Slaves of Peter Gaillard 1757-1833, South Carolina

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Surnames/tags: Gaillard Slavery Black Heritage

Contents 1 Background 1.1 Plantations 1.2 Slaves 2 Sources

Background

Peter Gaillard 1757-1833 lived in Charleston County, South Carolina. This page was created to record the enslaved he owned during his lifetime and at his death, to help their descendants locate them. Peter Gaillard died in 1833.^[1] No enslaved persons were mentioned in his will.

Plantations

Peter Gaillard is said to have owned the following plantations:^[2]

• Heyden Hill Plantation
• the Rocks Plantation
• Walnut Grove Plantation
• Belomon Plantation

Slaves

When his probate inventory is located the named enslaved will be listed here.

It is believed that the microfilm version (that predates 1944) at the Wilson Library is identical to this collection: https://lcdl.library.cofc.edu/content/gaillard-family-papers-1758-1901/

Work in progress. This is first attempt to type up the data from microfilm.

Bought by my father in January 1824 ### of our land near Pine Files the following two ### $1000 Names When Born When Died notes

• 1 Piro 2/5/1804 x
• 2 Primus 7/15/1811 x

Names When Born When Died notes List of Negroes given me by my Father in january ###

• 1 Billy About 1770
• 2 Caty not known 5/21/1844
• 3 Winter 8/1/1811
• 4 Kitty 8/7/1813
• 5 Molly 8/28/1816
• 6 Thomas 10/17/1819 6/25/1844
• 7 Booky 6/28/1802 Becky?
• 8 Benets 4/20/1806 5/29/1845 name very illegible
• 9 Juliet 12/6/1825
• 10 Charles about 1775
• 11 Tenah 1788 Terah? Ferah?
• 12 Addie 2/1/1800 Spring of 1833
• 13 Charles Sep 11 1805
• 14 Teumba 11/18/1810 ? illegible
• 15 Pompey 4/5/1813
• 16 Closs ### 1779 ?
• 17 Grace 1778
• 18 Philander 1/12/1804
• 19 Sye 6/7/1812
• 20 Anthony 11/12/1814
• 21 John 10/2/1817
• 22 Paul 1/28/1820
• 23 Chidozua 6/12/1802 4/3/1827 ?? ?? dates
• 24 Nelly 5/30/1806
• 25 Yorky 7/25/1797
• 26 Phillis 6/19/1802 12/8/1845
• 27 Hercules 5/23/1820

Sources

1. ↑ Wills and miscellaneous probate records, 1671-1868: "South Carolina Probate Re... Bound Volumes, 1671-1977"
   Catalog: Wills and miscellaneous probate records, 1671-1868 Wills v. 38-39 1826-1834
   Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 > Charleston > Wills, 1826-1834, Vol. 039 > image 299 of 436; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
   FamilySearch Image: 939L-JLSM-7V (accessed 6 April 2023)
   • 1833 will of Peter Gaillard
2. ↑ College of Charleston https://pascal-cofc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991001385149705613&context=L&vid=01PASCAL_COFC:COFC&lang=en&search_scope=Books_Articles_and_More&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=Books_Articles_and_More&query=sub,exact,Gaillard,%20Peter,%201757-1833.,AND&mode=advanced&offset=0

• The Rocks Plantation, a Sketch by Mrs. A. P. Leise Palmer Gaillard, August 11, 1942
• The Rocks Plantation Orangeburg County (Eutawville vicinity) South Carolina Department of Archives and History, National Register Properties in South Carolina
• Peter Gaillard Plantation Records University of North Carolina, Wilson Special Collections Library, Collection Number: 02435, Collection Title: Peter Gaillard Plantation Records, 1799-1851
• The Rocks Plantation Historic Structures The Rocks Plantation, Eutaw Springs, South Carolina
• Gaillard Family Papers South Carolina Historical Society, Scope and Content
• Rocks Plantation Graveyard Find-a-Grave cemeteries
• The Rocks at Eutaw Springs images of the house