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Tombee Plantation

Page history last edited by PBworks 16 years, 1 month ago

  1. Overview
    1. Location
    2. Date Constructed/ Founded
    3. Associated Surnames
    4. Historical notes
    5. Associated Slave Workplaces
  2. Associated Free Persons
  3. Associated Enslaved Persons
  4. Research Leads and Plantation Records
  5. Miscellaneous Information
  6. References
  7. Users Researching This Workplace

 

Overview

 

Location

St. Helena Island, Beaufort Co., SC

 

Date Constructed/ Founded

not determined

 

Associated Surnames

Chaplin

 

Historical notes

none

 

Associated Slave Workplaces

The Baker Place (Beaufort Co., SC), Ben Chaplin Plantation (Beaufort Co., SC), Dunham Plantation (Beaufort Co., SC), Fields Point Plantation (Beaufort Co., SC), Isaac Sandiford Plantation (Beaufort Co., SC), Paul Chaplin Plantation (Beaufort Co., SC)

 

Associated Free Persons

 

  • Thomas Benjamin Chaplin (b.1822-d.1890) - owner; Point Place (half of Fields Point Plantation) and Dunham Plantation were deeded to Thomas by his mother Isabella C. Baker (of The Baker Place)
  • Mary McDowell Chaplin (b.1822-d.1851) - wife of Thomas B. Chaplin; d. Nov. 4, 1851
  • Ernest Chaplin - son of Thomas B. and Mary M. Chaplin
  • Daniel Chaplin - son of Thomas B. and Mary M. Chaplin
  • Eugene Chaplin - son of Thomas B. and Mary M. Chaplin; fought and died in the Civil War
  • Virginia Chaplin - daughter of Thomas B. and Mary M. Chaplin

 

  • Sophia Creighton (b.?-d.1891) - half-sister of Mary M. Chaplin; second wife of Thomas B. Chaplin

 

Associated Enslaved Persons

 

1845-1858 Slaves of Thomas B. Chaplin

Named in the plantation journal of Thomas B. Chaplin

  • Charles
  • Phoebe - wife of Charles; sold away from Tombee in 1856

 

  • Helen - field hand
  • Scipio (b.1845-d.?) - son of Helen; b. Aug. 8, 1845

 

  • Isaac - field hand and slave driver; the father of either Eliza or Nelly
  • Amy - wife of Isaac; field hand

 

  • June - slave of Paul Chaplin (Paul Chaplin Plantation)
  • Eliza - wife of June; married June on Tombee Plantation Dec. 26, 1849

 

  • Peg (Peggy) - field hand
  • Elimus - twin son of Peg; b. July 10, 1845
  • unnamed (b.1845-d.1845) - twin son of Peg; b. July 10, 1845, d. July 18, 1845
  • Grace (b.?-d.1846) - daughter of Peg; suffered from spasms; died May 30, 1846
  • Mary - daughter of Peg; field hand
  • Grace - daughter of Mary

 

  • Phyllis
  • daughter unnamed (b.1845-d.?) - b. Dec. 20, 1845

 

  • Rose
  • David (b.1845-d.?) - son of Rose; b. Jan. 24, 1845

 

  • Taffy - slave of Benjamin Chaplin (Ben Chaplin Plantation)
  • Nelly - wife of Taffy; married Taffy on Tombee Plantation Dec. 26, 1849
  • Sumter (b.1861-d.?) - son of Taffy and Nelly; b. Jul. 6, 1861

 

  • Adam
  • Admond
  • Anthony Sr. (b.?-d.1850) - slave driver; d. May 5, 1850
  • Anthony Jr. (Tony)
  • Belle
  • Ben - gunman; accompanied Thomas B. Chaplin on hunting trips
  • Betty
  • Old Cash
  • Daphne - hired by Col. Johnson in 1846
  • Old Davey
  • Ellen
  • Frank - stable boy
  • Hannah
  • Henry
  • Jack - house servant/ waiter
  • January
  • Jim - field hand
  • John
  • John - the younger of the two slaves named John
  • John - slave of Daniel Jenkins; sold to J.J.T. Pope (The Oaks) for $300.00; later hired by Thomas B. Chaplin
  • Jolly
  • Jubah
  • Old Judge - field hand
  • Old Judy - midwife
  • Lib
  • Louisa
  • Marcus
  • Old May
  • Moll - field hand
  • Paul
  • Peter
  • Prince
  • Rinah
  • Robert - given to Thomas B. Chaplin by his mother Isabella C. Baker (The Baker Place) in 1852; slave driver; officiated the marriages of June to Eliza and Taffy to Nelly
  • Sam
  • Samson
  • Sancho - field hand and "negro doctor"; suspected of harboring two fugitives, Charles and Dick (Isaac Sandiford Plantation); Free Billy (from Beaufort District) brought his sister to Sancho for treatment
  • Sawney
  • Simon
  • Stephen
  • Summer - field hand
  • Sylvia
  • Tippo
  • Titus
  • Tommy
  • Violet

 

1844 Deaths at Tombee Plantation

From "Tombee: Portrait of a Cotton Planter" by Theodore Rosengarten

  • 9 slaves

 

1845 Slaves sold away from Tombee Plantation

Sent to Charleston on May 5, 1845 to be sold by William B. Fickling. Portrait of a Cotton Planter" by Theodore Rosengarten

 

Sold to Mr. Cowen of Georgetown, SC

  • Hannah
  • Joe
  • Louisa
  • Marcus
  • Moses
  • Paul
  • Titus
  • Tom

 

Unnamed buyer

  • Prince
  • Sib

 

1845 Slaves of Thomas B. Chaplin

From "Tombee: Portrait of a Cotton Planter" by Theodore Rosengarten

  • 67 slaves

 

1846 Slaves Moved From Tombee to Hickory Hill

Slaves of the Isabella C. Baker estate deeded to Saxby Chaplin Jr. (Hickory Hill Plantation)

  • Betty
  • Charles Jr.
  • January
  • Sam
  • Stephen

 

1850 Slaves hired (1 year) from the Estate of David Fripp Sr.

From "Tombee: Portrait of a Cotton Planter" by Theodore Rosengarten.

  • Admond - $53.00
  • Isaac - $60.00
  • Molly - "elderly"

 

1850 Slaves of Thomas B. Chaplin

From "Tombee: Portrait of a Cotton Planter" by Theodore Rosengarten. From the 1850 census.

  • 13 females
  • 12 males

 

1860 Slaves of Thomas B. Chaplin

From "Tombee: Portrait of a Cotton Planter" by Theodore Rosengarten

  • 30 slaves

 

1861 Slaves of Thomas B. Chaplin

From "Tombee: Portrait of a Cotton Planter" by Theodore Rosengarten

  • 38 slaves

 

Research Leads and Plantation Records

 

  • none reported yet

 

Miscellaneous Information

 

  • none

 

References

 

  • Rosengarten, T. Tombee: Portrait of a Cotton Planter. William Morrow & Company, Inc. New York, NY. 1986.

 

Users Researching This Workplace

 

  • none recorded yet

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