Charles Town Plantation, Charleston County, South Carolina

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Charleston, South Carolina
Surname/tag: Wragg

USBH Plantation Index

History

The Charles Town Plantation was owned by Joseph Wragg.^[1] When Joseph died his probate inventory of 7 Jun 1753 listed the enslaved on that plantation.^[2]

Slaves

• Peter(1), a cooper, value £360
• Essex, a chairmaker, value £230
• Marlo, painter & glaizer, value £350
• Jemmy, value £300
• Old England, Briclair (bricklayer), value £30
• Waterford, value £230
• Quash the younger, value £300
• Jackey, value £270
• Ceaser, a gardiner, value £280
• Cambridge, value £160
• Prince, a boatman, value £270
• Tony, a boatman, value £270
• Peter(2), a boatman, value £240
• Rose & Stephen, cooks, valued together at £320
• Venus & Jenny, valued together at £270
• Phebe, a washer, value £180
• Belinda(1), a washer, value £150
• Dian, a washer, value £250
• Aubo, value £250
• Little Belinda(2), value £150
• Unis, value £60
• Scotland, value £400
• Cuffee, value £300
• John Breemer, value £300
• Moll, value £100
• Mathias, value £320
• Emma, consumtive (Consumption?), value £50

• Old Aubo, charge to ye estate, value £40
• Mimba, blind, value £40

These were listed in the valuation of the enslaved

• an Open Boat, value £250
• Deckt Boat, value £750

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Wragg
2. ↑ Wills and miscellaneous probate records, 1671-1868: "South Carolina Probate Re... Bound Volumes, 1671-1977"
   Catalog: Wills and miscellaneous probate records, 1671-1868 Inventories v. 82A-82B 1753-1756
   Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 > Charleston > Inventories, 1753-1756, Vol. 082A > image 81 of 529; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
   FamilySearch Image: 939L-JWSY-K8 (accessed 16 September 2022)
   • 1753 Joseph Wragg probate inventory