Location: Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Surnames/tags: south_carolina slavery
Introduction
This page is to list the people enslaved by Richard Fordham of Charleston, South Carolina. Richard probably inherited enslaved persons from his father, and also purchased many during his lifetime.
Richard appeared in the 1850 US Census Slave Schedule[1] as owning 10 persons; however the assessments of his estate in 1857[2], [3] counted 58 enslaved persons, some of whom may have been counted in 1850. Richard appeared frequently in the Charleston District Bills of Sales, primarily as a purchaser of enslaved persons, but also as a seller.
Name | Description | Birthdate | Event | Note |
Black boy | 1834 | 1850 Slave Schedule | ||
Black man | 1816 | 1850 Slave Schedule | ||
Black man | 1826 | 1850 Slave Schedule | ||
Black man | 1830 | 1850 Slave Schedule | ||
Black woman | 1800 | 1850 Slave Schedule | ||
Black woman | 1806 | 1850 Slave Schedule | ||
Black woman | 1832 | 1850 Slave Schedule | ||
Mulatto boy | 1844 | 1850 Slave Schedule | ||
Mulatto girl | 1838 | 1850 Slave Schedule | ||
Mulatto woman | 1832 | 1850 Slave Schedule | ||
Mary Armstrong? | girl or woman | 1826 purchase from Armstrongs | ||
Sary Armstrong? | girl or woman | 1826 purchase from Armstrongs | Sara? | |
Whanny Armstrong? | girl or woman | 1826 purchase from Armstrongs | name is difficult to read | |
Wallace Armstrong? | boy or man | 1826 purchase from Armstrongs | ||
Clara Armstrong? | girl or woman | 1826 purchase from Armstrongs | ||
Charlotte Armstrong? | girl or woman | 1826 purchase from Armstrongs | ||
Sarah Fordham? | mulatto woman | 1828 sale to Matthews | this could be Sary Armstrong(?) | |
James Fordham? | mulatto boy | 1828 sale to Matthews | Sarah Fordham(?)' son | |
William Fordham? | mulatto boy | 1828 sale to Matthews | Sarah Fordham(?)' son | |
Harry Perman? | Negro boy | 1829 purchase from Perman estate | ||
Jenny Perman? | Negro woman | 1829 purchase from Perman estate | ||
Hagar Perman? | girl | 1829 purchase from Perman estate | Jenny Perman(?)'s daughter | |
Margaret Perman? | girl | 1829 purchase from Perman estate | Jenny Perman(?)'s daughter | |
Judy Prioleau? | woman | 1804 | 1832 purchase from E. Ravenel | sold with her 3 daughters |
Rosetta Prioleau? | girl | 1822 | 1832 purchase from E. Ravenel | Judy Prioleau?'s daughter |
Adeline Prioleau? | girl | 1824 | 1832 purchase from E. Ravenel | Judy Prioleau?'s daughter |
Nancy Prioleau? | girl | 1826 | 1832 purchase from E. Ravenel | Judy Prioleau?'s daughter |
Charlotte Mitchell? | black woman | 1834 purchase from Rebecca Mitchell | ||
Sarah Brown? | black woman | 1835 purchase from the estate of Wm Brown | sold with her 4 children | |
Sam Brown? | boy | 1835 purchase from the estate of Wm Brown | Sarah Brown(?)'s son | |
Charlotte Brown? | girl | 1835 purchase from the estate of Wm Brown | Sarah Brown(?)'s daughter | |
Hagar Brown? | girl | 1835 purchase from the estate of Wm Brown | Sarah Brown(?)'s daughter | |
Ann Brown? | girl | 1835 purchase from the estate of Wm Brown | Sarah Brown(?)'s daughter | |
Thomas Weston? | man | 1840 purchase from Francis M. Weston | sold with his wife & 2 children | |
Maria Weston? | woman | 1840 purchase from Francis M. Weston | wife of Thomas Weston(?) | |
David Weston? | boy | 1840 purchase from Francis M. Weston | son of Thomas Weston(?) | |
Susan Weston? | girl | 1840 purchase from Francis M. Weston | daughter of Thomas Weston(?) | |
Henry Fordham? | man | 1848 sale to Otis Mills & Co. | ||
Cynthia Fordham? | woman | 1857 Inventory & Appraisement (City house) | Cynthia & her 7 children | |
Daniel Fordham? | man | 1839 | 1857 Inventory & Appraisement (City house) | Cynthia Fordham(?)'s son |
