1. John Ball Plantation Account Book, 1812-1834
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2. Henry Ravenel Medical Book, 1816-1834
- Date:
- 1830-1839, 1810-1819, and 1820-1829
- Description:
- The Henry Ravenel Medical Book, 1816-1834 records medical visits and prescriptions for families and their slaves by physician Henry Ravenel. Families seeking medical treatment include Porcher, Dubois, Gaillard, Foxworth, Marion, Moore, Ravenel, Broughton and many others. Some of the diseases and injuries being treated are rheumatic diseases, fevers, fractures, kidney disease, a miscarriage, and an amputation on a child slave.
3. Account of Enslaved Persons and Various Stories, 1831-1844
- Date:
- 1840-1849 and 1830-1839
- Description:
- The Account of Enslaved Persons and Various Stories, 1831-1844, is kept by or for a member of the Ball family. The first half of the account book contains various lists of enslaved men, women and children owned by John Ball at Comingtee/Stoke, Kensington and Midway Plantations in Berkeley County, South Carolina. These lists include enslaved persons given first or second quality blankets, cloth, clothes and osnaburg fabric as well as lists of pregnant enslaved women or enslaved infants given clothes. The second half of the book contains stories retold by various persons on topics such as an eyewitness account of the Steamship Pulaski Disaster in 1838, stories of enslaved persons including the execution of an enslaved man, stories about the family of George Chicken, eyewitness accounts of the British occupation in Charleston during the Revolutionary War, numerous ghost stories and an account of the first settlers of Charlestown.
4. Springfield Plantation Journal, 1831 - 1864
- Date:
- 1840-1849, 1830-1839, and 1850-1851-1860-1869
- Description:
- The Springfield Plantation Journal, 1831-1864 owned by Francis Withers and later John Ward is a record of the enslaved men, women and children on Springfield Plantation in Georgetown County, South Carolina. The journal includes agricultural information and business records for rice and corn as well as harvesting data throughout the county. Also recorded in the Springfield Plantation Journal are births of children born into slavery, loose pages from the journal and a 1864 letter by J.H Thompson, Office of the Clerk of Court from Horry District requesting the prescence of Mr. W.H. Tucker, R. Poston and W. M. Oliver for an election of a new sheriff.
5. Ball Family Blanket Book, 1835-1840
- Date:
- 1840 and 1830-1839
- Description:
- The Ball Family Blanket Book, 1835-1840, is a bound volume kept by or for members of the Ball family. The volume includes yearly lists of blankets given to enslaved persons. Blankets are sometimes noted as being "first quality" or "second quality."
6. Peter Gaillard Jr. Plantation Journal
- Date:
- 1850-1859, 1840-1849, 1830-1839, and 1820-1829
- Description:
- The Peter Gaillard Jr. Plantation Journal (1825-1851) is a bound volume written by Peter Gaillard Jr. and other members of the Gaillard family for Rocks Plantation. The volume consists of names of the enslaved people on the property as well as registers of births and deaths, statements and financial accounts related to the farming and selling of cotton as well as tax returns for the estate of S. Gaillard.
7. Good Hope Plantation Journal
- Date:
- 1850-1859, 1860, 1840-1849, and 1830-1839
- Description:
- The Good Hope Plantation Account Book is a bound volume containg accounts of plantation finances and slaves at Good Hope Plantation which was inherited by Joseph Dulles from Ann Heatley Reid Lovell. Entries include the delivery of slaves to Augustus Marshall with the names and ages of each slave and other notations concerning to which states they were sent and occasionally dates of death. Also included are entries listing plantation stock, crops, and other goods, including the names of buyers and prices paid. Cash accounts recorded in the book include amounts paid for slaves and numerous goods. Other entries includes proceeds from plantation stock sales. Loose papers contain information about the amount of cotton produced, names of overseers and the names of slaves, their parents, births and death dates, ages and diseases. The names of the male slaves are listed as: Aaron, Abel, Abram, Adam, Alick, Amos, Anderson, Andrew, Asbury, Bedney, Beek, Benjamin, Biddy, Bill, Billy, Born, Boston, Burge, Caleb, Captain, Cato, Cesar, Chance, Charles, Christian, Clifton, Colin, Cuffee, D. Cyrus, Daniel, Dave, Derrill, Dick, Doctor, Edmund, Edward, Elijah, Ellison, Ephraim, Gabriel, Geofrey, George, Hal, Harry, Hector, Henry, Isaac, Ishmael, Israel, Jack, Jacob, Jake, James, Jaspar, Jeffrey, Jemmy, Jenkins, Jesse, Joe, John, Johnson, Jolly, Jonas, Joshua, Juliann, July, Junius, Lawrence, Leriel, Lewis, Lewy, Linus, Luke, Majin, Major, March, Marek, Mark, Marlbro, Matthew, Mattro, Mike, Minty, Moses, Myers, Nat, Nathan, Ness, Nestor, Paul, Peter, Peter, Primus, Prince, Prince, Reid, Reuty, Richard, Sabb, Sambo, Samuel, Sepio, Shadrach, Sharper, Shepherd, Simmons, Solomon, Stephen, Stepney, Sumter, Thisby, Timothy, Titus, Tom, Uriah, Washington and William. The names of the female slaves are listed as:Abby, Adeline, Affy, Amanda, Amelia, Anny, Beck, Bella, Bess, Betsy, Betty, Biddy, Bridget, Candace, Carolina, Caroline, Celena, Charity, Clara, Clarinda, Clarissa, Claudia, Cyrus, Daphne , Debby, Diana, Dolly, Down Country, Duck, Elisha, Eliza, Elizabeth, Elizza, Ellen, Elsey/Elsy, Emma, Esther, Eve, Fanny, Fillis, Flora, Friday, Friendly, Gadsy, Georgiana, Gipsey, Hannah, Harriet, India, Jane, Jemima, Jenessa, Jenny, Julia, Juliana, June, Laura, Leah, Ledice, Lena, Leressa, Letetia, Lettice, Louisa, Lucy, Lycia, Lydia, March, Margaret, Maria, Mary, Mary Ann, Melia, Meta, Miley, Milly, Minta, Molly, Nancy, Nanny, Nelly, Ness, Paddy, Patty, Phebe, Phillis, Phoebe, Pidgeon, Polly, Puss, Rachel, Rebecca, Rina, Ritta, Rose, Rosilla, Roxana, Ruth, Sarah, Shannon, Sinda, Sophia, Summer, Susanna, Sylbia, Sylvia, Teresa, Titea and Violet.