Slaves of John Hume, South Carolina

Date: [unknown] to 1841
Location: Georgetown, South Carolina, United States
Surnames/tags: Hume Slavery Black Heritage

Background

John Hume lived in Georgetown County on Hopsewee Plantation. John died in 1841 and the enslaved he owned at his death were named and valued in his 1841 probate inventory.^[1]

• Nelly (pastry cook) age 50, $400
• Hannibal (house) age 52, $450
• Sandy (not sound) age 17, $300
• Bess age 10, $350
• Dinah (cripple) age 31, $250
• Emma age 12, $375
• Eleanor age 3, $250
• Martha age 18mo $150
• Isaac age 45, $700
• Maria age 30, $450
• Christianne age 12, $375
• Celia age 65, $50
• Susy age 75, $10
• Sago age 60, $00
• Taffy (no age given), $00
• Betty age 60, $100
• Quash age 52, $500
• Patty age 48, $400
• Abby (no age given), $400
• Hammond age 18, $500
• Amos (no age), $400
• Tom, $150
• Nancy, $450
• Betty, $400
• Sary $150
• Jenny $400
• William $250
• Flora $150
• Jacob $200
• Neptune age 55, $100
• Hampton (deformed) age 18, $00
• Sary $300

For more information please see the Hopsewee Plantation page.

Sources

1. ↑ 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, 1839-1844, Vol. A > image 115 of 325; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia
   FamilySearch Image: 939L-JD9D-J3 (accessed 12 February 2024)
   • 1841 probate inventory