Douglas And Clemons Slave Data of SC
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WHY SOUTH CAROLINA AND NOT NORTH CAROLINA |
I am taking my
Douglas and Clemons research in the direction of South Carolina
for more than one reason. Here are just a few of those reasons.
1. I cannot find any Douglas or Clemons slave owners in Anson
County in 1850 and 1860. There were quite a few Douglas slave
owners found in South Carolina in the bordering counties just
south of Anson County NC.
2. I cannot find Henderson or any member of his immediate family
living in any County of NC in 1870 except for one of their sons
who was listed as being born in SC and in 1870 was found living
in a part Richmond County NC that is now a part of Scotland
County NC.
3. I found a family in 1870 Chesterfield South Carolina that
corresponds almost exactly to Henderson's 1880 Anson County
North Carolina family. One difference was that initials were
used in the Chesterfield information of 1870. All of Henderson's
family members that were living with him in 1880 were exactly
and properly initialled in this family of 1870 Chesterfield.
Even the ages were an exact match for a family that could not
read, write or count. Another difference was that the 1870 mother
and father's parents were listed as being born in South Carolina
and the parents of the 1880 family were listed as being born
in North Carolina. All through my research I have seen were
parents were listed as being born in different states. It made
me think that most exslaves didn't really know where there parents
were born. But, since Chesterfield County South Carolina borders
Anson County North Carolina is it possible that some areas of
Chesterfield became Anson or vica versa because the boundary
was not clear? What if the case is like I mentioned on the home
page (statements from the slave narratives below). Henderson
and Mourning being owned by two different slave owners. Henderson
being owned by one of the many Douglas slave owners in Chesterfield
County SC and Mourning being owned by the neighboring Meachum
slave owners of Anson County NC. After slavery was ended Henderson
would have surely united his family in a place where he was
already established. Just a thought!
4. I have came across unconfirmed information that associates
James Clemons with the areas in and around Darlington South
Carolina.
5. My great grandmother Sarah Ann Clemons Douglas owned land
in some part of South Carolina at the time of her death.
My progress back to yesteryear has been stuck here
for the past year. Maybe some of this past can be unraveled
when I get the time to visit the South Carolina state archives
and South Carolina County courthouses and/or public libraries.
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THE BUYING AND SELLING OF AFRICANS AND AFRIKAN AMERICANS
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here for a link that gives much information on how the African
and Afrikan American slaves were bought and sold in SC. It's
truly amazing how in America a so called righteous group of
people could see no wrong in treating fellow humans as their
slave, personal property or inferior. |
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SOME DOUGLAS AND CLEMENTS SLAVE PURCHASES AND SALES OF SC
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of the slave purchases and sales made by some of the Douglas
and Clements/Clemons slave owners of Chesterfield, Chester,
Darlington and other areas of South Carolina. This information
was found on the website of the SC Dept. of Archives and History.
Some of these sales and purchases were made by free people of
color (Afrikan American). I am in the process of including some
of the Douglas and Clemons slaveholders and their families from
Chesterfield and Darlington counties SC. You will be surprised
to see how our ancestors named their children after these slave
masters and their families. |
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THE SLAVE HUSTLE IS ON - BUSINESS AS USUAL |
Record: 202 of 272 records
Series: S213003 Volume - 003P Page - 00495 Item - 00 Date: 1801/10/13
Description: DOUGLASS, NATHANIEL TO GEORGE POWERS, BILL OF SALE
FOR A SLAVE NAMED PATIENCE.
Record: 203 of 272 records Series: S213003 Volume - 003N Page
- 00266 Item - 00 Date: 1801/12/23 Description: DOUGLASS, NATHANIEL
TO THOMAS BAKER, BILL OF SALE FOR A FEMALE SLAVE NAMED DORCAS.
Record: 210 of 272 records Series: S213003 Volume - 003T Page
- 00559 Item - 00 Date: 1805/03/29 Description: DOUGLAS, JOHN
TO ROBERT VERREE, BILL OF SALE FOR A SLAVE NAMED EDY AND HER
SON NAMED GEORGE.
