Location: [unknown]
Surnames/tags: slavery South_Carolina
This page documents the slavery history of Nathan Lipscomb Griffin (abt.1803-abt.1853).
Because Nathan died without a will in 1853, his estate was accounted for and divided among his family.
Contents |
Plantations
Probate Inventory 1853
Nathan Griffin had 2 plantations. The enslaved on those plantations were appraised 15-16 Dec 1853:[1]
- Hickory Grove Plantation
- Ninty-Six Plantation
Bill of Sale of the enslaved 19 Dec 1853[2]
Probate Inventory 1855
Another probate inventory seems to be taken of the estate 20 Dec 1855[3]
A Sale list from 1855[4]
December 19, 1855 Estate Inventory
The following were listed in the inventory of Nathan's estate after his death:[5]
- Emaline and 2 children William and Louisa $1200
- Lucious $1100
- Clarisa $800
- Norman $1000
- Annette and Watt $900
- Alice and Richard $500
- Amelia $750
- Seymour $500
- Wiley $300
- Arthur 400
- Ben $900
- Easter 800
- Lucy $650
- Joshua $250
- Savage $1000
- Ellen $600
- Dick $1000
- Peter $600
- Caroline and Marshall $1050
- Charles #1 $800
- Frank $750
- Eliza $500
- Ellison $1000
- Minder (Minda) and Martha $800
- Lotty $850
- Nan $900
- Harry $800
- Robert $500
- Sarah and Charlotte $1000
- Amanda $750
- Amy $650
- Charles #2 $500
- Fillis and 2 children Maria and Lark $1300
- Caroline #2 $750
- Lewis $700
- Haseltine $500
- Aurelia $750
- Isaac $950
- Bob $1100
- Jackson and Clarisa (old) no value
Sale of Estate
Prior sale:
- Margaret||28, Seamstress||Ephraim Andrews||1848/11/14||NVG||Deed BK HHH p. 334
- Abner||Boy||James M Harrison (Trust)||1848/11/14||NVG||Deed BK HHH p. 334
- Aimy||Girl||Ephraim Andrews||1848/11/14||NVG||Deed BK HHH p. 334
December 19, 1853
- Amanuel||Boy||James M Harrison||1853/12/19||$1210||Box #67 package 2744
- Amelia||Woman||James M Harrison||1853/12/19||$800||Box #67 package 2744
- Ann, Pleas, Arthur, Patrick||Negro woman and children||James M Harrison||1853/12/19||$1200||Box #67 package 2744
- Ansel||Man||James M Harrison||1853/12/19||$170||Box #67 package 2744
- Anthony||Fellow||James M Harrison||1853/12/19||$1200||Box #67 package 2744
- Armstead||Fellow||Lod Hill||1853/12/19||$1100||Box #67 package 2744
- Austin||Man||Joseph Kennedy||1853/12/19||$995||Box #67 package 2744
- Ben||Boy||M.L. Bonham||1853/12/19||$1150||Box #67 package 2744
- Big Tom||Man||Lod Hill||1853/12/19||$1200||Box #67 package 2744
- Bill||Man||J.B. Sullivan||1853/12/19||$800||Box #67 package 2744
- Caroline||Girl||Lod Hill||1853/12/19||$1200||Box #67 package 2744
- Catherine||Girl||Lod Hill||1853/12/19||$1200||Box #67 package 2744
- Clarissa||Woman||Lod Hill||1853/12/19||$735||Box #67 package 2744
- Dan||Fellow||Joseph Kennedy||1853/12/19||$920||Box #67 package 2744
- Dan #2||Fellow||Lod Hill||1853/12/19||$960||Box #67 package 2744
- Dennis||Boy||James M Harrison||1853/12/19||$700||Box #67 package 2744
- Dolly||Girl||M.L. Bonham||1853/12/19||$785||Box #67 package 2744
- Dolly#2||Old negro woman||James M Harrison (trustee)||1853/12/19||$700||Box #67 package 2744
- Susan and Dorcas||Negro woman and child||Lod Hill||1853/12/19||$755||Box #67 package 2744
