Slaves of Isaac Ball 1825, South Carolina

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Date: [unknown] to 1825
Location: Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Surnames/tags: Ball Slavery Black_Heritage

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Background

Isaac Ball was a wealthy planter. He lived in Charleston County, South Carolina.

When Isaac Ball died in1825 a number of plantations and enslaved persons were listed in his will^[1]

to wife Eliza Catharine Ball

Frank, Jean, Joseph, Nippe, Hannah, Abby, Robin, Celia, Martha, Birch, Sarah, And Abby

to niece Lydia Jane Ball

Suky and Frederick (the children of Natt and his wife Beck)

to nephew and Godson James Poyas

David (the son of Sam and Peggy)
Tommy and Patty (the children of Gill and his wife Caty)
Penelope (the daughter of Cudjo and Fender)

to son William James Ball

Peter and Nanny (the children of Scipio and Marcia)
Eve and Esau (the children of Fortune & Lucy)

to daughter Jane Ball

Charles and Mosley (the children of Frank and Susey)
Henchie and Cretia (children of Joe Bailey & Betty)

to son John Ball

Bristol, Mary, Lazarus, Lucia, and Natt (old Mary's grand son who is now at Hyde Park)

to brother John Ball

30 enslaved from the Jericho plantation to be chosen by families

Probate Inventory

There was a probate inventory taken after the death of Isaac Ball, in 1826, in which the enslaved were named and valued at the following properties: ^[2]

Limerick Plantation, Berkeley Parish

The following enslaved were listed in the probate inventory on the Limerick Plantation:

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Nero driver $800, Abbey plantation cook $300, Robin $200, $1300
Celia $100, Martha washerwoman $600, Billy Birch $200, $900
Sarah $100, Abby $50, Johnny(1) carpenter $300, Phillis(1) $50, $600
Daniel $600, Johnny(2) $250, Dolly $400, Filla(2) $300, January $600, $2150
Linda $500, Pino carpenter $1000, Hetty $500, John(3) $150, $2250
John(4) ostler $800, Fender $300, Edward $150, Jack John(5) $50, $1300
Frank coachman $800, Jean h serv $500, Joseph $150, $1450
Nippe $100, Hannah $75, Cyrus $300, Hester $250, $725
Fatima $500, Embargo $500, Cotto $250, Funny Tom(1) $100, $1350
Mariane $100, Rose $500, Tom Tom(2) $600, Lucia HSt $600, $1800
Bina(1) $50, September $600, Attilus $450, Gabriel $450, $1550
Sammy(1) shoemaker $600, Peggy $250, Andrew HSt $600, $1450
David $300, Sammy(2) $250, Julatta $500, Zacharias $75, $1125
Gil Blas cook $600, Katey $300, Carter $500, Sabey $450, $1850
Tommy(3) $450, Patsey $150, Old Masilla(1) no value listed, Silvia $250, $800

