Riverside Plantation, Charleston County, South Carolina

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Edisto Island, Charleston, South Carolina
Surnames/tags: slavery black_heritage Edisto Island

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Contents 1 Background 1.1 Owners 1.2 Slaves 1.3 Freedmen 2 Sources

Background

Riverside Plantation consisted of 489 acres of marsh and had no deep water landing. The southern section was in the Bailey family for generations, possibly as far back as Henry Bayly(Bailey) (between 1695-1700).

In 1857, Ephraim Clark Bailey purchased 189 acres from John Hanrahan's estate..^[1]

Owners

• Henry Bayly (Bailey)
• Ralph Bailey IV (son of Ralph Bailey (1750))
• Charles Ernest Bailey
• Ephraim Clark Bailey

Slaves

Please see the following pages for more information:

• Slaves of Ralph Bailey (1750 - 1798), South Carolina
• Slaves of Charles Ernest Bailey

Freedmen

The following list are freedmen who were issued land certificates on Riverside Plantation Sept 1865:^[2]

• 337, Gilbert Streman (sp?)
• 338, Cuffee Bailey
• 339, Sam Bailey

Sources

1. ↑ Spencer, Charles, Edisto Island 1663 to 1860: Wild Eden to Cotton Aristocracy Charleston, SC: The History Press (2012) p, 159-160
2. ↑ 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 Personnel rosters 1868. Requests for transportation 1865-1866. Register of signed transportation, orders given to officers 1866-1867. Registers of orders authorizing transportation 1866-1867. Transportation requests received 1866. Transportation orders issued 1866. Monthly transportation reports 1866-1868. Other records 1865-1867. (NARA Series M869, Roll 44)
   Image path: United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Assistant Commissioner, 1865-1872 > South Carolina > Roll 44, Other records, 1865-1867 > image 28 of 70; 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-D98M-H (accessed 7 May 2023)