Overview
Location
Laurens County, South Carolina
Date Constructed/ Founded
1790's
Associated Surnames
Jones, Turner, Thaxton, Wofford, Johnson
Historical notes
none
Associated Slave Workplaces
Henry Turner Plantation - Caswell Co., NC
Associated Free Persons
- Thomas Jones (June 13, 1761 - May 01, 1826) - Son of William Jones and Mary Whitlock. He moved to Laurens County, South Carolina, in the 1790's. He was a soldier in the American Revolution.
- Milly Turner Jones (August 26, 1759 - Feb 28, 1854) - Daughter of Henry Turner and Nancy Kimbrough of the Henry Turner Plantation. She was born in Orange County, Virgina, and moved to North Carolina when a child. She married Thomas Jones in Caswell County, North Carolina, in Novermber of 1782. In the late 1820's she moved to Hall County, Georgia. In December of 1838 she moved to Forsyth County, Georgia, where she died.
Associated Enslaved Persons
1810 Federal Census, Laurens County, South Carolina
Thomas Jones
1820 Federal Census, Laurens County, South Carolina
Thomas Jones
- 1 Male Slave (b.1806-1820) - Probably Jacob
- 1 Male Slave (b.1806-1820) - Probably Isaac
- 1 Female Slave (b.1806-1820) - Probably Sinah
- 1 Female Slave (b.1794-1806) - Probably Hannah
1826 Slaves of Thomas Jones
Estate sale of Thomas Jones, 1826, Laurens County, South Carolina
- Hannah, "Negro woman" - sold to William Thaxton
- "boy child", child of Hannah - sold to William Thaxton
- Isaac, "negro boy" - sold to Isaac Wofford
- Sinah, "Negro girl" - sold to Milly Jones
- Jacob, "Negro boy", - sold to William Johnson
Research Leads and Plantation Records
Miscellaneous Information
References
- Federal Census Records, Laurens County, South Carolina
- Estate papers of Thomas Jones, 1826, Laurens County, South Carolina
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