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Marcus carpenter $700, Masylla(2) $500, Israel(1) $500, $1700
Leah $450, Thisbe $300, Marcus $150, Sargeant $600, $1500
Hannah $500, Dublin $150, Melia(1) $50, Captain $600, $1300
Lizzy $500, Prince(1) $50, old Fortune carpenter $400, $950
Melia(2) $200, old Prince(2), Nat(1) $600, Beck $500, $1550
Sukey $250, Frederick $250, Toola(1) $200, Diana $150, $850
Rebecca $50, Binah(2) $200, Nat(2) $600, Margaret $500, $1350
Israel(2) $350, Flander $600, Primus(1) $600, Jingo HSt $800, $2350
Monemia $500, Patience $50, old Toola(2) $100, $650
Pompey $600, old Lydia no value given, Monday $500, Peggy $500, $1600
London $50, Frank blacksmith $500, John(6) ditto (probably means blacksmith) $700, $1250
Susey(1) $200, Sue(2) $500, Christmas $550, Cornelia $450, $1700
Molsey(1) $350, Charles $300, Brass carpenter $700, $1350
Judy $500, Quash $400, Reuben $250, Natty $100, $1250
Fortune blacksmith $800, Lucy $500, Isaiah $200, $1500
Eve $150, Esaw $100, Ephraim $50, Jack $600, $900
Phoebe $500, Stepney $75, Henry $50, Bristol(1) HSt $800, $1425
Mary $600, Lazarus $150, Cupid millwright $1000
Rosy $500, Ceasar $450, Jacob $250, Nancy $150, $1350
Dan'l Binah(2) (Daniel's Binah?)$300, Isaac carp't $700, Betty $500, $1500
Jeffrey $200, Adam $150, Tenah $150, Susan $50, $550
Shaws Nat(3) $600, Julias $600, Molsey(2) $500, Cuffee $50, $1750
Brawley $50, Daniel $600, Nelly $500, Sarey $50, Simon $200, $1400
Bina(3) no value given, Sancho $400, old Scipio(1) no value given, Peng $600, $1000
Joe Bailey HSt $800, Betty no value given, Tycho $600, Flora $500, $1900
Henchy $200, Cretia $100, Rachel $500, Benjamin $50, $850
Milee $200, Tyra $150, Murria subject to fits no value given, Dennis $250, $600
Scipio(2) boatman $700, Marcia HSt $600, Peter $150, $1450
Nanny $100, Shaws Cupid $600, Rinah $300, Ned $400, $1400
Willey $150, Phillis(3) $150, Podie no value given, Pompey $600, $900
Pens cooper $700, Melia(3) $500, Primus(2) $100, Sambo $50, $1350
Jackey cooper $600, Violet $100, Sander $500, Betsey $500, $1700
Humphrey $400, Plenty $300, Robin $200, Maurice(1) $400, $1300
Maria $400, Sally $450, Clarissa $300, Pallas $100, $1250
Maurice(2) $75, Bristol(2) $600, Lucy $500, Richard $450, $1625
Bunch? $300, Jimmy $150, Stephen $50, Paul $500, $1000
Suny $500, Dido $300, old Mary $150, Hercules $600, $1550
Lettice(1) $450, Philip $500, Anselm $300, Dye $250, Lettice(2) $50, $1550
old Cudjo(1) $50, Fenda $350, Bella $500, Penelope $450, $1350
Clarinda $400, Cudjo(2) $300, Sophy $50, Jinney Foison no value given, $750
Maria $450, Sinkler $350, Hardtime $200, Cena no value given, $1000
Binkey $400, Alick $500, Carls $300, Gullah Jack(3) $300, $1500
Bella $300, Charlotte $350, Lewis $250, Yellow Nat(4) ship carp't $1000, $1900

Quimby Plantation, Parish of St Thomas

The following enslaved were listed in the probate inventory on the Quimby Plantation:

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Limus(1) driver $600, Jenny $300, Carolina $150, Lt Limus(2) $500, $1550
Robert $450, Jim $300, Jacob $200, Hannah $150, Mintee $50, $1150
Jeffrey cartpt'r $500, Tyra $500, Katerina $250, Stepney $200, $1450
Handy $150, Isabel $50, Pompey carpt'r $800, Peggy $500, Dye $200, $1700
Daniel $200, Binah $150, Billy $50, old Cuffee $50, Affee $500, $950
Tom $500, Prince $600, Daphne $400, Sambo $400, Clarinda $100, $2000
Ishmael $600, Nancy $500, Grace $500, Santee $400, Nelson $250, $2250
York $600, Sylvia no value given, Tim $550, Josey $350, Judy $250, April $150, $1900
Hannah $250, Manuel $300, Philis $150, Bob $600, Hector $600, $1900
Will Foison $600, Sommerset $500, Binckey $250, Peter $600, $1950
Combs $500, Solomon $300, Beck $150, Jaikey $50, Sye $600, $1600

