Laureum Plantation, Beaufort District, South Carolina

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Beaufort, Beaufort, South Carolina, United States
Surnames/tags: McPherson Slavery Black_Heritage

Index of Plantations

South Carolina Plantations

Introduction

General John McPherson (1756 - 1806) was the owner of several plantations in South Carolina. Low Country Africana has transcribed the estate inventory of John McPherson, made (following his death at sea) in December of 1806, which lists enslaved ancestors at Laureum, Pine Comfort, Cotton Hall and Heneka Hill Plantations in Prince William Parish, Beaufort District, and Colleton District, SC. Enslaved ancestors listed in Beaufort District were listed by families and in groups that may have been extended families. ^[1]

Laureum Plantation:

• July & his wife Beck, & four children, named Sylvia, July, Jemmy & August $1550
• Moses & Luda and five children, named Senty, Nelly, Penny, Poorman and Nancy $1550} $3100
• Charles & Judy, & six children, named Sylvia, Cressy, Clarinda, Hannah, Jupiter & Jemmy $1600
• Old Maria & her son Warick $450
• Old John & Mary, & four children, named Sandy & Tom (grown up) & Tenah & Jack $1520} $3570
• Scrub & Amey & six children Hester & Binah, (grown up) & Simon, Renty, Davy & Bella $1650
• January & Juno, & three children, named Patty & Betty & York $1150} $2800
• Jupiter & Babet & seven children, named Murriah & her child Alexander, Sambo, Rose & Chamont (who are grown up) & Rachel, Phoebe & Caty $2350
• Monday $400} $2750
• Amey & three of her children who are grown up, named Broughton, Collin & Dianah & a boy named Sampson $1500
• Bob & Dido, & one child named Molly $800
• Tom – Carpenter $400
• Bella (Tom the Carpenter’s wife) $300
• Polydore $400
• Ishmael $400
• Noah – Carpenter $600} 4400
• William (Carpenter) $600 Prisey (his wife) & her child Lydia $500
• Wall a Cook $600
• Chloe $250
• Sam house boy $350
• Nelson, house boy $300
• Israel, Coachman $450
• Ned, the Groom $600
• James, Hostler $400
• Charles, Attendant, also Shoemaker $350
• Little Andrew, house boy $250
• Nanny – House Maid $300
• Ralph Black Smith – Jemima his wife dairy woman with the following children, Ambrose, Joy, Dennis, Catey & Rachel $1450} $4450

-This document was indexed by Khalisa Jacobs on Low Country Africana^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ 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 1783-1810
   Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964 > Charleston > Probate Court, Estate inventories > 1800-1810 > No File Description Available > image 1063 of 1246
   ]] FamilySearch Image: 939L-VSSB-TY (accessed 15 September 2022)
   • Inventory of Genl John McPherson
2. ↑ https://lowcountryafricana.com/enslaved-ancestors-estate-john-mcpherson-sc-1806/