Slaves of George Noble Jones at Chemonie Plantation

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Leon, Florida, United States
Surnames/tags: Slavery African-American

Index of Plantations Chemonie Plantation, Leon County, Florida

Chemonie Plantation

Chemonie Plantation is located about six miles north of El Destino in Leon County, Florida. It is the smaller of the two, having 1840 acres. Mary Wallace Savage Nuttall Jones inherited slaves from her uncle, William Savage. She purchased Chemonie Plantation in Leon County, Florida in order to employ them. She later married William B Nuttall (abt.1802-1836) in 1832. He died in 1836.

In 1840, she married George Noble Jones, who purchased the two plantations from Nuttall's estate. Both were owned by George Noble Jones in the 1840's to 1865, at least.^[1]

Slaves of George Noble Jones at Chemonie Plantation, 5 April 1841^[2]

Number	Name	Age	Estimated DOB	Sex	Color	Duties/Jobs	Misc. Information
1	La Fayette Renty			M	B
2	Harriet			F	B		Died 6 May 1848
3	Flora			F	B
4	Dick			M	B
5	Brave Boy			M	B
6	Unnamed Infant (Harriet's)			?	B
7	Minda (wife of Jacob)			F	B
8	Chesly			M	B
9	Eve			F	B
10	Demps Russ			M	B		lost arm in accident as a child
11	Peggy			F	B
12	Dicky			M	B
13	Daphne			F	B
14	Phoebe			F	B
15	Cow Renty			M	B
16	Kate			F	B
17	Peggy			F	B
18	Betty			F	B
19	Unnamed infant (Kate's)			?	B
20	Phillis (Renty's cousin)			F	B
21	July			F	B
22	Bass Davey			M	B		Died 21 Oct 1848
23	Simon			M	B
24	[[Jones-126591	Old Ben]]			M	B
25	Cupid			M	B
26	Sukey			F	B
27	Maria			F	B
28	Rose			F	B
29	William			M	B
30	Driver Billy			M	B
31	Betty			F	B
32	Maria			F	B
33	Binah			F	B
34	Ben Mongin (Mungin)			M	B
35	Short-foot Billy			M	B		Died 22 Oct 1848
36	Blind Peggy			F	B
37	Sappo			?	B		Died 26 Oct 1848
38	England			?	B
39	Francis			?	B

• Double dividing lines separate family groups

Slave Families on Chemonie 1852 , probably April, 1852^[3]

Number	Name	Age	Estimated DOB	Sex	Color	Duties/Jobs	Misc. Information
1	Jacob			M	B
2	B. Mariah			F	B
3	Caroline			F	B
4	L. Cate	child		F	B
5	George	child		M	B
6	Prophet			M	B
7	Sinder			F	B
8	Joe	child		M	B
9	Juner	child		M	B
10	Simon			M	B
11	Phillis			F	B
12	B. Peggy			F	B		, might be Blind Peggy
13	Frances			F	B		, possibly Francis
14	York	child		M	B
15	Rachel	child		F	B
16	England			M	B
17	Sarah			F	B
18	Molly			F	B
19	Skye	child		?	B
20	Rinah	child		F	B
21	Doll	child		F	B
22	Isaac	child		M	B
23	Siller	child		?	B
24	O. (Old) Billy			M	B
25	Betty			F	B
26	Biner	child		?	B		married Esaw c 1855
27	Eaves (Eve Jones Russ) children			F	B		deceased?
28	Demps Russ	child		M	B
29	Martha (Martha Russ)	child		F	B
30	Patience (Patience Russ)	child		F	B
31	Florida (Florida Russ)	child	26 Apr 1848	F	B
32	Rose (Rose Russ)	child		F	B
33	Cubet			M	B
34	Lucky			M	B
35	Esaw			M	B		married Biner c 1855
36	O. (Old) Ben			M	B		G.J.
37	B. Dick			M	B
38	Fanny			F	B		G.J.
39	Frank	child		M	B		G.J.
40	Sofa	child	26 Mar 1848	F	B		G.J.
41	Eave	child		F	B		G.J.
42	Florer			F	B
43	Ellick	child		M	B
44	Cate (Kate?)			F	B
45	L. Betty	child		F	B
46	Matiler	child		F	B
47	Boston	child		?	B
48	Lymus	child		M	B
49	Ginny	child		F	B
50	Deanah	child		F	B
51	Tener	child	2 Apr 1849	F	B
52	L. Peggy	child		F	B
53	N. Peggy			F	B
54	Pheby			F	B
55	[[Savage-9711	B. Mungin]]			M	B
56	Minder			?	B
57	L. Renty			M	B
58	Lear			?	B		G.J.
59	L. Dick	child		M	B
60	Braboy (Brave Boy?)	child		M	B
61	Wallice	child		M	B
62	Ishmael	child		M	B
63	Frinah	child		F	B
64	L. Mariah			F	B
65	Lucy	child		F	B
66	Y. Robert	child	27 Dec 1847	M	B		Possibly Robert Evans
67	Mary	child		F	B
68	Amos	child		M	B
69	Rose			F	B		possibly Lafayette Renty's wife
70	William	child		M	B
71	O. (Old) Abram			M	B		G.J.
72	Sucky			F	B		G.J.
73	Nathan			M	B		G.J.
74	Poldo			M	B		G.J.; married Maria
75	L. Sarah			F	B		G.J.
76	Sesar			M	B		G.J.
77	Rachel			F	B		G.J.
78	Mariann	child		F	B		G.J.
79	L. Sucky	child		F	B		G.J.
80	L. Robert	child		M	B		G.J.
81	Ned	child		M	B		G.J.
82	Jim			M	B		Possibly James Nellichiff
83	Martha			F	B		G.J.
84	Thomas	child		M	B		G.J.