- Edward (Ed)||Fellow||J.B. Sullivan||1853/12/19||$200||Box #67 package 2744
- Elias||Man||W.D. Roundtree||1853/12/19||$1005||Box #67 package 2744
- Eliza||Girl||Joseph Kennedy||1853/12/19||$1110||Box #67 package 2744
- Eliza #2, Lawrence, Harriet||Negro woman and children||Lod Hill||1853/12/19||$1150||Box #67 package 2744
- Eliza#3, Warren, Fanny, Dolly#3||Negro woman and children||Thomas Lake||1853/12/19||$900||Box #67 package 2744
- Ellen #2||Girl||James M Harrison (trust)||1853/12/19||$1290||Box #67 package 2744
- Emeline & Pierce||Negro woman and child||M.L. Bonham||1853/12/19||$1655||Box #67 package 2744
- Ephraim||Man||James Harrison (trust)||1853/12/19||$700||Box #67 package 2744
- Felix||Boy||Joseph Kennedy||1853/12/19||$1080||Box #67 package 2744
- George||Fellow||James Harrison (trust)||1853/12/19||$700||Box #67 package 2744
- Georgiana||Girl||Lod Hill||1853/12/19||$830||Box #67 package 2744
- Grace||Girl||M.L. Bonham||1853/12/19||$1200||Box #67 package 2744
- Harper||Fellow||M.L. Bonham||1853/12/19||$510||Box #67 package 2744
- Harry||Man||J.B. Sullivan||1853/12/19||$1020||Box #67 package 2744
- Henry||Fellow||A Wilson||1853/12/19||$1100||Box #67 package 2744
- Jack||Fellow||Lod Hill||1853/12/19||$710||Box #67 package 2744
- Jackson (Jack)||Man||M.L. Bonham||1853/12/19||$1165||Box #67 package 2744
- Jane, Andrew, Savage abt., Nancy||Negro woman and children||M.L. Bonham||1853/12/19||$1030||Box #67 package 2744
- Jarred||Fellow, uns.||M.L. Bonham||1853/12/19||$1380||Box #67 package 2744
- Jim||Boy||J.B. Sullivan||1853/12/19||$1710||Box #67 package 2744
- Lark & Mariah||Man &Woman||A. Wilson||1853/12/19||$560||Box #67 package 2744
- Lavinia||Girl||James Harrison (trust)||1853/12/19||$700||Box #67 package 2744
- Lee||Son of Ann||James Harrison (trust)||1853/12/19||$780||Box #67 package 2744
- Lewis||Boy||Lod Hill||1853/12/19||$755||Box #67 package 2744
- Little Ben||Man||James Harrison (trustee)||1853/12/19||$780||Box #67 package 2744
- Little Joe||Boy||James Harrison (trust)||1853/12/19||$755||Box #67 package 2744
- Little Phil||Boy||J.B. Sullivan||1853/12/19||$800||Box #67 package 2744
- Little Phillis, Fielding||Woman and child||J. Kinard||1853/12/19||$880||Box #67 package 2744
- Little Rose||Girl||James Harrison (trustee)||1853/12/19||$760||Box #67 package 2744
- Little Wesley||Boy||J.B. Sullivan||1853/12/19||$980||Box #67 package 2744
- Little Whitfield||Boy||J.B. Sullivan||1853/12/19||$515||Box #67 package 2744
- Lizzie||Woman||Joseph Kennedy||1853/12/19||$1005||Box #67 package 2744
- Lucy, Shadrick, Sally (unsound)||Woman and children||Joseph Kennedy||1853/12/19||$1000||Box #67 package 2744
- Lydia, John, David, George||Negro man, woman and children||J.B. Sullivan||1853/12/19||$170||Box #67 package 2744
- Mary||Old woman||Dr. J. W. Cooper||1853/12/19||$945||Box #67 package 2744
- Mary#2||Girl||James Harrison (trust)||1853/12/19||$1000||Box #67 package 2744
- Mary Amerlick||Girl||James Harrison (trust)||1853/12/19||$270||Box #67 package 2744
- Arthur||-||James M Harrison (trust)||1853/12/19||NVG||Box #67 package 2744
- Matt||Boy||James Harrison (trustee)||1853/12/19||$1000||Box #67 package 2744
