Overview
Location
Camden Co., GA
Date Constructed/ Founded
1800
Associated Surnames
Floyd
Historical notes
Henry H. Floyd's brother Samuel A. Floyd sold Bellevue to freedman Pompey Floyd for $100.00 in 1877. The property had been mostly destroyed during the Civil War.
Associated Slave Workplaces
Fairfield Plantation (Camden Co., GA)
Associated Free Persons
- John Floyd - built Bellevue Plantation for his father Charles Floyd (1774-?) and Fairfield Plantation for himself; lived at Bellevue after his father's death
- Margaret Ann Boog Floyd (b.1822-d.1840) - first wife of Henry H. Floyd (m.1839)
- Susan Lodviski Floyd (b.1840-d.1901) - daughter of Henry H. and Margaret A. Floyd
- Mordina Jane Boog Floyd (b.1823-d.1862) - second wife of Henry H. Floyd (m.1842)
- Margaret Isabella Floyd (b.1843-d.1892) - daughter of Henry H. and Mordina J.B. Floyd
- Katherine Sophia Floyd (b.1845-d.1908) - daughter of Henry H. and Mordina J.B. Floyd
- Samuel Augustus Floyd (b.1846-d.1902) - son of Henry H. and Mordina J.B. Floyd
- Augusta Gallie Floyd (b.1848-d.1926) - daughter of Henry H. and Mordina J.B. Floyd
- Henry Clay Hamilton Floyd (b.1849-d.1916) - son of Henry H. and Mordina J.B. Floyd
- James Blackshear Boog Floyd (b.1850-d.1912) - son of Henry H. and Mordina J.B. Floyd
- Thomas Bourke Floyd (b.1852-d.1930) - son of Henry H. and Mordina J.B. Floyd
- Randolph McDonald Floyd (b.1853-d.1865) - son of Henry H. and Mordina J.B. Floyd
- Julia Elizabeth Ross Floyd (b.1855-d.1929) - daughter of Henry H. and Mordina J.B. Floyd
- Mordina Jane Floyd (b.1856-d.1878) - daughter of Henry H. and Mordina J.B. Floyd
- Isabella Maria Hazzard Floyd (b.1858-d.1889) - daughter of Henry H. and Mordina J.B. Floyd
- Georgia Estelle Floyd (b.1862-d.1895) - daughter of Henry H. and Mordina J.B. Floyd
- Randolph McDonald (b.1830-d.1854)
- Mary D. Floyd McDonald (b.1832-d.?) - wife of Randolph McDonald (m.1853); actually Mary F. Floyd; slave owner; resident of St. Mary's, GA; a cousin of Henry H. Floyd
Associated Enslaved Persons
1852-1853 Slaves of Henry H. Floyd
Mentioned in the journal of Henry H. Floyd
- Harry - slave of John Murchison; according to the diary of Henry H. Floyd, in order to be reunited with his daughter Laura, Harry sent a false message via John B. Gallie, that his master John Murchison wanted to buy Laura for $650.00
- Laura (b.1836-d.?) - daughter of Harry; slave of Mary D. Floyd
- Isaac
- Sylvia (b.?-d.1853) - wife of Isaac; d. May 1, 1853
- Neptune - son of Isaac and Sylvia; slave of Miss De la Motta (Savannah, GA); visited his parents shortly before his mother's death
- Friday - married Sally Aug. 19, 1852
- Sally - wife of Friday; slave of Mary D. Floyd
- William Robertson Gault (b.1853-d.?) - son of Friday and Sally; b. Mar. 22, 1853
- Venus - traveled with Henry H. Floyd to St. Mary's to visit her child (1852)
- unnamed child - at St. Mary's
- other children
- Alonzo - slave of Capt. John B. Gallie (Savannah, GA); hired by Henry H. Floyd
- Chance - hired out to William Alsop (1853)
- Charles
- Charlotte
- Cinda - slave of Mary D. Floyd hired out to Dr. Henry Bacon (1852)
- Dick
- Janet
- Laura (b.1836-d.?) - slave of Mary D. Floyd; sold to John Murchison for $650.00 (1852)
- Myra - hired out to Dr. Henry Bacon
- Ned
- Pompey
- Port Royal (b.?-d.1852) - hired out to Mr. Moody and Mr. Butler; may have been killed by harsh treatment; other slaves hired out to Moody and Butler reported the incident and insisted on returning to Bellevue
- Maum Rosine
- Quash - slave driver
- Maum Sally (b.?-d.1852) - d. Sept. 24, 1852
- Sandy - slave of Capt. John B. Gallie (Savannah, GA); hired by Henry H. Floyd
- Maum Sue
- Tenah (b.?-d.1852) - d. Apr. 22, 1852
- Will
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