Silver Bluff Plantation



 

Overview

 

Location

 

 

 

 

 

Date Constructed/ Founded

James Henry Hammond (1807-1864) acquired Silver Bluff Plantation in 1831 through his marriage to Catherine Elizabeth FitzSimons (1814-1896) of Charleston, SC.

 

Associated Slave Owners and Free Surnames

George Galphin (~1709-1780); “Galphin, Holmes & Co.”; Thomas Galphin (1763-1812); Charles Goodwin, Esq. (1757-1827) and Ephraim Ramsay (1766-1801); James Beggs (1780-1832) and Christian Breithaupt ("Beggs & Breithaupt" leased and managed the property for Charles Goodwin); Barna McKinne (1779-1833); Christopher Cashel FitzSimons (1762-1825); Catherine E. FitzSimons (1814-1890); and James Henry Hammond (1807-1864) 

 

Historical notes

James Henry Hammond arrived at Silver Bluff Plantation in 1831 and took possession of the property that his wife Catherine Fitzsimons inherited from her father Christopher Fitzsimons (of Charleston) after his death in 1825. As Hammond's wealth and position grew, so did his plantation lands. In 1855, he acquired Redcliffe Plantation in Edgefield County as the place of the new family estate while the lands and slave quarters that made all the new found opulence possible, were still eight miles to the south at Silver Bluff Plantation, Cathwood Plantation and Cowden Plantation in Barnwell County.

 

Associated Slave Workplaces

Cathwood Plantation (Barnwell Co., SC), Cowden Plantation (Barnwell Co., SC), Redcliffe Plantation (Edgefield Co., SC)

 

Associated Free Persons

 

Timeline of Slave Owners and Associated Free Names at Silver Bluff

 

NOTE: Names of some associated enslaved persons are included in this timeline

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Important Note: Galphin made three (3) codicils to his original will in which he revoked several bequests of slaves and reassigned beneficiaries. Please see the codicil sections below for the names of the slaves and the revised beneficiaries:

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

 

 

I revoke that part of my will wherein I bequeath to the said Judith the negroes Old Cyrus, his wife Martha, her children and future issue.

 

I revoke that part of my will wherein I bequeath to the within named Martha the negroes Ned, his wife Jemima, her children and future issue; French Jemmey, his wife Cossandra, her children and future issue.

 

o I bequeath the said Old Cyrus, his wife Martha, her children, the said Ned (called “Cut Nose”), his wife Jemima, her children and future issue, to my sister Martha (the wife of William Crossly) during her natural life and after her death  to be equally divided among her children share and share alike in lieu of any part of my estate she or they may lay claim to.

 

I leave the negro Simon to the within named Thomas, son of the within named Rachel Dupree.

 

And in case I shall sell any of the said lands or slaves hereinbefore bequeathed, my will is that the monies arising from such a sale shall be paid to such person or persons to whom I have herein, or in any said will, bequeathed such land, slave or slaves so sold.

 

 I revoke that part of my will wherein I leave a negro named Tom to the said Barbara as he belongs to the within named John, son of Metawney, by virtue of a bill of sale to him from Lauchlin McGilvery, Esq.

 

 

I give Brin (the son of Hannah, a negro wench) and Sally, the daughter of Clarissa (a mulatto wench) their freedom, together with ten cows and calves to each of them and also two hundred acres of land to each of them of some of the lands not herein already divided.

 

I revoke that part of my will wherein I bequeathed the negro Little March to the said Barbara. I give and bequeath the said negro Little March to my sister [Martha] Crossly.

 

 

I revoke that part of my will wherein I left to Betsy (the daughter of the said Sappha) who is since dead, one new negro man and woman to be bought for her, ten cows and calves, two mares and colts, one horse and that tract of land below the Cowpen on McBean. I leave the same to William Holmes in trust for his son Thomas and to his the said Thomas’s heirs and assigns forever.

 

o  I also revoke that part of my last will wherein I left to the said George the negro Moll, her children and future issue. I give and devise unto the said Barbara (the daughter of the said Rose, deceased) the said negro Moll, her daughter Judey and her child, her son Sam, Lucy, and the rest of her children and the future issue of the said Moll and her daughters, unto the said Barbara, her heirs and assigns forever. In lieu whereof I leave and bequeath unto the said George, young Sibb, her daughter and future issue (and Ketch, a boy) forever.