- Maurice (Morris)||Fellow||J.B. Kennedy||1853/12/19||$1015||Box #67 package 2744
- Mier (Miah)||Fellow||Lod Hill||1853/12/19||$955||Box #67 package 2744
- Minda & Harriett||Woman and child||G. A. Addison||1853/12/19||$1095||Box #67 package 2744
- Minty (Minta)||Girl||M.L. Bonham||1853/12/19||$650||Box #67 package 2744
- Ned||Fellow||Thomas Lake||1853/12/19||$995||Box #67 package 2744
- Ned Hackett||Man||James Harrison (trustee)||1853/12/19||$650||Box #67 package 2744
- Nicey||Woman||N. Ramey||1853/12/19||$1215||Box #67 package 2744
- Old Ben||Man||B.B. Holman||1853/12/19||$860||Box #67 package 2744
- Old Dick & Old Rose||Man and Woman||M.L. Bonham||1853/12/19||$1075||Box #67 package 2744
- Old Joe||Fellow, unsound||J.B. Sullivan||1853/12/19||$200||Box #67 package 2744
- Old Whitfield||Man, driver||J.B. Sullivan||1853/12/19||$190||Box #67 package 2744
- Oliver||Man||R. A. Griffins||1853/12/19||$200||Box #67 package 2744
- Peggy, Nancy, Emma, Lizzie||Woman and children||Ann Griffins||1853/12/19||$850||Box #67 package 2744
- Peter||Fellow, unsound||G. A. Addison||1853/12/19||$1125||Box #67 package 2744
- Peter (Little)||Boy||James Harrison (trust)||1853/12/19||$400||Box #67 package 2744
- Phil (Fil)||Fellow||James Harrison (trust)||1853/12/19||$760||Box #67 package 2744
- Phillis||Woman||James Harrison (trustee)||1853/12/19||$400||Box #67 package 2744
- Phillis Georgia||Woman||Lod Hill||1853/12/19||$1300||Box #67 package 2744
- Prissilla||Girl||Lod Hill||1853/12/19||$600||Box #67 package 2744
- Rhoda||Girl||Lod Hill||1853/12/19||$850||Box #67 package 2744
- Sarah & Ned||Woman and infant, unsound||M.L. Bonham||1853/12/19||$600||Box #67 package 2744
- Scott||Fellow||Lod Hill||1853/12/19||$1030||Box #67 package 2744
- Secilia||Girl||Lod Hill||1853/12/19||$580||Box #67 package 2744
- Susan & Dorcas||Woman and child||Lod Hill||1853/12/19||$1200||Box #67 package 2744
- Tom||Boy||R. A. Griffins||1853/12/19||$805||Box #67 package 2744
- Tom (state)||Fellow||James Harrison (trust)||1853/12/19||$1000||Box #67 package 2744
- Wesley||Man||Lod Hill||1853/12/19||$1055||Box #67 package 2744
- Wiley||Boy||Lod Hill||1853/12/19||$1200||Box #67 package 2744
- Willis||Boy||Joseph Kennedy||1853/12/19||$1105||Box #67 package 2744
- Alice, Paul, Silas||children of Maria||Joseph Kennedy||1853/12/19||$625||Box #67 package 2744
December 20, 1855
- Savage||Fellow||James M Harrison (Trust)||1855/12/20||$950||Equity File #948
- Ellen||Woman||James M Harrison (Trust)||1855/12/20||$510||Equity File #948
- Bob||Fellow||James M Harrison (Trust)||1855/12/20||$1115|Equity File #948
- Caroline||-||L.S. Johnson||1855/12/20||$900||Box #67 package 2744
- Lewis||-||Lod Hill||1855/12/20||$600||Box #67 package 2744
- Haseltine||-||Elbert Mundy||1855/12/20||$455||Box #67 package 2744
- Old Jackson & Clarissa||-||Not sold||1855/12/20||0||Box #67 package 2744
- Savage||-||S.B. Griffin||1855/12/20||$950||Box #67 package 2744
- Ellen||-||S.B. Griffin||1855/12/20||$510||Box #67 package 2744
- Dick||-||J.B. Sullivan||1855/12/20||$1150||Box #67 package 2744
- Peter||-||A.J. Hughes||1855/12/20||$410||Box #67 package 2744
