“Pursuant to a War- Mitchell Esquire Surveyor General [having been] admeasured and laid out unto John Griggs a tract of land containing one hundred and ninety (190) acres situated in Charleston District on the South side of Ashepoo River Bounded South-Westwardly on Lands of [?] Ladson, and part on Mr. Smiths lands on all other sides upon the said Ashepoo River and hath such form and marks as the above plat represents. Certified...this 26 day of June 1786 William Tate D. S." Names associated with this plat are John Griggs, William Tate, Ladson, Smith, Peter Freneau, and Ephraim Mitchell.
Plat contains 360 acres. Plat includes sketch of house. Names associated with this plat include John Glen, Ephraim Mitchell, Crip, Daniel Cannon, and John Richards. Notable geographic locations include St. James Parish, Goose Creek and Charleston District.
4000 acre plot of land for James Peach with its natural boundaries being rivers instead of property lines, also shows surrounding properties and their names. Names associated with this plat are James Peach, Lowright and Ellis Barce. Notable geographic locations include New River, Wrights River, Daufuskie Island, New River, Wright’s River, The North River, Cuningham Point, Savannah River, Black Oyster Bank, Turrapin Beech, Pine Island Creek, Red Bluff, and Townbridge Landing.
Plat of 1000 acres on the Scull Creek belonging to John Luck. Details include the areas of the creek and minimal buildings. Names associated with this plat are John Luck and J.B. Gerardeau. Notable geographic locations include Hilton Head Island, Cotton Hope Plantation, Fairlawn, St. Luke's Parish and Scull Creek.
Volume (gathering of ten sheets) entitled "Observations on the Culture of Rice" is a copy of writings by "Mr. Butler of Santee in the year 1786" attributed to Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. Loose sheets bearing the same title give instructions and advice concerning the planting and growing of rice crops in South Carolina.
Copy of a letter between Elias "Wambaw" Ball and Elias Ball III in Charleston discussing trouble with the rice business, orders of "negro cloth, blankets, & plantation tools," confiscated property, the sale of fifty enslaved persons at Georgetown, asking to own the enslaved man Pino and his family where Pino can work as a driver, the overseer named Comings and unpaid taxes.
Information on the purchase of the plantation on Back River which includes enslaved persons bought at a sale, number of acres and the notation that eighty-six enslaved persons are on the property, specifically twenty-six men, twenty-eight women and thirty-two children.
Copy of a letter between Elias "Wambaw" Ball and Elias Ball III at Limerick Plantation discussing the departure of his friend "Moultrie" to England, the death of Elias Ball II from a "disorder in the bowels," the will of Elias Ball II, the corn, rice and indigo crop, wind and rain storms, "negro cloth," and a "great disturbance in the country."
Copy of a letter between Elias Wambaw" Ball and Elias Ball III at Limerick Plantation discussing invoices from Mr. Vanderhorst for goods, paper money, shipping rice to Bristol and aid in finding an overseer and driver.
A torn letter from Elias Ball IV to Elias "Wambaw" Ball III exiled in Bristol, England discussing a shipment of corn and rice sent to Bristol, an impending visit from William Moultrie Jr., a referral from General Marion, and notations on the House of Assembly.
