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Slaves of John Hume Lucas, South Carolina

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Location: Georgetown, South Carolina, United Statesmap
Surnames/tags: Lucas Slavery Black_Heritage
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Background

John "Hume" Lucas owned the Hopsewee Plantation in the Santee Dist of Georgetown County, South Carolina.

After the death of Lucas the enslaved on the Hopsewee Plantation were named in his probate inventory of 1854:[1]

  • Handy value $800, Judy $600, Jack $250, Charles $200
  • Celia $150, Frank $50, Amy $500, Susey $400, Fanny $300, Minnus $350
  • Sam $800, Peggy $600, Eleanor $100, Lydia $300, Cornelia $400, Hager $200,
  • Sargent $600, Susy $600, Jesey $500, Lucy $600, Billy $400, Lender $200
  • Lizzy $150, Will $800, Mary Ann $250, Susy $350, Nancy $250, Sary $600
  • Daniel $800, Sylvia $100, Sampsen (fits) $350, Robert $700, Mary Ann $600
  • Molly $300, Nancy $350, Robert $150, Betsey $100, Sukey $50, Ganlway $100
  • Charlotte $600, Mary $400, Rose $250, Rina $50, Rumey $100, Mathias $50
  • Jeffry $800, Beck $600, Charlotte $600, Louis $150, Hat $100, Yankee $800
  • Phillis $50, Fortune $800, Martha $600, Peter $250, Lucy (prolapsed) $350
  • Martha $300, Peter Walker $600, Sylvia $600, Quash $100, Patsy $600, Georgianna $150
  • Samuel $100, Mat $100, Handy $800, Dinah $500
  • Daniel $1000, Flora $400, Margaret $500, Alex $500, Elsey $500
  • Affey $350, George $400

For more information please see the Hopsewee Plantation page

Census

1850 slave schedule enumerated 178 unnamed enslaved owned by John Hume Lucas.[2]

While the Hopsewee Plantation continued to be owned by the Lucas family it is unknown which of the heirs owned and enumerated the enslaved on Hopsewee in 1860.

Sources

  1. Charleston County, South Carolina inventories, appraisements & sales, ca. 1834-1867: "Charleston County, South Carolina inventories, appraisements & sales, ca. 1834-1867"
    Catalog: Charleston County, South Carolina inventories, appraisements & sales, ca. 1834-1867 1850-1857
    Film number: 007642428 > image 303 of 657
    FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-89GY-B9SB-L (accessed 10 February 2024)
    • 1854 probate inventory
  2. United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 : "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850"
    Image path: United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 > South Carolina > Georgetown > Georgetown county > image 145 of 219; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
    FamilySearch Image: S3HT-DCT9-BF1 (accessed 10 February 2024)
    • 1850 slave schedule




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