The Kiawah Plantation Book, 1854-1861, is kept by a member of the Vanderhorst Family for their estate Kiawah Plantation on Kiawah Island, South Carolina. The book includes the names of enslaved men, women and children, mentions of slave allowances, blankets given out to slaves, payments to the overseer and information related to crops and livestock.
The Weehaw Plantation Journal, 1855-1861, is a journal of Weehaw Plantation, near Georgetown regarding birth, death, duties, vaccinations, tasks and allowances of enslaved people, plantation expenses, names of overseers, listings of rice crops, clothing for enslaved people, cattle, yearly accounts, tools, usage of fields, vegetable garden production, medicines, house groceries and contracts. The journal is also used as a partial diary regarding the plantation with comments on Abraham Lincoln's inaugural address, secession of South Carolina, the days leading up to the attack on Fort Sumpter, the day of the attack on Fort Sumpter, lists of enslaved persons winter and summer clothes and mentions of recruiting for Hampton's Legion for the Confederate States of America. Loose papers found within the journal contain names of enslaved persons and notes on the plantation.
The Robert F.W. Allston Account Book, 1855-1864, records financial accounts for crops such as rice and corn as well as the names of enslaved people on the plantation.
The Andrew Hasell Medical Account Book between the years 1845-1856 is a book listing Dr. Andrew Hasell's visitations to ill or injured patients on various plantations throughout Georgetown County, South Carolina. His book documents the diseases, injuries, surgical procedures, medical fees and deaths of patients that include enslaved men, women, and children.
Volume Two of the Benjamin Perry's Wards Collection contains the account of Jeremiah Jackson Miles. Accounts show expenses for items such as shoes, clothing, cloth, travel, boarding fees, tuition for the Citadel Academy, income from interest and the wages of slaves. The enslaved men and women are listed as: Amey, March, Mark, Miley and Peter.
Volume One of the Benjamin Perry's Wards Collection contains the account of John Allen Miles kept by his guardian, Benjamin Perry. Accounts show expenses for items such as shoes, clothing, cloth, travel, boarding fees, tuition for the Citadel Academy, income from interest and the wages of slaves. The enslaved men and women are listed as: Bill, Clarissa, Hector, Judy, Primus and Will.
