James Howard Netterville, usually cited as J. H. Netterville , was a large cotton plantation manager in Newellton in Tensas Parish in northeastern Louisiana in the Mississippi River delta country.
Netterville was born near Woodville in Wilkinson County, Mississippi his father, Charles Netterville, was a planter in Adams County his mother, the former Mattie Morris, was a native of Natchez in Adams County, where she also spent her later years.
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