Fish Dam Plantation Wake County North Carolina

Date: About 1807 [unknown]
Location: Wake, North Carolina, United States
Surnames/tags: Bennehan-Cameron Slavery Black_Heritage

Plantations Index

The Bennehan-Cameron Plantations

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Owners 1.2 Slaves 2 Sources

Biography

Fish Dam Plantation was started by Richard Bennehan and his son Thomas. By 1807 the partnership included son-in-law Duncan Cameron.^{[1] [2]} Fish Dam Plantation was located in Wake Co, NC, on the Neuse River about 10 miles from the Stagville Plantation.

Owners

Richard Bennehan 1743-1825 was a merchant and planter. He was born in Virginia and lived his adult life in Orange Co, NC.

Thomas D. Bennehan 1782-1847 was born in Orange Co, NC and there he spent his life. Thomas never married and when he died he gave the bulk of his properties to his nephew, Paul C. Cameron.

Duncan Cameron 1777-1853 was a planter. He spent his adult life in North Carolina where he raised his family. He was the son-in-law of Richard Bennehan, and shared plantations and expenses with the Bennehan family until brother-in-law, Thomas D. Bennehan, died. After that Duncan's plantation partner was his son, Paul C. Cameron.

Paul C. Cameron 1808-1891, raised on Fairntosh plantation, received Stagville and other plantations from his uncle Thomas D. Bennehan when he died in 1847. Paul continued expanding the plantations and planted new ones in Alabama and Mississippi.

Slaves

1847 Thomas Bennehan died. His probate inventory listed these enslaved persons at Fish Dam plantation, Wake Co, NC ^[3]

• Sam Brandon age 40
• Tempey Brandon age 30
• Tom Brandon age 13
• Emeline Brandon age 9
• Oney Brandon age 8
• Oley Brandon age 6
• Crosey Brandon age 3
• Cannon Brandon age 1

• Davis age 65
• Nancy age 25
• Malinda age 6
• Calvin age 3
• Penny age 1

• Lucy age 28
• Humphrey age 16
• Mary age 10
• George age 7
• Henna age 4 deceased

• Milly age 30
• Fanny age 18
• Weston age 14
• John age 12
• Tom age 10
• Rhody age 7
• Phenby age 5
• Kenon age 3

• Patience age 35
• Minerva age 18
• Jean age 16
• Lizzy age 14
• Christian age 11
• Simon age 9
• Mariah age 7
• Doctor age 5
• Dicey age 3

• Harrison age 26
• Eliza age 20

• Hardy age 42
• Wiat age 13
• Sarah age 8
• Redin age 6
• Kendal age 2

• Alfred Gause age 43
• Betsey age 30
• Delila age 23

• Jesse age 1, Cresey's
• Cresey age 20
• Zack age 24

• McKenzie age 18
• Andrew age 16
• Washington age 14
• Berry age 11
• Albert age 8
• Dinah age 6

• Anthony age 30
• Macklin age 48
• Frank age 25
• William age 27
• Willis age 1, Milly's son

For more information see the Bennehan-Cameron Plantations page.

Sources

1. ↑ Cameron Family Papers https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00133 Southern Historical Collection, Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
   • Biographical Information
2. ↑ https://www.opendurham.org/buildings/stagville
3. ↑ Cameron Family Papers https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00133/#d1e5584 Southern Historical Collection, Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
   • Subseries 2.6. Estate Papers, 1804-1942 Folder 2154 image 26