Slaves of John F Chaplin Sr, South Carolina

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Beaufort, South Carolina, United States

Background

John F. Chaplin Sr. was a slaveholder in Beaufort County, South Carolina. This page is an effort to collect the names and information of those who had been previously enslaved on the Chapman properties seen on various lists.

The following persons were enslaved on the Woodlawn Plantation^[1] owned by John Chaplin.^[2]

• Moses Mitchell
• Tyrah Mitchell
• Sam Mitchell
• Rhina Mitchell

The following persons were in a misc. list book of people registered by the Freedmen's Bureau in 1862 (before emancipation):^[3]

• Ismael his wife is with him (each wife listed below husband)
  • Louisa, a house servant
• Sam, a waiter, his wife is with him
  • Sely, works in the field
• Stephen, works in the field, his wife is on Ladys Island
  • Ellen, works in the field
• Joe, works in the field, his wife is on Mr. Talbot's Plantation
  • Amy, owned by Mr. Talbot
• Carolina, works in the field, his wife is with him
  • Grace, a house servant, belongs to R. Barnwell
• Welter, no job description
  • Phillis, a nurse, owned by R. Barnwell
• --, worked in the field, his wife is with him
  • Sarah, worked in the field
• Will, a teamster, his wife is with him
  • Etty, works in the field, belongs to Dr. Turner
• Paul Jr, a ploughman, no wife
• Nanny, no job description
  • Prince, works in the field, belongs to L. Dersers
• Scipio, a cripple, his wife is with him
  • Rose, works in the field

Single Men

• Paul (No.1), works in the field

Hired Servants

• Jackson Gram?, hired to Lieut. Baird, Co. A 79th
• William, at the hospital for the 79th

Extra Payment for Extra Work - Unloading the McLellan Steamer in the Stream

• Isaac
• Paul (No.1)
• Paul (No. 2)
• Carolina
• Kit
• Will
• Sam

Weekly Ticket List of Detailed Contrabands

• Scipio, Sept. Messenger
• Will Chaplin, Jun 1862 weekly rations
• Ritha, at the main, works in the field, married

Women and Children Vaccinated and Capable

• Louisa, employed in washing for officers
• Caroline, housemaid, working corn mill till stopped
• Clarissa, fieldwork
• Jenny, fieldwork
• Sary, fieldwork
• Mary, fieldwork
• Phillis, fieldwork
• Benar, fieldwork

• Ismael, carpenter
• Tom, lumber at the warf
• Sam, warf
• Isaac, warf

Deaths

• Rina, 6 Jun 1862, wife of Robt. Warren, age 20 yrs

Sources

1. ↑ An Archaeological Survey of Phase II of the Walling Grove Plantation https://dc.statelibrary.sc.gov/bitstream/handle/10827/33351/Chicora_Research_Contributions_073_1991-11.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
   • p.22
2. ↑ Stories from Ex-Slaves - Sam Mitchell Federal Writers' Project: Slave Narrative Project, Vol. 14, South Carolina, Part 3, Jackson-Quattlebaum https://www.loc.gov/resource/mesn.143/?sp=204&st=pdf&r=-0.317%2C-0.355%2C1.625%2C1.625%2C0&pdfPage=204
3. ↑ South Carolina, Freedmen'...Office Records, 1865-1872: "South Carolina, Freedmen'...Office Records, 1865-1872"
   Catalog: Records of the field offices for the state of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872
   Image path: South Carolina, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872 > Beaufort (contraband department) > Roll 62, Miscellaneous lists, Mar 1862-Jan 1864 > image 3 of 52; citing NARA microfilm publication M1910 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-99ZG-8F4G (accessed 19 August 2023)