Slaves Freed From Rose Hill Plantation, Colleton County, SC
|
Name |
Age |
Occupation |
Residence |
| Jack | 48 years | Family Servant | Rose Hill |
| March | 48 “ | Driver | ditto |
| Caesar | 60 “ | Black Smith | ditto |
| Tommy | 28 “ | Carpenter | ditto |
| Caesar | 43 “ | Carpenter | ditto |
| Boston | 39 “ | Carpenter | ditto |
| Frederick | 33 “ | Brick Layer | ditto |
| Caesar [in pencil: “Mack”] | 25 “ | Carpenter | ditto |
| Moses | 28 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Tony | 65 “ | Gardener | ditto |
| Thomas | 22 “ | Carpenter | ditto |
| Norris | 80 “ | none | ditto |
| Buck | 75 “ | Gardener | ditto |
| Phillis | 80 “ | none | ditto |
| Kate | 72 “ | none | ditto |
| Sukey | 75 “ | none | ditto |
| Mary | 75 “ | Child’s Nurse | ditto |
| Sally | 78″ | none | ditto |
| Adona | 80 “ | none | ditto |
| Sary | 70 “ | none | ditto |
| Smart | 62 “ | Watchman | ditto |
| Primus | 61 “ | Hog minder | ditto |
| Lilly | 58 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Martha | 54 “ | Cook | ditto |
| Israel | 54 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Mariann | 50 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Margaret | 49 “ | none | ditto |
| Hannah | 49 “ | Mid Wife | ditto |
| Nat | 49 years | Field Hand | Rose Hill |
| Sci | 45 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Jacob | 42 “ | Waggoner | ditto |
| Moses | 22 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Aaron | 20 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Nancy | 47 “ | none | ditto |
| Silvy | 47 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Belinda | 46 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Clarissa | 46 “ | Nurse | ditto |
| Ned | 41 “ | Dairy Man | ditto |
|
John [in pencil: “Long”]
|
45 “ |
Family Cook [crossed out, written above: “Field Hand”]
|
Wateree, SC [crossed out] |
| Paul | 44 “ | Waggoner | Rose Hill |
| Tamar | 43 “ | Dairy Woman | ditto |
| Daphne | 42 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Adam | 45 “ | Driver | ditto |
| John | 42 “ | Field Hand, Cooper | ditto |
| Charles | 42 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Dorcas | 38 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Thomas | 38 “ | Waggoner | ditto |
| Polly | 41 “ | Family Cook | ditto |
| Beck | 39 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Charity | 39 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Nanny | 39 “ | Family Washer | ditto |
| Sue | 40 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Andrew | 39 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Katrina | 37 “ | Family Seamstress | ditto |
| Bess | 36 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Billy | 36 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Binah | 35 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Abbey | 35 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Frankey | 33 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Ned | 33 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Richard | 33 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Juno | 32 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Liddy | 33 “ | Family Washer | Wateree, SC |
| January | 32 “ | Field Hand | Rose Hill |
| Caleb | 30 years | Field Hand | Rose Hill |
| Albert | 30 “ | Engineer, Black Smith | ditto |
| Henry | 28 “ | Waggoner | ditto |
| Henny | 28 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Crofton | 28 “ | Carpenter | ditto |
| Kate | 28 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Molly | 27 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Joshua | 27 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Diana | 26 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Cressia | 25 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Mariann | 25 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Binkey | 25 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Dorcas | 25 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Joe | 25 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Mary | 25 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Tom | 25 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Daniel | 24 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Flora | 24 “ | House Servant | ditto |
| Mira | 21 “ | Family Washer | ditto |
| Prince | 23 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| George | 23 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Lizzy | 23 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Belinda | 22 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Peter | 22 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Sam | 22 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Ralph | 21 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Cerina | 21 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Moses | 20 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Jerry | 19 “ | Black Smith | ditto |
| Elsey | 18 “ | Family Washer | ditto |
| Celia | 19 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Bella | 19 “ | House Servant | Georgetown, SC |
| Agnes | 19 “ | Field Hand | Rose Hill |
| Mariann | 16 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Anthony | 16 “ | Carpenter | ditto |
| Ephraim | 16 years | Black Smith | Rose Hill |
| Sary | 16 “ | Field Hand | ditto |
| Sukey | 16 “ | ditto | ditto |
| Bella | 15 “ | ditto | ditto |
| Scipio | 15 “ | House Servant | ditto |
| Sarah | 14 “ | ” ” [in pencil: “Lidy’s Sarah”] | ditto |
| Caesar | 12 “ | none | ditto |
| Luke | 12 “ | none | ditto |
| Gibbes | 12 “ | none | ditto |
| Julianna | 12 “ | none | ditto |
| Caesar | 12 “ | none | ditto |
| Thomas | 11 “ | none | ditto |
| Jimmy | 10 “ | none | ditto |
| William | 10 “ | none | ditto |
| Smart | 10 “ | none | ditto |
| Gabriel | 9 “ | none | ditto |
| Jacob | 9 “ | none | ditto |
| Robin | 9 “ | none | ditto |
| Delia | 8 “ | none | ditto |
| Tenah | 8 “ | none | ditto |
| Charles | 8 “ | none | ditto |
| Martha | 7 “ | none | ditto |
| Abby | 7 “ | none | ditto |
| Binah | 7 “ | none | ditto |
| Rinah | 6 “ | none | ditto |
| Clarinda | 6 “ | none | ditto |
| John | 6 “ | none | ditto |
| January | 6 “ | none | ditto |
| Stepney | 3 “ | none | ditto |
| Liddy | 3 “ | none | ditto |
| Caesar | 2 “ | none | ditto |
| Eliza | 2 “ | none | ditto |
| Eve | 3 “ | none | ditto |
| Sukey | 3 “ | none | ditto |
| Tom | 2 “ | none | ditto |
| Smart | 2 “ | none | ditto |
| Richard | 2 years | none | Rose Hill |
| Tom | 30 “ | Family Servant | ditto |
| Sam | 40 “ | Family Coachman | ditto |
| Doll | 70 “ | Family Seamstress | ditto |
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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