Slaves of Paul Hamilton 1797, South Carolina

Date: [unknown] to about 1797
Location: Edisto Island, Charleston, South Carolina
Surnames/tags: Hamilton Slavery Black Heritage

Contents 1 Background 1.1 Slaves 1.1.1 Loyalist Claim 1.1.2 Runaways 1.1.3 Probate Inventory 2 Sources

Background

Paul Hamilton Jr lived for some time in South Carolina. He went back to England and eventually died there.

Slaves

Loyalist Claim

In his Loyalist claim, Hamilton says that he sold some slaves while living in Bermuda, but he does not name them. The only slaves named in his claim are a group of slaves, which he says were lost to "camp disorder" in 1780:^[1][2]

• Lynus, a guide
• Harris
• Cuffy
• Jenny
• a child
• Rose (rendered stupid by injury)
• Cato (taken away)
• Billy (confiscated but since died)

Runaways

Runaway, Will about age 28 or 30 in 1780.^[3]

Probate Inventory

1824, some of the enslaved from the estate of Mr. Paul Hamilton included in the probate inventory of his nephew, Normand McLeod, in 1824.^[4]

• Phillis, Will, Stephen, Phabe, $1000
• Doll, Molly, Hercules, Betty, Bungy, $400
• Abraham, $400

For more information please see the Sea Cloud Plantation page.

Sources

1. ↑ National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; American Loyalist Claims, Series I; Class: AO 13; Piece: 051 in Ancestry.com. UK, American Loyalist Claims, 1776-1835 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
2. ↑ The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; American Loyalist Claims, Series I; Class: AO 12; Piece: 71 in Ancestry.com. UK, American Loyalist Claims, 1776-1835 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
3. ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-carolina-and-american-general/125622980/ The South-Carolina and American General Gazette, Charleston, South Carolina, Sat, Nov 18, 1780, Page 1
4. ↑ South Carolina Probate Re...d Loose Papers, 1732-1964: "South Carolina Probate Re...d Loose Papers, 1732-1964"
   Catalog: Charleston District, South Carolina estate inventories, 1732-1844 1810-1818 1819-1824 1819-1824 (indexed with last item) 1824-1844
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   • 1824 probate inventory of nephew Normand McLeod