Enslaved People Freed From Amsterdam Plantation, Colleton County, SC
|
Name
|
Age
|
Occupation
|
Residence
|
|
Ishmael
|
78 years
|
none
|
Amsterdam
|
|
Sharper
|
44 “
|
Carpenter
|
ditto
|
|
Stepney
|
40 “
|
Carpenter
|
ditto
|
|
Ishmael
|
42 “
|
Driver
|
ditto
|
|
Lucius
|
78 “
|
none
|
ditto
|
|
Tom
|
78 “
|
none
|
ditto
|
|
June
|
78 “
|
none
|
ditto
|
|
Nanny
|
63 “
|
Child’s Nurse
|
ditto
|
|
Di
|
76 “
|
none
|
ditto
|
|
Molly
|
73 “
|
Poultry Woman
|
ditto
|
|
Affey “Died Oct 1887 aged 100 years”
|
78 “
|
Mid Wife
|
ditto
|
|
Bristol
|
53 “
|
Field Hand
|
ditto
|
|
Cressia
|
58 “
|
1/2 ” “
|
ditto
|
|
Tony
|
63 “
|
Cooper, 1/2 Field Hand
|
ditto
|
|
Mary
|
55 “
|
1/2 Field Hand
|
ditto
|
|
Jane
|
56 “
|
Cook
|
ditto
|
|
Hagar
|
54 “
|
ditto
|
ditto
|
|
Bob
|
53 “
|
Cooper, Field Hand
|
ditto
|
|
Minty
|
52 “
|
Field Hand
|
ditto
|
|
Prince
|
52 “
|
” “
|
ditto
|
|
Sandy
|
51 “
|
Field Hand
|
ditto
|
|
John
|
43 “
|
ditto
|
ditto
|
|
Dembo
|
42 “
|
Cooper, ditto
|
ditto
|
|
Jess
|
27 “
|
ditto
|
ditto
|
|
Peter
|
48 “
|
ditto
|
ditto
|
|
Nancy
|
49 “
|
none
|
ditto
|
|
April
|
49 “
|
Field Hand
|
ditto
|
|
Cyrus
|
48 “
|
Field Hand
|
ditto
|
|
Esau
|
48 “
|
ditto
|
ditto
|
|
Paul
|
19 “
|
ditto
|
ditto
|
|
Toby
|
45 “
|
Cooper, Field Hand
|
ditto
|
|
Chloe
|
42 “
|
Field Hand
|
ditto
|
|
John
|
43 “
|
Field Hand
|
ditto
|
|
Miley
|
52 “
|
none
|
ditto
|
|
Sharper
|
42 “
|
Sailor
|
ditto
|
|
Venture
|
42 “
|
Field Hand
|
ditto
|
|
Richard
|
42 years
|
Sailor
|
ditto
|
|
Sampson
|
41 “
|
Waggoner
|
ditto
|
|
Kate
|
40 “
|
Field Hand
|
ditto
|
|
Sam
|
37 “
|
ditto
|
ditto
|
|
Minda
|
37 “
|
Washer Woman
|
ditto
|
|
Charlotte
|
37 “
|
Field Hand
|
ditto
|
|
Affey
|
36 “
|
ditto
|
ditto
|
|
Albert
|
35 “
|
ditto
|
ditto
|
|
Di
|
36 “
|
Nurse, Mid Wife
|
ditto
|
|
Luke
|
36 “
|
Field Hand
|
ditto
|
|
Isaac
|
35 “
|
ditto
|
ditto
|
|
Mingo
|
35 “
|
ditto
|
ditto
|
|
Sally
|
35 “
|
ditto
|
ditto
|
|
Sary
|
34 “
|
ditto
|
ditto
|
|
Joan
|
33 “
|
Family Servant
|
Georgetown, SC
|
|
Martha
|
33 “
|
Field Hand
|
Amsterdam
|
|
Bella
|
32 “
|
ditto
|
ditto
|
|
Joan
|
28 “
|
ditto
|
ditto
|
|
Jenny
|
33 “
|
ditto
|
ditto
|
|
Affey
|
31 “
|
ditto
|
ditto
|
|
Billy
|
25 “
|
Family Cook
|
Wateree, SC
|
|
Silvy
|
22 “
|
Field Hand
|
Amsterdam
|
|
Nanny
|
19 “
|
ditto
|
ditto
|
|
Ellen
|
18 “
|
House Sevant
|
ditto
|
|
Jeffrey
|
18 “
|
Field Hand
|
ditto
|
|
Sandy
|
17 “
|
ditto
|
ditto
|
|
Fay?
|
17 “
|
Field Hand
|
ditto
|
|
Charles
|
17 “
|
ditto
|
ditto
|
|
Chloe
|
17 “
|
ditto
|
ditto
|
|
Friday
|
17 “
|
ditto
|
ditto
|
|
Ephraim
|
17 “
|
Family Cook
|
ditto
|
|
Eve
|
16 “
|
Field Hand
|
ditto
|
|
Joe
|
15 “
|
ditto
|
ditto
|
|
Amey
|
15 “
|
ditto
|
ditto
|
|
Jane (June?)
|
15 “
|
ditto
|
ditto
|
|
Rachel
|
14 “
|
ditto
|
ditto
|
|
Beck
|
12 “
|
House Servant
|
Amsterdam
|
|
Venus
|
12 “
|
Field Hand
|
ditto
|
|
Flora
|
12 “
|
” “
|
ditto
|
|
Quibus
|
12 “
|
” “
|
ditto
|
|
Robert
|
12 “
|
” “
|
ditto
|
|
Peggy
|
12 “
|
” “
|
ditto
|
|
Moses
|
11 “
|
none
|
ditto
|
|
Cupid
|
10 “
|
none
|
ditto
|
|
David
|
10 “
|
none
|
ditto
|
|
Ned
|
9 “
|
none
|
ditto
|
|
William
|
8 “
|
“
|
ditto
|
|
Tira
|
8 “
|
“
|
ditto
|
|
Lewis
|
8 “
|
“
|
ditto
|
|
Juliet
|
6 “
|
“
|
ditto
|
|
Robin
|
6 “
|
“
|
ditto
|
|
Jess
|
3 “
|
“
|
ditto
|
|
Luke
|
3 “
|
“
|
ditto
|
|
Stepney
|
2 “
|
“
|
ditto
|
|
In Pencil: “Minda – Philip – Tissy”
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Source Citation:
List of 491 Slaves Freed from Amsterdam, Ashley Farm, Lewisburg, Myrtle Grove, Pleasant Hill and Rose Hill Plantations. Charles Heyward Account Book, Heyward Family Papers, 1703 – 1975. South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina.
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