- Caroline & Marshall||negro and ch.||Samuel Marsh||1855/12/20||$1000||Box #67 package 2744
- Charles #1||-||J.B. Sullivan||1855/12/20||$820||Box #67 package 2744
- Frank||-||M.L. Bonham||1855/12/20||$850||Box #67 package 2744
- Eliza||-||Samuel Marsh||1855/12/20||$1000||Box #67 package 2744
- Alice & Richard||-||Ann Griffin||1855/12/20||$565||Box #67 package 2744
- Nan||-||Elbert Brand||1855/12/20||$1090||Box #67 package 2744
- Robert||-||Elbert Brand||1855/12/20||$480||Box #67 package 2744
- Henry||-||Elbert Brand||1855/12/20||$805||Box #67 package 2744
- Isaac||-||B.C. Bryan||1855/12/20||$1005||Box #67 package 2744
- Sarah & Charlotte||-||John Swearingen||1855/12/20||$875||Box #67 package 2744
- Amanda||-||Thomas Swearingen||1855/12/20||$790||Box #67 package 2744
- Amy||-||John Swearingen||1855/12/20|$715||Box #67 package 2744
- Charles #2||-||John Swearingen||1855/12/20||$500||Box #67 package 2744
- Bob||-||S.B. Griffin||1855/12/20||$1115||Box #67 package 2744
- Ellison||-||James Runnelas||1855/12/20||$1100||Box #67 package 2744
- Minda & Martha||-||R. Merriwether||1855/12/20||$750||Box #67 package 2744
- Letty||-||M.L. Bonham||1855/12/20||$900||Box #67 package 2744
- Joshua||-||Ann Griffin||1855/12/20||$195||Box #67 package 2744
- Easter||-||Lod Hill||1855/12/20||$875||Box #67 package 2744
- Ben||-||J.B. Sullivan||1855/12/20||$1000||Box #67 package 2744
- Lucy||-||Ellen Griffin||1855/12/20||$700||Box #67 package 2744
- Amelia||-||M.L. Bonham||1855/12/20||$825||Box #67 package 2744
- Seymore||-||Lod Hill||1855/12/20||$570||Box #67 package 2744
- Wiley||-||Lod Hill||1855/12/20||$400||Box #67 package 2744
- Arthur||-||Willie Griffin||1855/12/20||$410||Box #67 package 2744
- Aurelia||-||J.B. Sullivan||1855/12/20||$800||Box #67 package 2744
- Fillis, Maria, Lark||-|| G. McWever||1855/12/20||$1775||Box #67 package 2744
- John||Fellow||James B Sullivan||1855/12/20||$1010||Box #67 package 2744
- Ephraim||Fellow||James Harrison (Trustee)||1855/12/20||$700||Box #67 package 2744
- Susan & Dorcas||Negro woman and child||James Harrison (Trustee)||1855/12/20||$1000||Box #67 package 2744
- Levenia||Girl||James Harrison (Trustee)||1855/12/20||$700||Box #67 package 2744
- Peggy, Nancy, Emma, Lizzie||Negro woman and children||F. O'Conner||1855/12/20||$1300||Box #67 package 2744
- Georgianna||Girl||M.L. Bonham||1855/12/20||$510||Box #67 package 2744
- Henry||Boy||M.L. Bonham||1855/12/20||$1165||Box #67 package 2744
- Amanuel||Boy||Dr. Thomas Lake||1855/12/20||$1040
- Minda & Mannette||Negro woman and child||Dr. Thomas Lake||1855/12/20||$995||Box #67 package 2744
- Mary||old negro woman||R. A. Griffin||1855/12/20||$995||Box #67 package 2744
- Secilia||Girl||R. A. Griffin||1855/12/20||$805||Box #67 package 2744
- Jarred||Fellow, uns.||A Wilson||1855/12/20||$1060||Box #67 package 2744
- Joe||Old negro, uns.||R. A. Griffin||1855/12/20||$230||Box #67 package 2744
- Austin||Fellow||J.B. Sullivan||1855/12/20||$1200||Box #67 package 2744
- Bill||Fellow||Lod Hill||1855/12/20||$1200||Box #67 package 2744
Census
1830 Census Edgefield County, SC
- Males - 10 thru 23 (3)
- Males - 24 thru 35 (1)
