Letter to Langdon Cheves Jr. from Langdon Cheves Sr. in Pendleton on the runaway enslaved man Jim. Langdon Cheves Sr. writes about an advertisement he read in the newspaper about a "runaway, negro man who calls himself Jim" who has been imprisoned and "belongs to Judge Cheves on Savannah River." He further writes that his son should consider using "light iron" to prohibit Jim from running away again.
Letter to Langdon Cheves Jr. from Langdon Cheves Sr. in Abbeville on sickness and an advertisement in the paper regarding the runaway enslaved man Jim owned by "Judge Cheves." He writes that his son should use "light iron" on Jim as well as hire a guard to watch over him at the plantation.
A bill of sale for seventeen enslaved persons purchased by Langdon Cheves Sr. from James Gray, Master in Equity, for $6,670. The names of the enslaved persons are Andrew, Betty, Celia, Jack, Colonel, Chloe, Simon, Cain, Cudjo, Cyrus, Mingo, Judy, Daphne, Sampson, Amelia, Mary, and William.
Letter to Langdon Cheves Jr. from Langdon Cheves Sr. discussing a spread of whooping cough on the plantation and the enslaved man Jim who ran away. Cheves' explains that if any enslaved person runs away, they should be sought for at Guerards at New River Bridge as a few of the enslaved persons at Cheves' plantations were bought from that slaveholder.
A bill of sale for four enslaved persons in Savannah, Georgia from Henry K. Burroughs to Langdon Cheves Sr. for $1,150. The names of the enslaved persons are Clarissa, Jim, Dany, and Alfredo.
A bill of sale for six enslaved persons in Savannah, Georgia from John S. Law to Langdon Cheves Sr. for $2,350. The names of the enslaved persons are July, "Shumonz," Bob, Elsy, Sary, and Chloe.
A bill of sale for eleven enslaved persons purchased by Langdon Cheves Sr. from the estate of Samuel Venning for $3,560. The names of the enslaved persons are Jimmy, Lizzy, Maurice, Phoebe, Polly, Frank, Flora, Scilla, Charlotte, Jane, and Jim.
A bill of sale for five enslaved persons purchased by Langdon Cheves Sr. from the estate of William E. Turnbull for $3, 615. The names of the enslaved persons are Hannibal and his wife Rose, Dorset and his wife Beck, and a woman named Willoby.
A letter to Langdon Cheves Sr. from Huger discussing selling enslaved persons to pay back a $4,000 debt from purchasing thirteen enslaved persons and their families.
A list of 152 enslaved persons. Notations include the first names of each enslaved person, their role on the plantation and the name of their parent(s).
Two entries for the sale of sixteen enslaved persons for the "purpose of foreclosing a mortgage" from James Portell to Legrand Walker and the Bank of South Carolina. The names of the enslaved persons are listed as John, Pallace, Judy, Tommy, Lydia, Elsey, Isaac, Sylvia, Mary, Billy, Clora, Linah, Stephen, Maryann, Juno, and Ben.
A bill of sale for fifty-four enslaved persons sold by Hugh Rose, administrator of the estate and effects of Catherine Coffie, deceased. Rose sold the enslaved persons to Langdon Cheves Sr. for $14,812.75
