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Slaves of Joseph Sealy, South Carolina

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Location: Charleston, South Carolinamap
Surnames/tags: Slavery Black_Heritage Sealy
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This page's purpose is to record the people enslaved by Joseph Sealy on Edisto Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, and attempt to connect them to their families.

On 18 January 1731, Joseph Sealy wrote his will and named three enslaved people as legacies to his wife Anne:[1]

  1. Will Sealy
  2. Daphne Sealy
  3. Catahoe Sealy


On 12 September 1732, the estate inventory of Joseph Sealy listed and valued 18 enslaved people in Charleston County, South Carolina:[2]

Name Sex Valuation
Caff (?) Man £250
Jack Man £100
Little Will Man £220
Mingo Man £240
Sambo Man £240
Peter Man £20
Toby Man £230
Andrew Man £230
Mily & her Boy Toby Woman / Boy £320
Tamer Girl £150
Feby & Child Woman £210
Peany (?) Girl £140
Nan Girl £110
Dafny Girl £130
Great Will Man £220
Cato Boy £110


Sources

  1. Will of Joseph Sealy (Transcription) - "South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-J69G-3P?cc=1919417&wc=M6N4-ZWG%3A210905601%2C211376301 : 21 May 2014), Charleston > Wills, 1731-1740, Vol. 003 > Page 23. Image 31 of 445.
  2. Probate Inventory of Joseph Sealy - 12 Sept 1732
    "South Carolina wills and related probate matters, *land and property records, *public records, some *marriage contracts, 1671, 1692-1868"
    Wills, etc., 1729-1733
    Film number: 007648971 > image 381 of 452
    FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C9PT-G9KC-9 (accessed 27 February 2023)


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