Featured Document: 491 Slaves Freed From Heyward Family Plantations
One of the remarkable documents in this collection is a list of 491 enslaved people who were freed from Charles Heyward's Amsterdam, Lewisburg, Pleasant Hill, Rose Hill, Myrtle Grove and Ashley Farm plantations. The list, dated July 1865, was filed with the estate appraisal of Charles Heyward on March 3, 1866. Freed people are listed by name, age, occupation and plantation. The original manuscript is among the Heyward family papers at the South Caroliniana Library, and they have shared it here. You may click on the MORE links in the tables below to view the complete list for each of the plantations.
List of 491 Slaves Freed from Heyward Family Plantations
Heyward Family Papers, 1703-1975
South Caroliniana Library at USC
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Slaves Freed from Amsterdam Plantation
|
Name |
Age |
Occupation |
Residence |
|
Ishmael |
78 years |
none |
Amsterdam |
|
Sharper |
44 " |
Carpenter |
ditto |
|
Stepney |
40 " |
Carpenter |
ditto
|
|
Ishmael |
42 " |
Driver |
ditto
|
|
Lucius |
78 " |
none |
ditto
|
|
Tom |
78 " |
none |
ditto
|
|
June |
78 " |
none |
ditto
|
|
Nanny |
63 " |
Child's Nurse |
ditto
|
|
Di |
76 " |
none |
ditto
|
|
Molly |
73 " |
Poultry Woman |
ditto
|
|
Affey "Died Oct 1887 aged 100 years" |
78 " |
Mid Wife |
ditto
|
|
Bristol |
53 " |
Field Hand |
ditto
|
|
Cressia |
58 " |
1/2 " " |
ditto
|
|
Tony |
63 " |
Cooper, 1/2 Field Hand |
ditto
|
|
Mary |
55 " |
1/2 Field Hand |
ditto
|
Slaves Freed from Ashley Farm Plantation
| Name | Age | Occupation | Residence |
| Jimmy | 48 years | Field Hand | Ashley Farm |
| Harnit (Harriet?) | 53 " | Field Hand | ditto |
| Venus | 51 " | Field Hand | ditto |
| Pompey | 43 " | Driver | ditto |
| Pelir | 41 " | Waggoner | ditto |
| Sukey | 33 " | Farm Hand | ditto |
| Elsey | 33 " | Farm Hand | ditto |
| Jack | 26 " | Farm Hand | ditto |
| Tira | 24 years | Farm Hand | ditto |
| Ned | 23 " | House Boy | ditto |
| January | 21 " | Farm Hand | ditto |
| Betsey | 19 " | Farm Hand | ditto |
| Binah | 13 " | House Girl | ditto |
| William | 12 " | none | ditto |
| David | 12 " | none | ditto |
| Scintalla | 11 " | none | ditto |
| Prince | 9 " | none | ditto |
| Elizabeth | 6 " | none | ditto |
| Harry | 5 " | none | ditto |
| Molsey | 5 " | none | ditto |
| Clarissa | 5 " | none | ditto |
| Joseph | 1 " | none | ditto |
| Edward | 1 " | none |
ditto
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Slaves Freed from Lewisburg Plantation
| Name | Age | Occupation | Residence |
| Cornelius | 48 years | Driver | Lewisburg |
| Titus | 42 " | Carpenter | ditto |
| Israel | 29 " | Carpenter | ditto |
| July | 73 " | none | ditto |
| Abbey | 68 " | Child Nurse | ditto |
| Diana | 78 " | none | ditto |
| Agnes | 74 " | none | ditto |
| Patty | 74 " | none | ditto |
| Rose | 63 " | none | ditto |
| Billy | 78 " | none | ditto |
| Ansil | 68 " | none | ditto |
| Cyrus | 63 " | Watchman | ditto |
| Ben | 73 " | none | ditto |
| Johnny | 79 " | none |
ditto
|
Slaves Freed from Myrtle Grove Plantation
| Name | Age | Occupation | Residence |
| Sharper | 51 years | Driver | Myrtle Grove |
| Charles | 24 " | Carpenter | ditto |
| Celia | 46 " | Cook | ditto |
| Susannah | 40 " | Field Hand | ditto |
| Davy | 42 " | Field Hand | ditto |
| Matilda | 46 " | ditto | ditto |
| Eve [crossed out] | 44 " | Field Hand | ditto |
| Jimmy | 43 " | Field Hand | ditto |
| Nanny | 44 " | Field Hand | ditto |
| Dolly | 46 " | Field Hand | ditto |
| Frank | none | ditto | |
| Binkey | 44 " | Field Hand | ditto |
| Juno | 35 " | Field Hand | ditto |
| Aaron | 52 | Field Hand |
ditto
|
Slaves Freed from Pleasant Hill Plantation
| Name | Age | Occupation | Residence |
| John | 60 years | Driver | Pleasant Hill |
| Charles | 60 " | Cooper | ditto |
| January | 60 " | Watchman | ditto |
| John | 31 " | Family Servant | ditto |
| Cuffee | 70 " | none | ditto |
| Louis | 75 " | Gardener | ditto |
| Lewis | 51 " | Sailor | ditto |
| Flora | 47 " | Field Hand | ditto |
| Daphne | 70 " | Poultry Woman | ditto |
| Lizette | 65 " | Child Nurse | ditto |
| Celia | 70 " | none | ditto |
| Peggy | 65 " | Cook | ditto |
| Lucy | 70 " | none | ditto |
| Stepney | 64 " | Stock Minder |
ditto
|
Slaves Freed from Rose Hill Plantation
|
Name |
Age |
Occupation |
Residence |
|
Jack |
48 years |
Family Servant |
Rose Hill |
|
March |
48 " |
Driver |
ditto |
|
Caesar |
60 " |
Black Smith |
ditto |
|
Tommy |
28 " |
Carpenter |
ditto |
|
Caesar |
43 " |
Carpenter |
ditto |
|
Boston |
39 " |
Carpenter |
ditto |
|
Frederick |
33 " |
Bricklayer |
ditto |
|
Caesar [in pencil: Mack] |
25 " |
Carpenter |
ditto |
|
Moses |
28 " |
Field Hand |
ditto |
|
Tony |
65 " |
Gardener |
ditto |
|
Thomas |
22 " |
Carpenter |
ditto |
|
Norris |
80 " |
none |
ditto |
|
Buck |
75 " |
Gardener |
ditto |
|
Phillis |
80 " |
none |
ditto
|
Source Citation:
List of 491 Slaves Freed from Amsterdam, Ashley Farm, Lewisburg, Myrtle Grove, Pleasant Hill and Rose Hill Plantations. Charles Heyward Account Book, Heyward Family Papers, 1703 - 1975. South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina.
Terms of Use:
This document appears here with kind permission of the South Caroliniana Library at USC and may not be presented elsewhere without their permission.
