Person Plantation and Mill, Person County, North Carolina

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Person, North Carolina, United States
Surnames/tags: Cameron Slavery Black_Heritage

Plantation Index

Biography

The Person Plantation property begins with a deed of purchase by Duncan Cameron in 1824.^[1] As the name suggests it was located in Person Co, NC. The Person county plantation was owned by Duncan Cameron and after his death, owned by his son Paul C. Cameron. They co-ran it in the early days. In Dec of 1834 Duncan Cameron transferred the properties in Person Co, NC to his son, Paul C. Cameron.^[2]

The Cameron family owned a mill in Person county as well. There were not very many enslaved persons who worked at the mill site, so the mill information is also included on this page.

There were several Cameron owned plantations in Person Co, NC.

• Clements Plantation
• McKipack Plantation

Slaves

1839 Person Plantation Slave Census^[3]

• Jim Ray
• Mike
• Henry
• Charles
• Jacob
• Wiley
• Nilson
• Moses
• Billy Green
• Jim Green
• Henry
• Harrison
• Squire
• Peter

boys

• Green
• Edmund
• Allen
• Anderson
• John C.
• Davy
• Eason
• Willis
• Sam
• Stephen
• John
• Henderson
• George

small boys

• Nathan
• Jim Tab
• Austin
• Anderson
• Archer
• Wesley

• Hannah
• Milly
• Mary
• Patsey
• Sally
• Phillis
• Cherry
• Ritta
• Raney
• Peggy
• Becky
• Aggy

girls

• Phebe
• Molly
• Liza
• Jincy
• Anne
• Lucy
• Silla

small girls

• Emily
• Candis
• Mary Jane
• Susan
• Sibeley

1845 Paul C. Cameron's Person Plantation slave census^[4]

• Phillip
• Jinny
• Randal
• Jim
• Ellen
• Mathew
• Phil
• Patience
• Tom
• Henry
• Phillis
• Bently
• William
• Adeline
• Rowland
• Sally
• Davey
• Lucey
• Strephon Jr
• Robbin
• Strephon Sen
• William
• Nulty
• Emily
• Len
• Baldy
• Betsey
• Frances
• Solomon
• Hone Dick

1845 Person Mill slave census^[4]

• Daniel
• Sarah
• Wesley
• Kathy
• Isaiah
• Milly
• Leathy
• Edward
• Rufus

In 1853 Duncan Cameron died. His property was divided and his sons received the enslaved at the Person Plantations:^[5]

to son Thomas A. Cameron

• John age 34, son of Squire
• Lucy age 25
• Luke age 13
• Fathy age 9
• Silla age 8
• Alfred age 5
• Charity age 2
• Becka infant
• Jim Ray age 65
• Mary age 55
• Henry age 35
• Patsey age 42
• Stephen age 25
• Laura age 20
• Chaney age 2
• Ransom age 1
• Henry Call age 45
• Rainey age 40
• Allen age 24
• Nelly age 26
• Tom age 22
• Wilson age 8
• Aggy age 6
• Georgiania age 4
• Charles age 2
• Milly infant
• Bill Green age 40
• Ritta age 38
• Jane age 17
• Betsey age 15
• Caty age 13
• Mary age 10
• Duncan age 8
• Rufus age 3
• Moses age 60
• Squire age 65
• Phillis age 70
• Austin age 20
• Candis age 22
• Leaston age 20
• Vina age 2
• Fred age 1
• Annie infant of Bill Green
• Anderson age 25
• Jim Green age 70
• Hannah age 70
• Milly age 70

to Paul C. Cameron

• Henry age 65
• Jenny age 55
• Hannah age 21, wife of Bently
• Polly age 4
• Kissey age 18, wife of Wm
• Fanny age 2
• Celia 18, wife of Robin
• Frank age 1
• Winney age 22, wife of Jim
• Ned age 2
• Jane age 1
• Violet age 19, wife of Gabriel
• Oliver age 26, husband of Adaline
• Chancy age 30, diseased, husband of Sally
• Harrison age 30
• Eliza age 30
• Logan age 10
• Warren age 9
• Radford age 5
• Lizzy age 3
• Harvey infant
• Green age 30
• Phib age 35
• Delia age 5
• Sylvia age 3
• Dallas age 1
• Charles age 55
• Sally age 48
• Emily age 17
• Jim age 15
• Tom age 13
• Martha age 11
• Sarah age 12
• Virgil age 5
• Elisha age 3
• Banister infant
• Philhs (Phillis?) age 20, of Isbel
• Nathan age 12, son of Chas
• George age 54
• *Winney age 45
• Nancy age 80
• Robin age 72
• Matilda age 65
• Dav Hunt age 68
• Isaac age 70
• Maria age 64

1865 The Person Mill slave census^[6]

• Daniel
• Sarah
• Wesley
• Catharine
• Leatha
• Isaiah
• Sarah
• Milly
• Henry
• Rufus
• Becky

1865 The Person Plantation slave census^[6]

• Phillip
• Randol
• Jim
• Dave
• Robbin
• Bently
• Big William
• Stocton
• William
• Dick

Women

• Jinny
• Patience
• Adeline
• Lucy
• Phillis
• Sally F.
• Letty

Boys

• Phil
• Tom
• Henry
• Len

Girls

• Emily

Children

• Balda
• Betsey
• Francis
• Roland
• Mathew
• Stephen
• Mary
• Solomon
• Virge
• Mary

Please see the Bennehan-Cameron Plantations page for more information.

Sources

1. ↑ Record of deeds, 1789-1901; indexes, 1789-1966: "Record of deeds, 1789-1901; indexes, 1789-1966"
   Catalog: Record of deeds, 1789-1901; indexes, 1789-1966 Deeds, Vol. D 1806-1817 Vol. F 1821-1823 Vol. G 1823-1825 (vol. E is located on film #551478)
   Film number: 007540346 > image 610 of 703
   FamilySearch Image (accessed 22 February 2022)
2. ↑ Record of deeds, 1789-1901; indexes, 1789-1966: "Record of deeds, 1789-1901; indexes, 1789-1966"
   Catalog: Record of deeds, 1789-1901; indexes, 1789-1966 Deeds, Vols. M-O 1835-1842
   Film number: 007540344 > image 650 of 760
   FamilySearch Image (accessed 22 February 2022)
   • 1834 Deed Bk O p.294
3. ↑ Cameron Family Papers https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00133
   • Folder 3657, Volume 119: 1839 Southern Historical Collection, Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00133/#d1e9979
   • Folder 3662, Volume 124: October 1845 Southern Historical Collection, Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
5. ↑ Cameron Family Papers https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00133/#d1e5584 f
   • folder 2166 p.2-16 Southern Historical Collection, Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Cameron Family Papers https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00133/#d1e9979
   • Folder 3668, Volume 130: circa 1865 Southern Historical Collection, Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.