Black Hammock Plantation, Camden County, Georgia

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Camden County, Georgia, United States
Surnames/tags: Slavery Plantations

Plantations Index

Contents 1 Plantation History 1.1 Slave Owners 1.2 Slaves Bequeathed to Alexander Atkinson (1796-1840) 1.3 Slave Purchases 2 Sources

Plantation History

The Black Hammock Plantation was developed by John Hopkins who had received a land grant of 500 acres in the 1790s. When Nathan Atkinson sold his Bourbon Plantation, Camden County, Georgia around 1800, he bought Black Hammock Plantation from Tompkins.

The plantation was located in the northeastern part of Camden County, Georgia, in the Dovers Bluff, Hazards Neck area at the mouth of the Little Satilla River.

Upon his death in 1817, Nathan bequeathed the plantation to his son, Alexander Atkinson. Alexander was murdered by five of his slaves in 1840. The plantation remained with the Atkinson family until purchased by W.C. Kirby (date as yet unknown). Kirby's son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Kirby, Jr, acquired the property in the 70s (not known if 1870s or 1970s).^[1]

Slave Owners

• John Tompkins
• Nathan Atkinson (1758-1817)
• Alexander Atkinson (1796-1840)

Slaves Bequeathed to Alexander Atkinson (1796-1840)

Slaves bequeathed to Alexander in Nathan Atkinson's will in 1817 along with Black Hammock Plantation. However, Nathan's wife Sarah was to have the "labor and benefit" of Jim, Cloe, Pen and Jack until her death, and were not to be removed from the plantation. Sarah died on 20 Dec 1817:^[2]

1. Seck
2. Hannah
3. George
4. Ned
5. Phillis
6. Joe (not the same person as Joe Atkinson (bef.1817-)) given to Edmund
7. Jim
8. Chloe, Jim's wife
9. Peg, Jim and Cloe's daughter
10. Amos
11. Ester
12. Venus
13. Maria
14. Adam
15. Sarah Kitt
16. Bess Elder)
17. Jack
18. Pen
19. Rachel
20. June
21. July

Slave Purchases

Alexander purchased 14 slaves worth $4300 from Charles Dunham of Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, on 22 Mar 1824.^[3]

• George
• Patty
• Harry, Lacy and their children, Auig and Fong
• Tyra
• Chloe and her child Harriet
• William
• Minty
• Molly and her children, William and Nancy

On 18 Dec 1830, he purchased 30 slaves for $10,000 from John Randolph Bryan, of Chatham County, Georgia. ^[4]

• Ned
• Fanny
• Ned, assumed to be son of Ned
• Clara
• Nancy, Clara's child
• March
• Lydia
• Amy, not the same Amy as Amy
• Lyndy
• Jacob
• Sarah, not the same Sarah as Sarah
• Joe
• Ruth
• Abraham
• Bess
• Salisbury
• Margaret
• Aminda
• York
• Sarah, not the same Sarah as Sarah
• Amy, not the same Amy as Amy
• Charlotte, not the same Charlotte as Charlotte
• Adam, not the same Adam as Adam
• Rose
• Adam, not the same Adam as Adam
• Charlotte, not the same Charlotte as Charlotte
• Dick, Charlotte's infant, not the same Dick as Dick
• Tyra
• Andrew
• Dick, not the same Dick as Dick

Sources

1. ↑ The Crypt, Plantations & Homes of Camden County, by Tara Fields
2. ↑ Probate: "Georgia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992"
   Will Index 1795-1916, And, Wills 1795-1829, 1868-1932 Atlanta (Georgia); Author: Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Camden County)
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8635 #1350548 (accessed 7 September 2022)
   Alexander Atkinson probate.
3. ↑ Abstract from a Camden Co. GA slave deed book. M-238. March 1824.
4. ↑ Human Bondage: The Buying and Selling of Africans in Camden County, Georgia. 1787-1865. A collection of slave deed abstracts. Compiled by Tara D. Fields 2004-2008, p88, M 176-177

See also:

• Slaves of Nathan Atkinson, Georgia
• Slaves of Alexander Atkinson, Georgia
• Boggy Swamp Plantation, Camden County, Georgia