Overview

Location

St. Helena Island, Beaufort Co., SC

Date Constructed/ Founded

not determined

Associated Surnames

Baker, Chaplin

Historical notes

none

Associated Slave Workplaces

Chestnut Hill Plantation (Greenville Co., SC), Dunham Plantation (Beaufort Co., SC), Fields Point Plantation (Colleton Co., SC), Riverside Plantation (Beaufort Co., SC), Tombee Plantation (Beaufort Co., SC), Walnut Hill Plantation (Beaufort Co., SC)

Associated Free Persons

• Isabella Field Chaplin Baker (b.1785-d.1863) - owner of The Baker Place, Riverside Plantation (from Daniel Jenkins), Fields Point Plantation (from John Cato Field), Walnut Hill Plantation (from John Cato Field), Dunham Plantation, Chestnut Hill Plantation (from Rev. John S. Fields)

• Daniel Jenkins - first husband of Isabella
• John (b.?-d. age 12) - son of Daniel Jenkins and Isabella

• Saxby Chaplin - second husband of Isabella
• Elizabeth Isabella Chaplin (b.1817-d.1840) - daughter of Saxby and Isabella Chaplin
• Mary Louisa Chaplin (b.1819-1828) - daughter of Saxby and Isabella Chaplin
• Thomas Benjamin Chaplin (b.1822-d.1890) - son of Saxby and Isabella Chaplin; owner of Tombee Plantation; Point Place (half of Fields Point Plantation) and Dunham Plantation were deeded to Thomas by Isabella (1845)
• Saxby Chaplin Jr. (b.1825-d.1884) - son of Saxby and Isabella Chaplin; owner of Hickory Hill Plantation; Walnut Hill Plantation and The Baker Place were deeded to Saxby by Isabella (1845)

• Reverend John S. Fields - third husband of Isabella Chaplin

• Robert Little Baker (b.1807-d.1867) - fourth husband of Isabella Chaplin

• J.L. Chaplin - overseer
• Joseph Da Costa - overseer
• William C. Bee and James H. Latzin - partners in the firm James H. Latzin & Company, cotton factors in Charleston; held mortages on properties owned by Isabella C. Baker, R.L. Baker, and Saxby Chaplin Jr.

Associated Enslaved Persons

1843 Slaves of the Isabella C. Baker Estate

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

• 31 slaves - sold to pay debts
• 9 slaves - deeded as a gift to Thomas B. Chaplin (Tombee Plantation)
• Robert - slave driver; given to Thomas B. Chaplin in 1852
• 6 slaves - deeded as a gift to Saxby Chaplin Jr. (Hickory Hill Plantation)
• 27 slaves - seized by the sheriff and given to James H. Latzin & Company cotton factors of Charleston (1845)

1845-1858 Slaves of Isabella Chaplin Baker

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

• Aaron - taken into possession by Robert L. Baker (1846)
• Agrippa
• Amy
• August - taken into possession by Robert L. Baker (1846)
• Beck
• Clarinda
• Cretia
• Daphne & child
• Dee
• Dick
• Elcy
• Flora
• Jackson
• Judy
• June
• Kit
• Lucy
• Lundon - fugitive, captured by Joseph Da Costa and returned to The Baker Place on July 2, 1845
• Morris - fugitive, captured by Joseph Da Costa and returned to The Baker Place on July 2, 1845
• Peggy
• Thomas

Note: Morris, Judy and Amy stayed at The Baker Place when all other slaves were taken to mainland SC by Francis Nix

1845 Slaves of Isabella Baker

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

• 14 slaves

1850 Slaves of Isabella Baker

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

• 8 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.
• Rootsweb World Connect Project - Kelly Family Tree

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