Record: 287 of 379 records Series: S213003 Volume - 004F Page
- 00449 Item - 00 Date: 1813/10/15 Description: CHANLATTE, HARRIETTE
CAMEAN TO ADEL POINTIS AND LAFINE CLEMENT, BILL OF SALE FOR
A SLAVE NAMED CHARLOTTE, ABOUT 18 OR 19 YEARS OF AGE.
Record: 227 of 272 records Series: S213003 Volume - 004I Page
- 00400 Item - 00 Date: 1815/05/31 Description: DOUGLAS, JAMES
TO JOHN WHITING, BILL OF SALE FOR A MALE SLAVE NAMED SANDY.
Record: 229 of 272 records Series: S213003 Volume - 004I Page
- 00432 Item - 00 Date: 1815/07/05 Description: DOUGLAS, JAMES,
ATTY. FOR PATRICK MCDERMOT, ADMOR. OF THOMAS LYNCH TO SAMUEL
CROMWELL, BILL OF SALE FOR A SLAVE NAMED POLLIDORE.
Record: 230 of 272 records Series: S213003 Volume - 004I Page
- 00435 Item - 00 Date: 1815/07/08 Description: KIRKPATRICK
AND DOUGLAS TO DUNCAN LEITCH, BILL OF SALE FOR A SLAVE NAMED
JACK, ABOUT 29 YEARS OLD.
Record: 231 of 272 records Series: S213003 Volume - 004I Page
- 00438 Item - 00 Date: 1815/07/10 Description: WRAINCH, JOHN
TO CAMPBELL DOUGLAS, BILL OF SALE FOR A SLAVE NAMED JACK, ABOUT
18 YEARS OLD.
Record: 235 of 272 records Series: S213003 Volume - 004P Page
- 00051 Item - 00 Date: 1818/02/11 Description: CRAWFORD, JAMES
TO CAMPBELL DOUGLAS, BILL OF SALE FOR A SLAVE NAMED ANTHONY.
Record: 310 of 379 records Series: S213003 Volume - 004S Page
- 00025 Item - 00 Date: 1819/03/31 Description: CLEMENT, S.,
ADMIX. OF JOHN CLEMENT TO HELENA MARY ROBINSON, BILL OF SALE
FOR THE SLAVES HANNAH AND BETSEY.
Record: 311 of 379 records Series: S213003 Volume - 004S Page
- 00189 Item - 00 Date: 1819/12/11 Description: MCCLURE, JOHN,
ATTY. FOR C. MCCLURE TO FRANCIS G. DELIESSELINE AND JOHN R.
MATTHEWES, EXORS. OF SUSANNA WILKINSON, IN TRUST FOR THE CHILDREN
OF WILLIAM CLEMENT,BILL OF SALE FOR A SLAVE NAMED ALLAN.
Record: 317 of 379 records Series: S213003 Volume - 004S Page
- 00445 Item - 00 Date: 1820/11/03 Description: CLEMENT, SARAH,
ADMIX., AND WILLIAM CLEMENT, ADMOR. OF JOHN CLEMENT TO JOSEPH
YATES, BILL OF SALE FOR 2 SLAVES NAMED TOM AND SYLVIA.
Record: 240 of 272 records Series: S213003 Volume - 004X Page
- 00272 Item - 00 Date: 1823/03/07 Description: SILLIMAN, JOHN
H. TO CAMPBELL DOUGLASS, BILL OF SALE FOR A SLAVE NAMED NANCY
AND HER SON WILLIAM, WARRANTED SOUND.
Record: 242 of 272 records Series: S213003 Volume - 005A Page
- 00009 Item - 00 Date: 1823/09/19 Description: DOUGLAS, CAMPBELL,
ROBERT WALKER AND HENRY SHIELDS, EXORS. OF ARCHIBALD MCVICCAR
TO JOHN AND THOMAS GATES, BILL OF SALE FOR 2 SLAVES NAMED GEORGE
AND ISAAC, COMMONLY CALLED, BROWN ISAAC.
Record: 245 of 272 records Series: S213003 Volume - 005A Page
- 00310 Item - 00 Date: 1825/01/18 Description: HUTCHINSON,
ELIZABETH L. TO MARGARET DOUGLAS, BILL OF SALE FOR A SLAVE NAMED
LUCRETIA.
