Slaves on The Grove Plantation, Edisto River, Charleston, SC

The estate inventory of George W. Morris, filed on 20 November 1857, lists 136 slaves at Grove Plantation on the Pon Pon (Edisto) River, Charleston County, South Carolina.

You may view the estate inventory by clicking on the image thumbnails attached to this story.

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Slaves listed at the Grove Plantation were:

· Isabel - slave

· Martha - slave

· Louisa - slave

· Rebecca - slave

· Henry - slave

· Charlotte - slave

· Joe - slave

· Charles - slave

· Silvey - slave

· Bella - slave

· Charlotte - slave

· Tyrah Sophy - slave

· Scipio - slave

· Sylla - slave

· Clarenda - slave

· Tillah - slave

· Hector - slave

· Peggy - slave

· Jim - slave

· Silvey - slave

· Moses - slave

· Rose - slave

· Exeter - slave

· Dido - slave

· Edward - slave

· John - slave

· William - slave

· Chloe - slave

· Binah - slave

· Mary - slave

· Maria - slave

· Sarah - slave

· Frank - slave

· Affey - slave

· Phillis - slave

· Dolly - slave

· Phillis - slave

· Sue - slave

· Katy - slave

· Mack - slave

· Molly - slave

· Infant - slave

· Isaac - slave

· Brutus - slave

· Adam - slave

· Betty - slave

· Mary - slave

· Amey - slave

· Pleasant - slave

· Sibby - slave

· Betty -slave

· Charles - slave

· Suckey - slave

· George - slave

· Mingo - slave

· Anthony - slave

· Cinda - slave

· Billy - slave

· Lucy - slave

· Barbara - slave

· Jacob - slave

· Rachael - slave

· Smart - slave

· Mary - slave

· Charlotte - slave

· Robert - slave

· Hagar - slave

· Marcus - slave

· Hannah - slave

· John - slave

· Dinah - slave

· Johny - slave

· Tenah - slave

· Gabriel - slave

· Judy - slave

· Nero - slave

· Johny - slave

· George - slave

· Affey - slave

· Henry - slave

· Scipio - slave

· Julius - slave

· Magnolia - slave

· Nancy - slave

· Rinah - slave

· Lydia - slave

· Marcus - slave

· Tim - slave

· Mingo - slave

· January - slave

· Daphne - slave

· Peggy - slave

· Flora - slave

· Nanny - slave

· Martha - slave

· Minda - slave

· Pleasant - slave

· Zeggy - slave

· Morris - slave

· Maria - slave

· Jackey - slave

· Ben - slave

· John - slave

· Peggy - slave

· Aleck - slave

· Flora - slave

· Caroline - slave

· Nelly - slave

· Infant - slave

· Poon - slave

· Betty - slave

· Lucy - slave

· Phillis - slave

· Amos - slave

· Hughey - slave

· Louisa - slave

· Dick - slave

· Nancy - slave

· Perry - slave

· Mariann - slave

· Perry - slave

· Phoebe - slave

· Martha - slave

· William - slave

· Bungay - slave

· Doll - slave

· Diama - slave

· Rose - slave

· Johnny - slave

· Binah - slave

· Phillis - slave

· Flora - slave

· Louis - slave

· Juliette - slave

On January 12, 1858, 124 members of the enslaved community from Grove Plantation were sold in Charleston. You can view the document by clicking on the thumbnail images above.

Following is an account of the sale:

Anna D. Kanuafman purchased: Scipio, Scylla, Clarinda and Tylla

Pringle & Tilton purchased: Hector and Peggy

Edward C Peronneau purchased: Ester, Susan and Elizabeth

Edward Barnwell, Jr. purchased: Sylvy, Moses, Rose, Mack and Peggy

S.D. Doar purchased: George, Dids, Edward and John

James Legare purchased: Jim, William, Chloe, Binah, Molly & infant

Henry E. Swinton purchased: Mary, Maria, Sarah, Frank, Affey, Phillis, Martha and William

H.C. Glover purchased: Rinah, Lydia, Marcus, Tim, Martha, Minda, Pleasant, Hufhey, Louis, Juliette and Mingo

C.T. Haskell purchased: Johney, Tinah, Judy, Gabriel, Nero, and Johny

N.B. Mazyck purchased: Flora

F.A. Whitney purchased: Rose and Johny

Z.B. Oakes purchased: Dinah

E.C. Bernard purchased: Alick and Flora

E.M. Whaley purchased: Rinah, Phillis, Dick and Nancy

W.B. Steadman purchased: Morris, Maria, Jacky and Ben

Richard North purchased: January, Daphne, Peggy, Flora and Nancy 

W.P. Shingler purchased: Charles, Luckey, George and Mingo

Lewis Morris purchased: Jacob, Rachael, Isaac, Brutus, Adam, Betty & infant

A.J. White purchased: Billy, Lucy, Barbarra & infant

E.M. Whaley purchased: Mary, Aney, Pheasant, Sibby, Betty, Marcus, Hannah, John and Dinah

James B. Campbell purchased: Smart, Mary, Charlotte, Robert, Hager, John, Caroline, Peggy, Nelly & infant

William Whaley purchased: Dolly, Phillis, Sue and Katy

The Grove Plantation on the Pon Pon (Edisto) River in Charleston County, SC was built ca. 1828 by George Washington Morris. After Morris’ death ca. 1857, the plantation was purchased by John Berkeley Grimball.

You may view the National Register Nomination for Grove Plantation on the website of the South Carolina Department of Archives and History, to learn more of the history of Grove Plantation.

 

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