Newton Plantation, Colleton County, South Carolina

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Surnames/tags: slavery black_heritage Newton Plantation, Colleton County, South Carolina

Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 Owners 1.2 Slaves 2 Sources

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 Newron Plantation in Colleton District, SC. ^[1]

Newton Plantation on Pon Pon was located at the Edisto River, St. Bartholomew's Parish, Colleton County, South Carolina. It is now part of the Hope Plantation complex, which also includes Ashe Plantation, Buzzard Island, Cattell Island, Old Hope Planation, Pringle Field Plantation, Rotterdam Plantation, and West Bank Plantation, plus the previously-combined properties of Baynard Plantation and Hywassee Plantation .

Owners

• General John McPherson

Slaves

The slaves are named in Low Country Africana. ^[2] The following appraisement is in Newton On Ponpon, St. Bartholomews Parish, South Carolina. ^[3]

Enslaved Families Listed at Newton On Ponpon, Colleton District, SC, 1806 “Appraisement of the Person Estate of the Late General John McPherson, at Newton On Ponpon, St. Bartholomews Parish – Made the 22d December 1806:”

John’s People – John (Driver) $600 Bess, his wife –

Ester, Molly, Betsey & Sarah $1400} $2000

Kate, Nancy & John, & Cyrus $650

Mungo, Rina, Jacob, Agrippa, Charles, Phillis $1100} $1750

Daniel, Sangro, Daniel, Stephen, Sharper, March, Tony $1600

Bella, Tena, Eighteen, Diana, Judy, Dick $1050

Will, Tyrah, Daniel, July $1100

Harriett, Hannibal, Belinda, Jenny $1050

Murriah $300

Hercules, Marianne, Cuffee, Amaretta & Tenah $1050} $6150

Sam, Maria, Patty $750

Grace & Plott $700

Hector, Gamester $800

Ben, Rose, Binah, Peggy, Lysia & Chamont $1350

Minus (Carpenter), Nancy, Minus, Cuba $1500

Jackey, Cudjoe, David $1200

Cato’s People – Cato (Driver) $600

Brancer, Daphne, Diana (Cato’ own child) $750} $7650

Ned, Tillah, Lysiah, Grace, Exeter $1200

Margaret, Will, Isaac $800, Billy, Myrtilla $650} $2650

Chloe, Adam & Daphne & an Infant $850

Rachel, Dido, Sammey, Frank $1050

Stepney, Nancy, Violet $900

Billy, Eliza, Martha $800

Plymouth, Tyrah, Bess, Diana $950} $4550

Clarinda, Hero, James $600

Mungo, Rose, Brancer $800

Katy, Plymouth, Tom, Rinah & Mary $1050

Qua, Tenah, Tyra $500

Celia, Tenah, Will, Peggy, George & George $1500} $4450

February $300

Brutus, Morris, Judy $1100

Amherst, Snow, Ben, Guy, Pompey, Jemmy & Rachel $1600

Harriet $300

Africans Under John: Bonaparte $300 Talleyrand $300 Burr $300 Justice $300} $4500

Manchester $300 Sam $300 Brighton $300 Peter $300 May $300 January $300} $1800

Africans Under Cato: Jefferson $300 Demserat $250 Snap $300 Duke $300 York $300} $1450

Herod $300 Sally $300 Bright Eyes $300 March $300 April $300 Fanny $300} $1800

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/
3. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/St._Bartholomews_Parish,_South_Carolina

* South Carolina Plantations *“South Carolina Estate Inventories and Bills of Sale,” online database at Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/256/308409945), Estate Inventories, Book D (1800-1810), Pp. 421-423, accessed 18 Mar 2017.