Slaves of William Edings 1858, South Carolina

Date: [unknown] to 1858
Location: Edisto Island, Charleston, South Carolina
Surnames/tags: Edings Slavery

Background

This page records the enslaved of William Edings who died in 1858. William Edings was a nephew of William Edings who died in 1836. He lived on Edisto Island at Locksley Hall Plantation. His family owned Locksley Hall Plantation for multiple generations before and after the Civil War.

In 1858 the probate inventory of William Edings named and valued the enslaved at each of his property locations:^[1]

Edisto Island location

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• John driver $1000, Betty $800, Mintie $400, Lander $200, Rachel $100
• August $1100, Phillis $700, Tenah $500, Ellen $500, Tommy $250, Martha $100
• Betsy $350, August $900, Juliana $800, July $800, y(young) Hetty $600, Stephen $400
• Ben $300, Sue $150, Charity $100, Elizabeth $800, Benjamin $400, Isaiah $250
• William $100, Billy $900, Rachel $200, Amos carpenter $1200, Edward $1000
• Rachel $800, Hannah $600, Billy $500, Miriam $900, Clarinda $400, George $100
• Clarissa $600, Hannah $800, Gardinia $600, Jim $700, Affie $500, Salina Hannah's child $100
• Toby $150, Chloe $400, Sandpit $1100, Aaron $800, Hardtimes $800, Jane $600
• West $400, Nellie $400, Amelia $300, Edward $800, Betsey $800, Providence $1100
• Linda $800, Mike $400, Amy $800, Hannah $350, Prosper $900
• David $1100, Albee $600, York $1100, Old Bob $50, Robert $700, Jacob $600
• Nancy $600, Scilla $900, Matilda $800, Grace $350, Billy $450, Bella $700
• Clarinda house servant $800, Sibb $300, Anne $100, Roland $1100
• Tenah $800, April $150, Abram $1100, Sallie $800, Cuffee $900, Moses $1000
• Dick $600, Castilla $500, Dinah $350, Old Rob $500, Little Bob house servant $1100
• Hannah $800, Hagar $500, Joseph $1100, Stephen $1000, Rachel $100
• Mary $800, Gabriel $600, Hastings $800, Molsey $800, {Stephen $200, Hannah $100,} Mary's children
• Abraham $1100, Judy $800, Amy $300, Gilbert $1100, Murano $800
• Paul $1100, March $900, Betty $800, Isaac $700, Hennie $350, Philip $100
• Toby $1100, Philis $800, Jack $700, Retta $500, Luckie $300, Alfred $100, Cuffie $800
• Amy $500, Hagar $800, Affee $800, Venus $800, Lazaras $600, Moses $500, Tenah $300
• Deliah $200, George Affee's child $200, Long Bob $1100, Flora $800, Tom $700
• Lavinia $200, Sandy $500, Covention $400, James $300, Polydore $1100
• Joe Millar $700, VEnus $500, Samuel $1200, Cornelius $1000, Sapho $400
• John gardner $1000, Grace washer $800, Molly $800, Mike $700, Johny $520
• Sarah $500, Hagar $400, Simon $300, Peter $100, Ned cook $1100, Daphne house servant $300,
• Ellen $800, Andrew $200, Richard $600, Prince $600
• Silvey $450, William T400, Charity $300

Paris Island Beaufort location

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• Neptune driver $1100, Molly $600, Rhina $800, Nanacy $800, Neptune Jr. $1000, Betty $1100
• Betty $450, Sue --- child $200, Naos $100, Anne $800, Margaret $700
• Fannie $500, Tamar $400, James $200, Josiah $100, Susannah $500, Limus $1100

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• Solomon $650, Mary $450, Binah $800, Grace $450, Cinthia $300
• Abram $200, Neller $800, Lucy $700, Joe $1100, Lena $600, Charlotte $500
• Phillis $800, Lazaras $1100, Eve $700, Adam $450, Charlotte $300, Joshua $200, Sue $100
• Simon $500, Cinda $500, Sib $800, Rose $800, Celia $700, Walt $650, Patty $650, Harry $300
• London $1000, Rachel $600, Maria $800, Frank Marias child $100
• Nanny $800, Eve $600,Jemima $400, Mary $800, Aaron $500
• October $1100, Chloe $800, Tinah $400, Abel $300, Scillia $100, Jack aged
• Mary "cripple", Fanny $800, Adam $1100, Neptune $1000, Bella $800, Casar Bella's child $300
• Harriet $800, Rilla Harriets child $100, Chloe $800, Flora Cloe's child $100
• Sam $400, Rachel $700, Mary $800, Jim $800, Cyrus $450, Glasgow $300
• Prince $100, Ventures $500, Cornelia $500, Silvia $800, Annabee Silvia's child $300
• Kate $600, Paul $600, Boatswain $450, Isaac $300, Frank $800, Samuel deformed $500
• Hannah $400, Scilia $800, Luck $1100, Leah $800, Joe $500, Harry $400
• Stephen $200, Nelly $100

For more information please see the Locksley Hall Plantation page.

Sources

1. ↑ South Carolina Probate Re... Bound Volumes, 1671-1977: "South Carolina Probate Re... Bound Volumes, 1671-1977"
   Catalog: Charleston County, South Carolina inventories, appraisements & sales, ca. 1834-1867 1856-1864
   Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 > Charleston > Inventories, Appraisements, Sales, 1856-1860, Vol. E > image 234 of 646; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
   FamilySearch Image: 939L-V49G-SX (accessed 28 April 2023)
   • 1858 Probate inventory of William Edings