Slaves, of Aaron Loocock, South Carolina

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: South Carolina, United States
Surnames/tags: slavery Black_Heritage Loocock

This page's purpose is to record the enslaved people owned by Aaron Loocock, and attempt to connect them to their families.

In 1776, Aaron Loocock purchased three slaves, and their future issue, from William Savage, the administrator of the estate of John Haly.^[1]

• Gift, a man
• Bella, a woman
• Deliah, a child

In 1777, Aaron Loocock purchased nine slaves, and their future issue, from John Singleton, the administrator of the estate of Geo Norman.^[2]

• Marya
  • Peter, child of Marya
  • Jemmy, child of Marya
  • Hannah, chiild of Marya
• Johny
• Mingo
  • Tienna, wife of Mingo
• Lucy
• old Jack

In 1785 Aaron Loocock purchased one slave from Bryan Foskey.^[3]

• Friday age 16

In 1790, Aaaron Loocock held 45 people enslaved in St James Goose Creek, Charleston, South Carolina^[4]

List as of 1791, date of the will of Aaron Loocock

• Venus
• Ty husband of Venus
• All the children of Venus and Ty unnamed
• Billey
• Davey
• Sue
• Jemmy the driver husband of Catto
• Cotto wife of Jemmy and mother of Catey and Cassun. At time the will was drafted in+ 179, Cotto was at the Waterees
• Catey daughter of Catto
• Cassum son of Catto. To receive 5 pounds sterling every Christmas for clothing in gratitude for their good behavior and attention paid to Aaron Loocock and their mistress.
• Joe husband of Ester
• Ester wife of Joe had four sons Morris, Bachus, Peter and Caesar. Ester and Hester might be same person.
• Hester To receive 5 pounds sterling every Christmas for clothing in gratitude for their good behavor and attention paid to Aaron Loocock and their mistress. Might be the same person as Ester.
• Morris son of Ester
• Bachus son of Ester
• Peter son of Ester
• Caesar son of Ester. To receive 5 pounds sterling every Christmas for clothing in gratitude for their good behavior and attention paid to Aaron Loocock and their mistress.
• George
• Amey
• Yellow Jack Might be the same person as Jack
• Jack To receive 5 pounds sterling every Christmas for clothing in gratitude for their good behavior and attention paid to Aaron Loocock and their mistress. Might be the same person as Yellow Jack.
• Old Carolina husband of Sue
• Sue wife of Old Carolina
• Davey child of Old Carolina and Sue
• Billey child of Old Carolina and Sue
• Andrew for use in the garden
• Old Kate the washer. To receive 5 pounds sterling every Christmas for clothing in gratitude for their good behavor and attention paid to Aaron Loocock and their mistress.
• Thisby
• Hannah mother of Luckey. To receive 5 pounds sterling every Christmas for clothing in gratitude for their good behavior and attention paid to Aaron Loocock and their mistress.
• Luckey child of Hannah
• Rose
• Class
• Pleasant
• Hercules
• Young Rose
• Young Hercules
• Hanson husband of Amoretta
• Amoretta wife of Hanson

Per Aaron Loocock's 1793 Codicil, which was drafted in New York

• Old Amey
• Hester
• Caesar
• Little Morris
• Cotto mother of Cassun and Catey
• Cassum son of Cotto
• JACK the coachman
• Old Kate
• Hannah
• Luckey
• Mingo husband of Grace
• Grace wife of Mingo
• All the children of Mingo and Grace - not named
• George the carpenter
• unnamed sundry Negroes

Sources

1. ↑ Deed of Sale: "South Carolina. Land Records 1774–1786, Public Records 1774–1786, Enslavement Records 1774–1786"
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2. ↑ Deed of Sale: "South Carolina. Land Records 1774–1786, Public Records 1774–1786, Enslavement Records 1774–1786"
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3. ↑ South Carolina. Land Records 1774–1786, Public Records 1774–1786, Enslavement Records 1774–1786: "South Carolina. Land Records 1774–1786, Public Records 1774–1786, Enslavement Records 1774–1786"
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4. ↑ 1790 Census: "1790 United States Federal Census"
   The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; First Census of the United States, 1790.; Year: 1790; Census Place: St James Goose Creek, Charleston, South Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 11; Page: 537; Family History Library Film: 0568151
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 5058 #375614 (accessed 10 June 2024)
   Aaron Loocock in St James Goose Creek, Charleston, South Carolina.

• Aaron Loocock's 1791 will and 1793 codicil. Ancestry.com. South Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.

Original data:South Carolina County, District and Probate Courts. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9080/images/0023463-00460?pId=1113648#:~:text=Ancestry.com.%20South%20Carolina%2C%20U.S.%2C%20Wills%20and%20Probate%20Records%2C%201670%2D1980%20%5Bdatabase%20on%2Dline%5D.%20Provo%2C%20UT%2C%20USA%3A%20Ancestry.com%20Operations%2C%20Inc.%2C%202015.%0AOriginal%20data%3ASouth%20Carolina%20County%2C%20District%20and%20Probate%20Courts.

• 1790 US Census shows Aaron Loocock's household having 45 slaves.

The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; First Census of the United States, 1790.; Year: 1790; Census Place: St James Goose Creek, Charleston, South Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 11; Page: 537; Family History Library Film: 0568151. Ancestry.com