Sea Cloud Plantation, Edisto Island, South Carolina

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Edisto Island, South Carolina, United States
Surnames/tags: slavery Slavery Edisto Island

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Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 Owners 1.2 Slaves 2 Sources

Introduction

Sea Cloud Plantation, possibly named for one of the owners, Normand McLeod.

Christopher Linkley/Linckley^[1] received the land as a grant of 170 acres on Edisto Island in 1695. The property was acquired by Paul Hamilton Sr. in 1727, then by Paul Hamilton Jr. in 1748. There may have been one more Paul Hamilton involved. ^[2]

The property went from Paul Hamilton Jr. to his nephew Norman McLeod by will in 1799.^[3] McLeod did not live on the plantation, and died in Boston. William Seabrook Sr. of Edisto Island was McLeod's executor after his death.^[4]

The property was then acquired by Ephraim Mikell Seabrook. Seabrook, after being involved in a court case about the property, built a house on the land in 1825.^[5]

Owners

• Christopher Linkley Sr.
• Christopher Linkley Jr.
• Paul Hamilton Sr.
• Archibald Hamilton?
• Paul Hamilton Jr.
• Normand McLeod^[6][7]

(unknown owners)

• Ephraim Mikell Seabrook
• John Ferrars Townsend

Slaves

• Slaves of Paul Hamilton 1739
• Slaves of Paul Hamilton 1797
• Slaves of Normand McLeod 1824
• Slaves of Ephraim Mikell Seabrook 1846
• Slaves of John Ferrars Townsend

Sources

1. ↑ South Carolina Probate Re... Bound Volumes, 1671-1977: "South Carolina Probate Re... Bound Volumes, 1671-1977"
   Catalog: South Carolina wills and related probate matters, *land and property records, *public records, some *marriage contracts, 1671, 1692-1868 Wills, etc., 1694-1704, 1712 (1), 1716-1722, 1728- 1729
   Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 > Charleston > Wills, 1694-1729 > image 124 of 555; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
   FamilySearch Image: 939L-NQ97-RX (accessed 29 May 2023)
   • see p.237 and 238 for information about the Linkley family his mother was his executor?
   This Linkley referred to here may be the father of the Christopher Linkley spoken about in the land record
2. ↑ Paul Hamilton of Edisto Island died 1780 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-carolina-and-american-general/125622603/
3. ↑ 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. 27 1793-1800 Wills v. 28-29 1800-1807
   Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 > Charleston > Wills, 1793-1800, Vol. 027 > image 168 of 343; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
   FamilySearch Image: 939L-VQQW-QV (accessed 31 May 2023)
   • will of Paul Hamilton Jr 1799
4. ↑ Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898: "Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898"
   Catalog: Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898 Land records, v. N9-P9 1823-1825
   Film number: 008196086 > image 791 of 911
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSLV-G9PB-W (accessed 31 May 2023)
   • Deed Bk P9 p.332-333
5. ↑ Spencer, Charles, Edisto Island 1663 to 1860: Wild Eden to Cotton Aristocracy Charleston, SC: The History Press (2012), p. 119
6. ↑ 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. 36 1818-1826 Wills v. 37 1826-1834
   Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 > Charleston > Wills, 1818-1826, Vol. 036 > image 228 of 855; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
   FamilySearch Image: 939L-JXSY-TD (accessed 31 May 2023)
   • Will Bk 36 p. 1051, will of Normand McLeod written 8 Nov 1819, and proven 12 Jul 1824
7. ↑ South Carolina Probate Re...d Loose Papers, 1732-1964: "South Carolina Probate Re...d Loose Papers, 1732-1964"
   Catalog: Charleston District, South Carolina estate inventories, 1732-1844 1810-1818 1819-1824 1819-1824 (indexed with last item) 1824-1844
   Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964 > Charleston > Probate Court, Estate inventories > 1824-1834 > No File Description Available > image 658 of 1227
   FamilySearch Image: 939L-JJ1G-F (accessed 31 May 2023)
   • 1824 Normand McLeod probate inventory including slaves

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