Bogle Plantation, Charleston County, South Carolina

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Wadmalaw Island, Charleston, South Carolina
Surnames/tags: Bailey Slavery

Plantations Index

South Carolina Plantations Index

History

The Bogle Plantation was located on Wadmalaw Island, Charleston County, South Carolina. Charles J. Bailey (1824-1854), son of Henry Bailey, owned the Bogle Plantation. Charles Bailey died in 1854. His son, Charles Henry Bailey likely took over the plantation after the death of his father.

The probate inventory in 1854 of Charles J. Bailey named the following slaves at the Bogle Plantation on Wadmalaw Island:^[1]

• Cyrus $1000
• Dye $600
• Minda $250
• Moses $200
• Cyrus $100
• Caty $1000
• Nancy $600
• Sarah $250
• Joe $250
• Sue $200
• Prince $100
• Kent $1000
• Elsey $600
• James $100
• Amy $600
• Jimmy $200
• Maria $100
• Johny $1000
• Betty $600
• Hannah $600
• Affy $100

In 1866, after the Civil War, the Freedmen's Bureau recorded the persons who were living on the Bogle Plantation (owned by Charles Bailey):^[2] Men

• Shadrack
• Jacob Government old
• Cyrus
• Jacob Government 2nd
• Frank
• Daniel Bailey blind
• Gus
• Sam
• Stephen
• Moses old

Women

• Patsey Government old
• Nancy
• Betty
• Doe
• Aphry old
• Sarah
• Almetta
• Chloe
• Minda
• Tina
• Tina 2nd
• Kate
• Sarah
• Catharine

There are at this date 17 (unnamed) children of whom 3 are orphans, on this plantation.

For more information please see the Slaves of Charles J. Bailey

Sources

1. ↑ Charleston County, South Carolina inventories, appraisements & sales, ca. 1834-1867: "Charleston County, South Carolina inventories, appraisements & sales, ca. 1834-1867"
   Catalog: Charleston County, South Carolina inventories, appraisements & sales, ca. 1834-1867 1850-1857
   Film number: 007642428 > image 429 of 657
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-89GY-B9ST-R (accessed 14 March 2023)
   • 1854 Charles J. Bailey probate inventory
2. ↑ South Carolina, Freedmen'...Office Records, 1865-1872: "South Carolina, Freedmen'...Office Records, 1865-1872"
   Catalog: Records of the field offices for the state of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872
   Image path: South Carolina, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872 > Rockville > Roll 99, Lists of plantations on Sea Islands, Feb 1866 > image 20 of 48; citing NARA microfilm publication M1910 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-L9ZG-C8TS (accessed 14 March 2023)
   • Sea Islands Plantations Freedmen's Bureau 1866