Slaves of Joseph Whaley, South Carolina

Date: [unknown] to 1865
Location: Edisto Island, Charleston, South Carolina
Surnames/tags: Whaley Slavery Black_Heritage

Contents 1 Background 1.1 Slaves Sales 1.2 Green Point Plantation 2 Sources

Background

Joseph Whaley lived on Edisto Island. This page is to record the enslaved he owned during his lifetime.

Slaves Sales

In 1834 Joseph Whaley sold an enslaved man to A. K. Belin:^[1]

• a mulatto slave named Darby

14 Feb 1856 - Joseph Whaley sold 10 enslaved persons to Francis M. Whaley:^[2]

• Nelly
• Celia
• Jimmy
• Daphney
• Amelia
• Maria
• Septima
• Lindy
• Edward
• Chloe

Green Point Plantation

Formerly enslaved persons of the Green Point plantation were living there after the Civil War. Joseph Whaley signed a contract stating that he would hire them for work.^[3]

• Isaac and his family
• Joe and his family, formerly slaves of C. Bailey

For more information please see:

• Pine Barren Plantation
• Frogmore Plantation

Sources

1. ↑ Bill of sales of Negro slaves, 1799-1872, Charleston District, South Carolina: "Bill of sales of Negro slaves, 1799-1872, Charleston District, South Carolina"
   Catalog: Bill of sales of Negro slaves, 1799-1872, Charleston District, South Carolina v. 5O 1832-1836
   Film number: 008689269 > image 256 of 510
   FamilySearch Image: 3QHV-F3ZY-Q99 (accessed 16 June 2023)
   • 1 Apr 1834 slave sold to A. K. Belin, p.434
2. ↑ Bill of sales of Negro slaves, 1799-1872, Charleston District, South Carolina: "Bill of sales of Negro slaves, 1799-1872, Charleston District, South Carolina"
   Catalog: Bill of sales of Negro slaves, 1799-1872, Charleston District, South Carolina v. 6C, 6D 1849-1857
   Film number: 008139558 > image 635 of 729
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSKW-F9MX-F (accessed 16 June 2023)
   • 1856, slaves sold, p.470
3. ↑ United States, Freedmen's...t Commissioner, 1865-1872: "United States, Freedmen's...t Commissioner, 1865-1872"
   Catalog: Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the state of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1870 Endorsements sent, endorsements pertaining to restoration of lands 1865-1866. Register of letters received 1865-1866. Register of applications for restoration of property 1865-1866. Register of lands and occupants 1865-1868. Register of restoration orders 1865-1866. Restoration orders 1865-1866. (NARA Series M869, Roll 32)
   Image path: United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Assistant Commissioner, 1865-1872 > South Carolina > Roll 32, Restoration orders, 1865-1866 > image 16 of 792; citing multiple NARA microfilm publications; Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1861 - 1880, RG 105; (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1969-1980).
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C9TZ-8Q7R-C (accessed 17 June 2023)
   • Contract to hire formerly enslaved persons