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Slaves of Peter Gaillard 1783-1843, South Carolina

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Date: [unknown] to 1843
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Background

Peter Gaillard 1783-1843 lived in Charleston County, South Carolina. This page was created to record the enslaved he held during his lifetime and at his death, to help their descendants locate them.

Gifts

Peter Sr. gave the following enslaved persons to son Peter Gaillard Jr. about Jan 1826:[1]

  • Billy, b. ab 1773
  • Caty, b. not known, died 21 May 1844
  • Winter, b. 1 Aug 1811
  • Kitty, b. 7 Aug 1813
  • Molly, b. 28 Aug 1816
  • Thomas, b. 17 Oct 1819, d. 25 Jun 1844
  • Booky, b. 28 Jun 1802
  • Reuab(sp?), b. 20 Apr 1806, d. 29 May 1845
  • Juliet, b.5 Dec 1825
  • Charles, b. ab 1778
  • Tenah, b, ab 1780
  • Adam, b. 14 Feb 1804, d. spring of 1833
  • Charles, b. 11 Sept 1806
  • Teuneba, b. 16 Nov 1810
  • Pompey, b. 15 Apr 1813
  • Charlow, b. 12 Jun 1802, d.21 Apr 1837 (name scribbled through)
  • Nelly, b. 30 May 1806
  • Jacky, b 25 Jul 1797
  • Philis, b. 19 Jun 1802, 8 Dec 1845
  • Hercules, b. 15 May 1820
  • Dick, b. 25 Oct 1795
  • Becky, b. 29 Jul 1800, d. 15 Apr 1827
  • Nancy, b. 6 Jun 1819, d. 31 Mar 1834
  • George, b. 5 Jul 1822
  • Sary, 8 Jan 1825
  • George, b. 24 Apr 1795
  • Nancy, b.10 Mar 1795, d. 5 Feb 1835
  • Moses, b. 5 Dec 1817
  • Essenia(sp?), b. 25 Jan 1823
  • Nero, b. 18 Feb 1825
  • Ned, b. ab 1776
  • Dorcas, b. ab 1781
  • Tenny(sp?), b. 13 Jul 1814
  • Chloe, b. 13 May 1818
  • Jupiter, b. 19 Feb 1822
  • Mary, b. 2 Aug 1825
  • Edward, b. Oct 1809
  • Thomas, b. 19 Jul 1799
  • Clarissa, b. 22 Dec 1803
  • Sam, b. ab 1782
  • Lucy, b. ab 1779
  • Betsy, b. 21 Dec 1805
  • Dinah, b. 22 Aug 1809
  • Nat, b. 13 Oct 1811, d. 11 Mar 1841, drowned
  • Peggy, b. 2 Jan 1815
  • Sam, b. 1 Sept 1816
  • Grinage(sp?) 15 Jun 1819
  • old Peter, superannuated, died in 1834
  • Auba, superannuated, d. 10 Apr 1842

given to Peter Jr from his father Peter Sr in 1827:[1]

  • Binder, b. Superannuated, d. Jan 1837
  • Brawly, b. 25 Jan 1806
  • Martha, b. 31 Oct 1794
  • Charlotte, b. 8 Mar 1815
  • Maria, b. 27 Apr 1817
  • Billy, b. 21 Oct 1822
  • Prince, b. 21 Aug 1825
  • Mingo, b. ab 1783, d. 4 Apr 1829
  • Amy, Superannuated, d. 1835

Received by Marriage

Enslaved persons received by marriage in 1826:[1]

  • Hetty, b. ab 1774, d. 10 Dec 1828
  • Patty, b. Sept 1809, d. 17 Nov 1845
  • Charlo, b. Nov 1815
  • Minos, b. ab 1795
  • Esther, b ab 1802
  • Juno, b. Dec 1825
  • Maria b. Jan 1806
  • Tenny, b. Aug 1807

Purchased

Purchased from his father Peter Sr in 1827, for $15,000[1]

  • Jacob, $550, b. 14 Mar 1806
  • James, $500, b. b. ab 1808
  • Isaac, $500, b. 29 Aug 1809

Purchased from brother Thomas Gailllard in Jan 1827:[1]

  • Mary, $275, b. not known
  • Daphne, $425, b. 20 Nov 1810
  • Brutus, $350, b. 17 Apr 1813
  • Harrison, $275, b 20 Spet 1815, d. 20 Feb 1835
  • Hester, $225, b. 15 Dec 1819

Probate

When Peter Gaillard died in 1843 he owned approximately 225 slaves. These enslaved persons were named and valued in his probate inventory.[2] They lived and worked on Heyden Hill Plantation.

