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Location: Laurens, South Carolina, United States
Surnames/tags: slavery black_heritage Cunningham
Introduction
Rosemont Plantation was started by the Cunningham family in Laurens County, South Carolina. Patrick Cunningham, a Loyalist, was banished from South Carolina, and later returned. Son Robert Cunningham continued the plantation after Patrick's death. His 1859 will divided the property among his wife, daughter Ann Pamela and son John. The plantation emphasized indigo production, shifting to cotton later in the nineteenth century. After the Civil War, the plantation operated primarily through tenancy as a cotton plantation. [1]
From the National Register of Historic Places: "During its occupation from ca. 1790 until 1930, Rosemont Plantation was owned by the Cunningham family. The plantation is often linked with Ann Pamela Cunningham, who formed the organization in 1854 to purchase George Washington's Mount Vernon Plantation for the nation."
Slaves
According to Robert Cunningham's 1859 will, his inventory included 155 slaves, 45 of whom were to go to his wife Louisa.[2]
Transcription of document: Inventory and Appraisement of the Personal Estate of Robert Cunningham, Deceased: Made on the 14th & 15th July 1859
Negroes (Household Servants)
- Name. Age. Value
- Patty, over 80 years, $100
- Simon (coachman), 63 62 (unsound), $300
- Sam (gardener), 62 63, $300
- Robert (house servant), 50 (unreadable possibly "manager"), $900
- Morris (house servant), 15, $1250
- Ella (Seamstress), 24, $1200
- Seleta? (Seamstress), 22, $1300
- Becky (maid), 11, $900
- Harry (cook), 45 (unsound), $1000
- Harriet (cook and weaver), 40, $900
- Ephraim (weaver), 60, $300
- Maria (washer), 47? (unsound), $350
- Katy (house servant), 16, $1050 (Infant Ellen's mother)
- Nancy (Millhand or Milkhand?), 55, $300
- Caroline, 42, $500
(Mechanics)
- Jess (blacksmith), 75, $300 (father to George)
- Lerois? (blacksmith), 70 (unsound), $100
- George (blacksmith) Jess' son, 42, $1100
- Billy (carpenter), 48, $900
- Granby (tanner and shoemaker) one leg, 52, $400
- Joe (tanner and shoemaker), 55, $850
(Millers)
- Dick (miller), 43, $800
(Main) (Field hands)
- Jerry, 60, $700
- Frank (lame), 55, $300
- Sam, 25, $1300 -(father to David)
- George, 24, $1350
- Austin, 34, $1100. Carried forward = $19,750
- David (Sam's son), 30, $1350
- Jackson, 24, $1200
- Madison, 21, $1300
- Talbot, 34, $1300
- Stanmore, 32, $1300
- Simon (unsound), 28, $1000
- Adam (unsound), 57, $300
- Clifford, 47, $800
- Charles (lame), 50, $300
- August, 53, $700
- Jacob (y.), 50, $800 - (father of Dave and Jim)
- Lucius, 22, $1200
- Dave (Jacob's son), 20, $1300
- Andy, 40, $900
- Bunky, 61, $400
- Jim, 40 $1000
- Derostus?, 38, $1000
- Nicholas, 28, $1300
- Manuel, 45, $800
- Jake (b.) unsound, 44, $400
- Edmund, 33, $1350
- Tom, 32, $1350
- Charles (old) (Cattleman), over 90, $100
- Amos, 30, $1100
- Jeffrey, 17, $1200
- Moses, 21, $1200
- Joe, 18 v, $1100
- Primus, 17, $1100
- Jesse, 17, $1100
- Jim (Jacob's son), 16, $1300
- Ned, 14, $1200. Carried forward $50,500 (end of page)
(Fieldhands women)
- Patsy (pregnant), 30, $1150
- Fanny, 45, $600 (Ben's mother)
- Phoebe, 28, $1000
- Elsey, 18, $1200
- Julia, 14, $1100
- Silvy (spinner and ?), 56, $100 (Molly's mother)
- Sarah (spinner and ?), 60, $50
