A list of lands and enslaved persons owned by John Ball which includes Back River Plantation, it's swamps, lands for cultivation, pine land, a carriage house, smoke house, overseer's house, store house, corn house, a cooper shop and twelve "negro" houses. The document also lists that there are four enslaved men above fifty years of age, eighteen enslaved men under fifty and above twelve, ten enslaved boys under the age of twelve, seven enslaved women above fifty years old, nineteen enslaved women under fifty and above twelve and twenty enslaved girls under twelve.
A letter from Lydia Bryan in Charleston, South Carolina to her niece Nancy Ball at Comingtee Plantation inquiring into the health of Jane suffering from a fever.
A handwritten letter in which Henry Middleton requests an introduction for his son, Harry Middleton, with the Committee of Citizens. He also briefly mentions the sale of his land.
The Henry Ravenel Medical Book, 1816-1834 records medical visits and prescriptions for families and their slaves by physician Henry Ravenel. Families seeking medical treatment include Porcher, Dubois, Gaillard, Foxworth, Marion, Moore, Ravenel, Broughton and many others. Some of the diseases and injuries being treated are rheumatic diseases, fevers, fractures, kidney disease, a miscarriage, and an amputation on a child slave.
John Ball's tax returns for the state tax that consists of lands and 454 enslaved persons in St. John's Parish, properties and sixty-two enslaved persons in St. Philip's Parish, marsh land, pine land and forty-four enslaved persons in Prince George and lands in Goose Greek.
