Old House Plantation, Beaufort County, South Carolina

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Beaufort, South Carolina
Surnames/tags: Heyward Slavery

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History

Daniel Heyward Sr. (1720-1777) owned and lived on Old House Plantation in Beaufort County, South Carolina. His will names a number of his properties. Though he does not specifically name Old House Plantation, he does state that the plantation property and all on it will be available to his wife after his death. His will was written in 1776 showing that he had purchased the property before that time. Heyward's will states his plantation contains 764 1/2 acres originally granted to Thomas Broughton.^[1]

Slaves

Daniel Heyward's will written in 1776, and a codicil in 1777, gives the names of a number of enslaved persons.^[1]

to his wife:

• Nanny and her children
• Lucy, a House Woman, and her children
• Rose, house wench
• Priscilla, house wench
• Jone, girl
• Rachel, girl
• Andrew, lad
• Friday, lad
• Carpenter Will, a mulatto boy
• Amy, my House Wench
• Amy, daughter of Amy, and her children
• Mingo, waiting man

to son Thomas

• Carpenter Squire, man

to son Daniel

• Dick, a mustee fellow
• Jemmy, otherwise called black Jemmy

to son William

• Frank, man
• Elsey, wife of Frank, and her children
• Lucy, cook, and her children
• Jemmy, a mustee man
• Luke, man
• January and Tenah and her child

to son James

• Fowler, the carpenter
• Ebo Smart, and his wife Celia and daughter

to daughter Mary

• Mary and her children
• Tom, boy, the carpenter

to daughter Elizabeth

• Scipio, a lad, the carpenter
• Eliza, girl

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} 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. 17 1774-1779 Wills v. 18 1776-1784
   Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 > Charleston > Wills, 1774-1779, Vol. 017 > image 298 of 424; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
   FamilySearch Image: 939L-N4Q8-V (accessed 16 September 2022)
   • 1777 will of Daniel Heyward

See also Slaves of Daniel Heyward of Charleston, South Carolina