Slaves of Captain William Seabrook, South Carolina

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Surnames/tags: slavery seabrook

Contents 1 1837 Inventory 1.1 Johns Island 1.2 Oak Island Plantation 1.3 White Point Plantation 2 Sources

1837 Inventory

A true & perfect inventory of all the goods chattels & personal estate of William Seabrook late of Edisto Island 21st January 1837^[1]

Note:

• italicized names were willed to son George
• slaves with boldface names were left to daughter Mary Ann
• slaves with boldface values were left to daughter Sarah

Johns Island

John's Island Plantation

• Sam $700 Barbara $600
• Thomas $400 Sam $300 Hester $150
• Rose $100 Kitt $700 Minda $50 Harry $700
• Old Chloe $1 Martha $600 Phoebe $600
• Betsey $500, Aaaron $300, Cain $250
• Old George $600 Katy $400 Charles $400
• Primus $300 George $150 Ben $700
• Daphney $600 Old Abram $5 Jim $700
• Nanny $600 Hector $700 Hannah $600
• Hector $400 Hannah $300 $Peg $50
• Harriett $600 Linda $600 Bellah $500
• Peter $700 Suky $300 William $700
• John $400 Ralph $150 Dido $100
• Old Cain $250 Anthony $700 Rose $300
• Clarinda $600 Smart $700 Bellah $500
• Anthony $400 Dick $300 Mary $150
• Old Aaaron $50 Jeffrey $700 Sophia $600
• Sue $600 Eve $100 Sharper $100
• John/carr/ $700 Nanny $600 Old Judith $500
• Billy $700 Dolly $600 Cuffy $700
• Billy $700 Charlotte $600 Jim $400
• Robin $700 Lea $600 April $700
• Tena $600 Billy $400 Jupiter $700
• Jane $500, Lizzy $600, Martha $600
• Embra $600 Mary $600 Jasper $400
• Grace $250, Clarinda $100 Sandy $100
• Jimmy $700 Beck $600 Mag $600
• Rose $600 Grace $600 Jim $300
• Nan $150 Stephon $100 Cupid $700
• Juliet $600 Jack $300 Abel $700
• Venus $600 Betty $600 Hannah $600
• Cinda $300 Abel $250 Toney $700
• Maria $600 Celia $150 Betty $100
• Cain $700 Mila $600 Richard $100
• Byns $100 Quash $700 Amy $600
• Justice $500 Lawrence $600 Maryann $400
• Romeo $700 Mary $600, Sue $100
• Helen $100 Ben $300 Bess $300
• Cyrus $100 Stephen/Driver $700 Satira $200
• Diana $600 Isaac $700 Lydia $600
• Stephen $700 Celia $600 Peter $400
• Lucy $400 Rose $300 Sampson $150
• Eve $100 Cilla $100 Ellick $700
• Fanny $600 Clarissa $600 Pompey $700
• Hester $50, Myer??, $600 Taffy $600
• Clerbo $500 Prince $700 Sylvia $600
• August $100 Child of Sylvia $100 Old Primus $50
• Claudia $100 Old Rachael $5 Sharper $400
• Merrum $600 Sue $600 Kitt $500
• Lavinia $300 Myra $300 Sarah $150
• January $700 Hagar $600 Renty $700
• Cato $400 Agness $400 Ansell $700
• Tanner $600 Bacchus $600 Kate $600
• Moses $400 Susannah $400 Old Smart /carr/ $200
• Old Rose $5 Brister/carr/ $700 Nancy $500
• Bess $600 Pendar $600 Hannah $600
• Paul $500 Sandy $600 David $400
• Stephen $300 Peter $100 Stephney $700
• Flora $500 Beck $100 John $700
• Phillis $600 James $100 Peter $700
• Bellah $600 Maura Isaac $700
• Peg Clarissa $600 Monday $250 March $700
• Binah $600, Mary $700, Celia $600
• Dick $500, Old King $5, Hector $500

