Slaves at Rushes, Brick House, Capers and Cornhill Plantations, SC, 1852

The estate inventory of B D Roper of Charleston, SC, filed in Dec 1852, lists the names of enslaved ancestors at the Rushes, Brick House, Capers and Cornhill Plantations.

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The Rushes Plantation was located in Charleston County. Slaves listed at Rushes in Dec 1852 were:

· Demas - slave

· Moses - slave

· Tenah - slave

· Daniel - slave

· Moses- slave

· Nanny - slave

· Demas - slave

· Tom - slave

· Syke - slave

· Chloe - slave

· Nanny - slave

· Ned - slave

· Primus - slave

· Marijane - slave

· Dic - slave

· Pompey - slave

· Infant - slave

· Charlotte - slave

· George - slave

· Jack - slave

· Henry - slave

· Johnny - slave

· Sue - slave

· Peter - slave

· Tenah - slave

· Phillip - slave

· Katy - slave

· Edward - slave

· Nancy - slave

· Richard - slave

· Hercules - slave

· Toney - slave

· Hannah - slave

· William - slave

· Fanny - slave

· Grace - slave

· Minda - slave

· Dublin - slave

· Nanny - slave

· Isaac - slave

· Hagar - slave

· Andrew - slave

· James - slave

· Dalph - slave

· Lizzie - slave

· Kate - slave

· Robert - slave

· Molly - slave

· Flora - slave

· John - slave

· Simon - slave

· Young Libby - slave

· Mary - slave

· Scipio - slave

· Peter - slave

· Lucy - slave

· Infant - slave

· Old Libby - slave

· William - slave

· Molly - slave

· Judy - slave

· Paris - slave

· Judy - slave

· Silby - slave

· child - slave

· Mingo - slave

· Jim - slave

· Catherina - slave

· Lally - slave

· Mary - slave

· Mag - slave

· Betty - slave

· Martha - slave

· George - slave

· Tom - slave

· Aaron - slave

· Melissa - slave

· Abraham - slave

· Richard - slave

· Infant - slave

· Binah - slave

Brick House Plantation was located on Johns Island in Charleston County, South Carolina. Slaves listed at Brick House Plantation in Dec 1852 were:

· William Roper

· Hester - slave

· Betsey - slave

· Peg - slave

· Marijane - slave

· Tobey - slave

· Henry - slave

· Peter - slave

· Paris - slave

· Bella - slave

· Saucey - slave

· Brutus - slave

· Betsey - slave

· Sam - slave

· Primus - slave

· Charlotte - slave

· Paris - slave

· Isaac - slave

· Jacob - slave

· Abay - slave

· Flora - slave

· Jenny - slave

· Johnny - slave

· Dic - slave

· Bub - slave

· Sam - slave

· Tom - slave

· Phoebe - slave

· Howard - slave

· Myrtilla - slave

· Caesar - slave

· Peg - slave

· Henry - slave

· Hagar - slave

· Hagar - slave

· Howard - slave

· Hetty - slave

· Jonathan - slave

· Hector - slave

· Binah - slave

· Juliana - slave

· Caesar - slave

· Rosetta - slave

· Abraham - slave

· John - slave

· Charles - slave

· Somerset - slave

· Jack - slave

· Infant - slave

· Lydia - slave

· Maryane - slave

· Infant - slave

· Shella - slave

· Die - slave

· Betsey - slave

· Hector - slave

· Young Jonathan - slave

· Nelly - slave

· Jacob - slave

· Caesar - slave

· Dic - slave

· Ben - slave

· Harry - slave

· Infant - slave

· Thomas - slave

· Sarah - slave

· Sandy - slave

· William - slave

· Elizabeth - slave

· Clarinda - slave

· Clarissa - slave

· Lydia - slave

· Jacob - slave

· Hector - slave

· Caesar - slave

· Joseph - slave

· Maurice - slave

· Nanny - slave

· Myrtilla - slave

· Scipio - slave

· Nancy - slave

· David - slave

· John - slave

· Hannah - slave

· Frank - slave

· Andrew - slave

· Marcus - slave

· July - slave

· Judy - slave

· Phillip - slave

· Kate - slave

· Binah - slave

· Toby - slave

· Minus - slave

· Bella - slave

· Dublin - slave

· George - slave

· Patrick - slave

· Harriet - slave

· William - slave

· Polle - slave

· York - slave

· Young York - slave

· Grace - slave

· Lucy - slave

· Sarah - slave

· Cupid - slave

· Molly - slave

· Charles - slave

· Hercules - slave

· Delia - slave

· Harriet - slave

· Minty - slave

· Bella - slave

· Why - slave

· Die - slave

· Polydore - slave

· Charles - slave

· Lucy - slave

· Emma - slave

· Infant - slave

· Wharley - slave

· Judy - slave

· Peggy - slave

· Priscilla

· Sally - slave

· Peggy - slave

· Isaac - slave

· Harlon - slave

· Willie - slave

· Jemah - slave

· Jenny - slave

· Pender - slave

· Dick - slave

· March - slave

· Peter - slave

· Binah - slave

· Infant - Slave

The Capes Plantation was located on Johns Island in Charleston County, South Carolina. Slaves listed there in Dec 1852 were:

· Ned - slave

· Belly - slave

· Jenny - slave

· Nancy - slave

· Sue - slave

· Venus - slave

· Polly - slave

· Joe - slave

· Bella - slave

· Billy - slave

· Abby - slave

· Frederick - slave

· Dolly - slave

· Eve - slave

· Amey - slave

· Minus - slave

· Peter - slave

· Hannah - slave

· Sabey - slave

· Bristol - slave

· Chloe - slave

· Minda - slave

· Paddy - slave

· Bristol - slave

· Phychi - slave

· Jane - slave

· Judy - slave

· Joe - slave

· Isaac - slave

· Jane - slave

· Prophet - slave

· Somerset - slave

· July - slave

· Frank - slave

The Capes Plantation was located on the Ashley River in St. Andrews Parish, Charleston County, SC. Slaves listed there in Dec 1852 were:

· Sampson - slave

· Sylvia - slave

· Nancy - slave

· Maria - slave

· Jenny - slave

· Fanny - slave

· Tennah - slave

· Sophia - slave

· Frank - slave

· Primus - slave

· Phillis - slave

· Eliza - slave

· John - slave

· Moses - slave

· Alex - slave

· Sheba - slave

· Gussey - slave

· Old Carson - slave

· Jessey - slave

· Bob - slave

· Young Carson - slave

The following slaves were listed in the estate of B D Roper, with no plantation or location noted:

· Amy - slave

· Thomas - slave

· Mag - slave

· Mary - slave

· Anette - slave

· Primus - slave

· Infant - slave

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