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Slaves of John Coming Ball, Sr., South Carolina

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Introduction

This page's purpose is to record the people enslaved by John Coming Ball Sr. (1760-1817) and attempt to connect them to their families.

Slaves

John Coming Ball died on 20 Oct 1817. The following list of enslaved were appraised as the property owned by John Ball, Esq. at Marsh Land Farm. The Estate was appraised on 14 Nov 1817.[1]

Marsh Land Farm

In the Parish of St. Philip, Charleston, South Carolina. (enslaved are listed under "Carriage House", image 246) In the original inventory they are grouped in lots along with implements and tools located in the Carriage House. Family relationships could not be determined.

  1. Stephen (the Driver) $500
  2. Dinah, $400
  3. Binah $350 Total: $1250
  4. Young Stephen $250
  5. Old Abram $400
  6. Jinny $400 Total: $1050
  7. Bob $500
  8. Little Abram $250
  9. Phillander $100 Total: $850
  10. Isaac $500
  11. Nancy $350
  12. Sue $400
  13. Ned $300 Total: $1550
  14. Fortune $500
  15. Elsy valued in Town
  16. Morris $500 Total: $1000
  17. Bick $400
  18. Burrows $100
  19. Little Morris, a child $50 Total: $550
  20. Glasgow $300
  21. Simon $500
  22. Sasy $400
  23. Sasy Bick $400 Total: $1600
  24. Hagar $350
  25. Peter $300
  26. Sibby $200
  27. Titty, a child $50 Total: $900
  28. Jim $500
  29. Aaron (blank)
  30. David $500
  31. Judy $400
  32. April $500 Total: $1900
  33. Saul $500
  34. Gail and Will $100
  35. Billa $400
  36. Little Billy $300 Total: $1300
  37. Pontoo $200
  38. Lucy $150
  39. Daniel $500
  40. Will Lacock $500 Total: $1350
  41. Daphne $400
  42. Prichard $100
  43. Amy, a child $50 Total: $550
  44. Hardtime infirm $200
  45. Cora $400
  46. Diana, a child $50 Total: $650
  47. July $500
  48. Hester $200
  49. Cardis $500
  50. Rosina $400 Total: $1600
  51. Charles $200
  52. Exeter $200
  53. Monday $100 Total: $500
  54. Cardis, a child $50
  55. Paul (infirm) $250 Total: $300
  56. Dye Billy $500
  57. Cassom $500 Total: $1000

East Bay Residence

Charleston District (image 247)

Belle Isle Plantation

See Belle Isle Plantation for history

  1. Isaac (the Driver) $500




John Coming Ball's will that was proved 3 Dec 1792 mentions these slaves and that he freed 4 of them.

In his will he freed his Negro Slave Nat: "I give my Negro man Nat his freedom and all my Wearing Apparel." He also freed Hagar and her child: "I give my Negro woman Hagar and her child Charlotte their freedom and desire my Executors will have the latter educated and when she shall be old enough placed out as an apprentice to a Milliner or Mantua Maker." He freed Jackey: "I give my Negro man Jackey (son of Lucy) who is at present my driver his freedom."

Nat
Hagar and child Charlotte
Jackey (son of Lucy) - his driver

From his will he bequeaths to his sister Mrs. Wilson "any Negro Girl among my female slaves she may prefer."

The enslaved of John Ball in his 1817 probate papers, located at St. Johns, Berkeley.[2]

At Charleston, Bell Isle, and Pimlico[3]

At Hyde Park Mill[4]

Sources

  1. ↑ "South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-JJ97-LF?cc=1911928&wc=MP59-C6X%3A190562801%2C190562802%2C190840901%2C190560104 : 21 May 2014), Charleston > Probate Court, Estate inventories > 1810-1818 > No File Description Available > beginning at the bottom of image 245 of 288; county courthouses, South Carolina, and South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
  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 > 1810-1818 > No File Description Available > image 253 of 1454
    FamilySearch Image: 939L-JJ97-LF (accessed 12 August 2022)
    • 1817 John Ball probate inventory
  3. ↑ 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 > 1810-1818 > No File Description Available > image 254 of 1454
    FamilySearch Image: 939L-JJ9Q-LZ (accessed 12 August 2022)
  4. ↑ 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 > 1810-1818 > No File Description Available > image 256 of 1454
    FamilySearch Image: 939L-JJ97-4M (accessed 12 August 2022)




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