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Baynard's Seaside Plantation, Charleston County, South Carolina

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Background

This profile is part of the Edisto Island, South Carolina One Place Study.

Seaside Plantation (also known as Baynard's Seaside Plantation to distinguish it from other properties with similar names) was shaped like an hour-glass on its side.[1]

William Baynard was an early owner of Baynard's Seaside Plantation.

Joseph James Murray purchased from Master in Equity (and trustees, Eliz MacKay wife of Mungo Mackay, widow of William Baynard, Baynard property), 130 acres, bounding Francis Maxey, William Seabrook, John C. Mikell, and Mary Westcoat, to daughter Abigail Jenkins Murray[2]

When Joseph James Murray died, he left a share of the property to his daughter, Susanna Murray, who married James C. Meggett.[3]

Ephraim Baynard purchased this property from the Master in Equity and James C. Meggett in 1839.[4][5] This was one of three plantations owned on Edisto Island by Ephraim Mikell Baynard. Apparently, Baynard did not live here, preferring to reside at Rabbit Point Plantation.[1]

Before his death Ephraim mortgaged several of his plantations by deed to Thomas H. Willingham and Benjamin L. Willingham. This deed is close to unreadable due to multiple layers of writing on it. It is not understood if Ephraim charged $500 for the properties? The properties mentioned were Rabbit Point Plantation, Sea Side Plantation, and Little Edisto Plantation, and ???, as well as lands in Georgia. 25 Apr 1864.[6]

Thomas H. Willingham, a trustee of Ephraim M. Baynard, would seek for the return of these "abandoned" properties after the Civil War.[7]

In 1872, John Thorne, an African American businessman from Charleston paid $5000 for 750 acres of Ephraim Baynard’s “Seaside” Plantation.[8] It was re-named Freedmens Village, and land was subdivided to 35 stockholders in accordance with the size of their share.

Owners

Slaves

Freedmen

After the Civil War in 1865 the following Free Persons had land certificates for a plot of land on this plantation. [9] Although they have the land certificates, eventually a lot of this land was returned to the former plantation owners.

Certificate No., Name of Freeman, Name of Plantation Owner, Name of Plantation where the plot of land is

page: 2 date: 7-Aug

  • 28 Liberty Bagnon E Baynon's (Baynard) Sea Side
  • 29 Caroline Bugnon E Baynon's (Baynard) Sea Side
  • 30 Jennette Baynard E Baynon's (Baynard) Sea Side

date: 10-Aug

  • 46 Samuel Murray E Baynords (Baynard) Sea Side
  • 49 Mrs James Delesten E Baynon (Baynard) Sea Side

page: 3 date: 14-Aug

  • 79 Stephen Commodore E Baynard Sea Side

page:5 date 16-Aug

  • 123 Boston John Jenkins E Baynon (Baynard) Sea Side

page:11 date: 6-Sept

  • 268 Bob Robinson E Baynords (Baynard) Sea Side
  • 269 Primus Simmons E Baynords (Baynard) Sea Side
  • 270 Stephens Stetlight E Baynords (Baynard) Sea Side

page:14 date: 30-Sept

  • 342 Henry Brown E Baynard Sea Side

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Spencer, Charles, Edisto Island 1663 to 1860: Wild Eden to Cotton Aristocracy Charleston, SC: The History Press (2012) p. 127
  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. U8 1817-1818
    Film number: 008299953 > image 16 of 246
    FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSRZ-BKHB (accessed 8 June 2023)
    • purchased 13 Mar 1817, Deed Bk U8 p.19-22
  3. ↑ Bills of complaint, 1800-1863; indexes, 1721-1868: "Bills of complaint, 1800-1863; indexes, 1721-1868"
    Catalog: Bills of complaint, 1800-1863; indexes, 1721-1868 Bills of complaint, no. 56-91 1839
    Film number: 008458610 > image 204 of 802
    FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C3M5-MBFZ (accessed 8 June 2023)
    • Bills of Complaint, loose papers, owned by Joseph James Murray
  4. ↑ Bills of complaint, 1800-1863; indexes, 1721-1868: "Bills of complaint, 1800-1863; indexes, 1721-1868"
    Catalog: Bills of complaint, 1800-1863; indexes, 1721-1868 Bills of complaint, no. 56-91 1839
    Film number: 008458610 > image 210 of 802
    FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C3M5-MB6L (accessed 8 June 2023)
    • 1839 Bills of complaint, James C. Meggett, loose papers, conveyance
  5. ↑ 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 354 of 805
    FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSR8-F3DD-9 (accessed 8 June 2023)
    • Deed Bk V10 p.624
  6. ↑ 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. U14 1863-1871
    Film number: 008300062 > image 105 of 245
    FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSR8-X2Y1 (accessed 3 May 2023)*Deed Bk U14 p.197-198
  7. ↑ United States, Freedmen's...t Commissioner, 1865-1872: "United States, Freedmen's...t Commissioner, 1865-1872"
    Catalog: Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the state of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1870 Unregistered Applications for Restoration of Property, L-Z 1865-1868. (NARA Series M869, Roll 31)
    Image path: United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Assistant Commissioner, 1865-1872 > South Carolina > Roll 31, Unregistered applications for restoration of property, L-Z, 1865-1868 > image 610 of 740; citing multiple NARA microfilm publications; Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1861 - 1880, RG 105; (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1969-1980).
    FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C9TZ-8QSK-9 (accessed 15 May 2023)
    • properties of Ephraim M. Baynard, 19 /pages/images of documents for all his plantations
  8. ↑ Charleston County Survey Report Charleston County, South Carolina, PO #P61611 https://www.charlestoncounty.org/departments/zoning-planning/files/CharlestonCountySurveyReport-reducedsize.pdf
    • p.18 img 30
  9. ↑ United States, Freedmen's...t Commissioner, 1865-1872: "United States, Freedmen's...t Commissioner, 1865-1872"
    Catalog: Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the state of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1870 Personnel rosters 1868. Requests for transportation 1865-1866. Register of signed transportation, orders given to officers 1866-1867. Registers of orders authorizing transportation 1866-1867. Transportation requests received 1866. Transportation orders issued 1866. Monthly transportation reports 1866-1868. Other records 1865-1867. (NARA Series M869, Roll 44)
    Image path: United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Assistant Commissioner, 1865-1872 > South Carolina > Roll 44, Other records, 1865-1867 > image 22 of 70; citing multiple NARA microfilm publications; Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1861 - 1880, RG 105; (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1969-1980).
    FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C9TZ-D98D-B (accessed 15 May 2023)




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