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Jenny $500, Nanny $300, Job $200, Rentie $400, Lucy $200, $1600
Anthony $300, Dick $200, Judy $50, Elsey $500, $1050
Clarinda $150, Jeffrey $50, Price $200, Diana $500, $900
Gibbey cooper $700, Sylla $500, Aaron$350, Phillis $300, $1850
John $150, Dolly $50, Quacco $500, Mathias $500, $1200
Willy cooper $700, Paul $700, Quasheba $500, Glasgow $400, $2300
Lydia $400, Sambo boatman $700, Fleury $300, Violet $200, $1600
Donis $600, Tenah $500, William $300, Duncan $500, $1900
Lavinia $300, Murria $200, Patra $500, Bella $500, $1500
Linda $50, Chloe $500, Amos $200, Weston $50, FP Jenny $500, $1300
Dan'l Peter (Daniel's son Peter) $600, old Hannah $000, $600

Hyde Park Plantation, St Johns Berkeley

The following enslaved were listed in the probate inventory on the Hyde Park Plantation:

Ceasar driver $800, Martha HSt $600, Bella $50, $1450
Sam miller & carpt'r $1000, Bella $400, Rachel $400, $1800
Lucullus $350, Isaiah $400, Esekiel $250, Sabina $150, $1150
Handy crep'r $800, Nippe $400, Lavinia $350, Sander $50, $1600
Pino idiot no value given, Fortune carpt'r $1000, Elsey $500, Dye $150, $1650
June $100, Dorinda $50, Peter carp'r $1000, Bella $400, $1550
Abbey $300, Hester $250, Joshua $200, Marcia $100, $850
Marcus $50, Sandy a butcher $800, Ben tailor $500, $1350
Helen $500, Bob $350, Frank $300, Ben $250, Rebecca $200, $1600
Lenah $150, Hannah $100, Bailey $50, Daniel $150, $450
Sally one hand $400, Bluff $500, Betty $300, Sophy $500, $1700
John $250, Mary $200, Lucy $100, Monemia $500, $1050
Flora $100, Toby $600, Betty $500, Thomas $100, $1300
Winter $250, Nanny $400, Lucy $500, Claudia $400, $1550
Chance $250, Bacchus $200, Aesop $150, Adonis $50, $650

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Carolina, Pattas $300, Cynthia $300, Jupiter $600, $1900
Binkey $500, Carolina $100, Phillis $50, Glascow $600
Murriah $250, Edward $300, Pompey $250, Jewell $200, $1000
Allick $100, Cuffee $50, Christmas carpenter $800, $950
Hannah $500, Richard $300, Betsey $200, London $100, $1100
Mimber $50, old Terror no value given, Cena $500, Hester $400, $950
Binah $300, Scipio $200, Elira $500, Sam $300, Primus $250, $1550
Andrew $150, Zacharias $50, Mathias $600, Milee $500, $1300
Judy $300, Grace $200, Cornelia $100, Celia $50, old Bachus no value given, $650
Ned $600, Peggy $500, Pat $300, Sarey $250, Manuel $150, $1800
Manza $100, Lt Ned $50, old Sarey $00, Frank $000, $150
old Grace $00, Julius $600, Jingo $550, August $550, $1700
Billy $600, Susanna $350, Settee $400, Diana $450, $1800
Liberty $250, Quash $200, Hagar $100, Rose $50, Nancy $200, $800
Prince HSt $700, Lt Prince $350, Rinah $450, Jenny $500, $2000
Nancy $250, Henry $200, Nero $150, Thisbe $100, Sambo $50, $750
Prince $300, Violet $500, April $100, Juletta $50, Sam $600, $1550
Madelon $400, Moses $300, Nat carpenter boy $600, $1300
Robert ditto (carpenter boy) $550

Jericho Plantation, St James Santee

The following enslaved were listed in the probate inventory on the Jericho Plantation:

