Slaves of Robert Cunningham, South Carolina

Date: 1820 to 1860
Location: Laurens, South Carolina, United States
Surnames/tags: slavery black_heritage

The purpose of this page is to record research on the slaves of Robert Cunningham and try to connect them to their descendants.

1850 Census

• In the 1850 slave schedule, he was recorded with 48 slaves, presumably all at the Rosemont Plantation.^[1]

1. Male, 35, Black
2. Female, 32, Mulatto (all after this point in the list were marked "Black")
3. Female, 16
4. Female, 14
5. Male, 10
6. Male, 8
7. Male 6
8. Male, 5
9. Male, 35
10. Female, 45
11. Female, 45
12. Female, 12
13. Male, 10
14. Female, 9
15. Female, 11
16. Male 55
17. Male, 2
18. Male, 30
19. Male, 13
20. Male, 14
21. Male, 12
22. Male, 8
23. Female, 54
24. Male, 30
25. Male, 40
26. Female, 35
27. Male, 18
28. Male, 16
29. Female, 14
30. Male, 9
31. Male, 70
32. Female, 70
33. Female, 5
34. Male, 35
35. Male, 50
36. Male, 50
37. Male, 45
38. Male, 35
39. Male, 40
40. Male, 25
41. Female, 20
42. Female, 2
43. Female, 1
44. Male, 15
45. Male, 50
46. Female, 45
47. Female, 1

Sources

1. ↑ 1850 Census: "1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
   The National Archive in Washington DC; Washington, DC; NARA Microform Publication: M432; Title: Seventh Census Of The United States, 1850; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8055 #91972194 (accessed 5 July 2022)
   Robert Cuningham in Laurens, South Carolina, USA.