Slaves of Francis Marion Weston, South Carolina

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

Contents 1 Background 1.1 Laurel Hill Plantation 1.2 True Blue Plantation 1.3 Probate 1854 1.3.1 Will 1.3.2 Probate Inventory 1.4 Slave Purchases 1.5 Slave Sales 1.6 Census Data 2 Sources

Background

This page records the enslaved of Francis Marion Weston who lived in Georgetown County, South Carolina. Francis M. Weston had multiple plantations, some of which were received from his father, Plowden Weston at his death in 1827.

Laurel Hill Plantation

Laurel Hill Plantation in Georgetown County was his residence. In 1849 the house at Laurel Hill burned down by lightening strike. Francis Weston was out of town, or at least out of the house and he was not harmed.^[1] By 1867 this plantation was owned or managed by D. W. Jordan as seen in the Freedmen's Bureau Labor Contracts.^[2]

True Blue Plantation

The True Blue Plantation was purchased by Plowden C J Weston in 1858 from Thomas P Alston. When Weston passed away he left his entire estate to wife Emily who wished to return to her homeland of England after her husband's death. At her late husband's request, Emily conveyed his entire estate to Plowden Weston's cousin, William St. Julien Mazyck, (in 1864?) for an annuity of £420 per year for the remainder of her life.^[3]

A list of the enslaved at the True Blue Plantation, listed as the Estate of F. M. Weston in an 1864 book, the list is undated.^[4]

Men

• Billy, cross by his name, deceased?, name has a line through it
• Bram
• O. Brutus, cross by his name, deceased?, name has a line through it
• L. Brutus
• Cassim
• D. Caesar
• O. Caesar, name has a line through it
• Charles
• Charley
• Cie & Lucinda
• Cuffey
• Daniel
• Dick
• S. Dick, name has a line through it
• Ellick
• O. Ellick
• Epsom, name has a line through it
• Esau & Cretia
• Gilbert & Nancy
• Henry, name has a line through it
• Isaac, name has a line through it
• Israel
• Jacob, name has a line through it
• Jack
• James, name has a line through it
• Jem
• Jem Wheelding
• S. Jem, name has a line through it
• Joe
• B. John
• H. John, cross by his name, deceased?, name has a line through it
• T. John
• Johnny, cross by his name, deceased?, name has a line through it
• Joshua written by Johnny
• Joseph, and a Joseph written next to it with a line through his name
• Jose
• London
• March
• Marcus & Willoughby
• Paris
• Prince
• Renty
• Richard
• Robert
• Smart, cross by his name, deceased?, name has a line through it
• Summer, cross by his name, deceased?, name has a line through it
• Titus, name has a line through it
• Tyler
• William, cross by his name, deceased?, name has a line through it
• Zie
• Zie (Kate's)

Women

• Alice & Ben
• Bess
• S. Bess
• Betsey
• Betty, cross by his name, deceased?, name has a line through it
• Z. Betty & Cudjoe
• Ceely
• Cilla
• Clarissa
• D. Diana
• Diana
• N. Dido
• W. Dido, cross by his name, deceased?, name has a line through it
• Dianah
• Domba, cross by his name, deceased?, name has a line through it
• Dorcas
• Eliza
• Hannah
• J. Hannah
• Z. Hannah
• N. Hagar
• P. Hagar & Pompey
• Harriet
• B. Harriet
• N. Harriet
• Jane
• Jenny
• Judy
• D. Kate
• H. Kate
• Lizzy, cross by his name, deceased?, name has a line through it
• Lucretia
• Lucy
• Marianne
• B. Marianne
• Margaret
• Martha & H. Jack
• Miley
• Molly
• S. Nancy & Joe
• O. Nancy
• L. Nelly
• E. Nelly
• Patsy
• Peggy
• J. Peggy
• Pemba
• K. Phillis
• O. Phillis,cross by his name, deceased?, name has a line through it
• S. Phillis
• J. Phillis
• Priscilla, cross by his name, deceased?, name has a line through it
• Sally
• L. Sally
• B. Sarah
• Sarah
• Sib
• Sibby
• Silvia
• Sue
• Tamar
• Teenah

