Slaves of Charles CP Alston, South Carolina

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: South Carolina, United States
Surnames/tags: Alston Slavery Black_Heritage

Contents 1 Background 1.1 Slave Mortgages 1.2 Slave Purchases 1.3 Census 2 Sources

Background

This page was created to record the enslaved of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney Alston (abt.1796-abt.1881) during his lifetime.

Charles C. P. Alston owned several properties and numerous enslaved persons. Charles also received a plantation full of enslaved persons, called Fairfield, from his father in 1839. These enslaved were unnamed in his father's probate information.^[1][2]

Slave Mortgages

21 Mar 1821, Charles C. P. Alston, along with Thomas Pinckney Alston, and William Alston Sr, gave a loan to William Washington and secured by the enslaved. Unknown if the loan was satisfied and Washington retrieved his slaves, or if the Alstons kept the enslaved^[3] (list of enslaved needs to be transcribed)

Slave Purchases

12 Jan 1841 - Purchased from John Bryan, for $710^[4]

• Friday (no age given)

Census

• 1840 census, slave page, line 4, 325 enslaved persons^[5]
• 1850 slave schedule for Charleston County, South Carolina includes 17 unnamed enslaved persons.^[6]
• 1850 Slave Schedule for Georgetown County, South Carolina includes 6 pages of unnamed enslaved.^[7]
• 1860 Prince George Parish, Georgetown County, South Carolina, includes 4 pages of unnamed enslaved.^[8]
• 1860 Charles Alston Sr. in Lower All Saints Parish, Georgetown County, South Carolina, 2 page of unnamed enslaved.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ 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. 40-41 1834-1839
   Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 > Charleston > Wills, 1834-1839, Vol. 041 > image 477 of 493; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia
   FamilySearch Image: 939L-JXS4-RB (accessed 4 January 2024)
   • p.3 of his father's will
2. ↑ National Register of Historic Places, Fairfield http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/georgetown/S10817722022/S10817722022.pdf
   • plantation house info p.26, 5B slave settlements p.27
3. ↑ Mortgage records, 1734-1860; index, 1709-1840: "Mortgage records, 1734-1860; index, 1709-1840"
   Catalog: Mortgage records, 1734-1860; index, 1709-1840 Mortgages, v. QQQ-RRR 1816-1820
   Film number: 008139518 > image 144 of 499
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSK7-YSBL-M (accessed 4 January 2024)
   • mortgage of enslaved, Bk 3Q p.264-266
4. ↑ Bill of sales of Negro slaves, 1799-1872, Charleston District, South Carolina: "Bill of sales of Negro slaves, 1799-1872, Charleston District, South Carolina"
   Catalog: Bill of sales of Negro slaves, 1799-1872, Charleston District, South Carolina v. 5W 1839-1843
   Film number: 008689268 > image 167 of 338
   FamilySearch Image: 3QHV-F3ZY-31KJ (accessed 4 January 2024)
   • 1841 purchase of enslaved man, uncertain if this is the same Charles Alston
5. ↑ United States Census, 1840: "United States Census, 1840"
   Image path: United States Census, 1840 > South Carolina > Georgetown > Not Stated > image 4 of 42; citing NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
   FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GYBM-K3 (accessed 4 January 2024)
   • 1840 census, page 303a and 303b, line 4
6. ↑ United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 : "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850"
   Image path: United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 > South Carolina > Charleston > Charleston county > image 171 of 534; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HT-XXNK-JC (accessed 4 January 2024)
   • 1850 slave schedule
7. ↑ United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 : "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850"
   Image path: United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 > South Carolina > Georgetown > Georgetown county > image 8 of 219; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HT-DCT9-BD1 (accessed 4 January 2024)
   • 1850 Georgetown County Slave Schedule
8. ↑ United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860: "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860"
   Image path: United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860 > South Carolina > Georgetown > Prince George Parish Division 2 > image 122 of 159; citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
   FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9BSZ-46J (accessed 4 January 2024)
   • 1860 Slave Schedule Prince George Parish Georgetown, South Carolina
9. ↑ United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860: "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860"
   Image path: United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860 > South Carolina > Georgetown > Lower All Saints Parish Division 3 > image 11 of 58; citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
   FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GBSZ-8RP (accessed 4 January 2024)
   • 1860 Slave Schedule Lower All Saints Parish, Georgetown