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William Austin c1801 Ireland & Laurens, South Carolina

9/28/2023

William Austin was born in reland about 1801. n 1850, he lived with his wife Malinda and family in Laurens, South Carolina. He enslaved twelve human beings, the youngest a newborn baby boy.

Sources
(all accessed 29 Sept. 2023)
1850 US Federal Census Laurens, SC
www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8QJ-Y21
1850 Slave Schedule Laurens, SC
www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HRWZ-WD2M

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Samuel Austin c1802 Ireland & Laurens, South Carolina

9/28/2023

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Samuel Austin was born in Ireland about 1802. In 1850 he lived in Laurens, South Carolina with Antimissa Austin (possibly his wife). He enslaved twelve human beings, the youngest a baby girl aged one.

Sources
(all accessed 29 Sept. 2023)
1850 US Federal Census Laurens, SC
www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8QJ-JRN
1850 Slave Schedule Laurens, SC
www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HRWC-5BZM

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Robert Todd c1815 Ireland & Edgefield, SC

9/27/2023

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Robert Todd was born in Ireland about 1815. In 1850 he lived in Edgefield, South Carolina with his wife Malinda. He enslaved four human beings.

Sources
(all accessed 27 Sept. 2023)
1850 US Federal Census Edgefield, SC
www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8QF-YFL
1850 Slave Schedule Edgefield, SC
www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HRW8-XFMM

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Michael O'Keefe c1813 Ireland & Edgefield, South Carolina

9/27/2023

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Michael O'Keefe was born in Ireland about 1813. In 1850 he lived with Mary Ann his South Carolina-born wife and children in Schultz Township, Hamburg, Edgefield, South Carolina and enslaved a woman and a boy.

Sources
(all accessed 27 Sept. 2023)
1850 US Federal Census Edgefield, SC
www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8QF-FNR
1850 Slave Schedule Edgefield, SC
www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HRW8-XKMM

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F O'Connor c1790 Ireland & Edgefield, South Carolina

9/27/2023

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F O'Connor (possibly Francis) was born in Ireland about 1790. He lived with his wife Elizabeth and daughter Arabella in Edgefield, South Carolina in 1850. F O'Connor enslaved 27 men, women and children.

Sources
(all accessed 27 Sept. 2023)
1850 US Federal Census Edgefield, SC
www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8QF-PXJ
1850 Slave Schedule Edgefield, SC
www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HRWC-38N2

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Patrick Moore c1810 Ireland & Edgefield, South Carolina

9/27/2023

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Patrick Moore was born in Ireland about 1810. He lived in Edgefield, South Carolina in 1850 with William Gearty and William Inlow. Moore enslaved a 20 year old woman.

Sources
(all accessed 27 Sept. 2023)
1850 US Federal Census Edgefield, SC
www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8QF-N51
1850 Slave Schedule Edgefield, SC
www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HRWC-J9ZM

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William McEvoy c1819 Ireland & Edgefield, South Carolina

9/27/2023

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William McEvoy, a shoe and bootmaker, was born in Ireland about 1810. He lived in Edgefield, South Carolina in 1850 and appears to have enslaved ten people. He is the only William McEvoy I can find in Edgefield in 1850. However his neighbours on the 1850 Federal Census and the 1850 Slave Schedule do not match.

Sources
(all accessed 27 Sept. 2023)
1850 US Federal Census Edgefield, SC
www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8QX-Y41
1850 Slave Schedule Edgefield, SC
www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HRWC-3CT2

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Robert Kenny c1782 Ireland & Edgefield, South Carolina

9/27/2023

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Robert Kenny was born in Ireland about 1782. In 1850 he lived in Edgefield, South Carolina with his South Carolina-born wife Mary and family. He enslaved eight people, the youngest a baby boy aged one.

Sources
(all accessed 27 Sept. 2023)
1850 US Federal Census Edgefield, SC
www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8QF-48N
1850 Slave Schedule Edgefield, SC
www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HRWC-NLW2

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Thomas Hernaghan c1798 Ireland & Hamburg, Edgefield, South Carolina

9/27/2023

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Thomas Hernaghan was born in Ireland about 1798. In 1850, he lived in Schultz Township, Hamburg, Edgefield, South Carolina with his South Carolina-born wife Martha and their children. He enslaved eight human beings ranging in age from a 60 year old man to a two year old baby girl.

Sources
(all accessed 27 Sept. 2023)
1850 US Federal Census Edgefield, SC
www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8QF-C1Q
1850 Slave Schedule Edgefield, SC
www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HRW8-XVPZ

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William Herbert c1813 Ireland & Edgefield, South Carolina

9/27/2023

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Wlliam Herbert, a merchant, was born in Ireland about 1813. In 1850, he lived in Schultz Township, Hamburg, Edgefield, South Carolina with his wife May L Herbert (also Irish-born) and their children. He enslaved a 25 year old woman and a ten year old girl.

Sources
(all accessed 27 Sept. 2023)
1850 US Federal Census Edgefield, SC
www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8QF-C15
1850 Slave Schedule Edgefield, SC
www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HRW8-XVT2

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William Austin c1801 Ireland & Laurens, South Carolina

Samuel Austin c1802 Ireland & Laurens, South Carolina

Robert Todd c1815 Ireland & Edgefield, SC

Michael O'Keefe c1813 Ireland & Edgefield, South Carolina

F O'Connor c1790 Ireland & Edgefield, South Carolina

Patrick Moore c1810 Ireland & Edgefield, South Carolina

William McEvoy c1819 Ireland & Edgefield, South Carolina

Robert Kenny c1782 Ireland & Edgefield, South Carolina

Thomas Hernaghan c1798 Ireland & Hamburg, Edgefield, South Carolina

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