Slaves of James Clark (1768-1819), South Carolina

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Edisto Island, Charleston, South Carolina
Surnames/tags: Slavery Black_Heritage Edisto Island

This page's purpose is to record the enslaved people owned by James Clark (1768-1819), South Carolina, and attempt to connect them to their families.

Estate Inventory on 31 January 1821^[1]

York, Bella, Sophia ($400), Jack ($550) [$1,550]
Martha, Tinah, Jimmy, Betty ($1,100), Priscilla & Jack ($500) [$1,600]
Nelson ($500), Ben ($500), Dean ($350), Bob ($600), Betsy/Bildey ($500) [$2,450]
Ben ($500), Leah ($450), Boatswain ($650), Ratchel ($500) [$2,100]
Mary ($350), Saucy ($250), Titus ($100), L. Tom ($600), Gady ($400) [$1,700]
Hercules ($400), Mary Ann ($300), Tyrah ($150), Billy ($600) [$1,450]
Dick ($600), Hannah ($500), Creviah ($500), Cudjoe ($600) [$2,200]
Wharley ($600), Flora ($500), B. Tom ($900), Sary ($500) [$2,500]
Moldey ($150), Patty ($100), Charley ($55), Y. Tom ($600) [$905]
Abby ($300), Dorah ($350), Virtue ($450), L. Tom ($250)
Dinah ($200), Priscilla ($100), Susannah ($300), Venus ($500)
Abel ($600), George ($300), O. Pig ($50), Simon ($600), Tinah ($50)
Mingo ($600), Juno ($500), Martha ($200), Sary ($500), Amy ($50)
Old Betty ($50), Sophia ($400), Betty/Berry ($250), Lovey ($200)
Henrietta ($50), London ($550), Jeffrey ($600), Betty ($500)
Israel ($600), Caty ($500), Abram ($600), Laurence ($50), Amey ($450)
Frank (Franck) ($250), Wharley ($200), Beck ($100), Carolina ($500)
Bess ($300), Ned ($150), Primus ($600), Rose ($500), Priscilla ($100)
Jimmy ($50), Elvey/Elsey ($500), Bristol ($600), Yorick ($500)
O. Celia ($50), Dinah ($400), Betty ($500), Paul ($300), Bolu/Boler ($150)
Ben/L. Ben ($200), Bob/L. Bob ($600), Bella ($500), Phillis ($100), Simon ($50)
Flora ($500), Bob ($600), Hetty/Kitty ($50), John ($550), Rose ($450)
Letty ($400), Sam ($550), Edwin ($300), Jacko/Jacco ($550), Y. Hannah ($400)
Nelly ($550), Nancy ($200), Billy ($700), Sandy, Key ($550)
Titus ($500), L. Abel ($500), Cain (Cane) ($600), Libby (Sibby) ($30), Nan ($200)
Tinah ($150), Joe ($550), Grace ($450), John ($600), L. Joe ($250)
Tucker ($200), Octavius ($50), Charlotte ($200), Hannah ($500)
Molvey/Wolsey ($150), O. Hagar and Jimmy ($75), Jimmy ($600)
Mary Ann ($500), Bob ($150), Jenny ($75), John ($500)
Charlotte ($300), L Jenny ($500), Elsey/Elvey ($300), Boler ($550)
Esther ($450), Joanna ($300), Losie ($100), Will ($600)
Amelia ($500), Jasper ($200), L. Will ($100, Lem ($500)
Judith/Judy ($500), Joe ($300), Richard ($150), Romulus ($50)
Remus ($50), Jimmy ($600), Ben ($500), Grace ($500), Jack ($400)
Aubah ($200), Quackyu/Quaco ($400), Betty ($400), Cornelia/Camelia ($150)
Adam ($550), Phoebe ($500), Damon ($600), Retta/Ritta ($150)
Billy ($50), Stephen ($600), Lydia ($500), Nancy ($100)
Ishmael/Ishmail ($500), Elizabeth ($50), Jenny ($500), O. Lem ($300)
Maria ($450), Sambo ($300), Plenty ($250), George ($200)
Peg ($100), Kit ($500), Chloe ($400), Isaac ($500), Rinty ($300)
Sabra ($150), Mavis ($600), Clarissa ($400), Kit ($300), Isaac ($600)
Elvira ($400), Sandy ($400), Aff ($500), Daniel ($650), Israel ($600)
Sandy, Phillis, O. Nan and O. Cain(Cane) ($750), Hannah/Hanna ($400)
Elsey/Elvey ($150), Margaret ($150), Caty ($50), Harry ($600)
Venus ($500), Fortune ($300), Sampson ($600), Seaborn ($650)
Sandy ($600), Jack ($500), Mary ($450), O. Sam ($500)

