Irish slaveholders by South Carolina Counties and Districts.
Database compiled and created By Martine Brennan M.A., Ireland
Please note that county/district boundaries changed over time. New counties were created and boundaries changed. The maps used below are of the counties today and may not correspond to the boundaries in use in documents 1670-1862. Therefore, you may find records of Irish slaveholders and the people they enslaved, in different counties than those identified here. In some cases, Irish slaveholders owned farms and plantations in more than one county or they had a city residence and a country residence. If you are engaged in deeper research on any one Irish slaveholder, county boundary changes will affect where you can find records.
To give a sense of perspective, Ireland and South Carolina are almost equal in size.
Prior to the U.S. Federal Census 1850, place of birth was not identified in the Census. It is challenging to identify the Irish-born slaveholders in the period 1670-1850. This database will expand as we uncover more records.
Enslavement to citizenship: African Americans in Irish Slaveholder records by Martine Brennan is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Database compiled and created By Martine Brennan M.A., Ireland
Please note that county/district boundaries changed over time. New counties were created and boundaries changed. The maps used below are of the counties today and may not correspond to the boundaries in use in documents 1670-1862. Therefore, you may find records of Irish slaveholders and the people they enslaved, in different counties than those identified here. In some cases, Irish slaveholders owned farms and plantations in more than one county or they had a city residence and a country residence. If you are engaged in deeper research on any one Irish slaveholder, county boundary changes will affect where you can find records.
To give a sense of perspective, Ireland and South Carolina are almost equal in size.
Prior to the U.S. Federal Census 1850, place of birth was not identified in the Census. It is challenging to identify the Irish-born slaveholders in the period 1670-1850. This database will expand as we uncover more records.
Enslavement to citizenship: African Americans in Irish Slaveholder records by Martine Brennan is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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Anderson County, South Carolina est. 1826 (Irish-born slaveholders identified as of 3 Feb 2021 in alphabetical order.)
Bell, James c1776- Caldwell, Joseph c1763- Crawford, James c1800- Crawford, Sarah c1778- Greer/Grier, David c1760- Harkness, John c1774- McAllister, Nathan c1782- McCully, Stephen c1800- Orr, Thomas c1783- Orr, William c1788- Ransom, William c1788- Steele, Henry c1824 Todd, Olive c1780- |
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Beaufort County, South Carolina est. 1769 (Irish-born slaveholders identified as of 3 Feb 2021 in alphabetical order.)
Butler/Butter, Edward c1787- Cardwell, A S c1795- Catherwood, Samuel c1825- Cunningham, A/A M c1820- Goette, George c1838- Goette, John G c1807- Fielding, John c1795- McElheran/Elheran, David M c1800- OConnor, Michael c1793- Pearse, Isabel c1782 |
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Berkeley County, South Carolina est. 1682 (Irish-born slaveholders identified as of 3 Feb 2021 in alphabetical order.)
Please note that this map is of modern-day Berkeley County. The district referred to as Berkeley County by the following people is modern-day Charleston, city and county. Arthur, Dominick resident c1707 Dalton, Joseph (resident SC 1670-) Goff, John resident c1707 Harleston, Affra d.1698 www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com/african-americans-in-irish-slaveholder-records-blog/affra-harleston-berkeley-county-died-1698 Harleston, John c1670-1738 see entry for Affra. Harleston, Elizabeth d.1721 (wife of Elias 'Red cap' Ball) see entry for Affra. Mahon, Michael resident 1707-1713 O'Sullivan, Florence (resident SC 1670-) www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com/african-americans-in-irish-slaveholder-records-blog/florence-osullivan-kinsale-south-carolina |
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Charleston County, South Carolina est. 1769 (Irish-born slaveholders identified as of 3 Feb 2021 in alphabetical order.) Incomplete. Adger, James 1777-1858 Addison, George c1800- Addison, John c1816- Anthony, Jane c1783- Armstrong, William c1829- Burke, Aedanus 1743-1802 Connolly, Bernard c1824- England, John (R.C. Bishop) 1786-1842 Fitzsimons, Christopher 1762-1825 Kennerly, John c1812- Lynch, Patrick (R.C. Bishop) 1817-1882 see William McKenna, Lancaster County. Lynus, B c1817- McKeegan, John 1800-1881 O'Raw, John 1783-1841 Payne, William d.1834 www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com/african-americans-in-irish-slaveholder-records-blog/william-payne-sons-charleston-south-carolina Robinson, Joseph c1813- Ryan, Thomas c1800-1866 Torrans, John Gordon 1702-1780 www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com/african-americans-in-irish-slaveholder-records-blog/william-payne-sons-charleston-south-carolina Walker, John Falls 1798-1841 |
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Chester County, South Carolina est. 1785 (Irish-born slaveholders identified as of 3 Feb 2021 in alphabetical order.)
