Location: Edisto Island, Charleston, South Carolina
Surnames/tags: slavery black_heritage Edisto Island
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Biography
This page's purpose is to record the enslaved people owned by Constantine Bailey (1827 - 1884), and attempt to connect them to their families.
The available documentation does not permit determining which plantation which slaves worked on.
Plantations
- Blue House Plantation, Charleston County, South Carolina
- Palmetto Plantation, Charleston County, South Carolina
Slaves
1859 - Runaway from the Blue House Plantation on yesterday morning, five Negro Men, viz: Sam, Jordon, Adam, George, and Henry, all Black, and aged from 23 to 27 years of age. They will most likely try to make their way along the Charleston and Savannah Rail Road to Charleston, and cross the Ashley River at the New Bridge, and then along the Northeastern Rail Road for Wilmington, N. C. A liberal reward will be paid for the apprehension of all or either of the above Negros, delivered in the Work House or any Jail so the owner gets them. Apply at 111 East Bay. [1]
Constantine Bailey received all of his father's enslaved persons from the Edisto Island plantation.
Received from his father's will:[2]
Slave Schedules
1850 Slave Schedule
In the 1850 census Constantine was in St Johns Colleton Parish, Charleston, South Carolina, United States with 55 slaves.[3]
1860 Slave Schedule
In the 1860 census Constantine was in Edisto Island, Colleton, South Carolina, United States with 29 slaves.[4]
In the 1860 census (following page) Constantine was in Edisto Island, Colleton, South Carolina, United States with 86 more slaves.[5]
Gender | Age | Est. Birth |
---|---|---|
Male | 70 | 1790 |
Male | 70 | 1790 |
Male | 70 | 1790 |
Female | 65 | 1795 |
Male | 60 | 1800 |
Female | 55 | 1805 |
Female | 50 | 1810 |
Female | 48 | 1812 |
Male | 47 | 1813 |
Female | 45 | 1815 |
Male | 45 | 1815 |
Male | 44 | 1816 |
Female | 43 | 1817 |
Male | 40 | 1820 |
Male | 40 | 1820 |
Female | 39 | 1821 |
Female | 39 | 1821 |
Male | 38 | 1822 |
Female | 38 | 1822 |
Male | 37 | 1823 |
Female | 36 | 1824 |
Male | 35 | 1825 |
Female | 35 | 1825 |
Female | 35 | 1825 |
Male | 33 | 1827 |
Female | 33 | 1827 |
Male | 32 | 1828 |
Male | 32 | 1828 |
Female | 32 | 1828 |
Female | 32 | 1828 |
Female | 4/12 | 1860 |
Female | 4/12 | 1860 |
Male | 31 | 1829 |
Male | 31 | 1829 |
Male | 3/12 | 1860 |
Male | 1/12 | 1860 |
Male | 31 | 1829 |
Female | 31 | 1829 |
Female | 1/12 | 1860 |
Female | 1/12 | 1860 |
Male | 30 | 1830 |
Female | 30 | 1830 |
Female | 30 | 1830 |
Male | 29 | 1831 |
Male | 29 | 1831 |
Female | 28 | 1832 |
Female | 28 | 1832 |
Female | 27 | 1833 |
Male | 27 | 1833 |
Male | 27 | 1833 |
Female | 27 | 1833 |
Male | 26 | 1834 |
Male | 26 | 1834 |
Female | 26 | 1834 |
Female | 25 | 1835 |
Female | 25 | 1835 |
Female | 25 | 1835 |
Male | 24 | 1836 |
Male | 24 | 1836 |
Female | 24 | 1836 |
Male | 23 | 1837 |
Female | 23 | 1837 |
Female | 23 | 1837 |
Male | 22 | 1838 |
Male | 22 | 1838 |
Female | 22 | 1838 |
Male | 21 | 1839 |
Male | 21 | 1839 |
Female | 20 | 1840 |
Male | 19 | 1841 |
Female | 19 | 1841 |
Female | 19 | 1841 |
Female | 19 | 1841 |
Female | 18 | 1842 |
Male | 18 | 1842 |
Male | 17 | 1843 |
Female | 16 | 1844 |
Male | 15 | 1845 |
Female | 15 | 1845 |
Male | 14 | 1846 |
Female | 13 | 1847 |
Male | 10 | 1850 |
Female | 8 | 1852 |
Male | 7 | 1853 |
Female | 7 | 1853 |
Male | 6 | 1854 |
Female | 6 | 1854 |
Male | 5 | 1855 |
Female | 5 | 1855 |
Male | 4 | 1856 |
Male | 4 | 1856 |
Female | 4 | 1856 |
Male | 3 | 1857 |
Male | 3 | 1857 |
Female | 3 | 1857 |
Female | 3 | 1857 |
Male | 2 | 1858 |
Male | 2 | 1858 |
Male | 2 | 1858 |
Female | 2 | 1858 |
Male | 1 | 1859 |
Male | 1 | 1859 |
Male | 1 | 1859 |
Female | 1 | 1859 |
Female | 1 | 1859 |
Male | 11/12 | 1859 |
Female | 9/12 | 1859 |
Female | 7/12 | 1859 |
Male | 7/12 | 1859 |
Male | 7/12 | 1859 |
Female | 7/12 | 1859 |
Male | 6/12 | 1860 |
Male | 6/12 | 1860 |
Female | 5/12 | 1860 |
Female | 5/12 | 1860 |
Confederate Army Payrolls for Enslaved Labor, 1840-1883
- Sullivan's Island, Payroll# 5140[6]
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., Slave Manifests, 1807-1860
- William (Edisto Island)
Research Needed
- Expand the list of slaves from the earlied census records.
Sources
- ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charleston-daily-courier-1859-runawa/124542706/
- The Charleston Daily Courier, Charleston, South Carolina, Wed, May 25, 1859, Page 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. 48-49 1856-1862
Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 > Charleston > Wills, 1856-1862, Vol. 048 > image 220 of 554; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
FamilySearch Image: 939L-N45S-F (accessed 17 May 2023)- 1857 will of Thomas Bailey
- ↑
1850 Census:
"1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
The National Archive in Washington Dc; Washington, DC; NARA Microform Publication: M432; Title: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8055 #91854739 (accessed 6 May 2023)
Constantine Bailey in St Johns Colleton Parish, Charleston, South Carolina, USA. - ↑
1860 Census:
"1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
The National Archives in Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Eighth Census of the United States 1860; Series Number: M653; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7668 #90810566 (accessed 6 May 2023)
Constantine Bailey in Edisto Island, Colleton, South Carolina, USA. - ↑
1860 Census:
"1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
The National Archives in Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Eighth Census of the United States 1860; Series Number: M653; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7668 #90810595 (accessed 6 May 2023)
Constantine Bailey in Edisto Island, Colleton, South Carolina, USA. - ↑ National Archives at Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Confederate Slave Payrolls, 1874-1899; NAID: 719477; Record Group Number:: 109; Record Group Title:: War Department Collection of Confederate Records, 1825-1927
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