Families enslaved by William McKenna, Lancaster County, South Carolina: Auction Catalogue 1861

William McKenna of Cockhill, Donegal, Ireland and Lancaster County, South Carolina died in 1859. He left the bulk of his estate to Patrick Lynch, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston. The will was contested by McKenna's daughter Anna McKenna Mittag. An auction was held in Lancaster in 1861 which names the families enslaved by William McKenna. 
Mandee Jones born in 1835 is the first person identified in this research post-Emancipation.
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Please note the map above does not indicate the specific locations of the families. It appears that the plantation was known as Malta Plantation.
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Sources:
Diocesan records and Episcopal Papers (1816-1993), Catholic Diocese of Charleston Archives, (U.S.A.): Will of William McKenna, CDA, 23R8, Printed copy. 
Lancaster Ledger, 5 Dec. 1860.
Independent Press (Abbeville), 1 April 1859. 
​Heisser, David, ‘Bishop Lynch’s people: slaveholding by a South Carolina prelate’ in The South Carolina Historical Magazine, 102:3 (July 2001), pp 238-62.