Swallow Bluff Plantation, Charleston County, South Carolina

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Edisto Island, Charleston, South Carolina
Surnames/tags: slavery black_heritage Edisto Island

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Contents 1 Background 1.1 Owners 1.2 Slaves 2 Sources

Background

Swallow Bluff Plantation (also known as Bailey's Swallow Bluff) was a 500 acre property.^[1] In 1748 it was called Paul Grimball's property, by John Paul Grimball, who was selling another property right next to it.^[2]

In 1860 William E. Seabrook mortgaged Swallow's Bluff to Constantine Bailey^[3]

Another name for this property could be Joe Island^[4]

Owners

• Paul Grimball II (1703-1750)
• Paul Grimball (1730-1767)
• Joseph Jenkins?

• William Edings Seabrook
• Constantine Bailey
• Isaac Jenkins Mikell owned Swallows Bluff in 1865.^[5]

Slaves

1737 "Run Away from Paul Grimball on Edisto Island, A Young Negro Wench named Die, formerly belonging to the estate of Mr. Gritten's"^[6]

• Slaves of Paul Grimball 1767

In 1860 Isaac Jenkins Mikell had 277 enslaved persons listed under his name on the slave schedule.^[7] Some of the enslaved were most likely on Swallows Bluff Plantation.

Sources

1. ↑ Spencer, Charles, Edisto Island 1663 to 1860: Wild Eden to Cotton Aristocracy Charleston, SC: The History Press (2012) p, 154-5
2. ↑ To Be Sold at publick Vendue https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-carolina-gazette-1748-sale-gri/124945720/
   • The South-Carolina Gazette, Charleston, South Carolina, Thu, Jan 4, 1748, Page 3
3. ↑ Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898: "Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898"
   Catalog: Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898 Land records, v. A15-C15 1866-1868
   Film number: 008300063 > image 954 of 1027
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSR8-X9ZB-3 (accessed 17 May 2023)
   • 1860 mortgage on Swallows Bluff from William E. Seabrook
4. ↑ And I'm Glad An Oral History of Edisto Island, 2005 https://www.google.com/books/edition/And_I_m_Glad/aBq84-ofEfQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Swallows+Bluff+Edisto+Island&pg=PA111&printsec=frontcover
   • interview of Sam Gadsden p.111, recalling the storm of 1893.
5. ↑ United States, Freedmen's...t Commissioner, 1865-1872: "United States, Freedmen's...t Commissioner, 1865-1872"
   Catalog: Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the state of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1870 Endorsements sent, endorsements pertaining to restoration of lands 1865-1866. Register of letters received 1865-1866. Register of applications for restoration of property 1865-1866. Register of lands and occupants 1865-1868. Register of restoration orders 1865-1866. Restoration orders 1865-1866. (NARA Series M869, Roll 32)
   Image path: United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Assistant Commissioner, 1865-1872 > South Carolina > Roll 32, Register of applications for restoration of property, 1865-1866 > image 5 of 37; citing multiple NARA microfilm publications; Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1861 - 1880, RG 105; (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1969-1980).
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C9TZ-8QZF-D (accessed 9 May 2023)
   • Freedmens Bureau, Registered Applications for Return of Property, Edisto Island, p.7
6. ↑ Run Away https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-carolina-gazette-runaway-slave/124946005/
   • The South-Carolina Gazette, Charleston, South Carolina, Tue, Jun 18, 1737, Page 4
7. ↑ United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860: "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860"
   Image path: United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860 > South Carolina > Charleston and Coleton > Edisto Island of St. John's Collection > image 18 of 57; citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
   FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9BS8-98ZS (accessed 9 May 2023)
   • 1860 slave schedule p.28-31

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