Belle Isle Plantation

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

Index of Ball Plantations

Index of Plantations

Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 Owners 1.2 Slaves 1.3 Timeline 2 Sources

Introduction

When John Ball, Sr. bought it, Belle Isle was an 1100 acre plot on an island near the city of Georgetown.

Owners

John Coming Ball (1760-1817)

John Ball, Jr (1819) apparently bought it from his father for $20,000

Richard Henry Lowndes

Slaves

Number of slaves – 44 in 1817 ^[1]

See Slaves of John Coming Ball, Sr., South Carolina for an accounting of the enslaved held at Belle Isle Plantation.

Timeline

(Research the sources on this site: https://south-carolina-plantations.com/georgetown/belle-isle-cat-island.html)

Early 1800's – John Ball Sr acquired the plantation.

1817 – John Ball Sr died and a slave inventory of his Belle Isle Plantation was made. Ball's will declared all his land holdings and most of the slaves were to be sold.

Circa 1819 – John Ball Jr. purchased the plantation for $20,000.

1820 US Federal Census Slave Schedule: John Ball in Christ Church, Charleston, South Carolina, owns 441 slaves.

1843 – John Ball Jr. passed away.

After 1843 – Richard Henry Lowndes acquired the plantation.

Sources

1. ↑ https://south-carolina-plantations.com/georgetown/belle-isle-cat-island.html