El Destino Plantation, Jefferson County, Florida

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

Index of Plantations

Slaves of Mary Wallace Savage Nuttall Jones

Slaves of William B Nuttall

Slaves of George Noble Jones at El Destino Plantation

Contents 1 El Destino Plantation 2 Owners 3 Slaves 3.1 Lists of Properties Covered by Mortgages Given By William B Nuttall to the Union Bank of Florida, 1834 and 1835 [2] 3.2 Slaves Belonging to the Estate of William B Nuttall, Sold at Foreclosure, 1844 [3] 3.3 Slaves of George Noble Jones at El Destino Plantation, 1847 4 Sources

El Destino Plantation

El Destino is located about 12 miles East of Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida. The plantation lies mostly in Jefferson County, Florida, with some overlap of six miles into Leon County. The plantation consisted of 7,638 acres. The "Big House" was a common looking, one story structure with a gabled roof, not the stereotypical grand plantation house of the South. There was an Overseer's house as well as about ten log cabins for the slave families.^[1]

El Destino was originally owned by the Nuttall family of Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. The patriarch, John Nuttall, bought the land in 1828, and sent his son, William B Nuttall to run the plantation. John and his other son, John Jr (sometimes referred to as James) sent along 52 slaves they owned to work the plantation.

After William died in 1836, his widow, Mary Wallace (Savage) Nuttall married George Noble Jones in 1840. George purchased the plantation from William's estate. See: Slaves of Mary Wallace Savage Nuttall Jones

Owners

• John Nuttall of Savannah, Georgia, purchased land in 1828
• William B Nuttall, sent by father, John, to run the plantation
• Mary Wallace (Savage) Nuttall, inherited upon husband, William's death in 1836
• George Noble Jones, married, Mary Nuttall, in 1840, purchased El Destino from Nuttall estate in 1844

Slaves

Lists of Properties Covered by Mortgages Given By William B Nuttall to the Union Bank of Florida, 1834 and 1835 ^[2]

1. Mortgage of Mar 1, 1834 - $27,600 - included numerous parcels of land, and the following slaves:

Slave	Slave	Slave
Pleasant	Charles	Amelia
Isam	Sim	Minney
Dudley	Jocosin	Katy
Sam	Henderson	Natty
Ben	Munday	Esther
Ralph	Demps	Ann
Tom	Charles	Aggy
William	Robert	Winney
Nat	Ephraim	Phillis
Abram	Young	Tempe
Nelson	Betsey	Eliza
Cheslie	Susan	Jane
Lewis	Mary	Nancy
Ephraim	Amity	Hannah
Mary Jane	Jiles	Davey
Martha	Jim	Griffin
Isham	John	Stephen
Aleck	Malinda	Pleasant
Daniel	Rachael	Coalman

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2. Mortgage of 22 Nov 1834 - $13,500 - included numerous land parcels and a remortgage of the slaves listed above.

3. Mortgage of 24 Jan 1835 - $3600 - consisted of 10 slaves:

Slave	Slave	Slave
Barack	Sarah & Child	Julia
Charles	Coelia	Maria
Jimmey	Venus	Alice Grey

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4. Mortgage of 21 May 1835 - $8000

Slave	Age	Slave	Age
Harry	50	Juno	17
Abraham	60	Pillis (Phillis)	20
Anthony	42	Dye	16
Joe	40	Mary Constantine	19
Flanders	36	Nancy Bartow	16
George	34	Nancy Beverly	14
Prince Savage	32	Tamer	20
Prince Habersham	35	Lucy & Child	19
Ben	25	Phillis & Child	24
Phillis	21	Esther	42
Frank	37	Primus	12
Eliza	60	Aberdeen Butler	10
Mary	33	Ancil	9
Delia	32	Phillis & Child	10
June	33	Abraham	3
Tyre & Child, Amy	28	Cato	8
Daphe (Daphne)	20	Sally	10
Hannah	35	Charlotte	5
Flora	44	Abraham	18
Nancy & Child	20

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Slaves Belonging to the Estate of William B Nuttall, Sold at Foreclosure, 1844 ^[3]

George Noble Jones bought all the slaves except one and the property from the estate. All the slaves comprised the portion of the El Destino Plantation corps owned by William Nuttall.

