Peter Gaillard Jr. Plantation Journal

Title:

Peter Gaillard Jr. Plantation Journal

Date:

1850

Creator (Personal):

Gaillard, Peter Jr., 1783-1843

Description:

The Peter Gaillard Jr. Plantation Journal (1825-1851) is a bound volume written by Peter Gaillard Jr. and other members of the Gaillard family for Rocks Plantation. The volume consists of names of the enslaved people on the property as well as registers of births and deaths, statements and financial accounts related to the farming and selling of cotton as well as tax returns for the estate of S. Gaillard.

Collection Title:

Gaillard Family Papers, 1758-1901

Contributing Institution:

South Carolina Historical Society

Media Type:

Manuscripts

Topical Subject:

Slave labor, Agriculture, Cotton, Accounts, Death, Plantations, Finance, Nineteenth century, Registers of birth, etc, Tax returns, Enslaved persons, Selling--Cotton, and Enslaved children

Geographic Subject:

South Carolina

S.C. County:

Berkeley County (S.C.)

Language:

English

Shelving Locator:

11/149/15 (1033.00)

Date Digital:

2021-12

Digitization Specifications:

400 dpi, 24-bit depth color, Bookeye 4 Basic. Archival masters are tiffs.

Format:

image/jpeg

Copyright Status Statement:

Public domain.

Access Information:

For more information and re-use requirements contact the South Carolina Historical Society, Charleston, SC, 29401.

Admin ID:

278512