Alfred C. Weeks

Weeks was the second son of David Weeks and Mary Conrad Weeks. Together with William F. Weeks and their mother, he formed the company W. F. Weeks & Co. in 1847 to manage the Grand Cote plantation. See also Weeks Family.

During the Civil War

He was in Texas during the war at least temporarily, overseeing business prospects that he and William F. Weeks had around Houston, but in August 1862 he was still in St. Mary Parish superintending plantation business. From there he wrote to John C. Moore that two slaves belonging to one of them had been captured in Franklin, and one of them badly shot.1

Later, Weeks moved to Texas. After turning down an offer to work for the state’s Cotton Bureau, Weeks was hoping that some better position in the eastern part of the state might present itself.2

Weeks returns to the home plantations to see his mother in September 1863, just after the removal of federal troops from the area.3 Shortly thereafter he began investigating the idea of purchasing wagons and hauling cotton and sugar, traveling to Houston in November to discuss the matter with William F. Weeks.4

Following the death of his mother, he returned to Louisiana briefly where he witnessed the effects of Yankee occupation on his plantation and others.5

An April note by W. D. Alexander from Beaumont shows that Weeks was forwarding sugar and salt to Robert Mills and firm in Houston through Gentry Station.6

Weeks died of a fever or congestion in December 1864 while on a visit home.

  1. Alfred C. Weeks to John C. Moore, August 6, 1862, Weeks Family Papers, Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations, Series I, Part 6, Reel 17, Frames 707-708.↩

  2. Letter from Alfred Weeks in Houston, June 25, 1863, Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations, Series I, Part 6, link.↩

  3. Alfred C. Weeks to John Moore, September 10, 1863, Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations, Series I, Part 6, Reel 18, Frame 160-161.↩

  4. Alfred C. Weeks to William F. Weeks, November 6, 1863, Weeks Family Papers, Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations, Series I, Part 6, Reel 18, Frames 221-225.↩

  5. Alfred C. Weeks to John C. Moore, January 13, 1864, Weeks Family Papers, Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations, Series I, Part 6, Reel 18, Frames 286-289.↩

  6. W. D. Alexander to Alfred C. Weeks, April 17, 1864, Weeks Family Papers, Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations, Series I, Part 6, Reel 18, Frame 403.↩