Slaves of George Brownlee Clinkscales, South Carolina

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Abbeville, South Carolina, United States
Surnames/tags: slavery black_heritage Clinkscales

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

Plantations

• The slaves detailed below lived on Broadway Plantation in Abbeville County.^[1]

Slaves

Name	Est. Birth	Age	Status
Essex (Uncle Essick)		?	Driver
Dinah	1805	?	Wife
London		?	Son
Griffin		?	Teamster/wagoner, purchased from John B. Black estate 1844
Cindy		?	First wife of Griffin, died Bef. 1865
Charlotte	1820	?	Second wife of Griffin, cook for Elizabeth A. B. Clinkscales
Tom		?	Teamster/wagoner
Rose	1810	?	Panola County, MS
Gracy	1852	?	Daughter of Rose?
C		?	?
Mack	1852	?	Son of C.?
Jackson "Jack"	1855	?	Son of C.?
Pleasant Watts		?	Orphaned, sold from VA to SC, purchased by G. B. Clinkscales, crippled by typhoid fever
Richard "Dick" Harris		?	Same as above?

1840 US Census: 7 slaves
2 males, age 10 – 23 (b.1817-1830)
1 man, age 24 – 35 (b.1805-1816)
2 girls, under age 10 (b.1831-1840)
1 female, age 10 – 23 (b.1817-1830)
1 woman, age 24 – 35 (b.1805-1816)

1850 Slave Schedule
In the 1850 census George was in Abbeville, South Carolina, United States with 11 slaves.^[2] In the 1850 census George was in Abbeville, South Carolina, United States with 14 slaves.^[3]

1850 US Census: 25 slaves Group 1 Male age 37 (b.1813)
Female age 31 (b.1819)
Male age 9 (b.1841)
Male age 8 (b.1842)
Male age 5 (b.1845)
Female age 4 (b.1846)
Male age 3 (b.1847)
Male age 2 (b.1848)
Female age 1 (b.1849)

Group 2 Female age 36 (b.1814)
Male age 19 (b.1831)
Female age 20 (b.1830)
Female age 24 (b.1826)
Male age 9 (b.1841)

Group 3 Female age 25 (b.1825)
Female age 3 (b.1847)
Female age 1 (b.1849)

Group 4 Female age 20 (b.1830)
Female age 1 (b.1849)

Group 5 Female age 26 (b.1824)
Male age 28 (b.1822)
Male age 37 (b.1813)
Male age 22 (b.1828)
Male age 12 (b.1838)
Male age 9 (b.1841)

1857: [Estate account pages, F.B. Clinckscales] Sold to G.B. Clinckscales
Peter (man) and Helen (wife) (1200)
Aggy (girl) and child (1405)
Kiziah (girl, 1215)
Clayborn (boy, 610)

1860 Slave Schedule
In the 1860 census George was in Abbeville, South Carolina, United States with 48 slaves.^[4]

Gender	Age	Est. Birth
Male	14	1846
Male	15	1845
Male	18	1842
Female	12	1848
Male	8	1852
Male	6	1854
Female	11	1849
Female	9	1851
Female	7	1853
Male	5	1855
Female	2	1858
Female	5	1855
Male	3	1857
Male	3	1857
Male	1	1859
Female	11	1849
Female	8	1852
Male	1	1859
Male	5	1855
Female	22	1838
Female	2	1858
Female	6/12	1860
Female	21	1839
Female	20	1840
Female	2	1858
Female	16	1844
Female	40	1820
Female	24	1836
Male	5	1855
Male	3	1857
Male	22	1838
Male	49	1811
Male	48	1812
Male	47	1813
Female	47	1813
Female	39	1821
Female	36	1824
Male	36	1824
Male	35	1825
Male	30	1830
Female	35	1825
Female	30	1830
Female	30	1830
Female	25	1835
Female	25	1835
Female	25	1835
Male	22	1838
Male	20	1840

1864: [Will of G.B. Clinckscales, 1864]

To Sarah J. Clinckscales (daughter):

• Phillis, her three children ages five to one years
  
• Dinah (age 10)
  

to William Clinckscales (son)

• Henry
  
• Mack
  
• Haney
  
• Gracy (daughter of Rose)
  

Sources

1. ↑ On the Old Plantation: Reminiscences of His Childhood https://books.google.com/books/about/On_the_Old_Plantation.html?id=elA6AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0#v=onepage&q=Griffin&f=false
2. ↑ 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 #93280966 (accessed 20 November 2022)
   George B Clinkscales in Abbeville, South Carolina, USA.
3. ↑ 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 #93280977 (accessed 20 November 2022)
   George B Clinkscales in Abbeville, South Carolina, USA.
4. ↑ 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 #90680577 (accessed 20 November 2022)
   Geo B Clinkscales in Abbeville, South Carolina, USA.