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
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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.
FRONT: Plat is on the northside of the Ashley River. Contains 200 acres. BACK: Plat contains 36 acres on the North side of the Ashley River. Names associated with this plat are Richard Baker, Elibee Baker, John Baker, Josiah Baker, John Guptan, James Cantley [?], James Glen, John Stevens, Joseph Child, John Ainslee, Richard Baker, William Cattell and George Hunter. Notable geographic locations include St. George's Parish, Ashley River and Berkeley County.
The last will and testament of Elias Ball I in which he leaves Comingtee Plantation to his son Elias Ball II, tracts of land referred to as Dockum Plantation, land known as "Eveleigh's Land," the enslaved man "Sambo" and Lot No. 49 in Charlestown to his son John Coming Ball, money and the remainder of a lot in Charlestown to his daughter Eleanor Laurens, and a pew to his children at St. Phillips Church.
Plat includes 624 acres surveyed for Gideon DuPont. Plat does not contain structures. Names associated with this plat are Gideon DuPont, William Thomas Elliot, Captain Daniel Godin, and Middleton. Notable geographic locations are St. Bartholomew's Parish, the Ashepoo River and Deer Creek.
26 acres of land exchanged by John Stanyarn with Col. John Gibbes in the north side of Marshall's Creek on John's Island. Bounding on the south on lands belonging to the said Stanyarn and on all other sides on lands of John Gibbes. Laid out in 1753. Names associated with this plat are John Stanyarn, John Gibbes and Wilkins. Notable geographic locations include Johns Island and Marshall's Creek.
The Charles Pinckney Account Book, 1753, is an account book that includes rental rolls, listings of slaves, lists of titles, acreage allotments and deeds of real estate. Many of the slaves referenced in the account book are listed by first name, their slave family as well as their age.
