Sale of Enslaved Ancestors, Estate of Daniel G Joye, Beaufort, SC, 1853

On 25 Jan 1853, Executors of the will of Daniel G. Joye sold Foot Point Plantation in Beaufort District, SC, and many enslaved ancestors on the plantation. Jonathan A. Seabrook purchased the plantation. In the sale, 83 enslaved ancestors were sold to 14 purchasers. The record of the sale lists purchasers, and those they purchased.

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The names of purchasers and enslaved ancestors they purchased are:

B Willingham:

· Betty - slave

· Die - slave

· Nancy - slave

· Cassy - slave

James Legare:

 Ishmael - slave

· Susan - slave

· Hagan - slave

· Neptune - slave

· Ducas - slave

· June - slave

· Sam - slave

· Sarah - slave

· Jim - slave

· Toney - slave

· Peggy - slave

· Jack - slave

· Mimis - slave

· Affy - slave

· Middleton - slave

· June - slave

· Ben - slave

· Julisma - slave

· Francis - slave

John Hanahan:

· Renty - slave

· Silvia -slave

· Rachael - slave

· Nancy - slave

· Bob - slave

· Rachael - slave

 J Berwick Legare:

· Peter - slave

· Jane - slave

· Auber - slave

· Sandy - slave

· Grace - slave

· Renty - slave

Theo D Wagner:

· Sheram - slave

· Remeo - slave

· Lindy - slave

Thos A Baynard:

· John - slave

· Bolen - slave

· Daphne - slave

· Molly - slave

· Tim - slave

· Leymour - slave

· Amelia - slave

Z B Oakes:

· Venus - slave

· Peter - slave

· Frank - slave

P O'Donnell:

· Moses - slave

J S Lawton:

· Lancaster - slave

· Phillis - slave

· Mary - slave

· Frederick - slave

· Patty - slave

· [Illegible] - slave

James Vidal:

 John Holmes - slave

· Patty - slave

· Delia - slave

· Chloe - slave

· Hanna - slave

· Chloe - slave

Jas Hopkinson:

· Lizzy - slave

· Nat - slave

· Grace - slave

· Clara - slave

· Jay - slave

· Eliza - slave

· Nat - slave

John Hamlin:

· Will - slave

· Tom - slave

· Delia - slave

G V Ancker:

· Dick - slave

· Affy - slave

Allen S Izard:

· Sadler - slave

· Bep - slave

· Backers - slave

· Beck - slave

· Letty - slave

· Anthony - slave

· Affy - slave

· Leah - slave

· Molley - slave

· Julia - slave

· Dick - slave

· Lydia - slave

Please see the related page Slaves at Foot Point Plantation, Estate of Daniel G. Joye, to view the original estate inventory, made in 1851.

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