Peter's probate papers list the 225 enslaved in lots, each lot appears to be a family.[3]

Lot No.1

  • Billy, (a) Carpenter, age 67, value $50
  • Amy age 60, value $50
  • Tommy age 20, value $550
  • Billy age 17, value $450
  • Murilla age 14, value $350
  • Daniel age 12, value $270

Lot No.2

  • Phillis age 68, nurse, value $40
  • Jenny age 37, idiot, value $0

Lot No.3

Lot No.4

  • Lucy age 22, valued at $400
  • Peggy age 3, valued at $112

Lot No.5

Lot No.6

  • Satira age 42, value $400
  • Dublin age 42, dairy and poultry, value $200
  • Ben age 21, convulsions, value $200
  • Stephen age 17, value $500
  • Nanny age 13, value $300
  • Sary age 11, value $230
  • Phillis age 9, value $190
  • Rebecca age 2, value $90
  • Kent born in '42, value $36

Lot No.7

Lot No.8

Lot No.9

Lot No.10

  • Job age 35, value $550

Lot No.11

Lot No.12

Lot No.13

Lot No.14

Lot No.15

Lot No.16

Lot No.17

Lot No.18

Lot No.19

  • Pheebe age 43, prolapsus Uteri, value $200
  • Dido age 19, value $400
  • Will age 15, value $350
  • Malbro age 13, value $290
  • Penny age 10, value $215
  • Juno age 7, value $165
  • Aleck age 5, value $150

Lot No.20

Lot No.21

  • John age 47, value $400
  • Daphne age 28, scrofuluos, value $200
  • Paul age 18, son of John, value $500
  • Johnson age 15, son of John, value $385
  • Bella age 4, Daphne's, value $100
  • Edward age 2, Daphne's, value $80

Lot No.22

  • George age 60, gardner, value $100
  • Tenah age 52, value $75
  • Duncan age 24, value $550
  • George age 22, value $550
  • Isaac age 19, hernia, value $400
  • Jane age 14, value $310
  • Cuffy age 13, value $300
  • Tenah age 15, value $345

Lot No.23

Lot No.24

  • Bill age 50, value $75
  • Jenny age 32, blind in one eye, value $400

Lot No.25

  • Nelly age 55, cripple, value $0
  • Tom age 15, value $500

Lot No.26

Lot No.27

Lot No.28

  • Urius age 39, carpenter, value $600
  • Jemima age 26, value $400
  • James age 4, value $136
  • Cupid age 2, value $90

Lot No.29

Lot No.30

Lot No.31

Lot No.32

Lot No.33

Lot No.34

  • William age 32, carpenter, value $660
  • Amy age 32, value $400
  • Adam age 1, value $81

Lot No.35

Lot No.36

Lot No.37

Lot No.38

Lot No.39

  • Becky age 51, nurse, value $100
  • Sally age 26, value $400
  • Sophy age 16, value $400
  • August age 11, value $255
  • Paul age 21, blacksmith, value $700

Lot No.40

Lot No.41

  • Ben age 45, value $450
  • Chloe age 46, value $350

Lot No.42

  • Mercury age 24, value $550
  • Binah age 24, prolapsus uteri, value $350
  • Richard age 3, value $112

Lot No.43

Lot No.44

Lot No.45

Lot No.46

Lot No.47

Division of the Enslaved

After the probate inventory (listed above) the property of Peter Gaillard, including the enslaved, were divided up and sent to the surviving family members.[4]

to Mrs. Henrietta C. Gaillard Schedule A:[5]

Lot No.40, Lot No.42, Lot No.20, Lot No.2, Lot No.38, Lot No.6, Lot No.28, Lot No.1, Lot No.4, Lot No.11, Lot No.24, Lot No.5, Lot No.41, Lot No.22, Lot No.43, Lot No. 47, Lot No.44, Lot No.9

to Harriet P. Gaillard Schedule B:[6]

Lot No.7, Lot No.31, Lot No.18, Lot No.29, Lot No.14, Lot No.34, Lot No.15, Lot No.35, Lot No.19, Lot No.21, Lot No.37

to Eugene Gaillard Schedule C:[7]

Lot No.3, Lot No.32, Lot No.12, Lot No.8, Lot No.13, Lot No.39, Lot No.45, Lot No.33, Lot No.11, Lot No.25, Lot No.16

to T.W. Porcher (Ellinor) Schedule D:[8]

Lot No.17, Lot No.46, Lot No.30, Lot No.10, Lot No.26, Lot No.27, Lot No.36, Lot No.23

and schedule E, the enslaved previously advanced to the couple while Peter Gaillard was alive:[9]


For more information please see the Heyden Hill Plantation page.