187 slaves, total value $86,521

Oak Island Plantation

Oak Island Plantation, Edisto Island, Charleston County, South Carolina

• Sammy $400, Hannah $600, Sandy $500
• Jessy $400, C Harry $700, Pendar $300
• August $700, Diah $400, Sam $500
• Nelson $400, Amy $250, Nanny $600
• Molly $600, Jim $200, Rose $150
• J Harry $700, Lavinia $600, Jerry $150
• S Harry $700, Beck $600, John $100
• N Harry $700, Maria $250, Nancy $150
• Peter $700, Hagar $150, John $500
• Peter $400, Tom $400, Katy $600
• Boney $700, Nelly $250, C Jimmy $400
• Bess $500, Pendar $250, B Jimmy $700
• Daphney $600, Sylvia $600, Chloe $400
• Raymond $400, Charlotte $300, Mary $150
• Ellen $250, Peggy $200, Bellah $300
• Eliza $150, Tom Flynn $700, Cyrus $500
• Francis $700, Eliza $600, Peg $400
• L George $700, Cis $600, Alfred $700
• Hannah $600, Davy $200, Rachael $150
• Sampson $500, Sarah $250, Rose $400
• Joe $100, Kit $700, Clarissa $250
• Amy $600, Old Sary $5, Shem $700
• Moll $600, Shem $300, Patience $600
• Sye $300, Charlotte $200, Rachael $10
• Jeffers $100, Hector $700, Andromache $50
• Rosamunda $600, Joe $200, Lucy $150
• Monemia $600, Chloe $600, Nancy $300
• Sye $700, Sophia $600, Martha $300
• Child of Sophia $100, Amos $700, Sally $300
• Jimmy $300, Primus $400, Ellick $700
• Rose $600, Ellick $150, Moses $100
• Prince $700, Beck $600, Joshua $400
• Charlotte $600, George $700, Bristol $250
• Isaac $200, Cupid $200, Carpr (carpenter) Dick $250
• Sam $200, Amy $600, Clarissa $600
• Old Pethinia $1, Hagar $150, Ned $700
• Betty $600, Dick $500, Margaret $600
• Ned $300, Rose $150, Juddy $600
• Charity $200, Bellah $600, James $250
• Maria $500, child of Maria $100, Jane $600
• Fanny $300, Hester $200, Katy $100
• Cuffy $400, Benebah $250, Tyra $600
• Gilbert $300, Prince $150, Maria $200
• Lydia $150, Amy $100, Frank $10
• Betty $10, Peter $1, Joe $700
• Mingo $700, Hagar $600, Old Jenny $300
• Lu $300, Lizzy $600, Gilbert $300
• Betsey $400, Emanuel $150, James $200
• Sampson $700, Cudjoe $700, Old Joe $50
• Flora $600, Alum? $600, Amy $300
• George $150, Sally $600, Scipio $400
• Jack $300, Amy $5, Hardtimes $300
• Joan $1, George $250, Boar Pig $700
• Juba $600, Dick $700, Tamar $600
• Eliza $600, York $700, Merrem $600
• Gabriel $300, Joe $300, Henry $500
• Ishmael $700, Nancy $500, Venus $600
• Peter $700, Nurse Mary $600, Mary $600
• Billy $300, Jacob $100, Sandy $700
• Jimmy $700, Billy $700, Old Phillis $50
• Moll $600, Anastasia $300, Ravenel $300
• Castor $200, Letitia $150, DeSaussure $100