# of Slaves	Slave Name	Purchaser	$
1	William	Geo. Jones	$750
5	Winney, Natt, Coatney, Tom, Charlotte	Geo. Jones	$830
3	Aggy, Davy, Polly	Geo. Jones	$1,130
1	Sim	Geo. Jones	$610
5	Melia, Eliza, Priscilla, Richard & Jimmey	Geo. Jones	$920
1	Henderson	Smith	$500
4	Dudley, Phillis, Harry & Clary	Geo. Jones	$510
1	Ephraim	Geo. Jones	$700
1	Bob	Geo. Jones	$680
5	Tempe, Heyward, Lewis, Dolly & Mary Ann	Geo. Jones	$1,110
7	Ben Jackson, Emely, Daniel, Samuel, James, Winney, & Peny	Geo. Jones	$2,000
4	Mary Isham, Isham, Martha & Albert	Geo. Jones	$1,520
3	Nancy, Louisa & Phoebe	Geo. Jones	$810
1	Chesley	Geo. Jones	$630
3	Easter, Hetty & Seeley	Geo. Jones	$850
1	Stephen	Geo. Jones	$610
1	Pleasant	Geo. Jones	$640
1	Mary John	Geo. Jones	$530
1	Nelson	Geo. Jones	$3
4	Kate, Hannah, Margaret & Joe	Geo. Jones	$835
1	Coleman	Geo. Jones	$670
3	Nutta & Infant Caroline, and Mary Kane	Geo. Jones	$900
10	Sam Sail, Ann, John, Rachael, Lucy, Jane, Sam, Lymus, Patsey, Ann & Adeline	Geo. Jones	$2,525
	Total		$20,263

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Slaves of George Noble Jones at El Destino Plantation, 1847

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Number	Name	Age	Est. DOB	Sex	Color	Duties/Jobs	Misc. Information
1	Prince Habersham	?	1803	M	B	Driver
2	Mary Habersham	?		F	B
3	Phillis Habersham	? (child)		F	B
4	Abram Habersham	? (child)		M	B
5	Cato Habersham	? (child)		M	B
6	Robert Habersham	? (child)	1834	M	B	Hoe Hand
7	Hannah	?		F	B
8	Margaret	? (child)		F	B
9	Jo (Joe)	? (child)		?	B
10	Fanney	? (child)		F	B
11	Jim	? (child)		M	B
12	Phillis McQueen	?		F	B
13	Polly	? (child)		F	B
14	Bess	? (child)		F	B
15	Eli (Ely)	? (child)		M	B
16	Isabella	? (child)		F	B
17	Sam Sail	?		M	B	Carpenter
18	Ann	?	1810	F	B
19	John	?	1831	M	B
20	Rachal (Rachael)	? (child)		F	B
21	Loosy (Lucy)	? (child)	1837	F	B
22	Dilcy	? (child)		F	B
23	Sam	? (child)	1838	M	B
24	Lymus (Limus)	? (child)	1842	M	B
25	Jerrymiah (Jerry)	? (child)	1845	M	B
26	Jane	? (child)	1838	F	B
27	Barrick	?		M	B	Hog minder
28	Easter (Esther)	?	1823	F	B
29	Hetty	? (child)	1831	F	B
30	Biner (Binah)	? (child)		F	B
31	Chesley	?	1818	M	B	Waggoner and Row Leader of the Hoe Hands
32	Sally	?		F	B
33	Appa	? (infant)		?	B
34	George	?		M	B
35	Tirah (Tyra)	?		F	B
36	Sharlott (Charlotte)	? (child)		F	B
37	Judy	?		F	B
38	Abram Jackson	? (child)		M	B
39	Binah	? (child)		F	B
40	Molly	?		F	B
41	Hannah	? (child)		F	B
42	Peater (Peter)	? (child)		M	B
43	Ben Jackson	?		M	B
44	Daniel	?		M	B
45	Leannah	?	1837	F	B
46	Jim (Wallack)	? (child)	1839	M	B
47	Winey (Winney)	? (child)	1841	?	B
48	Peney (Penny)	? (child)	1843	?	B	Hoe Hand
49	Spencer	? (child)	1845	M	B	Hoe Hand
50	Lewis	?		M	B
51	Sam	?		M	B
52	Di (Dye)	?		F	B
53	Harry	? (child)		M	B
54	Becky	?		F	B
55	Jimey	?		M	B	head at Ploughs and Waggons
56	Melia	?	1821	F	B	Milks, Spins
57	Priscilla	? (child)	1841	F	B	Weaver
58	Richard	? (child)		M	B
59	Emily	? (child)		F	B
60	Lizer (Eliza)	? (child)		F	B
61	Mariah (Maria)	?		F	B
62	Edward	? (child)		M	B
63	John	? (child)		M	B
64	Charles	? (child)		M	B
65	Nancy Briand (Bryan)			F	B
66	Loosey (Lucy)	? (child)		F	B
67	Dafney (Daphney)	? (child)		F	B
68	Andrew	? (child)		M	B
69	Pleasant	?		M	B
70	Venus	?		F	B
71	Jack	? (child)		M	B
72	Julia	? (child)		F	B
73	Peggy	? (child)		F	B
74	Nancy Bevily (Beverly)	?		F	B
75	Prissy	? (child)		F	B
76	O. (Old) Jane	?		F	B
77	Nelson	?		M	B
78	Catherine	? (child)		F	B
79	Betsy	? (child)		F	B
80	Leonard	? (child)		M	B
81	Robert	?		M	B
82	Loosy (Lucy)	?		F	B
83	Elcy (Ely or Eley)	? (child)		?	B
84	Nancy Florah (Flora)	?		F
85	Prishanna	?		F
86	Tom	?		M
87	Crecy	? (child)		F
88	Mary John			F	B
89	Sampson	? (child)		M	B
90	Primus	?	1825	M	B	Ox Driver
91	Tempy	?	1818	F	B	Spins
92	Haywood	? (child)		M	B
93	Dolly	? (child)	1839	F	B	Hoes
94	Marian (Mary Ann)	? (child)	1844	F	B	Hoes
95	Lewis	? (child)	1841	M	B
96	Ephraim Youmans	?	1821	M	B	Slave Foreman, Driver of the Hoe Hands
97	Nancy Bate	?		F	B
98	Nancy Isham	?	1822	F	B
99	Liuzar (Louisa)	? (child)	1841	F	B
100	Charles	?	1819	M	B	Cooper
101	Aggy	?	1813	F	B	Spins, Nurses, Sews
102	Polly	? (child)	1836	F	B
103	Amy	?		F	B
104	Aberdeen Butler	?		?	B
105	Prince	?		M	B
106	Old Lizzy (Lizzie)			F	B
107	Joner (Jonas)	? (child)		M	B
108	John	? (child)		M	B
109	Dudley	?		M	B
110	Lizabeth	?		F	B
111	Susannah	?		F	B
112	Sam Jones	?		M	B
113	Tamer (Tamar)	?	1821	F	B
114	Martha	?		F	B
115	Isham	? (child)		M	B
116	Albert	?		M	B
117	Sanual (Samuel?)	?		M	B
118	Simond	?		M	B
119	Flanders	?		M	B
120	Easter	?		F	B
121	O. (Old) Kate	?		F	B
122	Coalman	?		M	B
123	Jane at the yard	?		F	B
124	Robert	?		M	B
125	Mary	?		F	B
126	Ellin	?		F	B
127	Matilda	?		F	B
128	Stephen	?		M	B
129	Winey	?		F	B
130	Nat (Natt)	? (child)		M	B
131	Coatney	? (child)		F	B
132	Thommes (Thomas)	? (child)		M	B
133	Emily	?		F	B
134	Daniel	? (child)		M	B
135	Mary Isham	?		F	B
136	Albert	? (child)		M	B
137	Old Phillis	?		F	B
138	Henry	? (child)	1839	M	B
139	Clarey (Clary)	? (child)	1841	F	B	Ploughs
140	Delia	?	1803	F	B	Spins	wife of Tom Blackledge, not on same plantation
141	Susanna	? (child)		F	B
142	Elizabeth	? (child)		F	B

