Cotton Hall Plantation, Beaufort, South Carolina

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Prince Williams Parish, Beaufort, South Carolina, United States
Surnames/tags: McPherson Slavery Black_Heritage

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South Carolina Plantations

Introduction

NOTE: PLEASE PROFILE WITH HENEKA HILL PLANTATION

General John McPherson (1756 - 1806) was the owner of several plantations in South Carolina. Low Country Africana has transcribed the estate inventory of John McPherson, made (following his death at sea) in December of 1806, which lists enslaved ancestors at Laureum, Pine Comfort, Cotton Hall and Heneka Hill Plantations in Prince William Parish, Beaufort District, and Newton on Pon Pon in Colleton District, SC.

Enslaved ancestors from Cotton Hall and Heneka Hill Plantations were listed together. They were listed by families and in groups that may have been extended families.

Cotton Hall, Heneka Hill:

1. Cuffey a prime fellow (at Mr. Brailsfords) $400
2. Kit the Driver, Doll his wife, with their five children named #Rose, Sibby, Pattey, Molly, and Israel $1200
3. Judy, Venus, Bella $750
4. Betty, Jack & Jenny $850
5. Catoe, Susannah & two children Titus & Betty $800
6. Old Jack, Hagar, & two children named Pender & Scipio $500} $4500

1. Old Kate $150
2. King & Elsey, his wife $600
3. Moses, Juliet, & one child Jacob $700
4. Peggy, Aaron & Tommy $800
5. Charlotte & son Sam $500
6. Prince & Bella $600
7. Mary $150
8. Renta & one child named Rivers $400
9. Frank, & one boy named Buck $550
10. Amelia, & her four grown children Tinkny, Juba, Ishmael, Sandy; and Amey, Sarah, Peter $2200
11. Shem $300
12. London $300
13. Mary & two children, named Evans & Joseph $500
14. Roebuck $300
15. Sibbey $250
16. Mary $300} $8600
17. Barbary & Paul, & two children named Polly & Susan $800
18. Hellen & Ben & five children named Doll, Rachell, Leah & Adonis, & Ben Billey & Marian being two children of Helen grown up $2200} $3000
19. Maria & two children named Hannah & Maria $700
20. Polly & Prince $700
21. Nelly & four children, Betty, Amey & Little Nelly & Sue $1300
22. Jim $400
23. Nella & Margaret & two children Little Cymon & Antony $850
24. Ben $200
25. June & Biner & two children Barbary & Tim $850
26. Harry & Molly, & two children Sue & George $500
27. London & Harriett $700
28. Elsey & Shrub $200
29. Tener & her two children, Phillis & Jane & her grandson Adam $750
30. Andrew & Suddy $700
31. Old Dick Charlotte, his wife $200
32. Celia $150
33. George & Venus $400
34. Lucy, Phoebe, Stepney & Senty Sam & Peggy $1300
35. Jenny & Miley $600
36. Tener & two children, Little Tinkney & Hester $750 Isaac $300} $11,550
37. December, Fortimore, & three children, Nanny, Diana & Plenty $950
38. Cromwell (Carpenter) $500} $1450
39. Penda (Cromwell’s wife) & two children named Toby & Peggy $800
40. Judy (Cromwell’s Mother) $50} $850
41. Paris & Rebecca $700 Sam $400 Old Affey & 2 children, William & Chloe, Rosey, Tissey & Isaac $1300} $2400
42. Simon, Charles & Rachel $1000
43. Phoebe (blind) & Charles & Tirah $700
44. Toney (Carpenter) $400} 2100
45. Quash, Peggy & two children Vicey & Richard $800
46. Joe & Nella – grand children of Mary $450} 1250
47. Dick & Catey $700
48. Cyrus (Carpenter) $600
49. Morris $400
50. Israel (little) $250} $1950

Africans:

1. Mathew & Hester $700
2. Cuffy & Favorite $600
3. Luke & Adele $600
4. Summer & Fancy $600} 2500

1. Rock & Spring $600
2. September & Poplar $600
3. Mentor & Boon $600
4. Primus & Quaco $550
5. Jack & Handy $600
6. Julia & Agnes $600
7. Harry, Sophia & child $650
8. October & Smart $600
9. Quomina & Hynman $600
10. Cicero & Maria & child Clarissa $650
11. Caesar & Speed $550
12. Louisa & Tom $600} $7200
13. Mindstraight & Sancho $600
14. Mark & Lott $600
15. Augustus & Bristol $600
16. Robin & Charity $600} $2400

1. Nimble & Rosetta $600
2. Winter & Sumersett $550
3. Clifton and Rotterdam $550} $1700

Sources

• https://lowcountryafricana.com/enslaved-ancestors-estate-john-mcpherson-sc-1806/
• “South Carolina Estate Inventories and Bills of Sale,” online database at Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/256/308409945), Estate Inventories, Book D (1800-1810), Pp. 421-423, accessed 18 Mar 2017.