Slaves of Sarah (Lesesne) Parker

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Surnames/tags: walker lesesne

Contents 1 Background 1.1 Associations With Plantations 1.2 Inherited from Elizabeth (Walker) Lesesne 1.3 Left in her Will 1.4 Sales 2 Sources

Background

This page represents the individuals enslaved by Sarah (Lesesne) Parker during her lifetime.

Associations With Plantations

From 1740-1798(?) Elizabeth (Walker) Lesesne owned part of Fairbank Plantation, Berkeley County, South Carolina.^[1]

Inherited from Elizabeth (Walker) Lesesne

• Lucy Phillis, and her unnamed child
• Judy, a "Negroe Girl"
• Tommy
• Tira
• Dickky
• Mora

Left in her Will

Sarah made special bequests in her Last Will and Testament of the enslaved people below. ^[2]

• Juno and her unnamed children are to go to Sarah's son, Isaac

The rest were to go to Sarah's daughters. It appears that only one of her daughters was still alive at the time of Sarah's death: Elizabeth Parker (abt.1774-1845).

• Lucy; possibly Lesesne-70
• Phyllis; possibly Lesesne-70
• Quashoba
• Little Lucy; possibly the daughter of Lesesne-70
• Sue
• Charlotte
• Endy
• Cuffy
• Celia
• Esther, and her child ___
• Tommy; possible duplicate with Tommy Lesesne
• Sarah
• Peggy
• Somerset
• Juby
• Little Esther
• Tyra; possibly Lesesne-73

Sales

"sold Negro man named Hercules to son, Isaac"[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ↑ Daniel Island Publishing, 03/02/2006. Daniel Island's Fair Bank Plantation Produced Indigo, Cotton And Ships. Daniel Island News. Retrieved from http://thedanielislandnews.com/opinions/daniel-island’s-fair-bank-plantation-produced-indigo-cotton-and-ships by Becca Hopkins on July 19, 2023.
2. ↑ Charleston County, South Carolina, Will Book E, 1807-1818, page 256-259, (original will page 102), citing Sarah Parker. Digital images: Familysearch.org [database with images] Film #004753758 image 678 of 903.