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Peter Gaillard Jr. Plantation Journal https://lcdl.library.cofc.edu/lcdl/catalog/278512?tify=%7B%22pages%22:%5B9%5D,%22panX%22:0.469,%22panY%22:0.994,%22view%22:%22info%22,%22zoom%22:0.99%7D
    • image 9, image 11, image 12
  2. ↑ South Carolina Probate Re... Bound Volumes, 1671-1977: "South Carolina Probate Re... Bound Volumes, 1671-1977"
    Catalog: Charleston County, South Carolina inventories, appraisements & sales, ca. 1834-1867 ca. 1834-1850
    Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 > Charleston > Inventories, Appraisements, Sales, 1839-1844, Vol. A > image 219 of 325; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
    FamilySearch Image: 939L-JD98-YS (accessed 6 April 2023)
    • 1843 p.378-381
  3. ↑ South Carolina Probate Re... Bound Volumes, 1671-1977: "South Carolina Probate Re... Bound Volumes, 1671-1977"
    Catalog: Charleston County, South Carolina inventories, appraisements & sales, ca. 1834-1867 ca. 1834-1850
    Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 > Charleston > Inventories, Appraisements, Sales, 1839-1844, Vol. A > image 219 of 636; Citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
    FamilySearch Image (accessed 21 March 2022)
    • 21 Feb 1843, p.378-381
  4. ↑ Bills of complaint, 1800-1863; indexes, 1721-1868: "Bills of complaint, 1800-1863; indexes, 1721-1868"
    Catalog: Bills of complaint, 1800-1863; indexes, 1721-1868 Bills of complaint, no. 87-112 1843
    Film number: 008458623 > image 832 of 860
    FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C3M5-M99J-K (accessed 30 May 2024)
    • Bills of Complaint, 1841 No. 111, the division begins on this record and then continues
  5. ↑ Bills of complaint, 1800-1863; indexes, 1721-1868: "Bills of complaint, 1800-1863; indexes, 1721-1868"
    Catalog: Bills of complaint, 1800-1863; indexes, 1721-1868 Bills of complaint, no. 87-112 1843
    Film number: 008458623 > image 832 of 860
    FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C3M5-M99J-K (accessed 30 May 2024)
    • division of the enslaved to Mrs Henrietta C. Gaillard
  6. ↑ Bills of complaint, 1800-1863; indexes, 1721-1868: "Bills of complaint, 1800-1863; indexes, 1721-1868"
    Catalog: Bills of complaint, 1800-1863; indexes, 1721-1868 Bills of complaint, no. 87-112 1843
    Film number: 008458623 > image 834 of 860
    FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C3M5-M995-B (accessed 30 May 2024)
    • division of the enslaved to Harriet P. Gaillard
  7. ↑ Bills of complaint, 1800-1863; indexes, 1721-1868: "Bills of complaint, 1800-1863; indexes, 1721-1868"
    Catalog: Bills of complaint, 1800-1863; indexes, 1721-1868 Bills of complaint, no. 87-112 1843
    Film number: 008458623 > image 837 of 860
    FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C3M5-M99F-R (accessed 30 May 2024)
    • division of the enslaved to Eugene Gaillard
  8. ↑ Bills of complaint, 1800-1863; indexes, 1721-1868: "Bills of complaint, 1800-1863; indexes, 1721-1868"
    Catalog: Bills of complaint, 1800-1863; indexes, 1721-1868 Bills of complaint, no. 87-112 1843
    Film number: 008458623 > image 840 of 860
    FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C3M5-M99J-B (accessed 30 May 2024)
    • division of the enslaved to T.W. Porcher and wife Elizabeth
  9. ↑ Bills of complaint, 1800-1863; indexes, 1721-1868: "Bills of complaint, 1800-1863; indexes, 1721-1868"
    Catalog: Bills of complaint, 1800-1863; indexes, 1721-1868 Bills of complaint, no. 87-112 1843
    Film number: 008458623 > image 842 of 860
    FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C3M5-M99J-F (accessed 30 May 2024)
    • advance on division of enslaved to T.W. Porcher and wife Elizabeth




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