Copy of the Last Will and Testament of Benjamin Garden, 1789

Title:

Copy of the Last Will and Testament of Benjamin Garden, 1789

Date:

1789

Creator (Personal):

Garden, Benjamin, 1736-1789

Description:

A copy of the last will and testament of Benjamin Garden in which he divides his estate among his remaining relatives. States that the enslaved men Radcliff and Tom be "shipped off and sold to the Spaniards or at the Bay of Honduras..." Garden also frees the enslaved man named Taunton from "all further servitude" and the house "wench" Alley stating it is "my wish to liberate her from all future slavery." Makes notation that the enslaved persons Abram, Sarah, "Statyrah" and Moses are to be sold, and names enslaved persons to be moved to other family plantations.

Collection Title:

Pringle-Garden Family Papers, 1701-1882

Contributing Institution:

South Carolina Historical Society

Media Type:

Manuscripts

Topical Subject:

Slave records, Slaveholders, Plantations--South Carolina, Slavery--South Carolina, Wills, Decedents' estates, Liberty, Enslaved women, Enslaved persons, and Spaniards

Geographic Subject:

South Carolina

S.C. County:

Beaufort County (S.C.)

Language:

English

Shelving Locator:

0275/01/01/R

Date Digital:

2022-12

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:

292382