeuf on Highway 71. Just before getting to the bridge, turn right on Shirley Road. On your right: Ashland Plantation, beautiful ante bellum home of the Allums Family.
(pg. 24) After crossing the railroad, to the left, now marked only by a surviving tree from the big grove that once shaded the house of Silas Talbert, was the site of the famous slave feast recounted in Solomon Northup's book. The fine old house burned sometime in the early years of the twentieth century.
Continue along Shirley Road to a right turn on Highway 71. Turn right at first stop light. Continue down Lexington Street its entire length to its juncture with Hwy. 29. Turn right and continue south. Just outside town, on the right, is the antebellum home of the Ward Nash family. Magnificent old oak trees stand on the lawn. It was built 1833-1835 by Lovatt Burges on his 702 acre plantation.
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