Slaves Freed From Pleasant Hill Plantation, Colleton County, SC

Name Age Occupation Residence
John 60 years Driver Pleasant Hill
Charles 60 “ Cooper ditto
January 60 “ Watchman ditto
John 31 “ Family Servant ditto
Cuffe 70 “ none ditto
Louis 75 “ Gardener ditto
Lewis 51 “ Sailor ditto
Flora 47 “ Field Hand ditto
Daphne 70 “ Poultry Woman ditto
Lizette 65 “ Child Nurse ditto
Celia 70 “ none ditto
Peggy 65 “ Cook ditto
Lucy 70 “ none ditto
Stepney 64 “ Stock Minder ditto
Tom 55 “ Field Hand ditto
Sary 70 “ none ditto
January 58 “ Miller, Watchman ditto
George 55 “ Field Hand ditto
Venus 51 “ ditto ditto
Lewis 48 “ Field Hand ditto
Dinah 52 “ ditto ditto
Flora [crossed out] 47 “ Field Hand ditto
Simon 49 “ Field Hand ditto
Abram 47 “ Field Hand ditto
Sampson 49 “ Field Hand ditto
Mattias 44 “ Field Hand ditto
Molly 44 “ ditto ditto
Silvy 44 “ ditto ditto
Pompey 44 “ Field Hand ditto
Nanny 44 “ ditto ditto
Cudjoe 43 “ Field Hand ditto
Cressia 40 “
Family Cook
[crossed out, in pencil: Cook B(illegible)]
ditto
Thomas 41 “ Dairy Man ditto
Peter 40 “
Field Hand
[crossed out, overwritten none]
ditto
Harry 34 “ Waggoner ditto
Cuffee 33 “ Waggoner ditto
Abby 32 “ Field Hand ditto
Rose 29 “ Field Hand ditto
Mary 27 “ Family Servant Wateree, SC
Anthony 28 “ Field Hand Pleasant Hill
July 27 “ Field Hand ditto
Mary 27 “ Field Hand ditto
Dolly 25 “ Field Hand ditto
Mingo 25 “ Field Hand ditto
Liddy 24 “ Field Hand ditto
Daniel 24 “ Field Hand ditto
April 23 “ Field Hand ditto
Delia 22 “ ditto ditto
Sally 21 “ ditto ditto
Elsey 21 “ ditto ditto
Thomas 19 “ Field Hand ditto
Maria 17 “ 1/2 ditto ditto
Joe 16 “ 1/2 ditto ditto
Sue 16 “ 1/2 ditto ditto
James? 16 “ 1/2 ditto ditto
Tira 15 “ 1/2 ditto ditto
George 14 “ none ditto
Dolly 13 “ none ditto
Beaufort 12 “ none ditto
John 12 “ none ditto
Miley 12 “ none ditto
Sammy 11 “ none ditto
Edmond 11 “ none ditto
Charlotte 11 “ none ditto
Gabriel 9 years none ditto
Venus 8 “ none ditto
Sary 7 “ none ditto
Juliet 7 “ none ditto
Mary 6 “ none ditto
Lucy 6 “ none ditto
Venus 4 “ none ditto
Amelia 3 “ none ditto
January 2 “ none ditto
Binah 2 “ none ditto
Elsey 2 “ none ditto
In pencil: 2 Infants alive

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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