Kensington Plantation, Berkeley County, South Carolina

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Berkeley, South Carolina, United States
Surnames/tags: Ball Slavery Black_Heritage

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History

Kensington Plantation was located at Huger Creek (eastern branch of the Cooper River), Huger, Berkeley, SC. Francis Gough conveyed to John Coming Ball 670 acres known as Kensington; Second Elias Ball (1709-1786) died 8 Aug 1786 at Kensington. In his will he left Kensington to son John (1760-1817). After Second Elias’ death, the enslaved people on Kensington Plantation were divided between the two brothers. Third Elias took sixty-two people to Limerick, while the remaining enslaved stayed on at Kensington.^[1]

When owner John Ball (1782-1834) died in 1834 the property went through probate inventory. Approximately 154 enslaved persons were named in the inventory:^[2]

• Sambo $00(strike through), Penda $1
• Mary $1, Frank $350, May $200
• Celia $400, Jewel $350, Judy $350
• Abram $300, Archer $200, Hope $500
• Hannah $400, Phillis $400, Minda $400
• Hope $250, Nancy $350, Patty $150
• Humphrey $200, Cretia $50, Pompey $700
• Hannah $400, Dye $250, Pompey $200
• Billy $500, Beck $400, Sam $350
• Peter $350, Tetty $200, Hagar $100
• Bone $200, Sylvia $400, Jack $.50
• Bailey $100, Cato $400, Easter $. 5
• Guy $500, Beck $400, Lucy $300
• Scipio $200, Julia $50, Windsor $400
• Myrtilla $250, Bina $400, Maria $400
• Molley $300, Windsor $200, James $50
• Celia $50, Salisbury $300, Phenda $20
• January $350, Edward $350, Salisbury $350
• Sancho $2400, Melia $100, Jack $500
• Bess $400, Amy $350, Charlotte $300
• Phoebe $.50, Venus $200, Celia $..1
• Jim $500, Lydia $400, Binckey $.55
• Mathias $500, John $500, Charles $350
• Flora $100, Cromwell $500, Quasheba $400
• Maggy $300, Pino $100, Jimmy $50
• Solomon $500, Affee $300, Brass $200
• Dye $150, Levi 4400, Sally $350
• Bob $300, Grace $200, Brass $50
• Moon $700, Maria $400, Joseph $300
• Bella $200, Lazarus $150, Flora $100
• Carlos $50, Stephen $500, Amy $400
• Sambo $150, Martha $100, Celia $.10
• Marian $400, Peter $400, Prince $200
• Stephen $50, Dinah $..5, Patra $..1
• Phillipi $200, Martin $500, Bhina $400
• Alick $400, Caesar $350, Hammond $300
• Rosetta $200, Myrtilla $100, Nelson $100
• Cupid $150, Polly $400, Adonis $150
• Cuffee $100, Sambo $700, Eliza $400
• Robin $200, Peggy $.50, Grace $100
• Tena $400, Jack $300, Rixer $300
• Dinah $200, Patra $50, Amos $50
• Amy $..1, Daphne $400, Cotto $.1
• Myra $100, Anselm $500, Dickey $500
• Pee $350, Cotto $200, Nelly $150
• Harriet $50, Amy $20, Monemia $400
• Betsey $350, Hammond $..1, Flora $50
• Adam $500, Christmas $350, Peter $300
• Benjamin $600, Jinny $400, Sue $200
• Bina $150, Marcus $600, Tenang $200
• Cena $100, Mary $400, Marcus $500
• Sam $50, George $100

Sources

1. ↑ Ball 1998, p. 251
2. ↑ South Carolina Probate Re...d Loose Papers, 1732-1964: "South Carolina Probate Re...d Loose Papers, 1732-1964"
   Catalog: Charleston District, South Carolina estate inventories, 1732-1844 1810-1818 1819-1824 1819-1824 (indexed with last item) 1824-1844
   Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964 > Charleston > Probate Court, Estate inventories > 1834-1844 > No File Description Available > image 995 of 1454
   FamilySearch Image: 939L-JJT8-5 (accessed 6 August 2022)
   • this inventory begins on p.62