Chemonie Plantation, Leon County, Florida

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Leon County, Florida, United States
Surnames/tags: Slavery Black_Heritage Plantations

Index of Plantations

Contents 1 Chemonie Plantation 2 Owners 3 Slaves of Mary Wallace Savage 3.1 List of Slaves in the Bequest of Thomas Savage 3.2 List of Slaves in Whom Mrs. Savage and Her Daughter, Mrs. George Noble Jones, Each Had An Undivided Half-Interest, 1841[3] 4 Slaves of George Noble Jones 4.1 Other Plantations Owned by George Noble Jones 5 Sources

Chemonie Plantation

Chemonie Plantation is located about six miles north of El Destino in Leon County, Florida. It is the smaller of the two, having 1840 acres. Mary Wallace Savage Nuttall Jones inherited slaves from her uncle, William Savage. She purchased Chemonie Plantation in Leon County, Florida in order to employ them. She later married William B Nuttall (abt.1802-1836) in 1832. He died in 1836.

In 1840, she married George Noble Jones, who purchased the two plantations from Nuttall's estate. Both were owned by George Noble Jones in the 1840's to 1865, at least.^[1]

Owners

• Original owner not yet known
• Mary Wallace Savage Nuttall Jones, prior to 1832
• William B Nuttall (abt.1802-1836), 1832-1836
• George Noble Jones, 1840-1865

Slaves of Mary Wallace Savage

List of Slaves in the Bequest of Thomas Savage

19 Jun 1832 (Date of Marriage): "List of Negroes secured to Mary W. Savage by settlement at the time of her intermarriage with Wm. B. Nuttall."

"The list was written in or after 1845 with a view to use in litigation. The slaves were in the corps of El Destino." All quotes are from the Florida Plantation Records from the papers of George Noble Jones, "List of Slaves in the Bequest of Thomas Savage", p. 529-530.^[2]

• Flanders
• Nancy (1) (dead)
• Lisey
• Anthony (dead)
• Jerrimy
• Barac
• George
• Tyra (dead)
• Di
• Judy
• Sally
• George Ann (dead)
• Charlotte
• Jenny
• Venus (dead)
• Flora (dead)
• Ben
• Nancy (2)
• Mary
• Mariah
• Jane (dead)
• Phillis (1)
• Abram
• Harry (dead)
• Tom (sold to R. Habersham)
• Frank (dead)
• Old Jack (dead)
• Tamer (Tamar)
• Hannah (dead)
• Polly (sent by W. B. N. to New Orleans and sold)
• Celia (dead)
• Lucy (1)
• Phillis (2)
• Jack (exchanged for Prince Habersham)
• Prince - same as Prince Habersham)
• Amy
• Venus
• Aberdeen
• Primus
• Pussy (dead)
• Nancy (3)
• Joe
• Lucy (2) (dead)
• Delia
• Philip (dead)
• Charles
• Nanny
• Charlotte
• Sary
• Phillis (3)
• Ansel
• Alcie
• Mary
• Abram

"Total 54 Negroes. An Undivided moiety of Mrs. Mary Savage."

"Of the negroes secured by the marriage settlement with W. B. N.[uttall] the following had been the property of G. Jones, Jany ,1845."

• Prince Habersham
• Mary
• Abram
• Phillis
• Maria
• Venus
• Primus
• Aberdean (Aberdeen?)
• Tamar
• Flanders
• Nancy Flora (Nancy?)
• Charles
• Lucy

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"13 negroes; and 15 of the original Thos. Savage [bequest] had died up to 1845, showing G. J. had bought in the moiety of Mrs. N's moiety."

List of Slaves in Whom Mrs. Savage and Her Daughter, Mrs. George Noble Jones, Each Had An Undivided Half-Interest, 1841^[3]

This list of slaves came from an inventory and appraisement of the deceased Mrs. Mary Savage's estate located in Jefferson County, Florida, Apr 1841. Her daughter, Mary Wallace Savage Nuttall Jones owned a half-interest in each slave.