 

From the “Analysis of George Galphin’s Will” in Silver Bluff, Desoto and Galphin: A Narrative Compilation of Some Old Documents, By John S. Billings (Redcliffe, 1955):

 

“One hundred and twenty-eight adult slaves are mentioned by name in Galphin’s will, many of them with children, and plainly there were still more working as “hunters, house wenches, and Cowpen wenches.” These slaves were Indian, negro, mulatto and “mustee” (offspring of white and quadroon). They were mostly used in the care and herding of Galphin’s livestock and in the operation of his plantations and mills.”

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are at least three names on the slave inventory which appear to be African: Cudego, Cudjo and Cumbo. The name Cudjo does appear on Hammond’s 1831 inventory, but that man was born about 13 years after Stephen Smith's Will was filed. The Chloe and Cesar listed are, I believe, a strong match for the slaves recorded as “Bull Cesar” (1776-1845) and Chloe (~1781-1839) on Hammond’s 1831 inventory (See, 4th family group, slaves #12 and #13). Based on Hammond’s age estimates, Cesar and Chloe would have been children at the time the Smith’s will was certified in 1788, (approximately 12 and 7 years of age). Bolstering the evidence that they are the same slaves named in Smith’s Will is the fact that Bull Cesar and Chloe were enumerated on the 1831 inventory in the same household with an enslaved man named Ben Smith (1811-1848) which is further evidence of a possible connection to the Smith family. Please Note: This information was compiled from a typewritten transcription of the Will and the original document has not been viewed for any potential transcription errors or misinterpretations.  Also, I do not believe this is a complete list of the slaves from his estate. Any slaves Sarah Smith would have brought to her marriage with Thomas Galphin (1782) or inherited during their marriage from her father (1788) could have partnered with slaves inherited by Thomas from his father, George Galphin's estate, to create families with both Smith and Galphin associations. It's unfortunate that George Galphin's will did not include the names of all the children of the slaves he bequeathed to his heirs. There are 128 slaves listed by name, but their children were not. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"We are of opinion that the decree of the Circuit Court in this case was correct in dissolving the injunction as to the State Bank and Mr. Poinsett. The Bank made a loan and took various securities for the repayment thereof. Among others are assignments of certain judgments against Galphin's estate and mortgages of negroes and a house and lot in Charleston. Since all the circumstances have been disclosed by the answer and documents it would be extraordinary and unjust that the multiplication of securities which was intended as an inducement to the loan by the Bank should be converted into a source of delay in the recovery of the debt and should be used to involve the bank in a litigation respecting the Galphin property in which it has no concern or interest. It appears obvious that the mortgages were taken as an additional security and it was intended that the Bank should be at liberty to resort to any of the securities to enforce payment. It is therefore ordered and adjudged that the decree of the Circuit Court be affirmed and that the State Bank and Joel R. Poinsett, son and heir of Elisha Poinsett, be left at liberty to pursue their claims and enforce their remedy. But as the bank and J.R. Poinsett will have no right to retain any part of the securities assigned to them after payment of the sums due to them, it is further ordered and adjudged that upon the payment of the whole sums due to the Bank and Mr. Poinsett by Charles Goodwin, the representative of Ephraim Ramsay and Dr. David Ramsay, the Bank and J.R. Poinsett, instanter, and by a contemporaneous act, re-assign to them all the securities which had been placed in their hands for the purpose of securing the debts due them.” [Signed] W James; Henry W. DeSaussure; Theodore Gaillard; Thomas Waties; Bacon and Goodwin for appellants; Simkins for respondents.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Associated Enslaved Persons

 

For extensive research regarding the individuals and families who were enslaved by James Henry Hammond at his Silver Bluff, Cathwood, Cowden and Redcliffe Plantations from 1831-1865 please contact Alane Roundtree at elmoreroundtree@aol.com  

 

 


 

Research Leads and Plantation Records

 

FamilySearch.org, digitized, Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series A, Part 1, The Papers of James Henry Hammond, 1795-1865 (1-15 reels), Pt. 2, Miscellaneous Collections, (1-26 reels), created by Kenneth Milton Stampp, University of Souh Carolina, (University Publications of America, Frederick, MD, 1985).

