Slaves of William Edings 1756, South Carolina

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Edisto Island, Charleston, South Carolina
Surnames/tags: Edings Slavery Black_Heritage

Background

This page records the enslaved of William Edings who died in 1756. Edings lived on Edisto Island at Locksley Hall Plantation, or property directly attached to it. His family owned Locksley Hall Plantation for multiple generations through and after the Civil War.

William Edings died in 1756. His probate inventory listed and valued the enslaved at his death:^[1]

at Residence?

• Woman Moll, £225
• Man Tamerlain, £265
• Woman Dye, £120
• Woman Hannah and her child Abraham, £275

at Tooboodoe:

• Tobey £150
• Jacob £300, Jubiter £250
• George £300, Walley £400, Billey £300
• Mingo £200, Jemmy Corn £225
• Morris £250, Prince £270
• Cudger £250, Trumpitor £225
• Carolina £265, Tom £250
• Tiffy & 2 girls Patty & Bess, boy Sam, £534

p.479

• Tamor & 5 Boys Sargant, Mingo, Isaac, Moses, Trumpiter, £700
• Silvia and child Chloe, £270
• Venus & 5 children, Hagar, Melia, Nann, Samson, Cate, £800
• Affey and child Sary, £294
• Sabrina £240, boy Limas £200, boy Dorcett £100
• Samson £150

p.480

• Sipua £250
• Belfast £230, Lymas £230, Summorcett £200
• Abraham £260, Hannover £70, lad Frank £250
• Nead £165
• Sikie a wench and 3 boys and a girl, £700
• Rinah and child, £250
• Milly £100, Marian £150
• Cate £190, boy Aron £80
• old woman Dinah £1
• old man Sampson £5

Sources

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 > 1753-1756 > No File Description Available > image 263 of 301
   FamilySearch Image: 939L-JZ1W-R (accessed 30 April 2023)
   • 1756 probate inventory of William Edings