House Servants

• Frank, name has a line through it
• Hannah
• Mauriee
• Charity
• Pemba

Children

• Sarah
• Susy
• Hannah
• Diana, name has a line through it
• Simon
• Monday
• Zie, name has a line through it
• Sib, name has a line through it
• Harriet
• Epsom
• Daniel
• Alice
• Joseph, name has a line through it
• Phillis
• Robert, name has a line through it
• Mary
• Ben, name has a line through it
• Harriet, name has a line through it
• Mitchel
• Baby
• Kate's Frank, name has a line through it
• John
• Violet
• Joshua, name has a line through it
• Ellen, name has a line through it
• Doll
• Kitty
• Hester
• Brutus
• Betty
• Josey
• May
• Emmeline, name has a line through it
• Minda
• March
• Selina
• Baby, name has a line through it
• Jonas
• Charlotte
• William
• August
• Bethlehem
• Mary
• Ceely, name has a line through it
• Joseph, name has a line through it
• Hannah, name has a line through it
• Sarah Ann
• Lucy
• Baby
• Hagar
• Marianna
• Miller
• Sally
• Kate
• Molly
• Rose
• Jack
• Bab
• Lewis, name has a line through it
• T. B. Nanny
• Gabriel
• B. B. Harriet
• Julia
• Sarah
• Phillis
• Elsey
• George
• Ross
• Epsom
• Gabriel
• Baby
• Nancy
• Maurice
• Thomas
• Susana

By 1867 this plantation was owned or managed by Charles Alston Jr. as seen in the Freedmen's Bureau Labor Contracts.^[5]

Probate 1854

Will

Francis Marion Weston died in 1854. His will, written in 1847, named a number of enslaved persons:^[6]

• Frank (Frank was possibly killed by lightening strike in 1848)^[7]
• Sanders, brother of Frank
• Rose, sister of Frank
• old driver Charles

They were to be taken care of, and given $30 per annum each during their lives.

Probate Inventory

Francis Marion Weston's probate inventory named and valued the enslaved he owned at his death.^[8]

At Laurel Hill Plantation^[9] Laurel Hill

• Pocohontas, age 45, full Hand
• Kate, age 18, half hand
• Quacco, age 35, Cooper & Highland hand
• Mourrier, age 38, Cook & House servant

At Hagley Plantation^[10][11]

The separation between groups seems to denote families

• Hector, age 22, House servant, $1000
• Sukey, age 20, Prime hand, $700
• James, age 26, Coachman, $1000
• Phillis, age 25, Pastry Cook, $800
• Chloe, age 4, $100
• Frank, age 2, $100
• Caesar, age 12, houseboy, $600

• Carolina, age 28, Carter & Ditchman, $900
• Dolly, age 27, House Servant, sickly, $500
• Ben, age 8, $300
• George, age 6, $100
• Henry, age 4, $100
• Quacco, age 2, $100

• Jemmy, age 26, House Servant, $1000
• Nanny, age 24, Prime Hand, $700

• Selina, age 16, House Servant, $650
• Summer, age 10, Carpenter, $500
• Renty, age 23, Good Carpenter & house servant, $1200
• Josephine, age 21, Seamstress, Sickly, $400
• Benjamin, age 1, $50
• Gabriel, born since testators death

• Prince, age 23, Coachman, $1000
• Malissa, age 20, Prime Hand, $600

• Gabriel, age 22, Sobbing/Lobbing Carpenter, house servant, $800
• Pompey, age 12, Carpenter, $600

• Simmon, age 30, Gardener & Ditchman, $800

• William, age 22, Ditchman, $600
• Susannah, age 20, House cook, one hand injured, $400
• Tom, age 2, $100
• Anne, born since testators death

• Adam, age 28, Ditchman, $900
• Teenah, age 26, Prime Hand, $700
• Nancy, age 8, $300
• Sibby, age 6, $200
• Eliza, age 1, $100
• Jeremiah, age 4, $100

• Able, age 18, Ploughman, $800
• Caezar, age 18, Ploughman, $800

• Abraham, age 75, Superannuated

• Anthony, age 34, Trunkminder, $1000
• Teenah, age 29, Prime Hand, $500
• Willoughby, age 15, $400
• Hannah, age 9, $300
• Samuel, age 5, $200
• Martha, age 7, $200
• Daniel, age 4 months, $50

