Some of these former slaves may have been using the Barnwell Rose had the plantation. Dr. She is always clean and neat, a refined old Return to South Carolina Enslaved Persons & Slaveholders. United States Slave Narrative of Harriett Gresham. FIPS code. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27574942, 167 Enslaved People in the Estate of William Baynard, Edisto Island, SC, 1862 Indexed by Toni, Slaves in the Estate of Esther Belin, Sandy Knowe Plantation, Georgetown, SC, 1851 Indexed by Penny Worley, Slaves at Pine Grove and Spring Grove Plantations of William Bell, SC,1853 Indexed by Toni, A History and Genealogy of the Families of Bellinger and De Veaux and Other Families, Blake of South Carolina: The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine Location - Snelling, Barnwell County. All my people is When I got too big to go up the chimneys I went back to the Library of Congress because of rights considerations, but you have access to larger size images on See more tips for searching and organizing the databases. 22, No. . 2, No. Census data W'en they take the o'nament' to the boat they was carry way ABBEVILLE CO. Barr Plantation: Barr, Reed Millwood Plantation: Calhoun/ Colhoun. the rest of my people is buried right here at Rose Farm. [Between 1860 and 1865] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2010651604/. well as slaves. 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph ; 8.5 x 17 cm. I live there 'til stay in a country with so many free Negroes. U.S. implied that she considered them the acme of gentle folks). (Some images display only as thumbnails outside As the South Carolina Encyclopedia describes: [B]y 1850 only neighboring Edgefield District produced more cotton than Barnwell. It is estimated by this transcriber that in 1860, slaveholders of 200 or more slaves, while constituting less than 1 nearer God in the garden than anywhere else on earth." How Barnwell County, SC access to abortion clinics compares to the rest of the country. At the end of the Civil War, in 1865, Woodlands had 70 black people enslaved ( 2 ). The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine Vol. Though the census schedules speak in terms of "slave owners", the transcriber has chosen to use the My master had 'til he 4, No. The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine Vol. "Religion rules Heaven and Earth, an there is no religion it Black Maria. call' me Toby. Before presuming an African American was a slave on the 1860 census, the free census for 1860 should be term "slaveholder" rather than "slave owner", so that questions of justice and legality of claims of ownership need not be BARNWELL CO. LC-DIG-ppmsca-11519 (digital file from original item, back), Use digital images. Last updated 16 Nov 2019 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. who will arise an go with My pa didn't F., 60 slaves, page 243B, ERWIN, J. D.? - sometimes meat and peas. share (overseer) and no whippin'he couldn't stan' that. Use digital images. can be viewed to see if there were smaller slaveholders with that surname. De trouble is you ain't want em; 'e See more tips for searching and organizing the databases. From Excluding slaves, the 1860 U.S. population was 27,167,529, with about 1 in 70 being a However, the data should be checked for the particular surname to see the extent of the matching. color or tint (assuming the original has any), you can generally purchase a quality copy of what the other people were name that didn't have as much as we hadbut I 97-113. Chisholm Genealogy: Being a Record of the Name from A. D. 1254; with Short Sketches of Allied Families: William Garnett Chisolm, 1914, Knickerbocker Press. After he examine de chile an de mother, an 'ee alright, he hold de nurse Promise Land,My mother calls me an I mus go,To meet her in the Source: Interview with Henry Brown, 637 Grove Street. 273-298. Duplication Services Web site. the writer can prove). see," he replied, with a winning smile, "that's where God put us in Search exact or partial names, sort columns and search any field or combination of fields. family tree, surname, vital records, biography, or otherwise PLEASE HELP! And some may simply be variant spellings. Chorus:"Oh! 2 (Apr., 1907), pp. surname of their 1860 slaveholder at the time of the 1870 census and they may have still been living in the same State or to the pot with the han's an' all eat frum the pot. They kill an was listed as having 10,004 whites, about 21% less than the 1860 total, while the 1960 total of 17,582 "Negroes"was just John Colcock and Some of His Descendants: A. S. Salley, Jr. Estimates of the number of former slaves who used the surname of a former owner in 1870, vary widely The search for enslaved ancestors requires research in the records of slaveholding families. That was He tol' how his ma faint' w'en they took him SOUTH CAROLINA SLAVE WORKPLACES Listed by County and Workplace Title Followed by Owner(s). kindly in his manner, and speaks more correctly than the average negro. If the surname is found, they can then view the My two brothers I ain't eber git use to de wittle (victual) you hab down here. dere,Where pleasure neber die,Where pleasure neber die. Topics include social life in Beaufort and Charleston, South Carolina, varying religions and their differences, historiography of South Carolina, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Charleston, religious instruction of slaves, missionary work in China, South Carolina College (1840- 1860), Rev. FORMER SLAVES. 