Slave Name	Whole Value	Half Value
Prince Habersham	$500.00	$250.00
Mary	$300.00	$150.00
Jimmy	$800.00	$400.00
Barac	$800.00	$400.00
Maria & Child, Edward	$700.00	$350.00
Phillis	$400.00	$200.00
Cato	$300.00	$150.00
Johnny (1) (dead)	$300.00	$150.00
Robert	$200.00	$100.00
Abram	$400.00	$200.00
George	$400.00	$200.00
Tyra & Child, Molly	$400.00	$200.00
Diana & Child, Mary Ann	$700.00	$350.00
Judy	$400.00	$200.00
Charlotte	$275.00	$137.50
Sally	$400.00	$200.00
Jackson	$300.00	$150.00
Benah	$225.00	$112.50
Harry (1)	$150.00	$75.00
Nancy Flora	$450.00	$225.00
Tom	$300.00	$150.00
Cela	$500.00	$250.00
Betsey (dead)	$200.00	$100.00
Catherine	$250.00	$125.00
Lucy	$500.00	$250.00
Cuddy	$275.00	$137.50
Jenny	$250.00	$125.00
Tamar	$500.00	$250.00
Daphne (at Chemonie)	$400.00	$200.00
Johnny (2)	$150.00	$75.00
Jonas	$200.00	$100.00
Matilda	$200.00	$100.00
Prince Savage	$450.00	$225.00
Venus & Child, Jack	$700.00	$350.00
Amy	$350.00	$175.00
Primus	$650.00	$325.00
Aberdean	$500.00	$250.00
Harry (2)	$150.00	$75.00
Phillis McQueen	$500.00	$250.00
Bess	$225.00	$112.50
Polly	$200.00	$100.00
Flanders	$350.00	$175.00
Ester	$250.00	$125.00
Ben Mongen	$800.00	$400.00
Joe	$300.00	$150.00
Nanny (1)	$500.00	$250.00
Delia	$350.00	$175.00
Charles	$900.00	$450.00
Nanny (2)	$500.00	$250.00
Susannah	$225.00	$112.50
Elizabeth	$200.00	-
Total	$20,225.00	$10,112.50

Undivided moiety for 55 slaves = $10,112.50

Two slaves (Phillis and child, Ansel) were sole property of the late Mary Savage = $900

Moiety value for the late Mary Savage was $11,012.50

Moiety value for Mary Wallace Savage Jones was $10,112.50

Appraisal report dated Apr 3, 1841

Appraisers were Tom Peter Chairs and Edward Footman

George Jones was the administrator of Mary Savage's estate

Slaves of George Noble Jones

Slaves of George Noble Jones at Chemonie Plantation, 5 April 1841^[4] (23 need profiles HOWEVER, some are listed in the sales list, such as England, Francis and Skye)

Number	Name	Age	Estimated DOB	Sex	Color	Duties/Jobs	Misc. Information
1	La Fayette Renty			M	B
2	Harriet			F	B		Died 6 May 1848
3	Flora			F	B
4	Dick			M	B
5	Brave Boy			M	B
6	Unnamed Infant (Harriet's)			?	B
7	Minda (wife of Jacob)			F	B
8	Chesly			M	B
9	Eve			F	B
10	Demps Russ			M	B		lost arm in accident as a child
11	Peggy			F	B
12	Dicky			M	B
13	Daphne			F	B
14	Phoebe			F	B
15	Cow Renty			M	B
16	Kate			F	B
17	Peggy			F	B
18	Betty			F	B
19	Unnamed infant (Kate's)			?	B
20	Phillis (Renty's cousin)			F	B
21	July			F	B
22	Bass Davey			M	B		Died 21 Oct 1848
23	Simon			M	B
24	Old Ben			M	B
25	Cupid			M	B
26	Sukey			F	B
27	Maria			F	B
28	Rose			F	B
29	William			M	B
30	Driver Billy			M	B
31	Betty			F	B
32	Maria			F	B
33	Binah			F	B
34	Ben Mongin (Mungin)			M	B
35	Short-foot Billy			M	B		Died 22 Oct 1848
36	Blind Peggy			F	B
37	Sappo			?	B		Died 26 Oct 1848
38	England			?	B
39	Francis			?	B

• Double dividing lines separate family groups

Slave Families on Chemonie 1852 , probably April, 1852^[5]

(73 need profiles, check for names in sales list)