• Betty, age 29, Prime Hand, $600

• Cain, age 28, Ploughman & Ditchman
• Clarinda, age 27, $700

• Cato, age 34, Ditchman, $900
• Mary, age 27, Half hand, weakly, $300
• Jack, age 12, Houseboy, $500

• Simon age 8, $250
• Mary, age 2 months, $50

• Cupid age 65, Quarter hand, (no value given)
• Nanny, age 78, Superannuated, (no value given)

• Daniel, age 30, Ditchman, $900
• Lucinda, age 16, half hand, $100

• Frank, age 32, Ditchman, $900
• Charlotte, age 25, Prime Hand, $600
• Marshall, age 9, $300
• Maria, age 3, $200
• Sarah, age 1, $100
• Jenny, born March 1855, after testators death

• Geoffrey, age 35, Ploughman & Ditchman, $900
• Hagar, age 35, Prime Hand, $700
• August, age 10, $300
• Elizabeth, age 6, $200
• Cornelia, born August 1855, after testators death
• John, age 18, $700
• Sarah, age 16, $600

• Clarinda, age 20, Prime Hand, $700
• Joshua, age 2, $100
• Caleb, born April 1855, after testators death

• Jacky, age 38, Ditchman, $700
• Tillide, age 33, Full hand, weakly, $300
• Cudjoe, age 17, Half hand, $700
• Nelly, age 11, $400
• Rachel, age 7, $200
• Hagar, age 2 months, $50

• Joe, age 40, Ditchman, $900
• Binah, age 35, Full hand, $700
• Charity, age 15, Half hand, $400

• Laura, age 24, Prime hand, $700
• Phoebe, age 6, $100
• Elvira, age 4, $100
• Lucretia, 2 months, $50

• Johnno, age 47, Ditchman, $900
• Dolly, age 50, Child's Nurse, (no value given)
• Teenah, age 6, $200

• Johnny, no age given, Ditchman, $900
• Lavinia, no age given, Full Hand, $400

• Johnny, age 35, Ditchman, $800
• Rachel, age 28, Prime hand, $600
• March, age 10, $400
• Lucretia, age 7, $250
• Molly, age 5, $200
• Richard, age 2, $100
• Jack, 5 months, $50

• Johnny, age 40, Carter, weakly, $200
• Sal, age 40, Half hand, sickly, $200
• Betsey, age 9, $200
• Jack, age 7, $200

• Kit, age 60, Driver, $400
• Amelia, age 27, Prime hand, $700
• Noah, 4 months, $50
• Nancy, age 16, $600
• John age 9, $300
• Abraham, age 6, $100
• Dick, age 10, $200
• Anthony age 7, $200

• Ned, age 43, Ditchman, $700
• Judy, age 45, Half hand, sickly, $200
• Flander, age 14, Carpenter, $500

• Neptune, age 24, Ditchman, $900
• Teenah, age 18, Prime hand, $500
• Clarissa, age 3 months, $50

• Quacco, age 34, Ditchman, $800
• Patience, age 29, Prime hand, $600
• Cooper, age 19, Half hand, $400
• Billy, age 15, Overseers boy, $400
• Yambo, age 9, $300
• Jubah, age 4, $200
• Blanche, age 3, $100
• Smith, age 9, $200
• Nora, born May 1855 after testators death

• Amy, age 29, half hand, diseased, (no value given)

• Titus, age 40, Ditchman, $700
• Nancy, age 29, Prime hand, $500
• Fortune, age 9, house boy, $400
• Die, age 14, Overseers girl, $500
• Silvia, age 9, $300
• Cilla, age 8, $200
• Yannikey, age 2, $100
• Hannah, 2 months, $50

• Toney, age 60, Half hand, $100
• Sue, age 28, Prime hand, $700

• Will, age 24, Ditchman, $900, (Will has since broken his leg)
• Comesee, age 25, Prime hand, $700
• Dido, age 2, $100

• Jubah, age 27, Prime hand, $500
• Bess, age 8, $400

• Hannah, age 17, Prime hand, $700
• Delia, age 15, half hand, $400
• Lucy, age 35, Midwife, sickly, $200