• The double dividing lines separate family groups
• (child) = Designated a child based on information from "Slave Children on El Destino, 1847. A list of negro children at El Destino who drew winter clothing, Octr 28, 1847", ^[4]
• Dates of Birth found in 1860 "Bill of Sale for Slaves" from George Jones to Joseph Bryan of Savannah, Georgia.^[5]
• Duties/Jobs taken from Florida plantation records from the papers of George Noble Jones in 1865.^[6]

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, "Lists of Properties Covered by Mortgages Given By William B Nuttall to the Union Bank of Florida, 1834 and 1835", pp531-533 (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/163608-florida-plantation-records-from-the-papers-of-george-noble-jones?viewer=1&offset=0#page=543&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=)
3. ↑ Florida Plantation Records from the papers of George Noble Jones, "Slaves and Other Property Belonging to the Estate of William B Nuttall, Sold at Foreclosure, 1844 ", pp541-544 (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/163608-florida-plantation-records-from-the-papers-of-george-noble-jones?viewer=1&offset=0#page=543&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=)
4. ↑ "Slave Children on El Destino, 1847. A list of negro children at El Destino who drew winter clothing, Octr 28, 1847", pp. 331-333, (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/163608-florida-plantation-records-from-the-papers-of-george-noble-jones?viewer=1&offset=0#page=343&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=)
5. ↑ Florida Plantation Records from the papers of George Noble Jones, pp 560-561, "Bill of Sale for Slaves",(https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/163608-florida-plantation-records-from-the-papers-of-george-noble-jones?viewer=1&offset=0#page=572&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=)
6. ↑ Florida plantation records from the papers of George Noble Jones, pp 563-571(https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/163608-florida-plantation-records-from-the-papers-of-george-noble-jones?viewer=1&offset=0#page=575&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=)

• GUIDE TO THE EL DESTINO PLANTATION PAPERS 1786-1938, Mss. Collection #2001-02(https://myfloridahistory.org/content/el-destino-plantation-papers-1786-1938)

• Jones, George Noble. List of Slaves on El Destino Plantation in 1847, in Family Groups, Source: Florida Plantation Records from the Papers of George Noble Jones, Edited by Ulrich Bonnell Phillips and James David Glunt, 1971, pp. 329-330. Transcribed by Toni Carrier

• 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)

• Slaves of Mary Wallace Savage Nuttall Jones (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Slaves_of_Mary_Wallace_Savage_Nuttall_Jones)

• The Red Hills of Florida, 1528-1865 by Clifton Paisley, published by The University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa and London, copyright 1989, pp 136, 145

• 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