 

Accompanied by: A Guide to Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. Series A, Parts 1 and 2, Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, c. 1985.

 

Web Page: (Link to the Record) FamilySearch.org

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-R3GS-S9WV-X

 

Note: This record has not yet been indexed.

 

The complete collection of The Papers of James Henry Hammond from the South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina, through the year 1865 is available at major university libraries and through interlibrary loan on the microfilm series, Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution Through the Civil War, Series A, Selections from the South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina, Part I: The Papers of James Henry Hammond, 1795-1865, Reels 1 - 15. 

 

The James Henry Hammond Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress. In 1998, the collection represented fifty containers, containing twenty-seven portfolios and sixteen bound volumes. letter books, diaries, journals, and printed speeches, approximately 8,000 items in all. One container of printed material was not filmed. See "Handbook of Manuscripts in the Library of Congress," Washington Government Printing Office, 1918, pgs 159-160. 

 

Drew Gilpin Faust. James Henry Hammond and the Old South: A Design for Mastery (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1982).

 

Carol K. Bleser. Secret and Sacred: The Diaries of James Henry Hammond: A Southern Slaveholder (Oxford University Press, 1988).

 

Carol K. Bleser. The Hammonds of Redcliffe. (Oxford University Press, 1981).

 

 


 

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Users Researching This Workplace

 

Alane Roundtree has been researching the family histories and genealogies of the Silver Bluff Slave Community of South Carolina and their descendants since 1997. This includes the individuals and families enslaved at Silver Bluff, Cathwood, Cowden and Redcliffe Plantations.

 

In 1998 she transcribed the slave birth and death registers recorded by James Henry Hammond and compiled them into the document, "Slave Births and Deaths Recorded at Silver Bluff, Cathwood, Cowden and Redcliffe Plantations in South Carolina, 1831-1864." From that data and other resources she created the first comprehensive family group reports and biographies of the individuals enslaved on Hammond's plantations.

 

In 1998-1999 and 2001, she corresponded with Dr. Drew Gilpin Faust, then the Annenberg Professor of History, at the University of Pennsylvania, regarding Dr. Faust’s seminal study of James Henry Hammond as a southern slave holder, entitled James Henry Hammond and the Old South: A Design for Mastery, (LSU Press, 1982) and the pivotal role Dr. Faust’s work played in helping her discover the family’s connection to the Silver Bluff Slave Community. I remain forever grateful for Dr. Faust’s gracious outreach and her congratulatory words of encouragement regarding my ongoing research.

 

In 1999 her research was referenced in The Augusta Chronicle by staff writer, Margaret N. O'Shea, in her metro news feature articles, "Families Discover Roots" and "Letters Explain Slavery Views" (The Augusta Chronicle, 03 October 1999, Augusta, Georgia.)

 

She has authored several case studies and reports regarding individuals and families enslaved on the plantations of James Henry Hammond (1807-1864) including; "A Case Study of Wesley 'Sam Jones' Johnson," "A Biographical Directory of Possible Slaves Enumerated in the 1860 Slave Population Schedule at Redcliffe, Edgefield County, South Carolina and Their Immediate Family Members," "Resources for the Research of African Americans Enslaved at Silver Bluff, Cathwood, Cowden and Redcliffe Plantations," "There is Rest for the Weary: A Record of the Final Resting Place of Some Former Silver Bluff Slaves, Cohlvin Cemetery, Silver Bluff Plantation Sanctuary, Jackson, South Carolina," and "The Hammond Township Districts Directory." Several of these studies were donated to Redcliffe Plantation State Historic Site, the Silver Bluff Plantation Audubon Sanctuary and the Old Edgefield District Genealogical Society from 2001-2007.

 

In Jan 2001 she shared on the “South Carolina Plantations” message board at Ancestry the first 41 surnames she had researched and compiled of persons who were enslaved by James Henry Hammond on his plantations at Silver Bluff, Cathwood, Cowden & Redcliffe.