Record: 246 of 272 records Series: S126061 Year - 1824 Item
- 03479 ignore - 00 Date: 1825/05/06 Description: DOUGLASS,
SAMUEL, TAX RETURN FOR 8 SLAVES IN WILLIAMSBURG DISTRICT.
Record: 327 of 379 records Series: S126061 Year - 1824 Item
- 04215 ignore - Date: 1825/05/03 Description: CLEMENT, MRS.
SARAH, TAX RETURN FOR 1395 ACRES AND 57 SLAVES IN ST. PAULS
PARISH.
Record: 328 of 379 records Series: S126061 Year - 1824 Item
- 04216 ignore - Date: 1825/05/03 Description: CLEMENT, EDWARD
W., TAX RETURN FOR 9 SLAVES IN ST. PAULS PARISH.
Record: 331 of 379 records Series: S213003 Volume - 005D Page
- 00112 Item - 00 Date: 1826/03/09 Description: ARMSTRONG, H.
B., H. H. SIMONS AND MARY DRAYTON ARMSTRONG TO SARAH CLEMENT,
BILL OF SALE FOR 3 SLAVES NAMED KATEY, BETTY AND MACHANDRA.
Record: 249 of 272 records Series: S213003 Volume - 005G Page
- 00123 Item - 00 Date: 1827/12/07 Description: PAUL, JOHN AND
CAMPBELL DOUGLAS, EXORS. OF JOHN MCKENSIE TO GEORGE PLATT, BILL
OF SALE FOR A SLAVE NAMED DICK.
Record: 252 of 272 records Series: S213003 Volume - 005K Page
- 00016 Item - 00 Date: 1829/07/03 Description: HUME, DOCTOR
WILLIAM TO MARIA M. DOUGLAS, BILL OF SALE FOR A SLAVE NAMED
LUCY AND HER CHILDREN NAMED GEORGE AND AN INFANT.
Record: 255 of 272 records Series: S213003 Volume - 005K Page
- 00445 Item - 00 Date: 1831/06/08 Description: DOUGLAS, CAMPBELL
TO WILLIAM LLOYD, TRUSTEE FOR THE CHILDREN OF THOMAS FOLKER,
BILL OF SALE FOR A SLAVE NAMED LUCY AND HER CHILDREN GEORGE
AND ISABELLA, WARRANTED SOUND.
Record: 256 of 272 records Series: S213003 Volume - 005O Page
- 00126 Item - 00 Date: 1832/06/25 Description: KITTLEBAND,
JOHN B. TO MARIA M. DOUGLASS, BILL OF SALE FOR A SLAVE NAMED
RILLEY, ABOUT 12 YEARS OLD, WARRANTED SOUND.
Record: 257 of 272 records Series: S213003 Volume - 005O Page
- 00204 Item - 00 Date: 1833/01/01 Description: DOUGLASS, C.,
ADMOR. OF HENRY P. DENOON TO SIBBY GORDON, BILL OF SALE FOR
A SLAVE NAMED SUSAN.
Record: 258 of 272 records Series: S213003 Volume - 005O Page
- 00790 Item - 00 Date: 1835/11/21 Description: DOUGLAS, CAMPBELL,
ADMOR. OF HENRY P. DENOON TO JOHN M. HOPKINS, BILL OF SALE FOR
A SLAVE NAMED PHILLIS AND HER SON NAMED DAVID.
Record: 259 of 272 records Series: S213003 Volume - 005T Page
- 00033 Item - 00 Date: 1836/10/08 Description: MAGWOOD, CHARLES
A., EXOR. OF SIMON MAGWOOD TO WILLIAM MCKINLAY AND GEORGE MCKINLAY,
FREE BLACKS, BILL OF SALE FOR THE SLAVE JOHN DOUGLASS, HIS WIFE,
SUSAN, AND THEIR CHILDREN ROBERT, MARY, JOHN, SUSAN, ALLICE,
REBECCA, ANN AND EDWARD.
