The Account Journal, 1774-1777, was written by an unknown author recording financial accounts, tasks performed by enslaved persons, the planting of indigo, cotton, rice and corn and numerous memorandums between Paul Villepontoux and Peter Marion. A few journal entries reference enslaved persons who ran away from the plantations as well as verses pertaining to freedom and General George Washington. Journal contains entries from a second use, which are written upside down and interspersed with the first use.
An account between John Coming Ball Esq. with the estate of Maurice Simons, deceased. The account includes expenses for items such as knives, thread, brushes, ribbon, linen, cloth, buttons, and blankets.
A torn letter from Elias Ball III at Kensington Plantation to his brother John Ball in Charleston, South Carolina discussing the health of Edward "Ned" Simons and an offer about a gun.
A copy of the last will and testament of Judith Ball in which she leaves her son John Ball furniture and other household goods, her daughter Jane Ball furniture, china and "one negro man named Jacob, one negro wench Rinah" and "one other wench named Violet." Judith Ball leaves her daughter Eleanor Ball money, her son-in-law Elias Ball money and horses, her niece Esther Roberts money and the remainder of her estate to her children split evenly among them. The remainder of the will appoints Elias Ball and Robert Quash as executors.
The 2nd South Carolina Regiment Paybook, 1775, is a bound volume that was kept for the 2nd South Carolina Regiment. The paybook primarily consists of receipts that recorded the wages paid to the regiment’s officers. The paybook was kept by the regiment’s paymaster, Thomas Evance, from July to October of 1775, and most of the receipts were signed by the officer receiving his pay. Consequently, the paybook contains the signatures and pay information of many officers who served in the 2nd S.C. Regiment, including William Moultrie, Francis Marion, Isaac Motte, Peter Horry, Thomas Moultrie, and Charles Motte. A page towards the end of the book also contains genealogical information about the descendants of Thomas Evance.
