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Biography
Bella Jenkins is a part of US Black heritage.
Bella Jenkins was a South Carolinian.
Bella lived on Edisto Island, Charleston County, South Carolina. She was a slave owned by Joseph Jenkins and lived on Brookland Plantation.
After Jenkins death his probate inventory in 1790 valued Bella at £30.[1]
↑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 1783-1810
Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964 > Charleston > Probate Court, Estate inventories > 1787-1793 > No File Description Available > image 452 of 1123
FamilySearch Image: 939L-VSST-KV (accessed 14 February 2023)
1790 estate inventory,
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