- Females - Under 10 (1)
- Females - 10 thru 23 (2)
- Females - 36 thru 54 (1)
8 total
1850 Slave Schedule Edgefield County, SC
Gender Race Age Birthdate
- Male Black 60 1790
- Female Black 50 1800
- Male Black 55 1795
- Female Black 50 1800
- Male Black 21 1829
- Female Black 15 1835
- Male Black 10 1840
- Female Black 40 1810
- Male Black 25 1825
- Male Black 10 1840
- Male Black 8 1842
- Male Black 6 1844
- Female Black 10/12 1850
- Male Black 50 1800
- Male Black 22 1828
- Male Black 21 1829
- Male Black 20 1830
- Male Black 28 1822
- Female Black 36 1814
- Male Black 14 1836
- Female Black 15 1835
- Female Black 10 1840
- Female Black 8 1842
- Male Black 6 1844
- Male Black 4 1846
- Female Black 2 1848
- Male Black 40 1810
- Female Black 30 1820
- Female Black 12 1838
- Male Black 30 1820
- Female Black 24 1826
- Male Black 10 1840
- Female Black 6 1844
- Female Black 3 1847
- Male Black 11/12 1850
- Female Black 58 1792
- Female Black 10 1840
- Male Black 40 1810
- Female Black 25 1825
- Male Black 12 1838
- Male Black 35 1815
- Female Black 38 1812
- Female Black 10 1840
- Female Black 8 1842
- Female Black 6 1844
- Male Black 30 1820
- Female Black 25 1825
- Female Black 28 1822
- Male Black 5 1845
- Female Black 3 1847
- Female Black 30 1820
- Male Black 12 1838
- Female Black 10 1840
- Female Black 8 1842
- Female Black 5 1845
- Male Black 27 1823
- Female Black 20 1830
- Male Black 35 1815
- Female Black 25 1825
- Female Black 14 1836
- Male Black 12 1838
- Female Black 10 1840
- Male Black 6/12 1850
- Male Black 50 1800
- Male Black 50 1800
- Female Black 45 1805
- Male Black 45 1805
- Female Black 30 1820
- Male Black 10 1840
- Male Black 8 1842
- Male Black 6 1844
- Female Black 4 1846
- Male Black 60 1790
- Female Black 58 1792
- Male Black 40 1810
- Female Black 30 1820
- Female Black 12 1838
- Female Black 8 1842
- Male Black 5 1845
- Male Black 21 1829
- Female Black 40 1810
- Male Black 12 1838
- Female Black 15 1835
- Male Black 8 1842
- Female Black 6 1844
- Female Black 4 1846
- Male Black 2 1848
- Male Black 30 1820
- Female Black 30 1820
- Female Black 14 1836
- Male Black 4 1846
- Female Black 30 1820
- Male Black 10 1840
- Male Black 5 1845
- Male Mulatto 25 1825
- Female Black 50 1800
- Female Black 38 1812
- Male Mulatto 20 1830
- Female Black 16 1834
- Male Black 10 1840
- Female Black 12 1838
- Female Black 8 1842
- Male Black 2 1848
- Female Black 35 1815
- Male Black 10 1840
- Female Black 12 1838
- Male Black 6 1844
- Male Black 4 1846
- Female Black 6 1844
- Male Mulatto 30 1820
- Female Black 18 1832
- Male Mulatto 2 1848
- Male Black 40 1810
- Female Black 35 1815
- Male Black 14 1836
- Male Black 10 1840
- Female Black 6 1844
- Male Black 45 1805
- Female Black 15 1835
- Male Black 8 1842
- Male Black 40 1810
- Male Black 18 1832
- Male Black 15 1835
- Male Black 16 1834
Sources
- ↑
Miscellaneous probate records, 1785-1868; indexes to records, 1785-1957:
"Miscellaneous probate records, 1785-1868; indexes to records, 1785-1957"
Catalog: Miscellaneous probate records, 1785-1868; indexes to records, 1785-1957 Boxes 66-67, packages 2693-2762