Total 205

Estate Inventory on 1 March 1821^[2]

York, Bella, Sophia ($1,400), Martha, Tinah, Jimmy, Betty ($1,000) [$2,400]
Priscilla (Pufsey ?), Jack ($300), Sam, Letty, Edwin ($1,500) [$1,800]
Nelson $500, Jack $500, Ben $550, Dan $300 [$1,850]
Bob, Betsy/Bildey ($900), Ben, Leah ($900), Boson $800 [$2,600]
Abel, Venus, Adeline, Old Tinah ($1,450), Billy $800 [$2,250]
Rachaul, Mary, Saucy, Titus, Dinah [$1,400]
Tom, Lady, Hercules, Marian, Tyrah [$2,000]
Grifoia, Becca, Lot ($600), Dick, Caty, Lawrence, Hannah ($2,000) [$2,600]
Cudjoe $800, Walley, Flora, Jeffrey ($1,200) [$2,000]
B. Tom (boy?), Sary, Molsey, Patty, Charles [$1,600]
Young Tom, Abby, Dorah, Virtue, Young Tom, Dinah/Dina, Susannah (Sue), Priscilla [$3,000]
Mingo, Juno, Martha, Estha ($1,400), Simon ($700) [$2,100]
Sary, Amy, Old Betty ($575), George, Peg ($100) [$675]
Sophia, Betty/Berry, Lovey, Henrietta [$1,000]
Old Titus, Betty, Cato ($1,000), London ($600) [$1,600]
Israel, Amey, Frank, Walley ($1,500), Jeffrey ($800) [$2,300]
Abraham/Abram ($800), Beck, Carolina ($800) [$1,600]
Bess, Primus, Rose, Ned, Priscilla, Jimmy [$1,800]
Yorick, Bristol, Elvey/Elsey ($2,000), O. Celia/Old Sealy ($30) [$2,030]
Dinah, Betty, Paul, Bolu/Boler, Ben, Elinor [$1,500]
Bob/Little Bob ($800), Bella, Phillis, Simon ($800) [$1,600]
Flora, Bob, Hetty ($1,400), John ($500), Rose ($500) [$2,400]
Jacko/Jacco, Hannah, Nelly, Nancy $1,500), Billy ($900) [$2,400]
Sandy, Key ($600), M. Abel ($700), Charlotte ($100) [$1,400]
Cain (Cane), Sibby (Libby), Nan, Tinah, Adella [$1,000]
Joe, Grace, John, Little Joe, Tucker, Octavius [$2,200]
Hagar, Hannah ($1), Molvey/Wolsey, Jimmy, Phillis ($900), Adam ($200) [$1,101]
Sandy, Phillis, Jim, Mary Ann, Jack, Bob, Nan, Cain(Cane), Jenny, Phillis [$2,350]
Boler, Hester, Chloe, Toney, Phoebe, Adam [$3,000]
John, Charlotte, Elsey/Elvey ($1,600), Sandy, Aff ($900) [$2,500]
Jimmy, Jenny ($1,400), Damon, Retta/Ritta, Bill ($800) [$2,200]
Kit, Chloe, Rinty, Severy, Harriot [$1,500]
O. Lem, Maria, Jim, Daniel, Sambo, Plenty, George, Peggy/Pegg [$3,200]
Will, Amelia, Jasper, L. Will[$1,700]
Lem,Judith/Judy, Joe, Rachael, Romulus, Remus [$1,800]
Quackyu/Quaco, Betty, Cornelia/Camelia ($900), Nancy, Grace, Ishmael/Ishmail ($1,300) [$2,200]
Stephen, Lydia, Elizabeth ($1,400), Moses, Elvira/Elira ($1,100) [$2,500]
Bero ($550), Isaac ($450), Aubu ($200), Aedo ($800) [$2,000]
Clarissa, Isaac, Kit ($900), Jack, Mary ($1,150) [$2,050]
Israel, Margaret, Caty, Elsey/Elvey, Hannah/Hanna [$1,700]
Sandy ($800), Harry, Venus Bradley?, Fortune ($1,500) [$2,300]
Sampson ($600)

Total 215

Sources

1. ↑
   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 > 1818-1824 > No File Description Available > image 97 of 325
   FamilySearch Image: 939L-JJ93-QZ (accessed 10 May 2023)Name
   • 31 Jan 1820, p.175
2. ↑
   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 > 1818-1824 > No File Description Available > image 173 of 325
   FamilySearch Image: 939L-JJ9S-89 (accessed 10 May 2023)
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