OVERVIEW
Location: Sumter County, South Carolina; High Hills of Santee
Date Constructed/ Founded: not determined
Associated Surnames: Belser
Historical Notes: Jacob Belser’s plantation was one of many cotton plantations in the High Hills of Santee in South Carolina. According to his will, by 1833 Belser’s plantation consisted of 3000 acres on which 50 or more enslaved African-Americans lived and worked for the Belser family.
Associated Pages: none
ASSOCIATED ENSLAVED PERSONS
Belser family: Old Charles; Kate; Joshua; Jeptha; Charles; Alec; Harry; Henrietta – wife of Harry [Will of Jacob Belser, 1833, bequeathed to son Junius Belser]
Belser family: Peter; Sara; Sukey; Nanny; John; Primus; Violet; Delia – child of Violet [Will of Jacob Belser, 1833, bequeathed to son Lawrence Belser]
Belser family: Sam; Nancy – wife; Dick; July; Jennett; Mary; Cesar; Sam; May [Will of Jacob Belser, 1833, bequeathed to son Jacob Belser]
1833: Group 1: Israel ($500), Sary (300), April (175), Rachel (300); Group 2: Nanny (250), Hary (500), Henrietta (400); Group 3: Gulla Sam (300), Nancy (300), July (400), Dick (320); Group 4: Jennett (275), Mary (250), Ceasar (200), Sam (150), Mary (100); Group 5: Idephen (100), Sampson (300), Jenny (350), Paris (250); Group 6: Antony (150), Fisher (200), Eleck (300), Peter (450), Sary (375); Group 7: Suckey (400), Nanny (400), John (150), Toby (200), Phoeby (200); Group 8: Simba (200), Danah (300), Charles (200), Kala (150); Group 9: Joshua (350), Jeptha (250), Caleb (350), Eleck (325); Group 10: Will (500), Sary (400), Seye (125), Thomas (87.50); Group 11: Will (475), Boson (100), Erlvina (250), Handy (325), Unity (220); Group 12: Primus (500), Violet (425), Delia (80), Cumba (300); Group 13: Rachel (200), Abram (500), Richard (500), Scipio (500); Group 14: John (400), Henry (350), Harry (150), Rofe (250); Group 14: Henry (350), Pherby (300), Eve (250), Sam (500), Betty (500); Group 15: Malvina (175), Richard (125), Rosetta (80); Group 16: Hercules (250), Doll (225), Tyra (400), Little Hercules (75); Group 17: Jack (500), Venus (50), Dianna (425), Billy (350); Group 18: Frisby (150), Israel (120), Norah (80), Dinah (0), Jim (500) [Ancestry.com, Estate Records of Jacob Belser]
1840: 73 slaves – 8 boys under age 10 (b.1829-1840); 20 males, age 10 – 23 (b.1830-1817); 5 men, age 24 – 35 (b.1805-1816); 4 men, age 36 – 54(b.1786-1804); 3 men, age 55 – 99 (b.1741-1785); 6 girls under age 10 (b.1829-1840); 8 females, age 10 – 23 (b.1830-1817); 7 women, age 24 – 35 (b.1805-1816); 10 women, age 36 – 54 (b.1786-1804); 2 women, age 55 – 99 (b.1741-1785) [1840 United States Federal Census, Sumter Co., South Carolina, Mrs. M. Belser]
1840: 15 slaves – 4 boys under age 10 (b.1829-1840); 2 males, age 10 – 23 (b.1830-1817); 1 man, age 24 – 35 (b.1805-1816); 1 man, age 55 – 99 (b.1741-1785); 2 girls under age 10 (b.1829-1840); 2 females, age 10 – 23 (b.1830-1817); 2 women, age 24 – 35 (b.1805-1816); 1 woman, age 36 – 54 (b.1786-1804) [1840 United States Federal Census, Sumter Co., South Carolina, W.S. Belser]
ASSOCIATED FREE PERSONS
Belser family: Jacob Belser (b.1781-d.1833); Martha Belser (b.1784-d.?) – wife (m.?); Junius Belser (b.?-d.?) – son; Lawrence Belser (b.1824-d.?) – son; Jacob Belser (b.1826-d.?) – son; Mary A.S. Belser (b.1832-d.?) – dau.; James Belser (b.?-d.?) – son
Belser family: William Belser (b.1806-d.1852) – son of J. and M. Belser; Caroline Matilda Gordon Belser (b.1804-d.1869)
RESEARCH LEADS AND RECORDS
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MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION
- None noted yet
REFERENCES
- Ancestry.com. South Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. (Will Book D-1)
- Find A Grave Memorial: Jacob Belser. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70929130/jacob-belser
