The Orderly Book of Col. Daniel Horry, 1779, is an orderly book of Commander Col. Daniel Horry's SC Light Dragoons kept by John Ball Sr. during the Revolutionary War. The volume includes information pertaining to the appointing's of military officers such as Major Hezekiah Maham, notes on military drills and roll calls, notes from the camp at Stono and various names of sergeants and lieutenants.
The General William Moultrie and General Benjamin Lincoln Order Book, 1779 is a bound volume kept by Thomas Hall, captain in the 2nd South Carolina Regiment containing general orders (May 15-Sept.27) given by General William Moultrie in Charleston, South Carolina, and orders (Nov. 6-Dec. 31) given by General Benjamin Lincoln. Orders pertain to paroles, appointments, court martial records (with sentences including lashings and executions for crimes such as desertion, mutiny, and treason), officers, rations for women, and other matters.
Letter from Eliza Lucas Pinckney to her daughter Hariott Horry concerning family matters, a female enslaved person (referenced as "my little maid"), wallpaper, seeds, and clothes.
Published in 1782, the Tobler almanac for South Carolina and Georgia contains a Charleston City Directory and listing of the Charleston Board of Police in addition to weather forecasts, planting information, tide table, household remedies, and other folklore. The almanac is 32 pages long and contains one illustration concerning the anatomy of a man's body governed by the twelve constellations.
A tripartite indenture between John Bryan, his wife Lydia Simons Bryan, Benjamin Simons, and John Ball Sr. The indenture is for the marriage settlement between Lydia Simons and John Bryan, Lydia Simons' entitlement to land and enslaved persons, and a release of trust to Benjamin Simons and John Ball Sr.
An inventory and appraisement of the estate of Judith Ball, deceased, listing the names and valuations of the enslaved men, women, and children she owned.
The division of enslaved persons owned by Judith Ball. Information includes the names of the enslaved persons, their valuations, and the notation that the enslaved boys Almanza and Bob were exchanged.