 

In 2001 she created the now defunct AOL Hometown webpage, "List of Surnames of Persons Enslaved at Silver Bluff, Cathwood, Cowden and Redcliffe Plantations, South Carolina, 1831-1865," which comprised the inaugural list of 62 slave surnames compiled from her research.

 

In 2001 she transcribed from microfilm the account book of the Richmond,Virginia slave trading firm of Henry Nicholas Templeman and his partner William H. Goodwin, "Templeman & Goodwin Account Book, 1849-1851." The account book contains the names of 100 slaves; the names of their purchasers and their purchase price. Twenty-five slaves were recorded with surnames. Several slave women were recorded with unnamed children. Permission to post her transcription on AfriGeneas was denied by the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. (Templeman & Goodwin Account Book, The Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Microfilm Number M-3508, one reel.) A letter writing campaign then ensued encouraging UNC to digitize the record book to make it more accessible to researchers online.  In 1852, the Templeman residence was on the northeast corner of Broad and 11th Streets in Richmond, Virginia where the slave trading firm of Templeman and Goodwin was also located. H.N. Templeman was in business at least as early as 1843 when he purchased a slave named Alonzo in Virginia and sold him in a Charleston slave market to Governor James Henry Hammond. In 1841, it is believed that William H. Goodwin held kidnapped freedman Solomon Northrup (12 Years a Slave, 1853) in his slave pen at Broad and Union Streets in Richmond, Virginia. This area which comprised the central slave trading market in Richmond is known as Shockoe Bottom. James Henry Hammond of Silver Bluff frequented the slave markets in Charleston and Columbia, South Carolina and Augusta, Georgia, purchasing slaves from such prolific Virginia slave traders as the Davis Bros. and Templeman and Goodwin.

 

In Feb 2004 she was consulted on the historical significance of a privately held family bible dating from 1841 with entries for slave births, deaths and marriages, and was asked to transcribe the records. She concluded that the bible had been in the possession of members of both the Davies and Hammond families, specifically Thomas Jones Davies, (1830-1902) the son of Thomas W. Davies, and Marcus Claudius Marcellus Hammond (1814-1876) who was the  younger brother of James Henry Hammond and the brother-in-law of Thomas Jones Davies.  A copy of her transcription of the records, "The Hammond-Davies Family Bible: A Record of Slave Births, Deaths and Marriages, 1830-1865" was donated to the Old Edgefield District Genealogical Society and the bible's owner. Additional lists she compiled from the records include, "List of Place Names, Residences & Slaveholders Which Appear in the Hammond-Davies Bible Records, 1830-1865," "Names of Slaves at Malvern Plantation, Beech Island, South Carolina," "Names of Slaves at 'Barnwell' Plantation in Bolivar County, Mississippi," "Surnames of Slaves That Appear in the Hammond-Davies Bible Records," among others. The bible was later sold at public auction at Swann Galleries in New York City on 25 Feb 2010 as part of their Printed and Manuscript African Americana Department collection. The bible is cataloged as the "Thomas Jones Davies Bible Records (1830-1865)" and is archived at the South Caroliniana Library on the campus of the University of South Carolina in Columbia.

 

In 2005 her research of the Silver Bluff Slave Cemetery (Cohlvin Cemetery) was used to help secure an SCDAH in-kind service grant for the Audubon Center at the Silver Bluff Plantation Sanctuary in Jackson, South Carolina. The grant was used to conduct a non-invasive survey of the ancient slave burial ground by New South Associates forensic archaeologist, Dr. Hugh Matternes.

 

In Feb 2009 she was contacted by David Kamp, editor and writer for Vanity Fair, to consult and conduct research for the VH-1 production, "50 Cent: The Origin of Me," a documentary of rapper Curtis Jackson's family history in Edgefield County, South Carolina.

 

In Feb 2009, she compiled "Notes on the Watts Family," including the ancestors and descendants of Henry Watts (~1855-1935) and his wife, Henrietta Crawford Watts (~1864-1943) from her research 1998-2009.

 

In Feb 2009, she compiled "Notes on the Reverend George Bryant" (~1891-1979) from her research 1985-2009.

 

In Feb 2010 her 2004 transcription of the "The Hammond-Davies Bible: A Record of Slave Births, Deaths and Marriages, 1830-1865," was published online as the first featured collection on A Friend of Friends, an inspirational website created by researcher, Luckie Daniels, which was dedicated to the restoration and preservation of slave documents, manuscripts and artifacts.

