The Horlbeck Daybook, 1835-1837, was kept by members of the Horlbeck building and architectural business. Included in the daybook are lists of work done for clients such as remodeling, repair, or construction. Buildings worked on include the jail, St. Stephen's Chapel, the Fire Master's Department, and the Poor House. The descriptions include types of materials used and the number of Black and White employees working. Black employees consist of enslaved and freed persons.
An account book for the finances of All Saints Parish Church in Georgetown, South Carolina, from 1835 until 1854, recorded by Alexander Glennie, rector of the church. This book also includes records of membership dues paid for the Spirit of Missions.
The Stoney Account Book, 1837-1838, and Plantation Daybook, 1852 is a bound volume kept by the Stoney family, possibly John Stafford Stoney, in which the first half of the book documents payments for shipping, freights, wharfage and commissions from GM Thompson, Wade Hampton II, William Cunningham, Robert E. Russell, Mary Hampton, Horace Osborne & Co., John Preston, and Nesbit Manufacturing Co. The second half of the book was written by a plantation overseer at Medway Plantation in which he documents the tasks performed by enslaved people and the slaves who missed work due to sickness. The names of the slaves are listed as: Abraham, Andrew, Beck, Bella, Bess, Binah, Bob, Brooke, Celia, Cesar, Charlot, Cily, Dido, Dinah/Old Dinah, Dolly, Edward, Elsey, Grace, Hector, Hercules, Jack, Jackey, Kate, Maully, Moses, Old Elley, Old Felix, Old Jerry, Peter, Philaskey, Philis, Pussy, Quash, Robert, Robin, Rosannah, Sam, and Samey.
The James Simons Account Book, 1838-1854, contains financial information for Mrs. Harleston Simons in account with James Simons. Accounts include payments made for shoes, clothing, slave badges, and wages for enslaved persons. The names of the enslaved persons are written as Martha, Billy, John, Sammy, Annette, Lydia, Charlotte, and Richard.
The Journal of Robert Barnwell is a record of names for the enslaved men, women and children between the years 1838-1859. The slaves are recorded at the locations of Cotton Hope Plantation, Bulls Point Plantation, Briars Plantation and Woodward Plantation in Beaufort County, South Carolina. The journal also records inventory lists for items such as tobacco and cattle and lists the blanket and clothing distributions for the slaves. Loose papers include a copy of the last Will and Testament of William Hazzard Wigg Barnwell. The names of the enslaved men are; Aaron, Abram, Adam, Arthur, Ben, Billy, Bolton, Charles, Charley, Cudjoe, Cuffee, Cyrus, Dandy, Daniel, David, Delin, Dick/ O. Dick, Diddy, Die, Dizzy, Dole, Edward, Frank/Frank S., Frederick, George, Hagar, Harry/ O. Harry, Henry, Isaac, Israel/ D. Israel, Jacky, Jacob, James, Jimmy, Joe, John/Johny/Jonny, Jordan, Joseph, Joshua, Lackey, Lary, Luis, March, Marcus, Mill, Miller, Milton, Moes, Moses, Ned, Neptune, Paul, Peter, Primus, Prince/ O. Prince, Renty/ D. Renty, Richard, Sacky, Sam/Sammy, Sampson, Solomon, Stephen, Straban, Tom, Toney, Wanby, Will, William
The name of the enslaved women are listed as; Abby, Affy, Amelia, Amy/ L. Amy/ O. Amy/ Old Amy, Annie, Baby, Becca, Beps, Betty, Binah, Catharine, Celia, Charlotte/ O. Charlotte, Chloe/ O. Chloe/ Old Chloe, Clarinda, Cornelia, Daphne, Delia, Dinah, Doll, Ellen, Emmeline, Eudina, Eve, Evelina, Fanny, Fatima, Flora, Fortiba, Fortune, Grace, Hannah, Helen, Hester, Hetty, Isabele, Janette, January, Jenny, Joan, Kate, Kit, Liddy, Lindy/ O. Lindy, Lizzy, Louisa, Lucy, Maria/ B. Maria, Marian, Martha, Mary, Miley, Minna,, Nancy, Nanny, Nelly, Peggy, Philis/Phillis/S. Philis, Phobe, Polly. Rebeca, Rinah, Ritta, Robin, Rose/ O. Rose/S. Rose, Sarah, Sary, Siah, Stephen, Stetty, Sue, Susannah, Sylla, Tenha, Tyrah
The Horlbeck Cash and Estimate Book, 1839-1849, was kept by members of the Horlbeck building and architectural business. The first half of the book is a cash book listing expenses and income. Expenses were for laborers described as white and "negroe", lime, bricks and "negro cloth." The second half of the book lists projected costs, lists of supplies, descriptions and occasional floor plans and drawings for structures to be built, repaired, and remodeled. Buildings include a dwelling house for a "Colored Man" and an Engine House.
The Horlbeck Ledger, 1839-1847, is a bound volume by members of the Horlbeck building and architectural business. The book records work done for clients White and Black employees and specifies the type of repair, remodeling or construction jobs and supplies. Black employees are comprised of enslaved persons and freed men and women.
The Account Book of Enslaved Persons Bequeathed to Mrs. Elizabeth B. Lowndes and Charles C. Pinckney, 1841-1857, is a bound volume composed of accounts for individual enslaved persons given by Mrs. T.M. Pinckney from Eldorado Plantation and from Mrs. E. B Lowndes' late husband. Each account lists the name of the enslaved person and slaveholder. Numerous entries contain notations on date of death or family members of that enslaved person.
The John Ball Memo Book, 1850-1851, is a bound volume listing crops at Hyde Park Plantation and the Villa as well as miscellaneous accounts for corking a dock, grass for cows, seeds for the garden, blue denim cloth, tobacco, ticking, shoes, molasses, tea and other household items. Also included is a list of men defaulting on militia duty and patrol service for January, March and April of 1851.
