Mepkin Plantation, Charleston County, South Carolina

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

History

Henry Laurens acquired the three thousand acre Mepkin Plantation outside of Charleston, SC about 1764. He also owned several other plantations. Henry Lauren married into the huge Ball plantation family, when he wed Eleanor Delamere Ball (1731-1770).^[1]

In his will Henry Laurens states he writes his will from Mepkin on 1 Nov 1792.^[2][3]

Slaves

Henry Laurens estate inventory lists these enslaved:^[4]

At his home

• Deborah
• Thomas
• Sally
• Lucy
• August
• Goodson
• Chloe
• Molly
• Peggy
• Mentoe
• Summer
• Charles

These enslaved are listed as being at St. Johns Berkeley. The first are in family groups:^[4]

• Poland
• Sary

• Nat
• Nanny

• Juba
• Nippe

• Marsha

• Cuffy
• Betty
• Paul
• Rose

• Jim
• Venus
• Elvira
• Julia
• Bobbet

• Caesar
• Hester
• Nancy
• Lidy
• Prina
• Jack
• Nanny

• Ben
• Sacky
• Dic

• Sambo
• Bella

• Brutus Comba
• Rose
• Quebec

• Carolina
• Judy
• Molly

• Jacob
• Affy
• Pussey
• Limehouse
• Sandy
• Jacob
• Dic
• January
• Grace
• Primus
• Jean
• Hagar
• Phillis
• Peter
• Betsey
• Jim
• Grant
• Primus
• Nancy
• Hagar
• Flora
• Elsey
• Affey
• Bouy
• Pollydon
• Billy
• Delia
• Ben
• Priscilla
• Tom
• Molly
• Sinna
• Delia
• Isaac
• Chloe
• Lucy
• Isaac
• Nelly
• Lisbon
• Primus
• Tom
• Charlotte
• Cuffy
• Amey
• Miah
• Plimouth
• Goe (Joe?)
• Kinny
• Darby
• Sally
• Phillis
• Lawrence
• Judy
• Antony
• Nancy
• Valerius
• Adam
• Sabina
• Rachel
• Jack
• Moggy
• Tena
• Becky
• Will
• Hard Times
• Charlotte
• Saby
• Bennet
• Chambers
• George
• London
• Binah
• Tenba
• Rough Rice
• Neptune
• Mauney
• Jenny
• Bob
• Sirah
• Milissa
• Penda
• Toncy
• Cateau
• Salsbury
• Cato
• Sary
• Maria
• Cani
• Grant
• Phillis
• Cassius
• Mary
• Amy
• Phillis
• Cudjoe
• Binah
• Farmer
• Penda
• Jim
• Quach
• Diana
• Becky
• Nancy
• Snow
• Beersheba
• Simon
• Lucinda
• Hard-times
• Jimmy
• Betsey
• Katey
• Rebecca
• Sargeant
• Gabriel
• Marley
• Bram
• Monimia
• Cain
• Frederick
• London
• Katey
• Molly
• Rachel
• Katey
• Dimmy
• Mauney
• Jack
• Charlotte
• Julatta
• Abraham
• Plenty
• Jewel
• Penda
• Timauney
• Jack
• Becky
• Joe
• Molly
• August
• Tena
• Sambo
• Mary
• Sandy
• Sally
• Sandy
• Sam
• Amey
• Penda
• Toby
• Maria
• Duboy
• Wellington

These enslaved were at the parish of St. Thomas and St. Dennis:^[4]

