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Peter Gaillard (abt. 1783 - 1843)

Peter Gaillard
Born about in Saint Jame's Parish James Island, Charleston, South Carolina, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Died at about age 60 in Saint Stephen Parish, Charleston, South Carolina, United Statesmap
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Biography

Peter Gaillard of Heyden Hill Plantation (also known as Iron Head Plantation) married Elizabeth Gourdin. They had 8 children.

Elizabeth Porcher Gaillard 1807–1830
Eleanor Ellinor Cordes Gaillard 1810–1888
Peter Theodore Gaillard 1811–1821
William Mazyck Gaillard 1812–1902
Henrietta Catherine Gaillard 1813–1817
Eugene McBride Gaillard 1817–1895
Louis Gourdin Gaillard 1819–1821
Harriet Porcher Gaillard 1828–1893

Slaves

Peter Gaillard was a slaveholder. His probate papers list the 225 enslaved in lots, each lot appears to be a family.[1]

For more information please see the Heyden Hill Plantation page.[2]

Sources

  1. South Carolina Probate Re... Bound Volumes, 1671-1977: "South Carolina Probate Re... Bound Volumes, 1671-1977"
    Catalog: Charleston County, South Carolina inventories, appraisements & sales, ca. 1834-1867 ca. 1834-1850
    Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 > Charleston > Inventories, Appraisements, Sales, 1839-1844, Vol. A > image 219 of 636; Citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
    FamilySearch Image (accessed 21 March 2022)
    • 21 Feb 1843, p.378-381
  2. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Slaves_of_Peter_Gaillard_1783-1843
  • Register of Carolina Huguenots, Vol. 2, Dupre - Manigault page 687 by Horry Frost Prioleau & Edward Lining Manigault [1]




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