Slaves of Samuel Prioleau 1752, South Carolina

Date: [unknown] to 1752
Location: Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Surnames/tags: Prioleau Slavery Black_Heritage

Contents 1 Background 1.1 Will 1.2 Probate Inventory 2 Sources

Background

Samuel Prioleau lived in Charleston area of South Carolina. He was a slaveholder and the slaves he owned during his lifetime are listed on this page.

Some of these enslaved are in his son Samuel's estate^[1]

Will

When Samuel wrote his will, 25 Oct 1751, he named the following enslaved in it:^[2].^[3]

10 enslaved to wife Mary Magdalen Prioleau:

• 3 women, Sarah, Hagar, and Quasheba
• 1 mulatto woman named Bick
• 1 negro girl named Juba
• 1 mustee man named Moses
• 3 negro men Jack M.  ??? & a mulatto boy George

Probate Inventory

The enslaved named in Samuel Prioleau's 1752 probate inventory^[3]

the enslaved named in Jn St. James Goosecreek Parish:

• Moses
• Adam
• Tom
• Charles
• Prince
• Sambo, blind and of no value

• Judy
• Venus & her daughter Muria
• girl Tenny
• boy Sampson

the enslaved named in his inventory in Charles Town^[4]

• Cuffee
• Sarah
• Hagar
• Quasheba
• Beck
• girl Tuba
• boy George
• man Menos
• man Wosster
• man Jack
• boy Tommy
• woman Whiby and her 2 children

Sources

1. ↑ if you profile these slaves please see his son's estate so as not to duplicate slaves
2. ↑ 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. 6 1747-1752
   Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 > Charleston > Wills, 1747-1752, Vol. 006 > image 653 of 684; Citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
   FamilySearch Image (accessed 14 March 2022)
   • proven will of Samuel Prioleau 7 May 1752
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} 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 1746-1756
   Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964 > Charleston > Probate Court, Estate inventories > 1751-1753 > No File Description Available > image 186 of 253
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   • 1752 estate of Samuel Prioleau
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 1746-1756
   Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964 > Charleston > Probate Court, Estate inventories > 1751-1753 > No File Description Available > image 187 of 253
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   • 1752 estate continues