Slaves of John Cherry Sr

Date: 1800 to 1850
Location: South Carolina, United States
Surname/tag: Cherry

The purpose of this page is to record research, and hopefully identify the families of, the slaves of John Cherry Sr. (1773-1832). All census records were in Chester, Chester, South Carolina.

Contents 1 Enslaved Persons 1.1 1800 1.2 1810 1.3 1820 1.4 1830 1.5 1832 Post-death 1.6 1850 2 Sources

Enslaved Persons

1800

1800: Chester County, South Carolina^[1]

2 individuals

1810

1810: Chester, Chester County, South Carolina^[2]

5 individuals

1820

1820: Chester, Chester County, South Carolina^[3]

Male under age 14

Male under age 14

Male under age 14

Male under age 14

Male aged 26 to 44

Male aged 26 to 44

Female under age 14

Female under age 14

1830

1830: Chester, Chester County, South Carolina^[4]

Male under age 10 Jonathan sold to John Cherry

Male under age 10 Ylias or Tom sold to Robert Cherry

Male aged 10 to 23 Ylias or Tom sold to Robert Cherry

Male aged 10 to 23 Negro Boy Nathan sold to William Porter

Male aged 10 to 23 Negro Boy Prince sold to John Cherry

Male aged 10 to 23 Negro Boy Henry

Male aged 36 to 64 Negro Prince, sold to Gregory Cherry

Female aged 10 to 23 Negro Girl Malindy or "Linn" sold to Hugh McCammon

Female aged 24 to 35 Sarah, sold to Gregory Cherry

1832 Post-death

1832: Chester, Chester County, South Carolina^[5]

Negro Prince & his Wife Sarah $400, sold to Gregory Cherry for $512

Negro Boy Tom $450, sold to Robert Cherry for $405

Negro Boy Jonathan $450, sold to John Cherry for $460

Negro Boy Ylias $400, sold to Robert Cherry for $465

Negro Girl Malindy $350, "Linn" sold to Hugh McCammon for $346

Negro Boy Henry $350, sold to Jas. Guthrie Esqr for $365

Negro girl Ginny^ɫɫ $275, "Jenny" sold to Wm. Wall for $301

Negro girl Dinah^ɫɫ $250, "Dina" sold to Wm. Westbrook for $291

Negro Boy Nathan $200, sold to Wm. Porter for $280

Negro Boy Prince $250, sold to John Cherry for $330

^ɫɫ These two female slaves weren't on John's census record in 1830.

1850

Negro Prince & his Wife Sarah Sarah was sold to Gregory. His slaves in 1850 were: Female (70), Female (55), Female (20), and Male (2). Only the 55-year-old in 1850 fits within the available females in 1832. Her husband Negro Prince was sold to Gregory as well. Boy Prince was sold to John Cherry.

Negro Boy Tom and Negro Boy Ylias went to Robert Cherry. This would be his son, as his father Robert was deceased by that time. Robert owned 24 slaves in 1850. No names were listed, only ages, so it is impossible (without more data) to know how old Tom and Ylias were. Possible ages in 1850: 19, 21 (3x), 27, or 31. (Note: The 19-year-old could not have been in the 1830 census)

Negro Boy Jonathan sold to John Cherry. Jonathon could have been anywhere from age 0 to age 8 when John wrote his Will. This would mean he would have been between the ages of eighteen and twenty-six in 1850. The three male slaves in his home in 1850 were ages 6, 39, and 60.

Sources

1. ↑ 1800 Census: "1800 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1800; Census Place: Chester, South Carolina; Series: M32; Roll: 47; Page: 92; Image: 185; Family History Library Film: 181422
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7590 #476595 (accessed 14 April 2022)
   John Cherney.
2. ↑ 1810 Census: "1810 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1810; Census Place: Chester, Chester, South Carolina; Roll: 60; Page: 525; Image: 00269; Family History Library Film: 0181419
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7613 #576355 (accessed 14 April 2022)
   John Cherry.
3. ↑ 1820 Census: "1820 United States Federal Census"
   1820 U S Census; Census Place: Chester, Chester, South Carolina; Page: 25; NARA Roll: M33_120; Image: 111
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7734 #968261 (accessed 14 April 2022)
   Colonel S Cherry.
4. ↑ 1830 Census: "1830 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1830; Census Place: Chester, South Carolina; Series: M19; Roll: 169; Page: 299; Family History Library Film: 0022503
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8058 #632254 (accessed 14 April 2022)
   J Cherry.
5. ↑ Probate: "South Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980"
   Chester > Probate Files, File No. 13-17; Package No. 214-286
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 14 April 2022)
   John Cherry