Persons Retained by the Butler Family
After the 1859 Auction
Listings & Statistics
by Annette Holmes

429 Persons Auctioned March 1859
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The following is a list of 479 persons that were not sold in the Butler auction of March 1859.  This listing and notes were compiled by Ms. Holmes to coincide with those listed in the auction inventory from 2-3 March 1859.  All persons listed on these two lists were owned by Major Pierce Butler of Pennsylvania; an absentee plantation owner from England who had settled in South Carolina during the Revolutionary War where he started his family and land holdings.

Name Age Price Notes Born Last Name  
Driver Frank 61   Bedridden; Superannuated 1798    
Betty 58      100 Poultryminder 1801   Is Betty Passby (found on the 1870 census) Driver Frank's wife?
             
Carpenter London 42   1,050 Carpenter 1817    
Dido 37      650   1822    
Elcy 17      850 Small size 1842    
Frank 14      800 Small size 1845    
Cleopatra 12      600   1847    
Evandra 10      500   1849    
Joe 6      350   1853    
Molly 3      150   1856    
             
Hall George 57      500 Ordinary carpenter 1802 George Hall  
Phoebe 52      800   1807    
George 10      600   1849 Married Jenney Dennis  
Symphronia 7      300   1852    
Daniel 6      350   1853    
John 3        50 Paralyzed on left side 1856    
Felix 1/4      100   1859    
             
Santee 32   1,000   1827    
Philada 27      850   1832    
After 7      400   1852    
Deana? 4      250   1855    
Phoebe 2      150   1857    
             
Quash 23   1,300 Carpenter Rough 1836    
Elcy 21      900   1838    
             
Rentee 40   1,200 Carpenter Good 1819 Renty Crawford?  
Tena 36      500   1823    
Leturd? 16   1,000   1843    
Joan 14      650   1845    
Betty 12      600   1847    
Milboro 10      500   1849    
James 7      350   1852 James Crawford?  
Jacob 6      250   1853    
Dorcus 1/4      100   1859 Dorcas Crawford?  
             
Sawney 65      250 Blacksmith 1794 Parents of Aleck Alexander  
Hannah 65   Superannuated 1794    
             
Simon 30   1,100 Full Carpenter 1829    
             
Melchior 23   1,100   1836    
             
Carpenter Sandy 45      500 Prime Teamster 1814    
Hetty 45      300 House servant, but sickly 1814    
Sampson 22   1,100   1837    
Toby 18   1,100   1841    
Senty? 12      200 Subject to fits 1847    
Samuel 7      350   1852    
Jeffrey 2      150   1857    
             
Blacksmith John 40   1,550 Plantation Blacksmith 1819    
Peggy 30      850   1829    
John 13      700   1846    
Peter 9      550   1850    
Betty 8      300   1851    
Hannah 3      150   1856    
             
Sam 29   1,000   1830    
Ellen 29      900   1830    
Gabriella 6      200   1853    
Sack 8      350   1851    
Bella 3      200   1856    
             
Goram 35   1,200 Bricklayer Rough 1824    
Becky 27      900   1832    
Cudjo 4      250   1855    
Ellick 1/4      100   1859    
             
Alexander 37   1,200 Good house servant 1822 Aleck Alexander Found on the 1870 census for Darien, GA. Last name Alexander.
Daphne 34      800 Sickly 1825   Aleck and Daphne are the parents of Deaconness Anna E.B. Alexander (Georgia Episcopalian Church)
Pierce Butler 15   1,000 Good house boy, small 1844    
James 12      800 small size 1847    
Oscar 10      540   1849    
Anderson 7      500   1852    
Mary 5      300   1854    
John 2      150   1857    
             
Rhena 26      900 Good house servant 1833    
Eden 3      200   1856    
Hetty 1      150   1858    
             
Driver Morris 49   1,000 Prime Driver 1810    
Sinda 55      100 Nurse 1804    
Sinda 15      900   1844    
             
Gould Frank 37      850   1822    
Louisa 37      300 Disabled 1822    
             
Betty Seys 55      100   1804 Is this Sey's mother?  
Catharine 18   1,000   1841    
             
Sey 28   1,100   1831 Driver Morris's nephew?  
Dido 22      900   1837    
Abraham 1/4      100   1859    
             
Driver Angus 44   1,200 Prime Rice Driver 1815    
Maria 40      650   1819    
Peggy 13      550 Small 1846    
             
CarpenterJacob 22   1,250 Rough Plantation Carpenter 1837    
Betty 18      900   1841    
Ann 3/4      100   1859    
             
Carpenter Abraham 47   1,000 Carpenter good 1812    
Maria 33      800   1826    
Mary 10      500   1849    
Eve 7      400   1852    
Levina 3      350   1856    
Poely 1      100   1858    
             
Juber 17      950   1842    
             
Carpenter Isaac 28   1,250 Fair plantation carpenter 1831    
Daphne 28      900   1831    
Delia 8      350   1851    
             
Driver John 42   1,100 Prime Rice Driver 1817    
Emily 26      900   1833    
Clara 17      850   1842    
Jack 14      600 small size 1845    
Abraham 10      650   1849    
Anthony 5      300   1854    
             
Eve 51   Superannuated 1808    
             
Carpenter Simon 30   1,250 Carpenter Rough 1829    
Markia? 30      900   1829    
Mease 10      600   1849    
Mitchell 6      300   1853    
Matilda 1/4      100   1859    
             
Jenny 78   Superannuated 1781    
Ben 18      900   1841    
Trenton 16      400 Mute 1843    
Sam 14      700   1845    
July 8      350   1851    
Martin 2      150   1857    
             
Brutus 37      700 Lump on Shoulder 1822    
Kate 32      700   1827    
Jenny 11      450   1848    
Bella 6      300   1853    
Garrison 5      250   1854    
Fanny 3      150   1856    
             
Carpenter Harry 48   1,000 Prime Carpenter Wheelwright 1811    
Jenny 39      600   1820    
Jack 18   1,100   1841    
             
Bricklayer Sancho 70   Superannuated 1789    
Nany 64   Superannuated 1795    
Sancho 9      450   1850    
Lucky 5      250   1854    
             
Cooper Davy 39      900 Cooper Fair 1820 Roswell King slave?  
Rhoda 34      800   1825    
William 16   1,000   1843    
Lettee 11      450   1848    
Jack 9      450   1850    
Locust 6      350   1853 Locust Davis? 1880 Census: Darien, GA
John 4      250   1855    
             
Molly 80   Superannuated