 

In Feb 2010, she compiled the "List of Some Churches Mentioned in the Federal Testimony and Depositions of Witnesses to the Ellenton Assassinations of 1876," including an alphabetical list of the churches; an index to the testimonies mentioning the churches; descriptions of the locations of the churches, if known, in 1876; present day locations of the churches; and known pastors, preachers, clergymen and families associated with the early Black congregations.

 

In Mar 2010 she corresponded with Dr. Stephen Deyle, Associate Professor of History at the University of Houston and an expert on the domestic slave trade, regarding her research of the traders associated with slaves sold to James Henry Hammond of Silver Bluff Plantation, South Carolina. In 2013, Dr. Deyle served as a historical consultant for the Academy Award winning film, "12 Years a Slave".

 

In Mar 2011, she compiled "Notes on the Ellenton Assassinations Depositions and Testimonies." from her research on The Ellenton Massacre of 1876, (1998-2011).

 

In Mar 2012, she was invited by Natonne Elaine Kemp, the editor of Homeplace, the official newsletter of the Old Edgefield District African American Genealogical Society (OEDAAGS) to submit her article, "The Hammond Township Districts Directory, Aiken County, 1876," The article discussed the author's discovery of the Reconstruction era ad hoc voter registration roll in the Papers of James Henry Hammond in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress. The township directory or census was created as part of the "Straight Out Plan" during the Campaign of 1876, as a means to identify, intimidate and disenfranchise Black voters in that precinct. "Dead Lists" were also created from the information gathered in the directory. The author donated a copy of the directory to the Beech Island Historical Society in 1998. 

 

In July 2013 she was contacted by researcher, Sarah Goldberg, regarding information for a Google Arts & Culture online exhibit called The Prince of Emancipation discussing the life of the Hon. Prince Rivers (1824-1887). The exhibit was produced for Associate Professor of History, Matthew Pinsker’s the House Divided Project at Dickinson College, which provides resources for teachers on the history of the Civil War and Reconstruction.

 

In 2014, she wrote and compiled, "A Collection of Notes and Reflections on the Slave Dwellings at Silver Bluff, Cowden & Redcliffe," inspired by her ongoing research of the family histories and genealogies of The Silver Bluff Slave Community and Their Descendants, 1998-2014. A copy was shared with Joseph McGill, Founder of The Slave Dwelling Project, Ladson, South Carolina.

 

In 2016 she was invited by authors Edna Gail Bush and Natonne Elaine Kemp to write the introduction for their book, There is Something About Edgefield: Shining a Light on the Black Community Through History, Genealogy and Genetic DNA, (Rocky Pond Press Inc., Takoma Park, MD, 2017). The book was recognized by the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission with their "Preserving Our Places in History" 2017 Project Award and was a 2018 American Book Fest "Best Book Awards Finalist" in the category of United States History. The book also earned a preview by Mr. Harlan Greene in The Journal of Southern History. 

 

In August 2017 she was contacted by Dr. Linda Cherry to exchange information on the remarkable life and history of Cherry's 2nd great grandfather, Senator Lawrence Cain, of Edgefield County, SC. Extensive research by the Cherry family culminated in the book, Virtue of Cain: From Slave to Senator Biography of Lawrence Cain, written by Cain's great-great grandson, Kevin Cherry, Sr. and published by Rocky Pond Press, Inc., Takoma Park, MD, in 2019. She was part of the team which provided copyediting services for the final draft of the book.

 

In April 2019 she corresponded with Dr. Maurie McInnis, Executive Vice President and Provost, Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities, The University of Texas at Austin regarding her work, “Mapping the Slave Trade in Richmond and New Orleans,” (Buildings & Landscapes: Journal of the Vernacular Architecture Forum, Vol. 20, No. 2 (Fall 2013); Slaves Waiting for Sale: Abolitionist Art and the American Slave Trade (University of Chicago Press, 2011), and her exhibit “To Be Sold: Virginia and the American Slave Trade” at the Library of Virginia. She is grateful to Dr. McInnis for sharing her time and knowledge.

