A letter from financial agent George Lockey to John Ball Sr. discussing the purchase of Lockey's Santee property and enslaved persons. The other side of the document lists the number of acres and that 150 enslaved persons live on the plantation.
The Edinburgh Evening Courant on Thursday, September 15, 1808, where the graduation of William James Ball, Doctor in Medicine, is mentioned on page three, classes opened at the University of Edinburgh, the speech of William Adam, a list of publications, job openings for a farm overseer and a "man servant" for a small family, and a list of men who obtained "Game Certificates." The remainder of the newspaper posts various lands and properties for sale, excerpts from foreign newspapers, and private correspondences.
A receipt from Saxby stating that John Hentie paid one pound for two years "Quit-rent "due to the crown, and paid the Lord Carteret for three hundred acres of land.
An inventory and appraisement of the estate of Judith Ball, deceased, listing the names and valuations of the enslaved men, women, and children she owned.
A letter from Elias Ball IV at Limerick Plantation to Elias "Wambaw" Ball III exiled in Bristol, England discussing a testimonial for Elias Ball III's property, specifically the sale of a portion in Georgetown, the state of the corn crop, the "unfavorable spring" for Santee and PeeDee Plantations, and a lawsuit against John Ball.
A tax return for Elias Ball III for acres, pine land, two carriage wheels, 246 enslaved persons, four enslaved persons at the property of Miss Ball and eighty enslaved persons under the account for John Moultrie Jr.