Film number: 007649253 > image 544 of 805
FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C9PY-NS6D-5 (accessed 4 August 2023)- 1853 plantation appraisal, loose probate papers
- ↑
Miscellaneous probate records, 1785-1868; indexes to records, 1785-1957:
"Miscellaneous probate records, 1785-1868; indexes to records, 1785-1957"
Catalog: Miscellaneous probate records, 1785-1868; indexes to records, 1785-1957 Boxes 66-67, packages 2693-2762
Film number: 007649253 > image 550 of 805
FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C9PY-NS6J-Q (accessed 4 August 2023)- 1853 Sale of the enslaved
- ↑
Miscellaneous probate records, 1785-1868; indexes to records, 1785-1957:
"Miscellaneous probate records, 1785-1868; indexes to records, 1785-1957"
Catalog: Miscellaneous probate records, 1785-1868; indexes to records, 1785-1957 Boxes 66-67, packages 2693-2762
Film number: 007649253 > image 536 of 805
FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C9PY-NS6D-N (accessed 4 August 2023)- 1855 probate inventory of the enslaved starts on page 4, loose probate papers
- ↑
Miscellaneous probate records, 1785-1868; indexes to records, 1785-1957:
"Miscellaneous probate records, 1785-1868; indexes to records, 1785-1957"
Catalog: Miscellaneous probate records, 1785-1868; indexes to records, 1785-1957 Boxes 66-67, packages 2693-2762
Film number: 007649253 > image 533 of 805
FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C9PY-NS62-N (accessed 4 August 2023) - ↑
Miscellaneous probate records, 1785-1868; indexes to records, 1785-1957:
"Miscellaneous probate records, 1785-1868; indexes to records, 1785-1957"
Catalog: Miscellaneous probate records, 1785-1868; indexes to records, 1785-1957 Boxes 66-67, packages 2693-2762
Film number: 007649253 > image 520 of 805
FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C9PY-NS6D-Y (accessed 4 August 2023)- loose probate papers 1855
Year: 1830; Census Place: Edgefield, South Carolina; Series: M19; Roll: 172; Page: 179; Family History Library Film: 0022506
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8058 #668006
Nathan Griffin in Edgefield, South Carolina.
- 1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules:
The National Archive in Washington Dc; Washington, DC; NARA Microform Publication: M432; Title: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8055 #91889364
N L Griffin in Edgefield, South Carolina, USA.
- Probate: "South Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980"
Miscellaneous Probate Records, 1785-1868; Indexes to Records, 1785-1957; Author: South Carolina. Probate Court (Edgefield County); Probate Place: Edgefield, South Carolina
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 9080 #999054
N L Griffin probate on 13 Nov 1855 in Edgefield, South Carolina, USA. (inventory at time of his death)
- Slave Records of Edgefield County, South Carolina: "Edgefield, South Carolina, U.S., Slave Records, 1774-1866"
Slave Records of Edgefield County, South Carolina
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (page 1 of 3 of the sale of the slaves from the estate)
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