• Double dividing lines separate family groups
• G.J. indicates slaves owned personally by George Jones. Others he held as trustee for his wife.
• Information in parentheses came from other sources

List of Slaves Sold By George Noble Jones to Joseph Bryan, 1860 ^[4]

• England: $1100
• Francis: $1300
• Skye  : $1200
• Isaac  : $1300
• Left Lafayette Renty  : $1300
• Brave Boy  : $1200
• Dick  : $1350
• Wallace  : $1300
• Ishmael  : $1200
• Prophet  : $ 500
• Joe  : $1200
• Jacob  : $1250
• Andrew  : $1000
• Cow Renty: $1000
• Boston : $1200
• Lymus: $1000
• Scipio Nuttall  : $1200
• Jim  : $1300 Possibly James Nellichiff
• Sarah  : $ 000
• Molly  : $ 950
• Rinah  : $ 900
• Farina  : $1000
• Flora  : $1050
• Rachel  : $ 900 (struck off as counted over)
• Cinda  : $ 000
• Minda  : $ 700
• Nancy  : $ 600
• Abby  : $1100
• Old Peggy  : $ 000 (did not go)
• Leah  : $ 400 (property of G. J.)
• Daphney  : $ 900
• Kate : $1000
• Little Betty: $1100
• Matilda  : $1200 Most likely Matiler
• Jenny  : $ 900 Most likely Ginny
• Old Peggy, nurse  : $ 000 (Died at Chemonie, June 1860

Slaves Mentioned in "A Visit to El Destino and Chemonie" in 1925 ^[5]

• Ancil Pickney (Ansell Pinckney), butler
• Charlotte Pickney (Pinckney), daughter of Ancil, known as Aunt Charlotte, was still on the property in 1925
• Demps Russ, known as Little Demps (lost arm) or Uncle Demps, was still on the property in 1925
• Uncle Billy Nuttall, body-servant
• Robert Evans, son of John Evans, groom
• William Perry, coachman
• Mary Constantine and Jane, cooks
• Peggy Pickney (Pinckney), laundress
• Rebecca Evans, laundress
• Ben Jackson, stockman
• James Nellichiff (aka Neddicliffe, Nethercliffe, Nellicliff), stockman
• Abram Ash

Slaves Mentioned in the Overseers Reports to George Noble Jones

John Evans, overseer for Chemonie, frequently wrote letters to George Noble Jones on the state of Chemonie's crops, animals, slaves, etc. The following slaves were mentioned in some of these reports:^[6]

• Winter, fled to El Destino
• Esaw, married Biner, c 1855
• Whatley, hoes cotton
• Rose, Lafayette Renty's wife, separated from him when he married Lear c 1852
• Poldo, married Maria
• Ann, son William died in 1856
• Chesley, child died in 1856

Other Plantations Owned by George Noble Jones

• El Destino Plantation, Jefferson County and Leon County, Florida^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "A Visit to El Destino and Chemonie in August 1925" by James D Glunt(https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/163608-florida-plantation-records-from-the-papers-of-george-noble-jones?viewer=1&offset=0#page=51&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=)
2. ↑ Slave Families on Chemonie in1841, pp 537-538 on original document(https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/163608-florida-plantation-records-from-the-papers-of-george-noble-jones?viewer=1&offset=0#page=549&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=}
3. ↑ Florida Plantation Records from the papers of George Noble Jones, "Family Grouping of the Chemonie Slaves 1852", pp 547-549,(https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/163608-florida-plantation-records-from-the-papers-of-george-noble-jones?viewer=1&offset=0#page=559&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=)
4. ↑ (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/163608-florida-plantation-records-from-the-papers-of-george-noble-jones?viewer=1&offset=0#page=570&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=)
5. ↑ "A Visit to El Destino and Chemonie in August 1925" by James D Glunt, p53-55 (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/163608-florida-plantation-records-from-the-papers-of-george-noble-jones?viewer=1&offset=0#page=51&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=)
6. ↑ Overseers Reports and Other Correspondence, John Evans to George Noble Jones, pp47-199(https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/163608-florida-plantation-records-from-the-papers-of-george-noble-jones?viewer=1&offset=0#page=72&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=)
7. ↑ https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Slaves_of_George_Noble_Jones_at_El_Destino_Plantation

• Florida Plantation Records from the papers of George Noble Jones. Edited by Ulrich Bonnell Phillips, Ph. D., Professor in American History in the University of Michigan, and James David Glunt, A.M., Instructor in History at the University of Florida. Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, 1927(https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/163608-florida-plantation-records-from-the-papers-of-george-noble-jones?viewer=1&offset=0#page=2&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=)

• Wikipedia article on George Noble Jones (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Noble_Jones)

• Wikipedia article on Chemonie Plantation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemonie_Plantation)