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Hopsewee Plantation, Georgetown County, South Carolina

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Background

The Hopsewee Plantation was located in the Prince George’s Parish, Winyah, now the area called Georgetown County, South Carolina.[1] The plantation home was built by Thomas Lynch Jr. in the 1740's.[2] His heirs were allowed to have the plantation if they went by the name of Lynch. [3][4] However, Robert Hume seems to have owned it before Lynch Jr. died, as it was written into Robert Hume's will as having purchased the property from Lynch (if Hopsewee was indeed the property). Robert bequeathed this property to his son Alexander, but John Hume seems to have come up with it. Hume died in 1841, and the plantation was sold and Hume's grandson, John Hume Lucas, who purchased it in 1844.[5][6] In 1853 the plantation was advertised in the newspaper for sale.[7]

By 1867 the Hopsewee Plantation was again for sale.[8]

Owners

Slaves

Cemetery

There is an African-American cemetery located on this property, Hopsewee Plantation Cemetery.

Labor Contracts

After the Civil War the executors of the property of John Hume Lucas signed a contract with the following formerly enslaved persons to work on the plantation:[10]

  • Handy Small[11]
  • Molly Small
  • Charles Small
  • Celia Small
  • Jack Small
  • Amy Ball[11]
  • Fanny Ball
  • Susan Richardson
  • Mananiue(sp?) Swinton
  • Pender Prioleau
  • Josey Holbeck(sp?)
  • Robert(1) Dead(?Deas?)
  • Robert(2) Dead(?Deas?)
  • Sylvia Drayton
  • Martha Holbeck(sp?)
  • Paul Peniel
  • Susey Peniel
  • Charlotte Allston
  • Rose Allston
  • Daniel Manigault

Sources

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopsewee
  2. Historic Hopsewee https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-state-historic-hopsewee-plantation/140703830/
  3. Wills and miscellaneous probate records, 1671-1868: "South Carolina Probate Re... Bound Volumes, 1671-1977"
    Catalog: Wills and miscellaneous probate records, 1671-1868 Wills v. 17 1774-1779 Wills v. 18 1776-1784
    Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 > Charleston > Wills, 1776-1784, Vol. 018 > image 664 of 793; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia
    FamilySearch Image: 939L-N4C6-4 (accessed 10 February 2024)
    • will of Thomas Lynch Jr
  4. National Register of Historic Places http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/georgetown/S10817722002/S10817722002.pdf
  5. Hume Estate for Sale https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charleston-daily-courier-1844-john-h/140702991/
  6. https://south-carolina-plantations.com/georgetown/hopsewee.html
  7. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charleston-daily-courier-1853-hopsew/145272382/
    • The Charleston Daily Courier, Charleston, South Carolina, Sat, Jan 8, 1853, Page 3
  8. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charleston-daily-courier-1867-hopsew/140703574/
  9. Wills and miscellaneous probate records, 1671-1868: "South Carolina Probate Re... Bound Volumes, 1671-1977"
    Catalog: Wills and miscellaneous probate records, 1671-1868 Wills v. 19 1780-1783 Wills v. 20 1783-1786
    Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 > Charleston > Wills, 1783-1786, Vol. 020 > image 164 of 434; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia
    FamilySearch Image: 939L-JX3M-BQ (accessed 10 February 2024)
    • will of Thomas Lynch III
  10. South Carolina, Freedmen'...Office Records, 1865-1872: "South Carolina, Freedmen'...Office Records, 1865-1872"
    Catalog: Records of the field offices for the state of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872 Register of complaints, Nov. 1865-Apr. 1866; Register of rations issued to destitutes, Jan.-Sept. 1867; Register of contracts, Dec. 1865-Apr. 1866; Labor contracts, Dec. 1865-Apr. 1866; Labor contracts, May 1865-Mar. 1867 [NARA M1910 roll 76].
    Image path: South Carolina, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872 > Georgetown (subassistant commissioner) > Roll 76, Labor contracts, May 1865-Mar 1867 > image 482 of 673; citing NARA microfilm publication M1910 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
    FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-99ZG-C475 (accessed 10 February 2024)
    • Freedmen's Bureau Labor Contract 1866
  11. 11.0 11.1 United States Census, 1870: "United States Census, 1870"
    Image path: United States Census, 1870 > South Carolina > Georgetown > Santee > image 23 of 73; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
    FamilySearch Image: S3HT-6LH7-GW2 (accessed 16 February 2024)
    • 1870 census




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