Slaves -- South Carolina.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Keowee Plantation Journal
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Mss-0056
Scope and Contents
The Journal lists work done on Keowee Plantation, owned by John Ewing Colhoun. It records the purchase and sale of farm products and weather conditions from January 2, 1853, to January 13, 1855. There are several lists of names of the plantation's slaves between 1854-1859 which in some cases give their ages, death dates, family relationships, and valuation. Brief mention is made of John Ewing Colhoun's sons, William Ransom Colhoun and Henry Davis Colhoun.
Dates:
1853-1859; 1853 - 1855
Zacharias Taliaferro Family Papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Mss-0182
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of copies of correspondence, a short history of the Taliaferro family, a deed, the will of Zacharias Taliaferro, receipts and an undated map of Pendleton showing landowners adjoining Taliaferro land. In the correspondence, there is a letter written ca. 1788 from Edmund Pendleton in Virginia to his nephew, Judge Henry Pendleton (for whom the town of Pendleton was named) to introduce Zachary Taliaferro "who wishes to reside and practice the law in your state." There are...
Dates:
circa 1788, 1804, 1815-1840, 1901