• Cely, age 17, Half hand, $600
• Sarah, age 45, Overseers Cook, sickly, $200

• Nancy, age 18, Assistant nurse, sickly, $400

• Silvey, age 70, Superannuated, (no value given)
• Venus, age 18, Half hand, $600
• Tony, age 9, $500

At Guendelos Plantation^[9]

• August, age 14, blind
• Mary, age 18, House Servant, married to Gabriel
• Napoleon, age 15, Carter, brother to Josephine
• Violet, age 14, Overseers Girl

Slave Purchases

6 Mar 1810, purchased from Francis Delorme in Charleston^[12]

• a negroe wench named Bobbet

20 Feb 1812, 39 enslaved persons from the executors of Thomas Shubrick ^[13][14]

• Jack, Dye, Charlotte, Mary Ann, Patty, Ned, Maria,
• Catharine, Charles, Beck, Lucy, Bess, Nelly, Cimon, Glasgow, Boatswain, Gilbert,
• Cilia, Mary, Betsey, Sally, Hannah, Phillis, Ellick, Abby, Ratley, Zi, Peter, Kate, Joe,
• Carolina, Willoughby(or Wibby on the estate inventory of Shubrick), Epsom(possibly Absom from Shubrick's probate inventory), Molly, Hagar, Frank, Rose, Sylvia, and Sanders

Slave Sales

6 Mar 1810, sold to Samuel Cromwell^[15]

• William, bought of the estate of -- Baass? and sold by William Hasell Gibbes Master in Equity

30 Jan 1829, sold to Dr. Paul Weston^[16]

• Sam, Rachel, Henny, Lucy, Maria, Mary, Jack and Lizette

20 Feb 1840, Richard Forman purchased these 4 slaves from Francis M. Weston, for Maria Weston^[17]

• Thomas, his wife Maria, son David and daughter Susan

For more information please see the Laurel Hill Plantation page.

Census Data

• 1810^[18]

• 1820^[19]

• the 1850 slave schedule shows 225 enslaved persons and their ages.^[20]