Record: 347 of 379 records Series: S213003 Volume - 005T Page
- 00224 Item - 00 Date: 1837/08/16 Description: CLEMENT, EDWARD
W. TO THOMAS HOOD, BILL OF SALE FOR A SLAVE NAMED RYNAH.
Record: 86 of 305 records Series: S165015 Year - 1837 Item -
00013 ignore - 00 Date: 1837/11 Description: DOUGLAS, MARY,
FREE BLACK, PETITION, AND SUPPORTING PAPER, FOR COMPENSATION
FOR HER SLAVE, WILLIAM IRVINE, WHO WAS EXECUTED FOR STABBING
JOHN CRAMER, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE TRIAL. (6 PAGES)
Record: 283 of 305 records Series: S165015 Year - ND00 Item
- 04298 ignore - 00 Date: N.D. Description: CITIZENS OF NORTH
CAROLINA, PETITION ASKING THE S.C. LEGISLATURE TO PASS A RESOLUTION
RECOMMENDING THE GOVERNOR PARDON RICHARD BOGGINS, IMPRISONED
FOR WHIPPING TO DEATH AARON DOUGLAS WITH THE HELP OF THE SHERIFF
OF ORANGEBURG DISTRICT. (4 PAGES)
Record: 260 of 272 records Series: S213003 Volume - 005T Page
- 00244 Item - 00 Date: 1837/11/15 Description: DOUGLAS, CAMPBELL
AND SIMON MORRISON, EXORS. OF G. S. MCLEAN TO LORA PERRY, A
FREE BLACK, BILL OF SALE FOR A SLAVE NAMED ISAAC.
Record: 263 of 272 records Series: S213003 Volume - 005W Page
- 00498 Item - 00 Date: 1842/06/03 Description: DOUGLAS, CAMPBELL
TO MRS. H. M. PELZER, BILL OF SALE FOR A SLAVE NAMED RILLA,
WARRANTED SOUND AND HEALTHY.
Record: 352 of 379 records Series: S213050 Volume - 006B Page
- 00099 ignore - 00 Date: 1846/08/10 Description: CLEMENT, E.
W. TO SIMON MAGWOOD, BILL OF SALE FOR A SLAVE NAMED GRACE.
Record: 266 of 272 records Series: S213050 Volume - 006B Page
- 00435 ignore - 00 Date: 1848/08/17 Description: MAIN, A. R.
TO MARGARET DOUGLAS, BILL OF SALE FOR A SLAVE NAMED LONDON.
Record: 267 of 272 records Series: S213050 Volume - 006B Page
- 00436 ignore - 00 Date: 1848/08/17 Description: DOUGLAS, MARGARET
TO FRANCIS W. GRANT, BILL OF SALE FOR A SLAVE NAMED LONDON.
Record: 268 of 272 records Series: S213050 Volume - 006B Page
- 00526 ignore - 00 Date: 1849/03 Description: GRANT, FRANCIS
W. TO MARGARET DOUGLASS, A FREE BLACK, BILL OF SALE FOR A SLAVE
NAMED LONDON.
Record: 269 of 272 records Series: S213050 Volume - 006C Page
- 00453 ignore - 00 Date: 1852/03/31 Description: DOUGLAS, JOHN,
EXOR. OF SUSAN WILLIAMS TO B. GERATY, BILL OF SALE FOR A SLAVE
NAMED JIM.
On this
site Scott Wild has abstracted a great amount of Slave information
from some deed books of Darlington County SC. I was quite amazed
at how much a slave owner used his slaves to secure a loan,
cover a debt or even bond himself out of jail. It seems so strange
how the slaves were so very valuable to these people yet some
being treated worse than the masters family dog.
Here
is a link with information about some manumitted slaves from
SC. And here
is a link that shows the bill of sales for the skilled slaves
that were in SC from 1774-1862. Information in both links are
from the SC Department of Archives and History. Here
is a site that has information on the slaveowning free blacks
of Charleston SC, another
with narratives and other information on slavery and finally
this
link that tells of a few of the SC slave laws and a lot
of what the enslaved Afrikan American woman and her family were
up against in their daily bid for survival, sanctity and inner
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| SLAVE LIFE AS TOLD BY THE EX-SLAVE HIMSELF
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| Below are three
links that tells what people who were actually slaves has to
tell about their lives as being slaves. From reading this and
other information on slavery and to imagine the trials, tribulations
and persecutions the African American slave or any slave had
to endure is a nightmare. Worse than Elm street could ever be!
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