Cambridge Plantation, Abbeville County, South Carolina

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Abbeville, South Carolina, United States
Surnames/tags: Cain Slavery Black_Heritage

Plantations Index

USBH South Carolina Plantations

Contents 1 History 2 Slaves 3 Census 4 Sources

History

The Cambridge Plantation was located in Abbeville County, South Carolina. It was owned by Sampson V. Cain. We know very little about this plantation except it's location and some of the slaves that lived upon it.

Sampson V. Cain died 6 Jul 1858. In his will, written on 26 Jun 1858, and proven 5 Oct 1858, he names only half of the enslaved population on the plantation.^[1][2][3]

Slaves

There were 23 persons named and recorded in Cain's will. Their names as follows:^[1]

to wife Caroline

• Lavinia
• Mira
• Martha & her child
• Louisa
• Ella
• Margaret
• Georgiana and her child
• Emma
• Bob
• John
• Jane, and Sampson's son Willis to take her after Caroline's death, and treat her with the utmost kindness as long as she may live

to son John E. Cain

• Joe
• Allen
• Solomon
• Harriet
• Adeline
• Sylva
• Jane & Milly (daughters of Jerry)
• Aleck
• Catherine
• Aaron

Cain's will also states that all slaves not bequeathed above were to be kept together on the Cambridge Plantation. Their names are unknown.

Census

In 1850 Sampson V. Cain had 50 slaves listed under his name.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Wills, 1787-1868: "South Carolina Probate Re... Bound Volumes, 1671-1977"
   Catalog: Wills, 1787-1868 Wills, v. 3-4 1837-1868
   Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 > Abbeville > Wills, 1855-1868, Vol. 04 > image 375 of 603; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
   FamilySearch Image: 939L-F67S-8 (accessed 19 January 2023)
2. ↑ South Carolina Probate Re...d Loose Papers, 1732-1964: "South Carolina Probate Re...d Loose Papers, 1732-1964"
   Catalog: Miscellaneous estate papers (Abbeville County, South Carolina), 1782-1958 General index to probate records, A-G 1782-1958
   Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964 > Abbeville > Probate Court, Index to probate records, A-G > 1782-1958 > No File Description Available > image 267 of 635
   FamilySearch Image: 939L-F8PW-9 (accessed 19 January 2023)
   • Sampson V. Cain Probate index
3. ↑ South Carolina Probate Re...d Loose Papers, 1732-1964: "South Carolina Probate Re...d Loose Papers, 1732-1964"
   Catalog: Miscellaneous estate papers (Abbeville County, South Carolina), 1782-1958
   Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964 > Abbeville > Probate Court, Probate records > 1782-1958 > Box 147, Packages 4158-4182 > image 148 of 747
   FamilySearch Image: 939L-FZ6J-J (accessed 19 January 2023) Sampson V. Cain probate
4. ↑ United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 : "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850"
   Image path: United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 > South Carolina > Abbeville > Abbeville county > image 3 of 231; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
   FamilySearch Image: S3HT-62KH-1D6 (accessed 21 January 2023)
   • 1850 slave schedule, Abbeville, South Carolina, 2 pages