Sources

1. ↑ Fire From Lightening https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charleston-daily-courier-1849-laurel/124023916/ The Charleston Daily Courier, Charleston, South Carolina, Fri, Aug 24, 1849, Page 2
2. ↑ South Carolina, Freedmen'...Office Records, 1865-1872: "South Carolina, Freedmen'...Office Records, 1865-1872"
   Catalog: Records of the field offices for the state of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872 Register of complaints, Nov. 1865-Apr. 1866; Register of rations issued to destitutes, Jan.-Sept. 1867; Register of contracts, Dec. 1865-Apr. 1866; Labor contracts, Dec. 1865-Apr. 1866; Labor contracts, May 1865-Mar. 1867 [NARA M1910 roll 76].
   Image path: South Carolina, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872 > Georgetown (subassistant commissioner) > Roll 76, Labor contracts, May 1865-Mar 1867 > image 460 of 673; citing NARA microfilm publication M1910 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-99ZG-C4XR (accessed 21 December 2023)
   • 1867 Freemen's Bureau Labor Contracts, Laurel Hill
3. ↑ True Blue Plantation https://south-carolina-plantations.com/georgetown/true-blue.html
4. ↑ 1863 List of Negroes at Hagley, Weehawka & True Blue plantations, 1860 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=emu.10002331691&seq=11
5. ↑ South Carolina, Freedmen'...Office Records, 1865-1872: "South Carolina, Freedmen'...Office Records, 1865-1872"
   Catalog: Records of the field offices for the state of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872 Register of complaints, Nov. 1865-Apr. 1866; Register of rations issued to destitutes, Jan.-Sept. 1867; Register of contracts, Dec. 1865-Apr. 1866; Labor contracts, Dec. 1865-Apr. 1866; Labor contracts, May 1865-Mar. 1867 [NARA M1910 roll 76].
   Image path: South Carolina, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872 > Georgetown (subassistant commissioner) > Roll 76, Labor contracts, May 1865-Mar 1867 > image 611 of 673; citing NARA microfilm publication M1910 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-89ZG-CWBK (accessed 21 December 2023)
   • Freedmen's Bureau Labor Contracts, True Blue Plantation
6. ↑ Estate papers: "Estate papers"
   Catalog: Estate papers Estate papers, no. 448-486 (AD 1228) 1831-1940
   Film number: 008703124 > image 352 of 959
   FamilySearch Image: 3QHV-V38V-K9RK-P (accessed 5 May 2023)
   • 1854 will of Francis Marion Weston
7. ↑ https://cdm16016.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p163901coll6/id/532
8. ↑ Bills of complaint, 1800-1863; indexes, 1721-1868: "Bills of complaint, 1800-1863; indexes, 1721-1868"
   Catalog: Bills of complaint, 1800-1863; indexes, 1721-1868 Bills of complaint, no. 1-12 1856
   Film number: 008458645 > image 183 of 459
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C3M5-NQ8Q-M (accessed 21 December 2023)
   • Bills of Complaint 1856 No.6
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Bills of complaint, 1800-1863; indexes, 1721-1868: "Bills of complaint, 1800-1863; indexes, 1721-1868"
   Catalog: Bills of complaint, 1800-1863; indexes, 1721-1868 Bills of complaint, no. 1-12 1856
   Film number: 008458645 > image 192 of 459
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C3M5-NQ8Q-2 (accessed 21 December 2023)
   • Bills of Complaint 1856 No.6
10. ↑ Bills of complaint, 1800-1863; indexes, 1721-1868: "Bills of complaint, 1800-1863; indexes, 1721-1868"
    Catalog: Bills of complaint, 1800-1863; indexes, 1721-1868 Bills of complaint, no. 1-12 1856
    Film number: 008458645 > image 186 of 459
    FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C3M5-NQ8S-4 (accessed 21 December 2023)
    • Bills of Complaint 1856 No.6
11. ↑ Bills of complaint, 1800-1863; indexes, 1721-1868: "Bills of complaint, 1800-1863; indexes, 1721-1868"
    Catalog: Bills of complaint, 1800-1863; indexes, 1721-1868 Bills of complaint, no. 1-12 1856
    Film number: 008458645 > image 188 of 459
    FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C3M5-NQ89-R (accessed 21 December 2023) Bills of Complaint 1856 No.6
12. ↑ 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. 4A, 4D, 4F 1808-1813
    Film number: 008196078 > image 259 of 814
    FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSLV-P9FM-M (accessed 4 May 2023)
13. ↑ 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. 4A, 4D, 4F 1808-1813
    Film number: 008196078 > image 585 of 814
    FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSLV-P9ND-V (accessed 4 May 2023)
    • p.52
14. ↑ South Carolina Probate Re...d Loose Papers, 1732-1964: "South Carolina Probate Re...d Loose Papers, 1732-1964"
    Catalog: Charleston District, South Carolina estate inventories, 1732-1844 1810-1818 1819-1824 1819-1824 (indexed with last item) 1824-1844
    Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964 > Charleston > Probate Court, Estate inventories > 1810-1818 > No File Description Available > image 46 of 1227
    FamilySearch Image: 939L-JJ94-J9 (accessed 4 May 2023)
    • probate inventory of Col. Thomas Shubrick p. 59-60
15. ↑ 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. 4A, 4D, 4F 1808-1813
    Film number: 008196078 > image 409 of 814
    FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSLV-P9X2-W (accessed 4 May 2023)
    • p.120
16. ↑ 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. 5D, 5G 1825-1829
    Film number: 008196081 > image 508 of 569
    FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSLV-G3C9-B (accessed 4 May 2023)
17. ↑ 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 125 of 338
    FamilySearch Image: 3QHV-N3ZY-3BJL (accessed 4 May 2023)
    • p.189
18. ↑ United States Census, 1810: "United States Census, 1810"
    Image path: United States Census, 1810 > South Carolina > Georgetown > Not Stated > image 16 of 18; citing NARA microfilm publication M252, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
    FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9YBQ-9V7P (accessed 4 May 2023)
    • 1810 census
19. ↑ United States Census, 1820: "United States Census, 1820"
    Image path: United States Census, 1820 > South Carolina > Georgetown > Waccamaw > image 2 of 2; citing NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
    FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GYYT-98TY (accessed 4 May 2023)
    • 1820 census
20. ↑ 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 168 of 219; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
    FamilySearch Image: S3HT-DCT9-B91 (accessed 4 May 2023)
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