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Fort Hill Plantation, Pickens County, South Carolina

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Introduction

The Fort Hill Plantation was originally owned by John C. Calhoun (Senator and Vice President), then by Floride Bonneau, wife of John E. Colhoun and mother of Floride Bonneau Calhoun. Floride Bonneau Calhoun inherited the property after her mother's death in 1836 but under South Carolina law, she likely lost any individual rights to it because of her marriage to John C. Calhoun (Senator and Vice President).

After the Civil War and the emancipation of slaves, the plantation was inherited by Calhoun's daughter Anna Maria, who bequeathed the property to Thomas Green Clemson. He inherited the property in 1875. Thomas bequeathed the land to be used to establish Clemson University after he died in 1888.

Slave Owners

Slaves

1850 US Census
Taken on 24 August 1850 after the death of John C. Calhoun, 75 slaves worked at Fort Hill. No individual names are included. African Americans at Fort Hill

1854 purchase of 50 slaves by Andrew Pickens Calhoun from John C. Calhoun's widow, Floride Bonneau Colhoun:

Name (1854)Est. BirthAge
Sawney179559
Tilla180450
Ned182925
Nicholas183618
Jonas183816
Jim184212
Matilda184410
Chapman18468
Moses183222
Gargar183123
Lucinda18495
Armstead18513
Binah18513
Tom18531
Cato18522
Baby18531
Daniel182727
Rosanna182232
Willis183321
Peter184212
Dice18468
Fanny183519
Hannah18513
Daniel18531
Billy181935
Jane182430
Mark184410
Sawney18468
Moses18486
Suckey18504
Pegg18468
John18531
Caty18540
Mary183123
Delphi18468
Sally18522
Edward18504
Peggy18468
Isaac183123
Cloe181737
Amos183420
Katy179460
Kitty183321
Child18522
Nancy18459
Richmond183123
Phebe1754100
Lucy18495
Grandison18504
Jackson18522


1865 Appraisal of the estate of Andrew Pickens Calhoun:

Name (1865)Est. BirthAge
Sawney179471
Tiller180362
David18632
Matilda184223
Bella18623
Mary Jane18641
Jim184520
Pheoby184025
Laura18632
Emelia18653/12
Susan184322
Binah184619
Babe18656/12
Armstead185114
James185411
Liddy18614
Thomas18641
Jimmy184223
Delphy184520
Tessie18623
Harriot184223
Francis184817
Christy18632
Richard185213
Isaac185411
Margaret184421
Aaron18614
Edward183332
Fanny18587
Allen18596
William18614
Robert18632
Nancy184718
Louis18656/12
Peter184322
Dice184718
Babe18656/12
Richard185510
Amos183035
Sarah Ann183035
Binah184817
Tom184916
Cato185114
Moses18569
Rose18605
Izzy18614
Peggy177788
Isaac183233
Edward184916
Alick185312
Katy180164
Cloe180758
Orr183233
Wash182639
Hammer182837
Daphney184718
Sam183530
Lucy184619
Allison185015
Jack185312
Jonas183629
Chapman184025
Harry182441
Delia181748
Harry184223
Margaret (2)184520
Sarah Anne185312
Eliza Anne185114
Jack184916
Billy182045
James182738
Moses184817
Sue185015
Peggy185213
Kate185411
Alick18587
Mary18569
Beller180164
Sharper (Husband of Caroline)183233
Richmond183233
Caroline (Wife of Sharper)183530
Solomon185411
Tiller18578
Simon18596
George183332
Martha183332
Hammer184916
John181451
Binah181748
Jack18569
Frank183926
Amy184124
David18569
Nick18587
Betty18596
Ben183926
Becky184322
Lizzie18623
Dink183926
Susan184025
Beck18614
Mack184223
Ellen184322
Amos184619
Pheobus183134
Kitty183134
Robert184718
William185411
Stepny18578
Mary18623
Martha18656/12
Simon181451
Missy182342
Jim183926
Darcas183134
Katy185015
Abb183332
Joe18578
Arthur18623
Tom183332
Jane183728
Moses185312
Tom18614
Peter181550
Ephraim183629
Maria184520
Nancy18623

Census Records

In the 1830 US Census, John C. Calhoun was in Pickens, South Carolina with 37 slaves.[2]

  • Males - Under 10: 10
  • Males - 10 thru 23: 2
  • Males - 24 thru 35: 6
  • Males - 36 thru 54: 3
  • Females - Under 10: 6
  • Females - 10 thru 23: 3
  • Females - 24 thru 35: 5
  • Females - 36 thru 54: 1
  • Females - 55 thru 99: 1

Total Slaves: 37

Sources

  1. ↑ African Americans at Fort Hill
  2. ↑ 1830 Census: "1830 United States Federal Census"
    Year: 1830; Census Place: Pickens, South Carolina; Series: M19; Roll: 173; Page: 267; Family History Library Film: 0022507
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8058 #678441 (accessed 11 December 2022)
    John C Colhoun in Pickens, South Carolina.




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