186 slaves

White Point Plantation

White Point Plantation on Slann Island

• Prince $700, Susy $600, Old Tom $1
• Billy $700, Adam $500, Katy $150
• Bob $700, Eliza $600, Eve $250
• Adam $100, Dick $700, Phyllis $600
• Gaillard $300, Kasey $150, Hester $50
• Daniel $700, Ranny $600, John $100
• Eboe Tom $50, Titus $700, Peg $600
• Israel $300, Anthony $400, Delia $300
• Will $200, Chloe $150, Harry $700
• Juddy $200, Dic $500, Hannah $400
• Moses $700, Phillis $600, Selina $500
• Major $700, Charlotte, $400, Bob $700
• Sophia $200, Josiah $300, Morris $700
• Amy $600, Bellah $600, Poinsett $400
• Elsey $300, Tom $700, Silvy $600
• Will $500, Sam $400, Wilson $300
• Betsey $200, Thomas $150, Lot $700
• Peg $250, Hagar $600, Nanny $600
• Caesar $700, Amy $300, Elsy $200
• Toney $150, Netty/Nellie $100, Maxwell $700
• Mingo $700, Joe $700, Lindy $5
• Susannah $600, Hagar $600, Old Cretia $100
• Christiana $250, Lindy $200, Betty $100
• John $500, Dick $700, Tira $600
• Tom $500, Rose $100, Abel $700
• Mima $400, Peggy $600, Harris (Harriet) $400
• Luckey $700, Susy $600, Jimmy $400
• Daphney $250, Anthony $150, Bellah $100
• Leah $600, Clarissa $1, Tenah $400
• Caroline $400, Lizzy $250, Chloe $150
• William $150, Jesse $100, Isaac $300
• Morris $700, Rachael $250, Toney $400
• Bob $250, Rhina $150

Total number of slaves on three plantations - 475

His son George Washington Seabrook received the following slaves:

Sam, Barbara, Thomas, Sam, Hester, Rose, Ben, Daphny, Old Abraham, Peter, Sukey, William, John, Ralph, Dido, Old Cain, Anthony, Rose, Clarinda, Smart, Bella, Anthony, Dick, Mary, Robin, Leah, April, Tenah, Billy, Jupiter, Jane, Lizzy, Martha, Embra, Mary, Jasper, Grace, Clarinda, Sandy, Prince, Sylvia, August, Child (of Sylvia), Old King, Jimmy, Beck, Mag, Rose, Grace, Jim, Nan, Benn, Bess, Hector, Sandy, Jimmy, Billy, Phyllis, Moll, Anastasia, Ravenel, Castor, DeSaussure, Letitia, Lizzy, Gilbert, Betsey, Emanuel, James

total 69, value $28,860

His daughter Mary Ann Seabrook received the following slaves:

Prince, Susy, Old Tom, Billy, Adam, Katy, Dick, Phyllis, Gaillard, Kasey, Hester, Moses, Phyllis, Selina, Major, Charlotte, Morris, Rachael, Toney, Bob, Rinah, Dick, Tira, Tom, Rose, Abel, Mima, Peggy, Harriet, Leah, Clarissa, Tenah, Caroline, Lizzy, Chloe, William, Jesse, Mary, Billy, Jacob, Peter, Hagar, John, Peter, Kate, Tom, Bellah, James, Maria and child of Maria, Peter, Lot, Peg, Hagar, Nanny, Caesar, Amy, Elsey, Toney, Nelly/Netty, Maxwell, Stephen, York, Merrum, Gabriel, Joe, Henry, Monday

total 68, value $28,802

Note: All of the slaves Mary Ann inherited except for Monday came from either Oak Island or White Point Plantation and were grouped together. It's not clear which slave is the Stephen whom Mary Ann inherited. There are five slaves named Stephen (or variations) on John's Island Plantation, but none on the other plantations.

His daughter Sarah (Seabrook) Legare received the following slaves:

Bob, Eboe Tom, Christiana, Lindy, Betty, John, Harry, Juddy, Dic, Hannah, Bob, Sophia, Josiah, Morris, Amy, Bellah, Poinsett, Elsey, Tom, Sylvia, Will, Sam, Wilson, Betsey, Thomas, Joe, Lindsay, Susannah, Hagar, Old Cretia, Luckey, Susey, Jimmy, Daphney, Bellah, Anthony, Nurse Mary, Boar Pig, Juba, Dick, Tamar, Eliza, Ishmael, Nancy, Thomas, Venus, Titus, Peg, Israel, Anthony, Delia, Will, Chloe, Amos, Sally, Jimmy, Primus, Elick, Rose, Elick, Moses, Lavinia, Jerry

total 68, value $28,655

Sources

1. ↑ South Carolina Probate Re...d Loose Papers, 1732-1964: "South Carolina Probate Re...d Loose Papers, 1732-1964"
   Catalog: Charleston District, South Carolina estate inventories, 1732-1844 1810-1818 1819-1824 1819-1824 (indexed with last item) 1824-1844
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