Slaves at the Oakvale and Hut Plantations of Kinsey Burden Sr., SC, 1860

The estate inventory of Kinsey Burden, Sr., taken 21 February 1860, lists the names of 35 enslaved ancestors at Oakvale Plantation and 37 enslaved ancestors at Hut Plantation, Johns Island, Charleston County, South Carolina. 

Listed at Oakvale Plantation: 

Abram, Kate, Gabriel, Abram, George, Rachel, Chloe, Cuffy, Jacob, Jack, August, Betsy, Penda, Binah, Toby, Sylla, Boston, Tony, Lewis, Joan, Sancho, Charlotte, Phyllis, Elvira, Sancho Jr., Alick, Joe, Lizzie, Sarah, Caesar, Cornelius, Augustus,  Rose, Thomas

Listed at Hut Plantation:

Tom, Elsey, John, Tenah, Dolly, Charlotte, Sentry, Emmeline, John, Martha, Nanny, Matilda, Jerry, Patty, George, Hastings, John, Bella, Abrahm, Maria, Sophy, Affy, Simon, Simon, Leah, Hannah, Israel, Daniel, Lucy, Morris, Louisa, Moses, Fanny, Sam, Sallie, Dinah, Rosalie

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