Baynard's Little Edisto Plantation, Charleston County, South Carolina

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Edisto Island, Charleston, South Carolina
Surnames/tags: slavery black_heritage Edisto Island

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Contents 1 Background 1.1 Owners 1.2 Slaves 2 Sources

Background

Baynard's Little Edisto Plantation was a satellite property related to Prospect Hill. It may have included 212 acres originally granted to William Whippy in 1702. William Whippy deeded his property as gifts to his brothers Joseph, John and Robert Whippy in 1728.^[1] William Whippy to Joseph Whippy in 1740.^[2]

In 1796 there was a lease and release deed between Thomas Baynard, and William Baynard (his brother?) of Beaufort, for the 282 acre Little Edisto property.^[3] In 1839 this property was being sold to William G. Baynard.^[4] It contained approximately 400 acres with a small house for an overseer, diked fields, and quarters for up to 80 slaves.^[5]

Owners

• William Whippy (?)
• Thomas Baynard (1763-1805)
• William Grimball Baynard Sr. (1792 - abt. 1861)

Slaves

William Grimball Baynard Sr. died in 1861. His probate inventory named and valued each of the enslaved after his death.^[6][7]

For more information see:

• the Slaves of Thomas Baynard
• the Slaves of William Grimball Baynard

Sources

1. ↑ Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898: "Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898"
   Catalog: Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898 Land records, v. G-K 1726-1733
   Film number: 008139550 > image 197 of 569
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSK7-B7M8 (accessed 14 June 2023)
   • 1728 Deed Bk H p.204-205, Whippy deed
2. ↑ Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898: "Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898"
   Catalog: Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898 Land records, v. AA 1744-1745
   Film number: 008139569 > image 96 of 322
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSK7-YSHS-Q (accessed 14 June 2023)
   • 1740, Deed Bk AA p.155
3. ↑ Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898: "Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898"
   Catalog: Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898 Land records, v. P6-Q6 1795-1796
   Film number: 008139671 > image 358 of 604
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSK7-B9L1-K (accessed 21 May 2023)
   • p.53-54
4. ↑ Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898: "Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898"
   Catalog: Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898 Land records, v. V10-X10 1838-1839
   Film number: 008300033 > image 648 of 805
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSR8-F368-6 (accessed 13 June 2023)
   • Deed Bk W10 p.494, Little Edisto Deed to William G. Baynard, talks about the will of Thomas Baynard, and about properties belonging to Thomas that he gave to his children.
5. ↑ Spencer, Charles, Edisto Island 1663 to 1860: Wild Eden to Cotton Aristocracy Charleston, SC: The History Press (2012) p. 170
6. ↑ South Carolina Probate Re... Bound Volumes, 1671-1977: "South Carolina Probate Re... Bound Volumes, 1671-1977"
   Catalog: Charleston County, South Carolina inventories, appraisements & sales, ca. 1834-1867 1856-1864
   Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 > Charleston > Inventories, Appraisements, Sales, 1860-1864, Vol. F > image 189 of 325; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
   FamilySearch Image: 939L-V49T-WS (accessed 30 April 2023)
   • 1861 probate inventory slave list
7. ↑ Inventory list on Fold3 https://www.fold3.com/memorial/282783107/lowcountry-africana-south-carolina-slave-records-on-fold3/sources