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Slaves of William Branch Adams, South Carolina
The purpose of this page is to document and identify the people enslaved by William Branch Adams (1804-1855) in Marlboro County, to assist those people in connecting them to their families.
1850 Slave Schedule
- In 1850, William Adams held 20 people enslaved in Marlboro County.[1]
- Female 60
- Female 41
- Female 40
- Male 38
- Male 24
- Male 23
- Male 19
- Male 18
- Male 18
- Female 17
- Male 16
- Male 13
- Female 11
- Female 10
- Male 4
- Male 3
- Female 2
- Female 2
- Female 2
- Female 1/12
1855 Probate
Sale of the Personal Property of William B Adams, December 11, 1855[2]
- sold to William W Newton for $1210
- negro man Anderson
- sold to Francis Goodwin for $1200
- negro man John
- sold to William Hamer Esq for $1180
- negro man Charles
- sold to Mrs Sarah Adams
- negro man Moses for $830
- negro girl Harriet for $1000
- Robert for $700
- Susan for $460
- negro boy Sharper for $250
- sold to William L Leggitt for $1220
- negro man Jack
- sold to Jackson Adams
- two negroes for $675
- Sal
- Tildy
- negro man Ralph for $685
- sold to Joshua Fletcher for $1400
- Esther & 3 children
- sold to Dan'l C Newton for $1145
- Luce and her child
- sold to L D Adams for $705
- Nelson
- sold to Younger H Huckabee for $263
- Nancy
- sold to John P Smith for $380
- negro woman Clary
- sold to William Newton for $325
- negro Clary
Sources
- ↑
Slave Schedule:
"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 ca Record 8055 #91994426 (accessed 9 February 2024)
William Adams, slave owner of 20 enslaved people, in 1850 in Marlboro, South Carolina, USA. - ↑
Probate:
"South Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980"
Estate Papers, Ca. 1790-1904 ; Index to Estate Papers, Ca. 1790-1973; Author: South Carolina. Probate Court (Marlboro County); Probate Place: South Carolina
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 9080 #1247991 (accessed 9 February 2024)
William B Adams probate in South Carolina, USA.