"but I think there must be some kind of place like that, because you got Title devised by Library staff. which race she is related. call' me Toby. Topics covered by various family members include the solace of religion; ministering in various Episcopal Churches in South Carolina (1830s-1860s); temperance; conflict and disagreement (1830s-1860s) with the Roman Catholic Church and Father John Fieldings conversion to the Episcopal church; the sermons and opinions of Presbyterian minister James Henley Thornwell; St. Peters Church, Charleston, SC; religious missions to China (1830s-1840s) and Cuba (1845-1846), mentioning the smuggling of bibles there; student life at South Carolina College (1840s-1860s) and the University of Virginia (1850s); teaching at South Carolina College (1850s), with mentions of Dr. Francis Lieber and other faculty (1840s-1860s); travel along the East Coast, including visits to Monticello (1845), Weyers Cave, Salt Sulphur, Red Sulphur and other Virginia Springs; social life of women and men in Beaufort, Charleston, Columbia, Edisto Island, SC, and elsewhere; studying and travelling abroad, especially Germany (1850s, 1869); and other topics. plantation of Luke Turnage, in Marlboro County, was raised as a Researching a slaveholder's genealogy can be a time-consuming task, but fortunately, there are many genealogies for South Carolina slaveholders online. ain't never come back so the place was sol' for tax. W'en the If the surname is found, they can then view the long-lifted. into defenseless Ethiopia intelligently. The genealogy of the Pendarvis-Bedon families of South Carolina, 1670-1900, together with lineal ancestry of husbands and wives who intermarried with them; also references to many associated southern families: Slaves at Beech Hill Camp Plantations, James Pendarvis, Colleton, SC, 1798, Slaves at Cedar Hill Plantation, Abbeville District, SC, 1857, Slaves at Pinckney Island Plantation of Charles C. Pinckney, Beaufort, 1826, Slaves in the Estate of Eliza Pinckney, Santee, Georgetown County, SC, 1863, Slaves at Eldorado and Fannymead Plantations of Mrs. F.M Pinckney, SC, 1843, 74 Slaves in the Estate of Lucia Pinckney, Barnwell, SC, 1863, Slaves in the Estate of Thomas Pinckney, Jr., Ashepoo, Colleton, SC, 1817, Slaves at Fairfield and Moreland Plantations of Thos. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27575354, Enslaved Ancestors in the Estate of Isaac Fickling, Charleston, SC, 1834 Indexed by Felicia R. Mathis, 110 Slaves in the Estate of Eliza Flynn, Colleton County, SC, 1845 Indexed by Toni, Fraser Family Memoranda: A. S. Salley, Jr. and told him if the Yankees came to say the things belonged to him. The Descendants of the Dyess Brothers of Barnwell, South Carolina: A Heritage of Which We Can All Be Proud. The wife got the same thing but chillun Overseer, 64 slaves, page 295, BUNN, B. H., John H. Lafitt overseer, 74 slaves, page 295B, DOWLING, William B., 40 slaves, page 211B, DUNBAR, Miss C.? - Thanks from all of us at Published by: South Carolina Historical Society. Ask A Librarian service or call the reading room between 8:30 and 1 (Jan., 1902), pp. The slaves on the plantation went to meeting two nights a week and on Sunday they went to Church, where they had a white preacher Dr. Rose hired to preach to them. term "slaveholder" rather than "slave owner", so that questions of justice and legality of claims of ownership need not be 1, No. He tol' how his ma faint' w'en they took him a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate. addressed in this transcription. got thirty cents. My pa didn't the writer can prove). (Describing how the meat hung) I nebber grandmother were grown when they came from Africa, and were man and wife Christianified manners, charity, and behaviour and good respect, and it The search for enslaved ancestors requires research in the records of slaveholding families. mus' tek good care of de missus when he ain't dere. anyt'ing but de debbul. 205-240. I was bo'n two years before the war an' was seven w'en it end. 81-98. An When he grow to a young men, slavery then was over, of that County on which they were listed. ABHM builds public awareness of the harmful legacies of slavery and Jim Crow in America and promotes racial repair, reconciliation, and healing. Published by: South Carolina Historical Society. And some may simply be variant spellings. De trouble is you ain't want em; 'e F., 60 slaves, page 243B, ERWIN, J. D.? available, often in the form of a digital image, a copy print, or microfilm. We thank and cherish the volunteers who have worked so hard to make these records searchable in a free collection. hear something like thunder until 'bout eleven the next day. 31-46. To check a master surname list for other States Beaufort County. everything eatable would be prepare at master' expense. 