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Silk Hope Plantation, Bryan County, Georgia

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Silk Hope Plantation was created by William Butler through a land grant in 1759.[1] Silk Hope came into the Thomas Savage family through the marriage of Thomas Savage to William Butler's daughter, Mary Elliott Butler. The Savage family lived winter and spring at Silk Hope and part time in Charleston, SC. When Thomas died he left his plantation and all on it, including the enslaved persons, to his wife Mary Elliott Savage.[2]

After Thomas Savage died in 1786 his widow sold the following as a group (120 enslaved persons) to Edward Darrell on 1 Feb 1792 for 4278 pounds sterling.. [3]


These enslaved persons were retained at Silk Hope Plantation. [4]

At the death of Mary Elliott Savage she left the Silk Hope Plantation to her son Benjamin Savage. However, Benjamin died unmarried and without issue in 1826 [5] and his property was divided up between his siblings. William Butler Savage received Silk Hope Plantation.

William Savage in 1835 emancipated a number of slaves. He put them on a ship going to Liberia.[6][1] [7] See the Ship Indiana for a complete list of persons on that ship including those mentioned below.

The plantation stayed in the Savage family until William Savage died. After his death it went to his sister Mary Ann Savage Clay and she sold it to Lewis Hines, whose family retained part of it through 1870.[8][9] 80 enslaved persons were sold at the same time.[10]

Some of the enslaved from Silk Hope Plantation ended up in the hands of Charles Manigault.[11]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://core.tdar.org/document/391026/the-ford-plantation-project-archaeological-data-recovery-at-silk-hope-plantation-9bn58-9bn176-bryan-county-georgia The Ford Plantation Project: Archaeological Data Recovery at Silk Hope Plantation (9BN58 & 9BN176), Bryan County, Georgia. Thomas G. Whitley, Connie M. Huddleston, Jennifer J. Webber, Dea Mozingo. Brockington and Associates, Inc. 2003 ( tDAR id: 391026) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8708286
  2. ↑ Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990:"Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990"
    Catalog Estate records, wills, estates, administrations and bonds, alphabetically arranged, 1777-1852 Saffold - Seymour folder 1-68
    Image path: Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990 > Chatham > Administration records, bonds, estates and wills 1777-1852 Saffold-Seymour > image 381 of 1196; Citing Houston County Probate Court Judge, Georgia.
    FamilySearch Image (accessed 14 January 2022)
  3. ↑ Deed:"Deeds, 1785-1900; index to deeds, 1784-1910"
    Catalog: Deeds, 1785-1900; index to deeds, 1784-1910 Deeds, v. 1I-1K 1791-1793
    Film number: 008564904 > image 163 of 525
    FamilySearch Image (accessed 14 January 2022)*Chatham Co, GA Deed Bk i p.298-300
  4. ↑ Deed:"Deeds, 1785-1900; index to deeds, 1784-1910"
    Catalog: Deeds, 1785-1900; index to deeds, 1784-1910 Deeds, v. 1I-1K 1791-1793
    Film number: 008564904 > image 167 of 525
    FamilySearch Image (accessed 15 January 2022)
  5. ↑ Index to estates, 1742-1955:"Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990"
    Catalog: Index to estates, 1742-1955 Index to estates (original) 1742-1912
    Image path: Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990 > Chatham > Estate index 1742-1912 > image 884 of 1133; Citing Houston County Probate Court Judge, Georgia.
    FamilySearch Image (accessed 16 January 2022)*1826, William Savage executor
  6. ↑ https://ccharity.com/contents/roll-emigrants-have-been-sent-colony-liberia-western-africa/emigrants-to-liberia-ship-lists/shipindiana81935/
  7. ↑ *A log entry for the ship Indiana arriving at Monrovia, Liberia, on August 19, 1835, lists the passengers departing, and their origins as part of the American Colonization Society records (ACS 1843)
  8. ↑ Deeds and mortgages, 1796-1922; general index to deeds and mortgages, 17 93-1937: "Deeds and mortgages, 1796-1922; general index to deeds and mortgages, 17 93-1937"
    Catalog: Deeds and mortgages, 1796-1922; general index to deeds and mortgages, 17 93-1937 General index to Deeds & Mortgages, Grantors A-Z 1793-1937
    Film number: 007899045 > image 336 of 452
    FamilySearch Image (accessed 15 January 2022)
  9. ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92618106/1838-silk-hope-plantation/ The Charleston Daily Courier, Charleston, South Carolina, 29 Dec 1838, Sat, Page 3
  10. ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92618825/1838-william-savage-slaves-sale/ The Charleston Daily Courier, Charleston, South Carolina, 31 Dec 1838, Mon, Page 3
    • Slaves for sale
  11. ↑ The Manigault Plantation Papers https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00484/#d1e422




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