John Ball Plantation Account Book, 1812-1834

Title:

John Ball Plantation Account Book, 1812-1834

Date:

1830

Description:

The John Ball Plantation Account Book, 1812-1834, is an indexed account book kept by overseers at various plantations owned by the Ball family. Overseers named are John Cox, Arthur McFarland, Samuel Lynes, Alexander McKnight, Britton Bunch, John Dickson, Thomas Fincklea, James Coward, and John Page. Of particular interest are two different accounts, one with William Deas, referred to as a "Mulatto" and the other "Free Nancy," a free black woman at Limerick Plantation who was buying and trading rice and sugar.

Collection Title:

Ball Family Papers, 1631-1895

Contributing Institution:

South Carolina Historical Society

Media Type:

Manuscripts

Personal or Corporate Subject:

Ball family

Topical Subject:

Slave records, Slaveholders, Account books, Plantations--South Carolina, Slavery--South Carolina, Plantation overseers, Racially mixed people, Salaries, Hire, Wages, Freed persons, Enslaved women, Enslaved persons, and Enslaved children

Geographic Subject:

South Carolina, Limerick Plantation (S.C.), Kensington Plantation (Berkeley County, S.C.), Comingtee Plantation (S.C.), and Midway Plantation Site (S.C.)

S.C. County:

Berkeley County (S.C.)

Language:

English

Shelving Locator:

11-516B-70 (1134.00)

Date Digital:

2023-06

Digitization Specifications:

600 dpi, 24-bit depth, color, Epson Expression 10000XL. 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:

292148