Boyd, Charles 1785- Farmer 1850 Bruce, Hugh 1793- Farmer 1850 Carlisle, John 1800- Farmer 1850 Dickey, John 1806- Farmer 1850 Fife, Samuel 1775- Farmer 1850 Henry, Hugh 1785- Farmer 1850 Kennedy, John 1770-1867 Farmer 1850 Marion J A 1820- Farmer 1850 McClintock, John 1782- Farmer 1850 McCullough, John 1803- Farmer 1850 McCullough, William 1829- Farmer 1850 McGill, J B 1801- Farmer 1850 McKeown, Moses 1780- Farmer 1850 McNeill, George 1810- Farmer 1850 Nelson, Frank 1816- Farmer 1850 Omelveney, Hugh 1794- Farmer 1850 Reed, William 1813- Farmer 1850 Robinson Jas G 1808- Farmer 1850 Ross, Hugh 1766- Farmer 1850 Sterling, Sam 1798- Farmer 1850 Torbit, John 1790- Farmer 1850 Walker, Thomas 1780- Farmer 1850 Wilson, David 1794- Farmer 1850 Wilson, William G 1806- Farmer 1850 Wylie, Sam 1786- Farmer 1850 |
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Chesterfield County, South Carolina est. 1798 (Irish-born slaveholders identified as of 3 Feb 2021 in alphabetical order.)
Craig, Margaret c1818- Craig, William E c1818- Lynch, Conlan/Conlaw c1791- Moore, Margaret c1788- |
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Colleton County, South Carolina est. 1798 (Irish-born slaveholders identified as of 3 Feb 2021 in alphabetical order.)
Clifford, L C c1814- Delamar, Charles G c1798- Leonard, Samuel c1802- Lining, Thomas c1799- Purcell, James c1790- Sandford, Matthew 1792-1859 |
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Darlington County, South Carolina est. 1785 (Irish-born slaveholders identified as of 3 Feb 2021 in alphabetical order.)
Flinn, Thomas c1797- O'Neal, Griffin c1790- Ross, John c1808, Overseer 1850 www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com/african-americans-in-irish-slaveholder-records-blog/irish-born-overseers-in-south-carolina-1850 |
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Edgefield County, South Carolina est. 1785 (Irish-born slaveholders updated Nov. 2021 in alphabetical order.)
Bailey, James c1822- www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com/african-americans-in-irish-slaveholder-records-blog/james-william-richard-bailey-edgefield-south-carolina Bailey, Richard c1823- www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com/african-americans-in-irish-slaveholder-records-blog/james-william-richard-bailey-edgefield-south-carolina Bailey, William c1811- www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com/african-americans-in-irish-slaveholder-records-blog/james-william-richard-bailey-edgefield-south-carolina Carroll, Mary c1782- Colgan, John c1813- Hamphill, Samuel c1785- Herbert, William c1813- Hernaghan, Thomas c1798- Kenny, Robert c1782- Mcevoy, William c1810- Moore, Patrick c1810- O'Conner, F c1790- OKeefe, Michael c1813- Todd, Robert c1815- |
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Fairfield County, South Carolina est. 1798 Incomplete. (Irish-born slaveholders identified as of 3 Feb 2021 in alphabetical order.)
Cabean/Cabeen, Richard c1813, Overseer 1850 www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com/african-americans-in-irish-slaveholder-records-blog/irish-born-overseers-in-south-carolina-1850 Clowney, Robert c1838-1885 Scott, Matthew c1820, Overseer 1850 www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com/african-americans-in-irish-slaveholder-records-blog/irish-born-overseers-in-south-carolina-1850 Stuart, James c1827, Overseer 1850 www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com/african-americans-in-irish-slaveholder-records-blog/irish-born-overseers-in-south-carolina-1850 |
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Greenville County, South Carolina est. 1786 (Irish-born slaveholders identified as of 3 Feb 2021 in alphabetical order.)