William Fordham? | boy | 1841 | 1857 Inventory & Appraisement (City house) | Cynthia Fordham(?)'s son |
Sarah Fordham? | girl | 1843 | 1857 Inventory & Appraisement (City house) | Cynthia Fordham(?)'s daughter |
Nat Fordham? | boy | 1844 | 1857 Inventory & Appraisement (City house) | Cynthia Fordham(?)'s son |
Mary Fordham? | girl | 1848 | 1857 Inventory & Appraisement (City house) | Cynthia Fordham(?)'s daughter |
Elizabeth Fordham? | girl | 1852 | 1857 Inventory & Appraisement (City house) | Cynthia Fordham(?)'s daughter |
Sophia Fordham? | girl | 1854 | 1857 Inventory & Appraisement (City house) | Cynthia Fordham(?)'s daughter |
Judy Fordham? | woman | 1815 | 1857 Inventory & Appraisement (City house) | listed with her 3 children |
Binah Fordham? | girl | 1840 | 1857 Inventory & Appraisement (City house) | Judy Fordham was her mother |
Mary Fordham? | girl | 1844 | 1857 Inventory & Appraisement (City house) | Judy Fordham was her mother |
Ned Fordham? | boy | 1845 | 1857 Inventory & Appraisement (City house) | Judy Fordham was his mother |
Martha Fordham? | woman | 1834 | 1857 Inventory & Appraisement (City house) | Martha, age 23, was appraised with her 3 children |
Robert Fordham? | boy | 1853 | 1857 Inventory & Appraisement (City house) | Martha Fordham? was his mother |
Josephine Fordham? | girl | 1854 | 1857 Inventory & Appraisement (City house) | Martha Fordham? was her mother |
Henrietta Fordham? | girl | 1856 | 1857 Inventory & Appraisement (City house) | Martha Fordham? was her mother |
Julia Ann Fordham? | woman | 1799 | 1857 Inventory & Appraisement (City house) | Listed with her 4 children. |
Robert Fordham? | man | 1838 | 1857 Inventory & Appraisement (City house) | Julia Ann Fordham? was his mother. |
Eugenia Fordham? | girl | 1840 | 1857 Inventory & Appraisement (City house) | Julia Ann Fordham? was her mother. |
James Fordham? | boy | 1844 | 1857 Inventory & Appraisement (City house) | Julia Ann Fordham? was his mother. |
Richard Fordham? | boy | 1853 | 1857 Inventory & Appraisement (City house) | Julia Ann Fordham? was his mother. |
Harriett Fordham? | woman | 1827 | 1857 Inventory & Appraisement (City house) | Listed with her 2 children. |
Jeremiah Fordham? | boy | 1852 | 1857 Inventory & Appraisement (City house) | Listed with his mother Harriett Fordham? and sibling. |
Hagar Fordham? | girl | 1855 | 1857 Inventory & Appraisement (City house) | Listed with her mother Harriett Fordham? and sibling. |
Hagar Fordham? | woman | 1819 | 1857 Inventory & Appraisement (City house) | Listed with Margaret Fordham?, Jane Fordham? and Henry Fordham? in a group without any indication of family ties. She is possibly the Hagar, a girl, purchased from the estate of William Brown in 1835 or the Hagar, daughter of Jenny purchased from the estate of George Perman in 1829. |
Margaret Fordham? | woman | 1824 | 1857 Inventory & Appraisement (City house) | Listed with Hagar Fordham?, Jane Fordham? and Henry Fordham? in a group without any indication of family ties. She might be the Margaret purchased in 1829 from the estate of George Perman with her mother and sister in 1829. |
Jane Fordham? | girl | 1848 | 1857 Inventory & Appraisement (City house) | Listed with Hagar Fordham?, Margaret Fordham? and Henry Fordham? in a group without any indication of family ties. |
Henry Fordham? | boy | 1850 | 1857 Inventory & Appraisement (City house) | Listed with Hagar Fordham?, Margaret Fordham? and Jane Fordham? in a group without any indication of family ties. |
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HRWH-1FMM : 15 March 2022), Richard Fordham in entry for MM9.1.1/MVZG-YNJ:, 1850.
