The estate inventory of Thomas Porcher, made at White Hall and Goshen plantations near Pinopolis in Berkeley, SC on 24 Nov 1843, lists the names of 135 enslaved people at White Hall and 106 enslaved people at Goshen¹.

This document was indexed by Alana Thevenet.

Those listed at White Hall Plantation were:

· Dick
· Susey
· Zacarias
· Patty
· Sye
· Sandy
· Silvia
· Jim
· Cain
· John
· March
· Harriet
· Jack
· Phillis
· Sabey
· Judy
· August
· Betsey
· Sabey
· Peter
· Nancy
· Samuel
· Simon
· Hannah
· Old Mary
· April
· Miley
· Scipio
· Adam
· Annette
· Binah
· Beck
· Manuel
· Cornelius
· Ben
· Hannah
· Grace
· Jonas
· Emma
· Nero
· Adolphus
· Catharine
· Horace
· Fanny
· Amey
· Daphne
· Kate
· Cooty
· Tenny
· Dianna
· January
· Maria
· Toney
· Nanny
· Plenty
· Sam
· Jinny
· Prince
· Robi
· Betty
· Miranda
· Sharlow
· Bellla
· Hercules
· Molsey
· Julius
· Minus
· Sue
· Ellick
· Cresia
· Sanders
· Anny
· Trycee
· Melia
· Juliet
· Flora
· Thomas
· Robin
· Silvia
· Old Molly
· Pierce
· Lucretia
· Essex
· Dorcas
· John
· Morris
· Peggy
· Statira
· Rose
· Affey
· Cresia
· Hector
· Harriet
· Sophy
· Robin
· Elsey
· David
· Pompey
· Israel
· Moses
· Jeffrey
· Jimmy
· Joseph
· Tenah
· Charles
· Jacob
· Rinah
· Samson
· Jane
· Gabriella
· Urius
· Isaac
· William
· Bassey
· Class
· Celia
· Nelly
· Class
· Philander
· Paul
· Sam
· Gabriel
· Charley
· Marcus
· Cato
· Abel
· Cudjo
· August
· Sancho
· Sibby
· Anthony
· Nelly
· Hester
· Ben
· Venus

Ancestors listed at Goshen Plantation were:

· Rosetta
· Tommy
· Rosanna
· Martha
· Moses
· Silly
· Albert
· Frederic
· Robert
· Mary
· Andrew
· Satira
· Harry
· Hannah
· Susan
· Celia
· Dinah
· Cinda
· Charlotte
· Sary
· Ben
· Pussey
· Dickson
· Stephen
· Nelly
· Jim
· Esau
· Sary
· Jane
· Amelia
· Isaac
· Lydia
· Helen
· Isaac
· Billy
· Amey
· Zingo
· Bella
· Charley
· Venus
· Binkey
· Belinda
· Silly
· Jonah
· Jimmy
· Delia
· Patty
· Betsey
· Diana
· Jeffry
· Maria
· Abram
· Nora
· Molli
· Tillister
· John
· Tom
· Molly
· Hester
· Bess
· Patty
· Quash
· Jeffry
· Silvia
· Tena
· Jacob
· Mariane
· Israella
· Joe
· Lydia
· Binah
· Tena
· Hercules
· Phillis
· Statira
· Morris
· Chance
· Cuffy
· Daphne
· Old Daphne
· Cicero
· Kate
· Silver
· Sue
· Toney
· Richard
· Dinah
· Joe
· Sabina
· Joney
· Senty
· Hannah
· Molly
· Affey
· Flander
· Sam
· Stephen
· Ansel
· Nancy
· Lizabeth
· Robert
· Toney
· Tena
· Rinah
· Mathias
· Rachel

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Will of Thomas Porcher

The will of Thomas Porcher, recorded 3 July 1843, is available on FamilySearch².

Rations List – White Hall and Goshen Plantations

The Freedmen’s Bureau Register of Destitutes (Rations Lists) by Plantation, Moncks Corner Subdistrict, SC, 1867 includes a list of Freedmen issued rations by the Freedmen’s Bureau on White Hall and Goshen plantations⁴.

Resources for Further Research

You can learn more about White Hall Plantation on SCIWAY.com.

White Hall Plantation was flooded in the Santee/Cooper Project and is now submerged under Lake Moultrie. The cemetery at White Hall was relocated to the Somerset Reinterment Site³.

References Cited

[1] “South Carolina Estate Inventories and Bills of Sale,” online database at Fold3.com, Inventory Book A (1839-1844), pp. 482-484.

[2] “South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977,” images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-N492-PJ?cc=1919417&wc=M6N4-J68%3A210905601%2C212121801 : 21 May 2014), Charleston > image 180 of 483; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.

[3] Rootsweb Old Church and Cemetery Project, (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~scberkel/Cemeteries/OldChurchCemeteryProject.html), accessed 27 Mar 2017.

[4] Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872, NARA Record Group 105, M869, Reel 89, Register of Destitutes, Charleston District, Moncks Corner Sub-District.