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Quiet Corner Plantation, Charleston County, South Carolina

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Location: Wadmalaw Island, Charleston, South Carolinamap
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History

Quiet Corner Plantation was located on Wadmalaw Island, Charleston County, South Carolina. It was owned by Richard Jenkins LaRoche Sr. Richard LaRoche Sr. passed the Quiet Corner Plantation to his son, Richard LaRoche Jr.[1]

Quiet Corner was also called Bohickett Plantation in some paperwork.[2] After the Civil War Richard LaRoche had to send an application in to the Freedmen's Bureau seeking restitution of his lands,[3] which were eventually restored 18 Jan 1866.[4]

There is a cemetery on Quiet Corner Plantation.[5][6]

Slaves

The probate inventory of Richard J. LaRoche Sr. in 1846 named and valued each of the slaves he owned at his death.[7]

For more information please see the Slaves of LaRoche 1846.

After the Civil War

After the Civil War the Quiet Corner Plantation was inhabited by Freed Men (and women). They were to enter into a contract with Richard LaRoche Jr. to be able to stay on the property after the property was returned to the owner. [8]

The following Freedmen families were living on Quiet Corner plantation in 1866:[9]

18 Feb 1866

Occupied by Men:

  1. Henry Days
  2. Isaac Wade
  3. Josiah William
  4. Billy Williams, old
  5. Otto Filds, old
  6. Jupiter Brown
  7. Jeffrey Days
  8. Scipio Smith
  9. John Wright
  10. James Wright
  11. Lawrence Wright
  12. August Days
  13. John Scott
  1. Rebecca Days
  2. Celia Williams
  3. Daphnie Williams
  4. Linda Williams
  5. Kate Wade
  6. Martha Brown
  7. Mary Filds
  8. Minda Filds
  9. Maria Seabrook, old
  10. Patty Days
  11. Scile Days, sick - permanently

These people all came on the place before Nov 1. 1865 There are at this date 13 children on the Plantation

Erastus W Everson ---?---- Ret Aba? Com'r

Census

  • 1840
  • 1850
  • 1860


Sources

  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. 44-45 1845-1851
    Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 > Charleston > Wills, 1845-1851, Vol. 044 > image 40 of 955; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
    FamilySearch Image: 939L-JFHB-4 (accessed 17 March 2023)
    • 1846 will of Richard J. LaRoche, Bk 44 p.25
  2. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Sea_Island_Plantations%2C_South_Carolina#Bohicket_Plantation
    • Bohicket
  3. United States, Freedmen's...t Commissioner, 1865-1872: "United States, Freedmen's...t Commissioner, 1865-1872"
    Catalog: Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the state of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1870 Endorsements sent, endorsements pertaining to restoration of lands 1865-1866. Register of letters received 1865-1866. Register of applications for restoration of property 1865-1866. Register of lands and occupants 1865-1868. Register of restoration orders 1865-1866. Restoration orders 1865-1866. (NARA Series M869, Roll 32)
    Image path: United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Assistant Commissioner, 1865-1872 > South Carolina > Roll 32, Restoration orders, 1865-1866 > image 376 of 792; citing multiple NARA microfilm publications; Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1861 - 1880, RG 105; (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1969-1980).
    FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C9TZ-8Q85-X (accessed 22 March 2023)
    • 1865 Application for Quiet Corner Plantation to be restored
  4. United States, Freedmen's...t Commissioner, 1865-1872: "United States, Freedmen's...t Commissioner, 1865-1872"
    Catalog: Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the state of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1870 Endorsements sent, endorsements pertaining to restoration of lands 1865-1866. Register of letters received 1865-1866. Register of applications for restoration of property 1865-1866. Register of lands and occupants 1865-1868. Register of restoration orders 1865-1866. Restoration orders 1865-1866. (NARA Series M869, Roll 32)
    Image path: United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Assistant Commissioner, 1865-1872 > South Carolina > Roll 32, Register of restoration orders, 1865-1866 > image 8 of 49; citing multiple NARA microfilm publications; Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1861 - 1880, RG 105; (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1969-1980).
    FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C9TZ-8QCT-D (accessed 22 March 2023)
    • 1866 Restoration of lands
  5. https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2309944/memorial-search
  6. LaRoche Plantation and Cemetery https://www.longcreekhoa.com/uploads/1/5/4/9/1549693/laroche_plantation_and_cemetery.pdf
  7. South Carolina Probate Re... Bound Volumes, 1671-1977: "South Carolina Probate Re... Bound Volumes, 1671-1977"
    Catalog: Charleston County, South Carolina inventories, appraisements & sales, ca. 1834-1867 ca. 1834-1850
    Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 > Charleston > Inventories, Appraisements, Sales, 1844-1850, Vol.B > image 456 of 636; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
    FamilySearch Image: 939L-JD9D-RW (accessed 17 March 2023)
    • 1846 probate inventory R. J. LaRoche, p.208-209
  8. United States, Freedmen's...t Commissioner, 1865-1872: "United States, Freedmen's...t Commissioner, 1865-1872"
    Catalog: Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the state of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1870 Endorsements sent, endorsements pertaining to restoration of lands 1865-1866. Register of letters received 1865-1866. Register of applications for restoration of property 1865-1866. Register of lands and occupants 1865-1868. Register of restoration orders 1865-1866. Restoration orders 1865-1866. (NARA Series M869, Roll 32)
    Image path: United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Assistant Commissioner, 1865-1872 > South Carolina > Roll 32, Restoration orders, 1865-1866 > image 373 of 792; citing multiple NARA microfilm publications; Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1861 - 1880, RG 105; (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1969-1980).
    FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C9TZ-8QHM-8 (accessed 22 March 2023)
    • Freedmens contract
  9. South Carolina, Freedmen'...Office Records, 1865-1872: "South Carolina, Freedmen'...Office Records, 1865-1872"
    Catalog: Records of the field offices for the state of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872
    Image path: South Carolina, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872 > Rockville > Roll 99, Lists of plantations on Sea Islands, Feb 1866 > image 16 of 48; citing NARA microfilm publication M1910 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
    FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-L9ZG-CDQL (accessed 22 March 2023)
    • 1866




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