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1. Account Book of Enslaved Persons Belonging to Henry and Rene Ravenel, 1771-1867

Account Book of Enslaved Persons Belonging to Henry and Rene Ravenel, 1771-1867
Date:
1850-1859, 1860-1869, 1770-1779, 1780-1789, 1840-1849, 1830-1839, 1800-1809, 1810-1819, 1820-1829, and 1790-1799
Description:
The Account Book of Enslaved Persons Belonging to Henry and Rene Ravenel, 1771-1867 records the enslaved children born under the ownership of Henry or Rene Ravenel. The lists include the first name of the child, their parents, date of birth and occasionally includes notes of death or if purchased by another slave owner. This book contains a second use written upside down and back to front.

2. Record of Claremont Church, 1808-1865

Record of Claremont Church, 1808-1865
Date:
1850-1859, 1860-1869, 1840-1849, 1830-1839, 1800-1809, 1810-1819, and 1820-1829
Description:
The Record of Claremont Church, 1808-1865, is a bound volume that records lists of communicants, baptisms for infants and adults, burials for confederate soldiers and church members, confirmations and marriages performed. Each section includes entries for both enslaved people, freed persons, and white church members. The entries for enslaved people often include the names of their parents or mother, age, name of their slave owner or if they are free.

3. Robert F.W. Allston Receipt Book, 1823-1863

Robert F.W. Allston Receipt Book, 1823-1863
Date:
1850-1859, 1860-1869, 1840-1849, 1830-1839, and 1820-1829
Description:
The Robert F.W. Allston Receipt Book, 1823-1863, records receipts received by Robert Allston for payments made to numerous overseers, carpenters and family members. Examples of receipts found in the book include wages for overseers at Nightingale Hall Plantation, Exchange Plantation and Matanza Plantation, later known as Chicora Wood, as well as purchases of enslaved persons and travel expenses.

4. J. J. Miles in a/c with Benjamin Perry Account Book

J. J. Miles in a/c with Benjamin Perry Account Book
Date:
1850-1859, 1860-1869, and 1840-1849
Description:
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.

5. John Allen Miles Account Book

John Allen Miles Account Book
Date:
1850-1859, 1860-1869, and 1840-1849
Description:
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.

6. Gourdin Plantation Journal

Gourdin Plantation Journal
Date:
1850-1859, 1860-1869, and 1840-1849
Description:
The Gourdin Plantation Journal owned by Peter Gourdin of Cote Bas Plantation is a journal written in 1865 filled with mostly blank pages but when applicable, contains lists of slaves and later freedmen, women and children on the plantation documenting their names, ages, deaths and relationships from the 1840s to 1860s. The names of the former slaves and later freedmen, women and children on the plantation are listed as: Alick, Amey, Andy, Bandz, Bathesheba, Bep/Young Bep, Betty, Binkey, Bitty, Buchanan, Camda, Camdan, Caroline, Cato, Caty, Charlotte, Charly, Cinda, Cretia, Davis, Dennis, Diana, Dinah, Dolly, Ede, Edmund, Emery, Emma, Ephraim, Fillmore, Frank Pina, Frederick, Hagar, Hannah, Hector, Hesther, Jackson, James, Jane, Jenny, Jim/Big Jim/Little Jim, Jimmy/Jimy, Joe, John, Julia, June, Lavinia, Lenah, Linah, Lyndy, March, Margaret, Martha, Mary, Minda, Miria, Nanny, Old Sam, Part, Patuna, Peggy/Old Peggy, Pompey, Rachel, Richard, Rinty, Rock, Sally, Sampson, Samuel, Sarah, Silvy, Smart, Stephen and Toney.

7. South Mulberry Plantation Journal

South Mulberry Plantation Journal
Date:
1850-1859, 1890-1899, 1880-1889, 1870-1879, 1860-1869, 1840-1849, and 1900-1910
Description:
The South Mulberry Plantation Journal is a bound journal kept by Sandford William Barker containing farming records of South Mulberry Plantation and agricultural experiments carried out in Berkely County, South Carolina. Details within the journal include lists of crop acreage, experiments on wood from various trees by Dr. Julius Porcher, experiments with rice by Sandford Barker and lists of enslaved men, women and children containing their names, occupations, birth dates and death dates. The names of the slaves are listed as: Adam, Alsey, Amelia, Amy, Anna, April, August, Becks, Billy, Cain, Catto, Chance, Charlotte, Cloe, Delia, Dinah, Dorilla, Dover, Edward, Emma, Grace, Hannah, Harriet, Hector, Hercules, Isaac, Jackson, James, Juno, Kittan, Lucas, Lucy, Luddy, Maria, Marianne, Mary, Melinda, Nancy, Nippy, November, Palsey, Phoebe, Rachel, Ralph, Robin, Sabina, Sam, Samuel, Samy, Sarah, Saulsbery, Susan, Susannah, Susette, Tom and Venus.