1770-1779, 1760-1769, 1740-1749, 1750-1759, 1720-1729, and 1730-1739
Description:
The Ball Family Account and Blanket Book, 1720-1778, includes lists of purchases, expenses, blankets given out to enslaved persons, and names/ages of enslaved persons at Midway, Limerick, Comingtee and Kensington Plantations. The book includes a loose list of enslaved men with their place of birth and ages, ca. 1750, currently on exhibit at the South Carolina Historical Society Museum.
The Foaling Register, 1745-1777, is a bound register kept by Elias Ball II recording the selling and purchasing of horses, mules and mares and the births of colts at Kensington and Limerick Plantations.
A list of enslaved children born between 1758-1817. Information includes the name of the enslaved child, their date of birth and occasionally, the name of their mother and father.
A copy of the last will and testament of Judith Ball in which she bequeaths household furniture and pistols to her son John Coming Ball, furniture and chinaware to her daughter Jane Ball, and the enslaved man Jacob and the enslaved women Rinah and Violet to her daughter Eleanor Ball. The remainder of the will divides Judith Ball's money and estate among her children and appoints her executors.