Slaves of Nathaniel Heyward South Carolina

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Beaufort, South Carolina, United States
Surnames/tags: Heyward Savery

The slaves of Nathaniel Heyward were located on the following plantations at his death in 1851:^[1]

in Beaufort District (County):

• No.8 Blanford, 136 enslaved
• No.10 Clay Hall, 100 enslaved
• the Island, 56 enslaved ^[2]

in the Colleton District (County):

• No.1 Savannah, 92 enslaved
• No.2 Amsterdam, 99 enslaved
• No.3 Rotterdam, 139 enslaved
• No.4 Lewisburg, 105 enslaved
• No.5 Middle House, 98 enslaved
• No.6 Rose Hill, 152 enslaved
• No.7 Pleasant Hill, 101 enslaved
• No.9 Pines, 169 enslaved
• Hamburg, 158 enslaved
• Copenhagen, 99 enslaved
• Bluff Plantation, 97 enslaved
• Bluff Residence, 22 enslaved

in St. Thomas Parish (Berkeley County)

• Silk Hope, about 88 enslaved
• Those in town from the above plantation, 8 enslaved

Census

The 1850 slave schedule for Nathaniel Heyward is listed in Colleton County, and lists 16 continuous pages, about 1,228 unnamed enslaved persons.^[3]

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 104 of 657
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-89GY-B93C-N (accessed 24 March 2023)
   • probate inventory of Nathaniel Heyward
2. ↑ https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/heyward-james-and-nathaniel-heyward/
   • called Williams Island
3. ↑ United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 : "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850"
   Image path: United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 > South Carolina > Colleton > Colleton county > image 332 of 381; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
   FamilySearch Image: S3HT-DZWG-7R (accessed 28 March 2023)
   • 1850 slave schedule, Colleton County, p. 332-348.

Heyward family letters and multiple references for the Heyward family and slaves