Dickson, James K c1815- Dickson, William c1813- Dunbar, James c1800- Erwin/Irwin, William c1818- McCullough, Joseph c1779- McCullough, William c1763- Walker, Thomas c1781- Woodsides, James c1800- |
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Kershaw County, South Carolina est. 1801 (Irish-born slaveholders identified as of 3 Feb 2021 in alphabetical order.)
Carlisle, William c1797- Cooper, John M c1815- Spence, Samuel c1808- Tweed, N/R L (male) c1816- Wilson, Robert c1822- |
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Lancaster County, South Carolina est. 1798 (Irish-born slaveholders identified as of 3 Feb 2021 in alphabetical order.)
McKenna, William c1790-1859 www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com/african-americans-in-irish-slaveholder-records-blog/families-enslaved-by-william-mckenna-lancaster-county-south-carolina-auction-catalogue-1861 Perry, M (female) c1790- Robertson, William c1807- Steale, M c1783- |
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Laurens County, South Carolina est. 1785 (Irish-born slaveholders identified as of 3 Feb 2021 in alphabetical order.)
Austin, Samuel c1802- Austin, William c1801- Baxter, William c1790- Bell, James c1828- Bell, Robert c1796- Bell, Sarah c1779- Downey, Samuel c1800- Dunn, William C c1809- Hamilton, Samuel c1800- McWilliams/Williams Alexander c1798- Simpson, John B c1782- Todd, John c1792- Todd, Patrick c1768- Todd, Samuel A c1789- Todd, Samuel R c1808- Workman, Robert c1781- |
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Lexington County, South Carolina est. 1804 (Irish-born slaveholders identified as of 3 Feb 2021 in alphabetical order.)
Egan, James c1790- Walace, James c1783-1851 |
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Newberry County, South Carolina est. 1785 (Irish-born slaveholders identified as of 3 Feb 2021 in alphabetical order.)
Chalmers, James c1784- Fleck, James c1813- Hunter, William c1769- Moore, Roseanna c1769- Redd, James c1768- Thomson, Hannah c1780- Warnack, Samuel c1818- |
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Orangeburg County, South Carolina est. 1769 (Irish-born slaveholders identified as of 3 Feb 2021 in alphabetical order.)
O Dowd, William c1818- Wilson, Alexander c1799- |
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Pickens County, South Carolina est. 1868 (Irish-born slaveholders identified as of 3 Feb 2021 in alphabetical order.)
Johnston, Robert c1809- Magee, Tilman c1770 Walker, Jane c1768- Young, James c1808- |
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Richland County, South Carolina est. 1785 Brodie, Alexander c1784- Gaffney, Peter c1812- Haley, Matthew c1813- Miller, Robert c1772- Quigley, Kyle 1811-1844 Scott, James S c1805- Waddell, Robert 1799-1841 |
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Spartanburg County, South Carolina est. 1785 (Irish-born slaveholders identified as of 3 Feb 2021 in alphabetical order.)
Arnold R c1815- Copeland, Rebecca c1755- Dixon, William c1770- Gaffney, Michael 1755-1854 Moore, Charles 1729-1805 www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com/irish-descendant-slaveholders/fannie-moore-born-1849-spartanburg-county-south-carolina Surrat, Anne c1780- |
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Sumter County, South Carolina est. 1798 (Irish-born slaveholders identified as of 3 Feb 2021 in alphabetical order.)
Burgess, Thomas c1783- Graham, John L c1818, Overseer 1850 www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com/african-americans-in-irish-slaveholder-records-blog/irish-born-overseers-in-south-carolina-1850 Kavanagh, Briant c1800- Lowry/Lowery, Robert c1819- Mack, James c1815- Stewart, Wm K c1817- Tallon, E H c1791- Valentine, William c1800- |
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Union County, South Carolina est. 1798 (Irish-born slaveholders identified as of 3 Feb 2021 in alphabetical order.)
Black, Mary c1791- Clowney, Moses 1822-1894, Overseer 1850 www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com/african-americans-in-irish-slaveholder-records-blog/irish-born-overseers-in-south-carolina-1850 Comer or Connor, Jesse c1822, Overseer 1850 www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com/african-americans-in-irish-slaveholder-records-blog/irish-born-overseers-in-south-carolina-1850 Dunn, Philip c1818- Jennings, Rowan c1820- McCaughey, James c1802- McIlwain, John c1801 Murphy, James c1798- Patrick, Isabella c1775- Pearson, Joseph c1805- |
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York County, South Carolina est. 1785
To be added later. |
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