Slaves of James Henry Hammond, South Carolina

Date: [unknown] to 1864
Location: South Carolina, United States
Surnames/tags: Hammond Slavery Black_Heritage

Contents 1 Background 1.1 Properties 1.2 Plantation Journal 1.3 Probate Inventory 1.4 Census 2 Sources

Background

James Henry Hammond lived in Edgefield County, South Carolina on the Silver Bluff Plantation. This page was created to record the enslaved owned by Hammond during his life and at his death.

Properties

The following plantations were owned by Hammond during his life:^[1][2]

• Wrackley Place, Calhoun County, Georgia
• Fitzsimons Marsh, on Bear Island Creek in Edgefield County, South Carolina
• Cedar Grove, bounded by Fitzsimons Marsh, Edgefield County, South Carolina
• Cathwood Plantation, bounded by Cedar Grove, Edgefield County, South Carolina
• Silver Bluff, bounded by Cedar Grove, Edgefield County, acquired in 1831 from wife's father's estate
• Silverton, an entire tract of pine land surrounding Silverton House
• Cowden Plantation and Coldwade, Edgefield County, South Carolina
• Redcliffe, Edgefield County, acquired in 1855

Plantation Journal

James Hammond's plantation journals name the 146 enslaved persons from Silver Bluff Plantation when he took over the property in Dec 1831,^{[3] [4]} and another list from his plantation journals in 1832 which give the name and value of each enslaved person.^[5]

(lists to be created soon)

Probate Inventory

There were 303 enslaved persons listed in Hammond's probate inventory.^[6]

(lists to be created soon)

Census

The 1850 in Barnwell County^[7] and probably Edgefield, but not known exactly which James Hammond it is.

1860 in Barnwell County,^[8] and in Edgefield County.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ http://sankofagen.pbworks.com/w/page/14230808/Silver%20Bluff%20Plantation
2. ↑ Miscellaneous probate records, 1785-1868; indexes to records, 1785-1957: "Miscellaneous probate records, 1785-1868; indexes to records, 1785-1957"
   Catalog: Miscellaneous probate records, 1785-1868; indexes to records, 1785-1957 Box 89, packages 3555-3598
   Film number: 007649260 > image 216 of 586
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C9P1-K8 (accessed 29 January 2024) properties named in his probate papers
3. ↑ Records of ante-bellum Southern plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War:
   Catalog: Records of ante-bellum Southern plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War Part 1. The papers of James Henry Hammond James Henry Hammond papers - plantation books, account book, census record, 1831-1887
   Film number: 008891490 > image 18 of 1017
   FamilySearch Image: 3QHV-R3GS-S9WV-X (accessed 25 July 2023)
4. ↑ 1831 Plantation journal of James Henry Hammond
5. ↑ Records of ante-bellum Southern plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War: "Records of ante-bellum Southern plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War"
   Catalog: Records of ante-bellum Southern plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War James Henry Hammond papers - plantation books, list of Negroes, account book, 1832-1858
   Film number: 008891471 > image 12 of 459
   FamilySearch Image: 3QHV-R3G9-Y9DY-3 (accessed 29 January 2024)
   • plantation journals of James Henry Hammond
6. ↑ Miscellaneous probate records, 1785-1868; indexes to records, 1785-1957: "Miscellaneous probate records, 1785-1868; indexes to records, 1785-1957"
   Catalog: Miscellaneous probate records, 1785-1868; indexes to records, 1785-1957 Box 89, packages 3555-3598
   Film number: 007649260 > image 220 of 586
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C9P1-K3S (accessed 29 January 2024)
7. ↑ United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 : "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850"
   Image path: United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 > South Carolina > Barnwell > Barnwell county > image 79 of 168; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HT-62KH-TVB (accessed 29 January 2024)
   • 1850 slave schedule, Barnwell County, South Carolina, several pages
8. ↑ United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860: "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860"
   Image path: United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860 > South Carolina > Barnwell > nulla > image 133 of 224; citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
   FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GBSX-Y8C (accessed 29 January 2024)
   • 1860 slave schedule Barnwell County, South Carolina, several pages
9. ↑ United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860: "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860"
   Image path: United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860 > South Carolina > Edgefield > Edgefield District > image 102 of 194; citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
   FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GBSC-YKK (accessed 29 January 2024)
   • 1860 slave schedule in Edgefield County,