- ↑ "South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-V49P-VL?cc=1919417&wc=M6N4-9M9%3A210905601%2C211156401 : 21 May 2014), Charleston > Inventories, Appraisements, Sales, 1856-1860, Vol. E > image 40 of 321; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
- ↑ "South Carolina, Charleston District, Estate inventories, 1732-1844," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W17Y-G5W2 : 12 March 2020), Richard Fordham, 30 Jun 1857; citing Court, Charleston, South Carolina, United States, L10137, South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
- 1850 Slave Schedule: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:1850_Slave_Schedule%2C_Charleston_County%2C_South_Carolina_%28A_thru_F%29
- 1826 Armstrong purchase: "South Carolina, Charleston District, Bill of sales of Negro slaves, 1774-1872," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W1XB-D22M : 12 March 2020), Richard Fordham, 10 Mar 1826; citing Court, Charleston, South Carolina, United States, Records Of The Secretary Of State, Recorded Instruments, Miscellaneous Records (Main Series), Bills Of Sale Volumes, 113, South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
- 1828 sale to John R. Matthews: "South Carolina, Charleston District, Bill of sales of Negro slaves, 1774-1872," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W1XX-D72M : 12 March 2020), Richard Fordham, 9 Apr 1828; citing Court, Charleston, South Carolina, United States, Records Of The Secretary Of State, Recorded Instruments, Miscellaneous Records (Main Series), Bills Of Sale Volumes, 275, South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
- 1829 Purchase from G. Perman estate: "South Carolina, Charleston District, Bill of sales of Negro slaves, 1774-1872," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W1XX-YPT2 : 12 March 2020), Richard Fordham, 7 Apr 1829; citing Court, Charleston, South Carolina, United States, Records Of The Secretary Of State, Recorded Instruments, Miscellaneous Records (Main Series), Bills Of Sale Volumes, 509, South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
- 1832 purchase from Ravenel: "South Carolina, Charleston District, Bill of sales of Negro slaves, 1774-1872," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W1XN-123Z : 12 March 2020), Richard Fordham, 20 Jul 1832; citing Court, Charleston, South Carolina, United States, Records Of The Secretary Of State, Recorded Instruments, Miscellaneous Records (Main Series), Bills Of Sale Volumes, 139, South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
- 1834 Purchase from Rebecca Mitchell: "South Carolina, Charleston District, Bill of sales of Negro slaves, 1774-1872," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W1XJ-KQPZ : 12 March 2020), Richard Fordham, 13 Feb 1834; citing Court, Charleston, South Carolina, United States, Records Of The Secretary Of State, Recorded Instruments, Miscellaneous Records (Main Series), Bills Of Sale Volumes, 403, South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
- 1835 purchase from the estate of Wm Brown: "South Carolina, Charleston District, Bill of sales of Negro slaves, 1774-1872," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W1XJ-62T2 : 12 March 2020), Richard Fordham, 14 Nov 1835; citing Court, Charleston, South Carolina, United States, Records Of The Secretary Of State, Recorded Instruments, Miscellaneous Records (Main Series), Bills Of Sale Volumes, 785, South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
- 1840 Purchase from Francis M. Weston: "South Carolina, Charleston District, Bill of sales of Negro slaves, 1774-1872," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W1X2-MLT2 : 21 May 2021), Richard Fordham, 15 Jul 1840; citing Court, Charleston, South Carolina, United States, Records Of The Secretary Of State, Recorded Instruments, Miscellaneous Records (Main Series), Bills Of Sale Volumes, 189, South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
- According to Slaves of Francis Marion Weston, and the overwritten comments on the Bill of Sale, Richard Fordham sold the family to a Maria Weston.
- 1848 Sale to Otis Mills & Co.: "South Carolina, Charleston District, Bill of sales of Negro slaves, 1774-1872," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W1XL-LGT2 : 12 March 2020), Richard Fordham, 17 Jul 1848; citing Court, Charleston, South Carolina, United States, Records Of The Secretary Of State, Recorded Instruments, Bills Of Sale, 427, South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
- Inventory & Appraisement of estate of Richard Fordham, May 4 1857: "South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-V49P-VL?cc=1919417&wc=M6N4-9M9%3A210905601%2C211156401 : 21 May 2014), Charleston > Inventories, Appraisements, Sales, 1856-1860, Vol. E > image 40 of 321; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
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