 

In April 2019 to Feb 2020, she corresponded with Dr. Michael Tadman, Honorary Senior Fellow at the University of Liverpool and the author of Speculators And Slaves: Masters, Traders, And Slaves In The Old South (University of Wisconsin Press, 1989). Dr. Tadman graciously shared his expert insights and information regarding the domestic slave trade, as well as his microfilm records of the Henry Nicholas Templeman Account Book, Richmond, VA, 1846-1859, from the manuscript collection of the New York Public Library. (This account book is a different record from the Templeman & Goodwin Account Book, 1849-1851, held by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). She is forever grateful for his professional insights, feedback, and academic counsel regarding her case study of Wesley “Sam Jones” Johnson, Several Small Boys Without Their Mothers (April 2010).

 

In April 2019, she compiled and wrote, "Slave Traders Associated with J.H. Hammond of Silver Bluff Plantation, Barnwell District, South Carolina, 1832-1864, consisting of the names, bios, and bills of sale from domestic slave traders Hammond did business with and the enslaved individuals they sold to him. Charts, Table. From the Research of the Silver Bluff Slave Community and Their Descendants, 1998-2019.

 

In April 2020 she corresponded with Dr. Philip M. Herrington, Assistant Professor Department of History, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA regarding his thesis, “The Forgotten Plantation Architecture of Burke County, Georgia” (University of Georgia, 2003) which helped provide evidence that connected enslaved ancestors from the Bush Hill Plantation in Barnwell District, South Carolina to the Shewmake and Sapp families of Alexander, Burke County, Georgia. Thank you, Dr. Herrington.

 

In January 2021 she corresponded with Dr. Nic Butler, historian at the Charleston County Public Library and creator of the podcast, The Charleston Time Machine, My sincere thanks to Dr. Butler for sharing his invaluable insight into the “Street Auctions and Slave Marts in Antebellum Charleston,” (Episode 187, originally aired 22 January 2021). Knowledge gleaned from this episode and your correspondence helped to broaden my understanding of the circumstances surrounding the sale of an enslaved ancestor named Alonzo [Mack] on 25 Feb 1843 by the Virginia slave trader, Henry Nicholas Templeman, and the Charleston, S.C. slave broker, Thomas N. Gadsden, to Governor James Henry Hammond of Silver Bluff Plantation in Barnwell District, South Carolina and corroborate the “At Private Sale” slave advertisement in the Charleston Courier (13 Feb 1843) which was used to promote the sale.

 

In Jun 2021 she corresponded with Dr. Michael Tadman regarding his team’s vision to create a new online resource dedicated to researching “newspaper advertisements for slave traders' seeking to buy and sell enslaved persons, including ads relating to court and private sales; record linkages to known traders' manuscript papers and primary sources; as well as web essays on various aspects of the long-distance domestic slave trade and local selling.” Based on my personal research experience I think this would be a very valuable resource for those conducting African Ancestored genealogical research as well as those interested in the study of the domestic slave trade in the United States.

 

In Mar 2022 she wrote, "An Early History of St. Catherine CME Church, Silver Bluff Plantation, South Carolina,." A historic planation mission church built by and for the enslaved community at Silver Bluff Plantation in 1845. Includes the names and bios of the six enslaved carpenters who likely constructed the original church; plantation manuscripts, photographs, deposition and church records. (27 pages). 

 

In Feb-Mar 2023 she compiled notes and wrote research reports identifying the enslavers of Isaac and Tissy Bowman and family and John and Rosetta Shubrick and family, prior to Christopher Fitzsimons; included key findings and resources; biographical data, chronological timelines of life events, identified previously unknown Bowman and Shubrick family members; established chronicles; and preserved evidence using genealogical proof standards; "Notes on Isaac and Tissy Bowman," 10 Mar 2023, (51 pages); "Notes on John and Rosetta Shubrick," 31 Mar 2023, (81 pages).

  

From 1998-2024 Alane's research has produced a genealogical and family history database which includes over 350 surnames with direct, ancestral, or kinship ties to the Silver Bluff Slave Community of South Carolina. Her work recovering and reconstructing the family histories and stories of this remarkable enslaved community and their descendants continues. Please contact her at elmoreroundtree@aol.com