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John Clark Plantation

Page history last edited by Anonymous 2 yrs ago


 

Overview

 

Location

Abbeville Co., SC

 

Date Constructed/ Founded

not determined

 

Associated Surnames

not determined

 

Historical notes

none

 

Associated Slave Workplaces

none


 

Associated Free Persons

 

  • John Clark (b.1767-d.1839) - owner

 

  • John Clark Scott - son of William Scott; heir of John Clark


 

Associated Enslaved Persons

 

1839 Slaves Named in the Will of John Clark

From the Will of John Clark, 1839

 

To John Clark Scott (son of William Scott)

  • Sally
  • Lucinda
  • Archey
  • Alexander
  • Sarah
  • Mary
  • Margaret
  • Thomas
  • Martha Jane
  • Elizer
  • Katherine

 

To friends Joshua Dubose and Thomas Cunningham

  • Jesse - old
  • Jinny - old

 

Note: John Clark bequeathed his furniture to the above named slaves and directed his heirs and executors to care for them and not separate them from eachother or the plantation.

 

To be sold, proceeds to sisters Nancy Clark and Hannah Goodman

  • Jack - negro man
  • Louisa - wife of Jack
  • Washington - son of Jack and Louisa

 

  • Andrew - negro man
  • William
  • Charles

 

Note: John Clark instructed his executors to not separate husbands from their wives and to sell them to good masters


 

Research Leads and Plantation Records

 

  • none reported yet


 

Miscellaneous Information

 

  • none


 

References

 

  • Will Transcript of John Clark, ST536. Abbeville County Will Transcripts. vol. 3, p. 23-25. South Carolina Dept. of Archives and History.
  • Rootsweb World Connect Project - Clark


 

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