Slaves at Indian Field Plantation, South Santee, Georgetown Co., SC, 1863

The estate inventory of William Mazyck, filed 14 October 1863, lists the names of 38 enslaved ancestors at Indian Field Plantation on the South Santee River in Georgetown County, South Carolina. Their names were:

Lewis,Silvy, Juddy, Prince, Enston, Murriah, Enston, Christmas, Peggy, James, Nancy, Jack, Toby, Clarissa, Chadrick, Infant, Paris, Timmy, Sam, Cato, Eliza, Silvy, Ned, Hardy, Nunnssey, Mingo, Infant, George, Hanna, Abraham, Elsey, Robert, Ellen, Charlotte, Abraham, Tom, Jenny, Infant

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The estate inventory of William Mazyck of Charleston, South Carolina, filed 14 October 1863, lists the names of 17 enslaved ancestors at Edge Hill Plantation near Columbia, South Carolina, and in town in Charleston. It is unclear exactly who was at each location. Their names were:

September, Affy, Richard, Hester, Suckey, Charlotte, Citto, Margaret, Timkey, Ezekel, Peter, Hester, Hester, and Betsey

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