Brawley driver $250, Katy $50, Lt Brawley $600, $900
Hagar $350, William idiot no value given, Sye $600, Nancy $500, $1450
Bina $150, Daniel $50, Patrick driver $600, Nancy $400, $1200
Casey $400, Haman $300, Lt Patrick $100, Maria $50, $850
Pat Sarey (Pat's Sarey) $500, Monomia $50, Ned $600, Phoebe $500, $1650
Cena $50, Bram $250, Myrtilla $50, Amey $500, $850
Becky $500, Lucy $400, Bram $300, Lt Mary $200, old Mary one leg- no value given, $1400
Charlotte $350, March $250, Bob $50, Tenang $100, Simon $600, $1350
Martha $500, Lt Bob $350, Prince $200, Susey $50, $1100
Primus $600, Charles $600, Nanny $500, Dennis $300, $2000
Nelly $200, Cudjoe $150, Bella $100, Tyra $50, Abram $600, $1100
Melia $500, Tillar $100, Dockum $50, Brankey's Dickey $500, $1150
Patty $500, Sukey $200, Timma $150, Julatta $100, Clarinda $50, $1000
Guy carpt'r $700, Sibby $250, Aesop $300, Sander $100, $1350
Cato $450, Hardtime Joe carpt'r $650, Sylvia $200, $1300
Phillis $250, John $150, Ann $50, Job $50, Billy $600, $1100
Sue & her infant Daphne $550, Murria's Jenny $500, $1050

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Lt Billy $300, Jack $600, Katey $500, Peggy $150, $1550
April $100, Lt Katey $75, Chloe $50, Sambo $600, $825
Priscilla $500, Flora $175, Prince $50, old Murriah $50, $775
Tomboy $400, Hannah $150, Cuffee $600, Dorcas $500, $1650
Robin $300, July $250, George $200, Tenah $50, Adam $350, $1150
Amey $200, Louisa $500, Plenty $350, Bess $250, Linda $200, $1500
Scipio $100, Affee $50, Jeffrey infection $100, Cretia $50, $300
Adam no value given, Dockum $50, Hampton $450, Roger $400, $900
Delia no value given, Dandy $350, Cotto $300, Dolly $250, Judy $50, $950
Hannah $150, Cain $600, Sarey $500, Deptford $350, $1600
Sapho $300, Zacharias $200, Lewis $150, Betsey $100, $750
Maggy $50, William $100, Harriet $50, Polly $400, $600
Cinda $300, Sampson $300, Ceasar $200, Harriet $100, $900
Lt William $50, Carlo $600, Fenda $500, Thomas $150, $1300
Nanny $100, Rachel $50, Dick cooper $600, Clarinda $200, $950
Dorcas & infant Richard $550, Jeffrey $150, Latsey $100, $800
Fanny $500, Toby $600, Mimba $500, Peter $100, Grace $50, $1750

Slave Sales

1837, Ephraim M. Baynard purchased in Feb 1837, for $24,000, from the estate of Isaac Ball (through James Poyas Ex'r), the following enslaved persons:^[3]

Monday, Peggy, London, Tom(1),
Hannah, and an infant child of Peggy, Peng, Captain,
Lizzy, Prince, Pia, Paroly?, Billy(1), Bella, Hagar(1), Samson,
Cudjoe, Fanny, Alexander, Fortune, Dambia, March, Billy(2),
Susannah, Lefty, Liberty, Quash, Hagar(2), Sally(1), Sally(2), Jim, Daniel
Tom(2), Rinah, Pan, Abraham, Tenah, Oesop, Binkey, Martha

Freedom

Isaac Ball's will reads: "It is my will that my Mulatto slave named Natt, now an apprenticed to Mr James Poyas should receive the sum of $100 when arrives at the age of 21 years and be persuaded to quit this Country to enjoy his freedom as it is my will that he should remain no longer a Slave and I hope my Executors herein after named will carry into execution this my will and desire in regards my said servant Natt."^[1]

Sources

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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. 36 1818-1826 Wills v. 37 1826-1834
Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 > Charleston > Wills, 1818-1826, Vol. 036 > image 379 of 855; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
FamilySearch Image: 939L-JXST-9J (accessed 15 May 2023)
- will of Isaac Ball Bk 36, p.1202
↑ 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 > 1824-1834 > No File Description Available > image 84 of 322
FamilySearch Image: 939L-JJ1G-2 (accessed 15 May 2023)
↑ 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. 5K, 5T 1829-1839
Film number: 008689267 > image 416 of 621
FamilySearch Image: 3QHV-F3ZY-Q6C (accessed 15 May 2023)
- 1837 purchase of enslaved persons from Isaac Ball estate

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