- Ritty (Spinner and ?), 65, $50
- Rachel (old), 80, $0
- Edney fieldhand (pregnant), 25, $1250
- Molly (Silvey's daughter), 20, $1100
- Celia, 49, $400
- Peggy, 28, $900
- (Georgiana) Anna (pregnant), 43, $800 (Ritty's mother)
- Martha, 35, $500
- Viney, 50, $300
- Jenny, 20, $1000
- Priscilla (pregnant), 34, $900
- Matilda, 46, $400
- (Henrietta) Ritty (Anna's daughter), 16, $1000
- Miriam (pregnant), 30, $1000
- Laura (pregnant), 20, $1100
- Molly, 48, $300
- Charlotte, 27, $1000
- Jane (pregnant), 28, $1000
- Eliza (pregnant), 26, $1100 (9 month old Ellen's mother)
- Norah (unsound), 24, $900
- Margaret, 13, $1100
(Boys and Children)
- Isaac (plow), 16, $900
- Jake (plow), 12, $1100
- Lewis? (plow), 12, $1000
- Ben (works out), 13, $1000. ($25,300) Carried forward: $75,900 (end of page)
- Alfred (works out), 10, $900
- Adam, 8, $850
- Bluford, 10, $900
- Jerry, 8, $850
- Snowdon, 9, $800
- Willis, 9, $800
- Allen,9, $850
- Mack, 6, $450
- Horace, 10, $700
- Shelton,7, $700
- Turner, 10, $900
- Wesley, 8, $650
- Sterne, 6, $500
- Herbert, 5, $400
- Theodore, 5, $400
- June, 5, $400
- Stephen, 5, $450
- Richard, 5, $450
- Jim, 9, $800
- Ben (Fanny's child), 7, $650
- Elliot, 4, $400
- Buck, 2, $250
- Jordan, 3, $250
- Joshua, 2 yrs 5mo, $200
- Walter, 6, $500
- Jeffry, 4, $350
- Pearis, 3, $350
- Oliver, 3, $300
- Perry, 2, $200
- Simon, 2, $200
- Allen, 1yr 1mo, $100
- Washington, 6 months, $100. $16,600 (end of page)
- Samuel, 3 months, $100
- William, 2 months, $100
- Levi, 2 months, $100
(Girls and children)
- Patty, 1yr 6mo, $150
- Katy, 2, $200
- Harriet, 7, $550
- Tirey, 8, $600
- Phoebe, 7, $750
- Rhoda (works out), 11, $1000
- Jane (works out), 12, $950
- Mehala (works out), 13, $900
- Frances (works out), 12, $950
- Isadora (works out), 10, $700
- Eugenia (works out), 12, $1000
- Rutha (works out), 11, $850
- Hannah, 10, $600
- Judy, 9, $650
- Catharine, 7, $550
- Polly, 8, $550
- Nancy, 8, $650
- Rosa, 6, $450
- Pamela, 7, $600
- Fanny, 6, $500
- Angeline, 5, $400
- Lucinda, 5, $450
- Cornelia, 4, $350
- Laura, 3, $300
- Ellen (Eliza's child), 8, $750
- Flora, 3, $250
- Ellen (Katy's infant), 9 months, $100. $16,050 (end of page)
- Milly, 1, $150
- Sally, 8 months, $100
- Mary (Molly's infant), $100. Total value = $108,900 (End of Slave Inventory)
Sources
- ↑ Application for National Register of Historic Places. 1993. Page 8. http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/laurens/S10817730023/S10817730023.pdf
- ↑ South Carolina Probate Re...d Loose Papers, 1732-1964:
"South Carolina Probate Re...d Loose Papers, 1732-1964"
Catalog: Estate papers, 1800-1867; general index to estate papers, 1800-1931 Estate papers, packets 193-6 thru 197-7
Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964 > Laurens > Probate Court, Estate papers > 1800-1931 > Box 193, Package 6 - Box 197, Package 7 > image 61 of 2010
FamilySearch Image: 939L-NS9W-8K (accessed 8 July 2022)*1859 inventory of the enslaved
- Historical Marker Database. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=74870
- https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/L635-XQ5
See also:
- "Plantation Life in the Piedmont: A Preliminary Examination of Rosemont Plantation, Laurens County, South Carolina". Chicora Foundation Research Series Link to PDF
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