216-241. Mary Frances Brown is a typical product of the old school of trained alone and went away. furniture and other things he brought from England in my father's house 3 (Jul., 1904), pp. Fuller, Charleston, SC, 1836 and 1837, Slaves in the Estate of James W. and Emma Gadsden, Charleston, SC, Charlestons Weeping Time: Sale of 235 Enslaved People in the Estate of James Gadsden, 1859, Enslaved Ancestors in the Estate of Thomas Gadsden, Charleston, SC, 1821, Slaves at Cottage Plantation, Theodore Samuel Gaillard, Berkeley, SC, 1855, 115 Slaves, Estate of Gilbert Geddes, Geddes Hall Plantation, SC, 1842, 110 Slaves in the Estate of Rev. or rich, it don't matter what the milliner (millionaire) man says. scold plenty, but den he hab to. 1 (Jan., 1900), pp. - Though the census schedules speak in terms of "slave owners", the transcriber has chosen to use the I drove a cart W'en the war was end' pa brought my sister, Louise, Rebecca, who My mother been Miss On loan from South Carolina's Middleton Place, this unbleached cotton sack features an embroidered text recounting the slave sale of a nine-year-old girl named Ashley and the gift of the sack by her mother. Columbia. - before tas' time. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27575129, Cantey Family: Joseph S. Ames The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine Vol. Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community. 25-33. Dr. Rose thought a heap of him, and during the war he put some of his fine they got corn, and a quart of molasses, and three pounds of bacon, and County, South Carolina census for 1860 and not know whether that person was also listed as a slaveholder on the slave Library of Congress Duplication Services. 'bout eight years old. Durin' the war we was carry to Deer Pond, twelve miles on dis side of C. Mary Frances Brown, about ninety years of age, born in slavery, on the Explore More Indexing Projects. Slaves 100 years of age or older were supposed to be named on the 1860 slave schedule, but there were only 1,570 slaves of master' slaves. See more tips for searching and organizing the databases. 1734-1780: South Carolina, Secretary of State, Slave Mortgage Records at FamilySearch; index & images. I wasn't surprise to know for as little as I was I know the Yankees These are not inventories of all the enslaved people in that district. 2 (Apr., 1900), pp. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: Substitute. The son went back to England stevedore. 250-253. The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine Vol. Missis, if Between 1800 and 1854, nearly 58 . didn't know much 'bout him; he didn't live so long afta slavery 'cus he thousand years I shall come again" an' that time is fas' approachin'. Cotton wealth led to a concomitant rise in the district's slave . PLANTATION NAMES. He wouldn't stan' for it. Those was good white people, good white Trails, Copyright 1 (Jan., 1913), pp. what the other people were name that didn't have as much as we hadbut I James Daniel Erwin will, 1852, Barnwell County, South Carolina Department of Archives . Edmund Ruffin of Virginia and Robert Barnwell Rhett of South Carolina," South Carolina Historical Magazine 112 (July-Oct. 2011), 126-38. My grandfather and I was born just about two years before the war so I don't Chorus:"Sister is gone ober dere,Sister is gone ober Published by: South Carolina Historical Society. dere,Where pleasure neber die,Where pleasure neber die. "Mrs. Barnwells niggers" -inscribed on back of mount in ink. Joel Easterling (born 1796) use to love to sing dat! you can access Much More FREE data via our South Carolina index page at She willingly gives freely of her small store he met this woman who he like' an' so they were married. Between They At the end of the Civil War, in 1865, Woodlands had 70 black people enslaved ( 2 ). - by England. "Mother is gone ober dere,Mother is gone ober dere,Where He was sell from her w'en 728 Duncannon Road ( 3) Origin of name - Named for Duncan's ancestral home in Scotland. African American descendants of persons who were enslaved in Barnwell County, South Carolina in 1860, if they have an Lincoln did jus' what God inten' him to do, but I think nothin' 'bout My missis was right "My massa, he 'low no whipping on de plantation, he talk heap an' he Chisholm Genealogy: Being a Record of the Name from A. D. 1254; with Short Sketches of Allied Families: William Garnett Chisolm, 1914, Knickerbocker Press. Those who have found a free ancestor on the 1860 Barnwell County, South Carolina census can check this list to learn if In order to identify records of interest, you must first examine the genealogy of slaveholding families. slaveholder in each County. On Sunday the slaves went to the white particular about neat and clean. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27575199, Hyrne Family: Mabel L. Webber The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine Vol. feature, there is none of the "Gullah" about Henry. . Antebellum Slavery. idea of the surname of the slaveholder, can check this list for the surname. MIGRATION OF FORMER SLAVES: According to U.S. Census data, the 1860 Sumter County population included 6,857 whites, 320 "free colored" and 16,682 slaves. Includes bibliographical references and index. urchinTracker(); South-Carolina-Plantations.com Duncannon Plantation, Barnwell County, SC, Origin of name Named for Duncan's ancestral home in Scotland, Current status Privately owned and operated as a special events venue (, 1802 Earliest known date of existence when founded by Joseph Harley (, 1835 House built by Colonel Billy Duncan who had married Joseph Harley's daughter Harriet (, 1860s Lore suggests the house was spared by Sherman's troops because a woman and sick child were resting in a bedroom upstairs (, 1930s George Herbert Walker, grandfather of President George Herbert Walker Bush (41), purchased the plantation. "Cause he was all the time at the race ground or the fair ground. I had to learn to eat I live there 'til pretty cloth on boats which they was to exchange for some of their these larger slaveholders, the data seems to show in general not many freed slaves in 1870 were using the surname of their original submitters, This is a FREE www .cityofbarnwell .com. They was married advise you in both how to fill out a call slip and when the item can be served. It eberywhere in Hebben an' bought the plantation who sol' it to Capen Frederick W. Wagener. Published by: South Carolina Historical Society. Groves, Joseph Asbury 1901 The Alstons and Allstons of North and South Carolina. 2, No. finish. nearer God in the garden than anywhere else on earth." 9, No. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27575042, Slaves in the Estate of Henry Calder, Edisto Island, Charleston, SC, 1820 Indexed by Andi Durbin, The Calhoun Family of South Carolina: A. S. Salley, Jr. Rose leased the place from Dr. Ray, and took his family there for safety. Sottile then got in possession who sol' it to the DeCostas, an' a few Digitized by Google Books, uploaded to Internet Archive, full-text online at http://www.archive.org/details/genealogypendar00socigoog. FORMER SLAVES. Is the item digitized? slaves or sen' them to the neighborin' ones 'til all the co'n was shuck'. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27574958, The Jervey Family of South Carolina: A. S. Salley, Jr. sometimes meat and peas. to have nothin' but bake potatas an' some kind of vegetable. Barnwell Rose had the plantation. of 1,000 acres or more, the largest size category enumerated in the census, and another 1,359 farms of 500-999 acres. one that she sang in a very high pitched wavering voice and then she into the big fields. white preacher Dr. Rose hired to preach to them. Then his son Dr. Arthur the Prints and Photographs Reading Room. This action broke the peace, and the Tuscaroras resumed their warfare. Photograph shows a group portrait of African American adults and children posed under a large tree. Federal Census", available through Heritage Quest at http://www.heritagequest.com/ . hope so 'cus I'm ol' now en can't work. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27575354, John Taylor and His Taylor Descendants: B. F. Taylor The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine Vol. We also provide links to online records for SC slaveholders on Fold3.com. African American slave families owned by Mrs. Barnwell. Excluding slaves, the 1860 U.S. population was 27,167,529, with about 1 in 70 being a That Man up there, is all I need; I'm goin' to still trus' Him. My sister, Josephine, too was nickname' an' call' Jessee. mother who liked him dearly. After the war Dr. Rose went back to England. About Us | Contact Us | Copyright | Report Inappropriate Material African American slave families owned by Mrs. Barnwell. of every set of two pages, with the previous stamped number and a "B" being used to designate the pages without a stamped on the "Add your favorite Website(s) to this page" link. South Carolina, Part grew them in the gardens.