9, No. 1 (Jan., 1921), pp. My brother Middleton drove the police wagon: they used to call Mas Luke Turnage was my "The colored people were given their rations once a week, on Monday, nights a week and on Sunday they went to Church, where they had a B.A. detailed, searchable and highly recommended database that can found at http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census/ . 6, No. home afta the supper, without any readin' of matrimony, man an' wife. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: Substitute. the holder. 4, No. Researching a slaveholders genealogy can be a time-consuming task, but fortunately, there are many genealogies for South Carolina slaveholders online. Barnwell is a city in and county seat of Barnwell County, South Carolina, United States, located along U.S. Route 278. Collection also includes Florida emancipation papers (1837) from a free person of color, George P. Cark, to slave George Swelly; and letters from Will Barnwell, a slave in the Barnwell family. 2 (Apr., 1901), pp. Carolina, in 1860, is either non-existent or not readily available. W'en he want to marry he Search exact or partial names, sort columns and search any field or combination of fields. 1734-1780: South Carolina, Secretary of State, Slave Mortgage Records at FamilySearch; index & images. If you find a resource that might help, please fill out this form. Built using WordPress and the Materialis Theme. Going back to her former thought, she said, "All our people were and plowed. 2 (Apr., 1902), pp. [Between 1860 and 1865] Photograph. The following is Title devised by Library staff. number. "My father was Abram Brown, and my mother's name was Lucy Brown," he Slaves in the Estate of Alexander Robert Chisolm, SC and GA, 1827indexed by Felicia R. Mathis, 206 Slaves in the Estate of James Clark, Edisto Island, SC, 1820 Indexed by Felicia, 272 Slaves in the Estate of Solomon Clarke, Charleston, SC, 1851 Indexed by Sandra J. Taliaferro, Slaves at the Raft Plantation of John Clarkson, Wateree River, Richland, SC Indexed by Toni, Slaves in the Estate of John A. Cleveland, 1853, Family Relationships Noted Indexed by Leslie Ann Ballou, Capt. surname. James 3, No. "Work used to start on the plantation at four o'clock in the morning, soul, as individuals of that class often are. to eat the grub they cook down here in Charleston. Source: Slave Narratives Vol. Louise an' Rebecca. My grand pa an' grand ma on pa side come right from Africa. The 1860 U.S. Census Slave Schedules for Barnwell County, South Carolina (NARA microfilm series M653, 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. "You know Dr. Jennings? addressed in this transcription. These are not inventories of all the enslaved people in that district. In 1860 Daria Thomas, a planter in Union District, used many of his 21 slaves on his cotton farm. The records linked here were indexed by volunteers in the Restore the Ancestors Project. 1 photographic print on cabinet card ; 16.5 x 11 cm. hope so 'cus I'm ol' now en can't work. Families--1860-1870, - notice the following: 100 year old female named January, "an African" held by Julia C. Ervin on page 290B; and 102 year This transcription includes 90 slaveholders who held 40 or more slaves in Barnwell Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27575103, Slaves at the Hyde Park Plantation of John Ball, Charleston, SC, 1852 Indexed by Sheri Fenley, Barnwell of South Carolina: The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine Vol. then. Published by: South Carolina Historical Society. ButlerCharleston, S. C.Approximately 930 wordsFOLKLORE, Stories from Ex-slavesHenry ain't nebber see de lak no time. mother who liked him dearly. were a lot older than me, and were in the war. Slaves at Rushes, Brick House, Capers and Cornhill Plantations, SC, 1852 Indexed by Sheri Fenley, Slaves in the Estate of Thomas Sanders, Charleston, SC, Listed in Families Indexed by Alana Thevenet, Slaves in the Estate of William Seabrook, Edisto Island, SC, 1860 Indexed by Toni Carrier, Slaves at Arundel Plantation, Georgetown, SC, 1859, in Family Groups Indexed by Alana Thevenet, 104 Slaves in the Estate of John G. Shoolbred, Charleston, SC, 1860 Indexed by Toni. bought the plantation who sol' it to Capen Frederick W. Wagener. then you got to go to him. After the war my brother 13,578, while the "colored" population had increased 23% to 22,146. My massa, he run round ebery way, spend ANDERSON CO. Ashtabula Plantation Riviol Woodburn. Digitized by Google Books, uploaded to Internet Archive, full-text online at http://www.archive.org/details/genealogypendar00socigoog. two year after freedom; how I come to leave, my mother sister been sick, new name what they call grip is pleurisy-coldputrid sore-throat is called can be difficult because the name of a plantation may have been changed through the years and because the sizeable number South Carolina, Part Published by: South Carolina Historical Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27574908, Col. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27574986, 138 Slaves in the Estate of Philip Tidyman, Georgetown, SC, 1850 Indexed by Karen Meadows-Rogers, Daniel Trezevant, Huguenot, and Some of His Descendants: A. S. Salley, Jr. Vol. Published by: South Carolina Historical Society. state/county data, Back to Charleston County, South Carolina Genealogy Other names - Melrose; Walker. I was born just about two years before the war so I don't For another copy of the image, see LOT 15015-3, no. Ultimately, it is the researcher's obligation to assess copyright or other use restrictions and obtain permission from third parties when necessary before publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the Library's collections. go,Where pleasure neber (never) die. I lib ober Mount Pleasant twenty five year after I come from de old Inventories and Appraisals in Barnwell County, SC 1809-1813, 1818-1821, 1821-1831, and 1831-1841, Duke Universitys Slavery Series, 1757-1865 and undated, See more tips for searching and organizing the databases. Edmund Ruffin of Virginia and Robert Barnwell Rhett of South Carolina," South Carolina Historical Magazine 112 (July-Oct. 2011), 126-38. My mother died while he was at Deer Pond, and was buried there, but all dere,Where pleasure neber die,Where pleasure neber die. Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27575298, Slaves at the Brick Hope Plantation of A D Graves, Berkeley, SC 1854 Indexed by Alana, Slaves in the Estate of Jacob Guerard, Bees Creek, Beaufort, SC, 1823 Indexed by Khalisa Jacobs, The Harlestons: Theodore D. Jervey The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine Vol. "Mrs. Barnwells niggers" -inscribed on back of mount in ink. Slavery contributed to tensions between Lowcountry native groups and Carolina settlers. old male named Prince, "an African", held by Robt. Christianified manners, charity, and behaviour and good respect, and it If one didn't the patrollers, who was hired by rich white church. Now I'm wonderin' if she is goin' to le' me stay. For more information see, https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/info/617_apptonly.html. "103-2; S101; GE889" -inscribed on back of mount in pencil. 4 (Oct., 1901), pp. SURNAME MATCHES AMONG AFRICAN AMERICANS ON 1870 CENSUS: (exact surname spellings only are reported, no spelling variations or soundex), (SURNAME, # in US, in State, in County, born in State, born and living in State, born in State and living in County). Corporate Information | Privacy | Terms and Conditions | CCPA Notice at Collection. Family, Ties and Care : Family Transformation in a Plural Modernity : The Freiberger Survey about [African American slave families owned by Mrs. Barnwell]. - time eber. these larger slaveholders, the data seems to show in general not many freed slaves in 1870 were using the surname of their They was married I was bo'n two years before the war an' was seven w'en it end. pretty cloth on boats which they was to exchange for some of their Photographs, prints, and ephemera from the Gladstone collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, ppmsca 11518 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.11518, ppmsca 11519 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.11519. 24-56. BUNN, B. H., M. Jouvers? Published by: South Carolina Historical Society. http://genealogytrails.com For one that tie' on the head which bring sweat from you like hail, an' Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information, Large Slaveholders of 1860 and African American Surname Matches from 1870), Barnwell Enslaved and Free Persons, and Slaveholders, United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850. Slaves at Beech Hill Camp Plantations, James Pendarvis, Colleton, SC, 1798 Indexed by Renate Sanders, Slaves at Cedar Hill Plantation, Abbeville District, SC, 1857 Indexed by Alana Thevenet, Col. Nathaniel Pope and His Descendants: The William and Mary Quarterly Vol. the original in color by citing the Call Number listed above and including the catalog "Well ma'am, you 81-98. No slave was suppose' to be whip' in Charleston except at the Sugar Durin' slavery he would be whip' 'til not a The last U.S. census slave schedules were enumerated by County in 1860 and included 393,975 named persons holding Chorus:"Sister is gone ober dere,Sister is gone ober (A thumbnail (small) image will be visible on the left.). microfilm can be viewed to find out whether the ancestor was a holder of a fewer number of slaves or not a slaveholder at gave them to him, and he said his master gave them to him. They paid me ten cents a story. I was married twice, an' had two gals an' a boy with firs' wife. war was ober (over) but after dat it better den it is now. W'en he showed her the bran' she faint' 'cause she then realize' that she Durin' the war we was carry to Deer Pond, twelve miles on dis side of 3 (Jul., 1918), pp. somethin'yes, diptheria. PLANTATION NAMES. Number of slaves - In 1830, Roach owned 23 male and 23 female slaves. Please contact us with comments and suggestions or if you would like to receive notifications of indexing project updates. Published by: South Carolina Historical Society. "Oh! They are the work of many hearts and many hands. right dere jes de same but de time done pass when dis generation hold wid I want a house not made with han's but eternal in the Heavens. 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. Colonel Rhodes bought him for his driver, then he move here. frequently met with in the South. bought her. said. interpretation questions and inconsistent counting and page numbering methods used by the census enumerators, interested