Number	Name	Age	Estimated DOB	Sex	Color	Duties/Jobs	Misc. Information
1	Jacob			M	B
2	B. Mariah			F	B
3	Caroline			F	B
4	L. Cate	child		F	B
5	George	child		M	B
6	Prophet			M	B
7	Sinder			F	B
8	Joe	child		M	B
9	Juner	child		M	B
10	Simon			M	B
11	Phillis			F	B
12	B. Peggy			F	B		,might be Blind Peggy
13	Frances			F	B		, possibly Francis
14	York	child		M	B
15	Rachel	child		F	B
16	England			M	B
17	Sarah			F	B
18	Molly			F	B
19	Skye	child		?	B
20	Rinah	child		F	B
21	Doll	child		F	B
22	Isaac	child		M	B
23	Siller	child		?	B
24	O. (Old) Billy			M	B
25	Betty			F	B
26	Biner	child		?	B		married Esaw c 1855
27	Eaves (Eve Jones Russ) children			F	B		deceased?
28	Demps Russ	child		M	B
29	Martha (Martha Russ)	child		F	B
30	Patience (Patience Russ)	child		F	B
31	Florida (Florida Russ)	child	26 Apr 1848	F	B
32	Rose (Rose Russ)	child		F	B
33	Cubet			M	B
34	Lucky			M	B
35	Esaw			M	B		married Biner c 1855
36	O. (Old) Ben			M	B		G.J.
37	B. Dick			M	B
38	Fanny			F	B		G.J.
39	Frank	child		M	B		G.J.
40	Sofa	child	26 Mar 1848	F	B		G.J.
41	Eave	child		F	B		G.J.
42	Florer			F	B
43	Ellick	child		M	B
44	Cate (Kate?)			F	B
45	L. Betty	child		F	B
46	Matiler	child		F	B
47	Boston	child		?	B
48	Lymus	child		M	B
49	Ginny	child		F	B
50	Deanah	child		F	B
51	Tener	child	2 Apr 1849	F	B
52	L. Peggy	child		F	B
53	N. Peggy			F	B
54	Pheby			F	B
55	B. Mungin			M	B
56	Minder			?	B
57	L. Renty			M	B
58	Lear			?	B		G.J.
59	L. Dick	child		M	B
60	Braboy (Brave Boy?)	child		M	B
61	Wallice	child		M	B
62	Ishmael	child		M	B
63	Frinah	child		F	B
64	L. Mariah			F	B
65	Lucy	child		F	B
66	Y. Robert	child	27 Dec 1847	M	B		Possibly Robert Evans
67	Mary	child		F	B
68	Amos	child		M	B
69	Rose			F	B		possibly Lafayette Renty's wife
70	William	child		M	B
71	O. (Old) Abram			M	B		G.J.
72	Sucky			F	B		G.J.
73	Nathan			M	B		G.J.
74	Poldo			M	B		G.J.; married Maria
75	L. Sarah			F	B		G.J.
76	Sesar			M	B		G.J.
77	Rachel			F	B		G.J.
78	Mariann	child		F	B		G.J.
79	L. Sucky	child		F	B		G.J.
80	L. Robert	child		M	B		G.J.
81	Ned	child		M	B		G.J.
82	Jim			M	B		Possibly James Nellichiff
83	Martha			F	B		G.J.
84	Thomas	child		M	B		G.J.

• Double dividing lines separate family groups
• G.J. indicates slaves owned personally by George Jones. Others he held as trustee for his wife.
• Information in parentheses came from other sources

List of Slaves Sold By George Noble Jones to Joseph Bryan, 1860 ^[6]

• England: $1100
• Francis: $1300
• Skye  : $1200
• Isaac  : $1300
• Left Lafayette Renty  : $1300
• Brave Boy  : $1200
• Dick  : $1350
• Wallace  : $1300
• Ishmael  : $1200
• Prophet  : $ 500
• Joe  : $1200
• Jacob  : $1250
• Andrew  : $1000
• Cow Renty: $1000
• Boston : $1200
• Lymus: $1000
• Scipio Nuttall  : $1200
• Jim  : $1300 Possibly James Nellichiff
• Sarah  : $ 000
• Molly  : $ 950
• Rinah  : $ 900
• Farina  : $1000
• Flora  : $1050
• Rachel  : $ 900 (struck off as counted over)
• Cinda  : $ 000
• Minda  : $ 700
• Nancy  : $ 600
• Abby  : $1100
• Old Peggy  : $ 000 (did not go)
• Leah  : $ 400 (property of G. J.)
• Daphney  : $ 900
• Kate  : $1000
• Little Betty  : $1100
• Matilda  : $1200
• Jenny  : $ 900
• Old Peggy, nurse  : $ 000 (Died at Chemonie, June 1860