• Clarinda
• Hester
• Maria
• George
• Sambo
• Flander
• Bess
• Belinda
• Maurice
• Billy
• Mia
• Adam
• Crisby
• Sylla
• Sylvia
• Hannah
• Lynda
• Sophia
• Peggy
• Hercules
• Marilla
• Flora
• Monday
• Martha
• Jacob
• Mathias
• Affy
• Ceasar
• Sandy
• Bunch
• Nanny
• Charles
• Daniel
• Morilla
• Scipio
• June
• Delia
• Tom
• Lenah
• Natty
• Binah
• Thomas
• Lydia
• Nancy
• Bob
• Phillis
• Hannibal
• Maria
• Betty
• Ben
• Shaifer
• Mary
• Sally
• Charles
• Ben
• Suckey
• Phillip
• Venus
• Quacka
• Paris
• Patrina
• Hamilton
• Tony
• Sue
• Colonel
• Harriott
• Sue
• Bram
• Lucy
• Lawrence
• Bram
• Penda
• Kate
• Luma
• Dolly
• Nancy
• Quash
• Sylvia
• Lyvinia
• Harry
• Solomon
• Watboo
• London
• Flora
• Jack
• Katey
• Tartar
• Harry
• Lydia
• Deborah
• Jimmy
• Doll
• Diana
• Bristol
• Labis
• Mary
• Taffy
• Sue
• Sacky
• Sally
• Brutus
• Lyndia
• Sambo
• Cassandra
• Chloe
• Fanny
• Sam
• Nancy
• John
• Daphne
• Lucy
• Stepney
• Molly
• Frank
• Nanny
• Friday
• Mary Anne
• London
• Amelia
• Sue
• Bob
• Tyra
• Judy
• Priscilla
• Phoebe
• Yamouth
• Lucy
• Trim
• Jinny
• Tylla
• Hercules
• Trim
• Polly
• Leah
• Sary
• Ben
• Marsha
• Timothy
• Lucy
• Lucinda
• George
• Mitty
• Ben
• Binah
• Amy
• Sally
• Sylvia
• Amber
• Jenny
• Watboo
• Betty
• Nat
• Diamond
• Nancy
• Pollydon
• Mina
• Moggy
• Will
• Violet
• Chinga
• Nelly
• Sampson
• Minty
• Limehouse
• Dorah
• Marlborough
• Tamar
• Belfast
• Joe
• Hagar
• Bonaparte
• Dougold
• Nelly
• Patty
• Dinah
• Sally
• Isaac
• Davy
• Stepney
• Leah
• Miley
• Billy
• Diana
• Cyrus
• Bluff
• Lydia
• Polly
• Bluff
• Moses
• Nelly
• Davy
• Tamar
• Molly
• Ceasar
• Diana
• Mylord
• Molly
• Flora
• Sary
• Rose
• Stepney
• Nat
• Abigail
• Comba
• Coleman
• Nelly
• Rynah
• Clarissa
• Binky
• Binah
• Aberdeen
• Nancy
• Rynah
• Hetty
• Joshua
• Tenah
• Phebae
• Bram
• Belfast
• Quashy
• Roxanna
• Sally
• Harry
• Cyrus
• March
• Peggy
• Betty
• Beck
• Chloe
• Delia
• Amy
• Sary
• Peter
• Nelly
• Sam
• Robert
• Mingo
• Dorah
• Sam
• John
• Comba
• Dido
• John
• Sharper
• Marsha
• Elsey
• Dick
• Stephen
• Toney
• John
• Sally
• Sam
• Patty
• Jimmy
• Sambo

Henry Laurens account book.^[5] The enslaved will be listed here as they are discovered.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/history/us-history-biographies/henry-laurens
2. ↑ 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. 24 1786-1793 Wills v. 25-26 1793-1800
   Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 > Charleston > Wills, 1786-1793, Vol. 024 > image 382 of 1174; Citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
   FamilySearch Image: 939L-J49T-37 (accessed 31 March 2022)
   • will of Henry Laurens, proven 15 Jan 1793, Charleston Co, SC
3. ↑ He also writes in his will that he owns land in Georgia, a plantation called New Hope on the Altamaha river, a plantation called Broughton Island.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} 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 > 1818-1824 > No File Description Available > image 513 of 1454
   FamilySearch Image: 939L-JJ99-27 (accessed 31 March 2022)
   • Inventory Bk F 1819-1824, p.398-400
5. ↑ https://lcdl.library.cofc.edu/lcdl/catalog/lcdl:87881?tify={%22view%22:%22info%22}