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Jenkins Johns Island Plantation, Charleston County, South Carolina

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Surnames/tags: Jenkins Slavery
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Plantation Index

South Carolina Plantation Index

History

Christopher Jenkins (1790-1830) was of Charleston County, South Carolina.[1] He was a planter and a slaveholder. His property on John's Island was for sale after his death.[2]

Slaves

Christopher Jenkins died in 1830. His will and his probate inventory named and valued the slaves on his property on John's Island.[3][4]

  • King, Clarinda, Nancy, Amey, Matilla, total $1500
  • Cyrus, Moll, Mary, John, Henry, total $1600
  • Bob, Jenny, Bella, Adam, Robert, Lydia, total $1500
  • Tom, Sue, Bunch, Hector, Jack, Moris, Little Tom, Hercules, Sander, total $1900
  • Sampson, Celia, Sally, Minda, Hardtimes, Tommy, Anthony, total $1700
  • Polidore, Clarinda, Peter $700, Delia $350, total $1050
  • Stepney, Doll, Patience, Sary, Rosetta, James, Martha, total $1400
  • Charles, Lucy, Tenah, March, little Charles, Betty, Sampson, total $1400
  • Hannah, John, Dido, Adam, Ellina, old Dido, Tom, Lance, total $1600
  • Tilla, Renty, Old Stephen, Jane $800, Elsey, Peter, Jacob, Tamar, Jenny, Sary, Girgin, Lucy, Susey, June, $3000, total $3800
  • old Harry $150, Nella, old Nancy, Dublin, Randolph, $1100, total $1250
  • Harry, Sally $600, total $600

For more information please see Peter's Point Plantation page.

Sources

  1. https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/27569499.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3Ab01b6eea79106e34592d236b07d8e818&ab_segments=&origin=&initiator=&acceptTC=1
    • p.239/image 18
  2. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118470176/1835-christopher-jenkins-plantation/
    • The Charleston Daily Courier, Charleston, South Carolina, 23 Oct 1835, Fri, Page 1
  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. 38-39 1826-1834
    Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 > Charleston > Wills, 1826-1834, Vol. 038 > image 385 of 874; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
    FamilySearch Image: 939L-JLSS-RD (accessed 11 February 2023)
    • 1830, the will of Christopher Jenkins, WB 38 p.780
  4. South Carolina Probate Re...d Loose Papers, 1732-1964: "South Carolina Probate Re...d Loose Papers, 1732-1964"
    Catalog: Charleston District, South Carolina estate inventories, 1732-1844 1810-1818 1819-1824 1819-1824 (indexed with last item) 1824-1844
    Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964 > Charleston > Probate Court, Estate inventories > 1824-1834 > No File Description Available > image 857 of 1227
    FamilySearch Image: 939L-JJYR-3 (accessed 11 February 2023)
    • probate inventory for Christopher Jenkins




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