Slaves Mentioned in "A Visit to El Destino and Chemonie" in 1925 ^[7]

• Ancil Pickney (Ansell Pinckney), butler
• Charlotte Pickney (Pinckney), daughter of Ancil, known as Aunt Charlotte, was still on the property in 1925
• Demps Russ, known as Little Demps (lost arm) or Uncle Demps, was still on the property in 1925
• Uncle Billy Nuttall, body-servant
• Robert Evans, son of John Evans, groom
• William Perry, coachman
• Mary Constantine and Jane, cooks
• Peggy Pickney (Pinckney), laundress
• Rebecca Evans, laundress
• Ben Jackson, stockman
• James Nellichiff (aka Neddicliffe, Nethercliffe, Nellicliff), stockman
• Abram Ash

Slaves Mentioned in the Overseers Reports to George Noble Jones

John Evans, overseer for Chemonie, frequently wrote letters to George Noble Jones on the state of Chemonie's crops, animals, slaves, etc. The following slaves were mentioned in some of these reports:^[8]

• Winter, fled to El Destino
• Esaw, married Biner, c 1855
• Whatley, hoes cotton
• Rose, Lafayette Renty's wife, separated from him when he married Lear c 1852
• Poldo, married Maria
• Ann, son William died in 1856
• Chesley, child died in 1856

Other Plantations Owned by George Noble Jones

• El Destino Plantation, Jefferson County and Leon County, Florida

Sources

1. ↑ "A Visit to El Destino and Chemonie in August 1925" by James D Glunt(https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/163608-florida-plantation-records-from-the-papers-of-george-noble-jones?viewer=1&offset=0#page=51&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=)
2. ↑ Florida Plantation Records from the papers of George Noble Jones, p. 529 (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/163608-florida-plantation-records-from-the-papers-of-george-noble-jones?viewer=1&offset=0#page=541&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=)
3. ↑ Florida Plantation Records from the papers of George Noble Jones, pp 534-536,(https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/163608-florida-plantation-records-from-the-papers-of-george-noble-jones?viewer=1&offset=0#page=559&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=)
4. ↑ Slave Families on Chemonie in1841, pp 537-538 on original document(https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/163608-florida-plantation-records-from-the-papers-of-george-noble-jones?viewer=1&offset=0#page=549&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=}
5. ↑ Florida Plantation Records from the papers of George Noble Jones, "Family Grouping of the Chemonie Slaves 1852", pp 547-549,(https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/163608-florida-plantation-records-from-the-papers-of-george-noble-jones?viewer=1&offset=0#page=559&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=)
6. ↑ (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/163608-florida-plantation-records-from-the-papers-of-george-noble-jones?viewer=1&offset=0#page=570&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=)
7. ↑ "A Visit to El Destino and Chemonie in August 1925" by James D Glunt, p53-55 (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/163608-florida-plantation-records-from-the-papers-of-george-noble-jones?viewer=1&offset=0#page=51&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=)
8. ↑ Overseers Reports and Other Correspondence, John Evans to George Noble Jones, pp47-199(https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/163608-florida-plantation-records-from-the-papers-of-george-noble-jones?viewer=1&offset=0#page=72&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=)

• Slaves of Mary Wallace Savage Nuttall Jones
• Slaves of William B Nuttall
• Slaves of George Noble Jones at Chemonie Plantation
• Florida Plantation Records from the papers of George Noble Jones. Edited by Ulrich Bonnell Phillips, Ph. D., Professor in American History in the University of Michigan, and James David Glunt, A.M., Instructor in History at the University of Florida. Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, 1927(https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/163608-florida-plantation-records-from-the-papers-of-george-noble-jones?viewer=1&offset=0#page=2&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=)
• Wikipedia article on George Noble Jones (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Noble_Jones)
• Wikipedia article on Chemonie Plantation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemonie_Plantation)
• The Red Hills of Florida, 1528-1865 by Clifton Paisley, published by The University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa and London, copyright 1989, p 136
• Slavery in Leon and Jefferson Counties, Florida, El Destino and Chemonie Plantation Slaves from "Florida Plantation Records from the papers of George Noble Jones" Edited by Ulrich B. Phillips and James D. Glunt, St. Louis, 1927