Maxcy Place Plantation, Charleston County, South Carolina

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Edisto Island, Charleston, South Carolina
Surnames/tags: slavery black_heritage Black_Heritage

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Contents 1 Background 1.1 Owners 1.2 Slaves 2 Research Notes 3 Sources

Background

Maxcy's Place, also known as Mulberry Grove, was a modest property of 270 acres (at the time of the Civil War).

The eastern section of 150 acres may have derived in 1754 from property owned by William May.^[1] The western section of 120 acres was carved out of Cedar Hall Plantation.^[2]

Mr. Maxcy and his wife Priscilla owned this plantation until their deaths. After their only son, Thomas died (by 1826) the property was sold.

William Mikell Clark purchased Mulberry Grove from Francis L. Maxey in 1826. Francis L. Maxcy was the widow of Thomas Maxcy, the only child of Priscilla Maxcy who had owned the land.^[3] When William Clark died he left this plantation to his daughter Elizabeth Clark who married William Henry Hanckel.^[4]

In 1855 William Henry Hanckel, husband of Elizabeth Clark, sold the plantation she inherited, also known as Mulberry Grove, to Dr. William M. Bailey. It is possible that the couple did not live on this plantation before selling to Bailey.^[5] Maxcy Place was managed by a resident overseer at that time, as William Bailey lived on another plantation.

Owners

• William Bower
• William May

(unknown owner/s)

• Francis L. Maxey/Maxcy widow and heir of Priscilla Maxcy
• William Mikell Clark
• William Henry Hanckel
• William Mikell Bailey MD (1816 - 1868)

Slaves

• Slaves of William Mikell Clark 1830
• Possible list on Slaves of William Mikell Bailey MD (1816 - 1868), South Carolina

Research Notes

• Francis L. Maxey Letters of Admin 1838 She was married to a Thomas Maxcy, the only son of Priscilla Maxcy, who owned the property. Priscilla and her only son Thomas were deceased by 1826. Thomas and Francis L. Maxey had a son, Joseph Murray Maxcy who died by 1838.^[6] What was the name of the husband of Priscilla?

Sources

1. ↑ Memorials of seventeenth and eighteenth century South Carolina land titles and index to auditor general memorials, 1731-1775: "Memorials of seventeenth and eighteenth century South Carolina land titles and index to auditor general memorials, 1731-1775"
   Catalog: Memorials of seventeenth and eighteenth century South Carolina land titles and index to auditor general memorials, 1731-1775 Memorial books, v. 7-8
   Film number: 008621906 > image 108 of 1186
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C34L-W9R8-J (accessed 2 June 2023)
   • Memorial Deed Bk 7 p.61-62
2. ↑ Spencer, Charles, Edisto Island 1663 to 1860: Wild Eden to Cotton Aristocracy Charleston, SC: The History Press (2012) p. 152
3. ↑ Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898: "Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898"
   Catalog: Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898 Land records, v. Q9-T9 1825-1827
   Film number: 008140739 > image 970 of 1095
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSKW-K3RT-F (accessed 10 May 2023)
   • purchase of Mulberry Grove from Francis L. Maxey 1826, was the land of Priscilla Maxey dec'd.
4. ↑ 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 409 of 874; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
   FamilySearch Image: 939L-JLSS-R2 (accessed 9 May 2023)
   • 1830, will of William M. Clark, Will Bk 38 p.804
5. ↑ Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898: "Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898"
   Catalog: Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898 Land records, v. I13-M13 1854-1858
   Film number: 008300055 > image 177 of 1010
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSR8-XSQP-C (accessed 5 June 2023)
   • 11 Jan 1855, Aka Mulberry Grove, from William Henry Hanckel and wife Elizabeth Hanckel, Bk J13 p.317
6. ↑ Estate https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charleston-daily-courier-1838-joseph/125935966/
   • The Charleston Daily Courier, Charleston, South Carolina, Thu, Apr 26, 1838, Page 2