A letter from Elias Ball III at Kensington Plantation to his brother John Ball in Charleston, South Carolina discussing a shipment of grapes delivered by the enslaved man Ben and a request for papers.
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.
True copy of Peter Sinkler plat contains 310 acres in Craven County [now in parts of Berkeley, Charleston, Georgetown, and Williamsburg counties] bounding northwest on land of Isaac Porcher and Rene Pyre, southeast on land of Robert Taylor and Rene Ravenel, and northwest on Santee River. Names associated with this plat are Peter Sinkler, Robert Taylor, Ephraim Mitchell, Rene Pyre, Isaac Porcher, Rene Ravenel, John Brernon, and Henry Mowlon. Notable geographic locations include St. James Parish, the Santee River and Craven County.
Plan of a tract of 1000 acres of land in Wall Eye Swamp in Craven County [now in parts of Berkeley, Charleston, Georgetown, and Williamsburg counties]. Names associated with this plat are Samuel Cooper, James Sinkler, Peter Sinkler, Isham Moore, John Bremar, and William Bull.
Plat of 4883 acres belonging to Thomas Smith. Very little detail, only the outline of the property is included. Names associated with this plat are Thomas Smith, General Oglethorpe, Smith, Thomas Elliott, Hugh Bryan, and Allen. Notable geographic locations include Granville.
A letter written by Elias Ball II to his brother John Ball at Kensington Plantation discussing travel, jackets and hiring a doctor for a medical opinion.
Plat of 500 acres granted to Robert Cahousac January 10,1771. Names associated with this plat are Robert Cahousac, Samuel Cooper, Gabriel Gigneliat [?], Mitchum, Witten, Zachariah Villeponteux, William Mazyck, Juxbury Lumber Co, William Washington, and Charles Parker. Notable geographic locations include St. Bartholomew's Parish and Charleston County.
