Bobbits Plantation, Orange County, North Carolina

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Orange, North Carolina, United States [uncertain]
Surnames/tags: Cameron Slavery Black_Heritage

Plantations Index

Biography

The Bobbits Plantation was owned by Duncan Cameron. It is unknown exactly where Bobbits Plantation was located but the records start in 1839. While there are a not a lot of records available for the Bobbits Plantation Duncan Cameron did keep slave lists.

Slaves

1839 Bobbits slave census list^[1]

• Donum
• Edmund
• Isham
• Allen
• Nelson
• Tom
• Carolina
• Ephraim
• Peter
• Lewis
• Henderson
• William
• little Lewis
• Simon
• Arthur
• Davey

• Nelly
• Viney
• Olley
• Nancy
• Chany
• Dinah
• Suckey
• Minerva
• Maria
• Sally
• Delphia
• Eliza
• Lydia
• Lizzy
• Nelly Anne
• Sally Anne
• Aggy
• Emmeline
• Esther

children

• Agusta
• John
• Betsy

• Simon
• David
• Milly
• Lethia

• Barbara
• Maria

• Harriet
• Sally
• Peggy

• Lucinda
• Nanny
• Cephas

• Jordan
• Patty
• Dicie

• Anachy
• Romanna

• Japhan, Mary's
• Cornelia, Eliza's
• Jessy

1845 Bobbitt slave census list^[2]

• Sam
• Sophia
• Charity
• Sucky
• Arthur
• Jordan
• Patsey
• Dicey
• Jesse
• Henna
• Donum jr
• Isham
• Agey
• Walker
• George
• Phenby
• Adilon
• Oby
• William
• Dinah
• Nancy
• Cephas
• Henry
• Lucinda
• Louisa
• Mary
• Emily
• Harry
• Donum
• Mariah
• Minerva
• Easter
• Augusta
• John
• Butzy
• Amey
• Mathew
• Phill
• Willis
• Sam/Bob
• Romona
• Nancey

1865 Bobbits slave census list^[3]

• Isham
• Sam Fing
• Sam Sneed
• George
• William
• Willis
• Donum jr

Women

• Aga
• Phirabe
• Minerva
• Easter
• Sucky
• Olez
• Dinah
• Louisa
• Soph
• Nan
• Molly
• Lucinda

Boys

• Arthur
• Romonna
• Jurden
• Cephas
• John

Girls

• Augusta
• Patsey

Children

• Betsey
• Amy
• Mathew
• Phillip
• Dicy
• Jesse
• Hennia
• Mary
• Henry
• Mary
• Emily
• Harris
• Walker
• Charita
• Angeline
• Addeson
• Edmond
• Josh
• Henry
• Alice
• Marcia

For more information see The Bennehan-Cameron Plantations page

Sources

1. ↑ Cameron Family Papers https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00133
   • Folder 3657, Volume 119: 1839 Southern Historical Collection, Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
2. ↑ Cameron Family Papers https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00133/#d1e9979
   • Folder 3662, Volume 124: October 1845 Southern Historical Collection, Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
3. ↑ Cameron Family Papers https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00133/#d1e9979
   • Folder 3668, Volume 130: circa 1865 Southern Historical Collection, Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.