This list in the order of the largest slave owners to the person with the smallest number of slaves.
Slave lists covered here are 1800, 1810, 1820, 1850 and 1860.
The slave owners from 1800 to 1820 were among the first settlers into Henderson County. Slave owners in 1850 and 1860 also include people from the low country of South Carolina who had summer estates in Flat Rock.
1800 Slave Owners
1. William Mills – 20
2. Joseph Henry – 8
3. Thomas Love – 7
4. Abraham Kuykendall – 5
5. William Fletcher – 4
6. Samuel King – 3
7. Andrew Lyda – 3
8. Samuel Murray – 3
9. Elijah Williamson – 3
10. Thomas Justice – 2
11. Samuel Allen – 1
12. Levi Anderson – 1
13. William Brittain – 1
14. Lambert Clayton – 1
15. Samuel Edney – 1
16. Asa Edney – 1
17. Merrimon Featherstone – 1
18. John Gillespie – 1
19. John Jones – 1
20. Simon Kuykendall – 1
21. John McLean – 1
22. Benjamin Merrell – 1
23. William Metcalf – 1
24. Andrew Miller – 1
25. Robert Orr – 1
1810 Slave Owners
1. Joseph Henry – 15
2. William Mills – 15
3. Samuel King – 12
4. Henry Lewis – 12
5. James Patton – 12
6. John McLean – 11
7. David Myers – 10
8. Elijah Williamson – 10
9. William Moore – 9
10. John Weaver – 8
11. James Justice – 7
12. Charles Lain (Lane) – 7
13. Abraham Kuykendall – 7
14. Joseph ?? – 6
15. William Fletcher – 6
16. Joseph Byers – 5
17. Samuel Wilson – 5
18. William Wilson – 5
19. John Wood – 5
20. Henry Ashworth – 4
21. Samuel Edney – 4
22. Merrimon Featherstone – 4
23. Thomas Foster – 4
24. William Foster – 4
25. Simon Kuykendall – 4
26. Samuel Murray – 4
27. William Smith – 4
28. William Spann – 4
29. Martin Gash – 3
30. John Jones – 3
31. Benjamin King – 3
32. Andrew Lyday – 3
33. James Tow – 3
34. Daniel Case – 2
35. Joseph Culberson – 2
36. John Gash – 2
37. William Henry – 2
38. Jacob Hollingsworth – 2
39. Reuben Johnson – 2
40. John Jones Jr. – 2
41. Thomas Justice – 2
42. James Laughter – 2
43. Boyd McCrary – 2
44. John Miller – 2
45. Daniel Smith – 2
46. Benjamin Davidson – 1
47. Absalom Dillingham – 1
48. Asa Edney – 1
49. William Edmunston – 1
50. B? Hill – 1
51. William Hunter – 1
52. Amos Justice – 1
53. William Justice – 1
54. Samuel King Jr. – 1
55. Abraham Lyday – 1
56. William Lyday – 1
57. David McCarson – 1
58. John Merrell – 1
59. James Murray – 1
60. Robert Murray – 1
61. Isaac Shelton – 1
62. George Shuford – 1
63. Adam Wease – 1
64. John Wilson – 1
1820 Slave Owners
1. William Smith – 15
2. Samuel King – 14
3. William Mills – 14
4. James Wilson – 14
5. Reuben Johnson – 11
6. Mourning Lewis (widow of Henry Lewis) – 11
7. Daniel Smith – 9
8. James Smith – 9
9. James Murray – 8
10. William Murray – 8
11. Benjamin Allison – 7
12. Merrimon Featherstone – 7
13. John Jones – 7
14. Joseph King – 7
15. William Spann – 6
16. Joseph Henry – 5
17. ? McDaniel – 5
18. Benjamin Merrell – 5
19. John Jones Jr. – 4
20. David McCarson – 4
21. Louis Ward – 4
22. Joshua Whitaker – 4
23. Benjamin Davidson – 3
24. Asa Edney – 3
25. Ephraim McLean – 3
26. Robert Murray – 3
27. William Bryson – 2
28. Thomas Foster – 2
29. Matthew Gillespie – 2
30. John Hunter – 2
31. Thomas Justice – 2
32. Benjamin King – 2
33. Bird Laughter – 2
34. Amos McCrary – 2
35. ? Wilson – 2
36. ? Wilson – 2
37. George Allison – 1
38. J. Bradley – 1
39. John Clayton – 1
40. John Crawford – 1
41. William Gillespie – 1
42. James Kincaid – 1
43. Samuel King Jr. – 1
44. John McClain – 1
45. John Merrell – 1
46. William Russell – 1
1850 Slave Owners
(Charlestonians in italics)
The 1850 and 1860 censuses include people in Transylvania County.
Mitchell King – 59
Charles Baring – 30
Valentine Ripley – 30
Walter Blake – 29
Hugh Johnson – 28
Edward Molyneaux – 24
F. Allison – 22
Minerva Patton – 21
Alfred Fuller – 19
James Spann – 16
John Davis – 14
Jacob Summey – 14
Adolphus Mills – 13
Littleton Pittillo – 13
C.G. Memminger – 12
M.R. Singleton – 12
H. Carland – 10
M. Featherstone – 10
Lewis H?? (Herrin?) – 10
R. Lowndes – 10
Thomas R. Miller – 10
George Williams – 10
George Allen – 9
W. Davis – 9
John McLain – 9
Eliza or Elizabeth Mills – 9
James Patton – 9
John Shoolbred – 9
P?M. Summey – 9
John Baxter – 8
F. Byers – 8
O. Erwin – 8
L. Gash – 8
A. Henry – 8
Elijah King – 8
John Miller – 8
Jeremiah Osborne – 8
John Woodfin – 8
William Deaver – 7
William Elliott – 7
W.B. Henry – 7
Benjamin Holbert – 7
H.E. Lane – 7
William Morrill? – 7
Edward Shipman – 7
Jonathan Arledge – 6
James Brittain – 6
William Bryson – 6
Eugene Durbeck? – 6
John Erwin – 6
H.T. Farmer – 6
William Featherstone – 6
Meredith Freeman – 6
E. Johnson – 6
John King – 6
David Miller – 6
Robert Orr – 6
William Brittain – 5
Count De Choiseul – 5
S. Erwin – 5
Seaborn Featherstone – 5
W. Johnson – 5
Robert Jones – 5
Charity McCrary – 5
A. Miller – 5
Elizabeth Orr – 5
C.C. Pinckney – 5
E. Whitzel? – 5
J. Williams – 5
B.F. Aiken – 4
George Clayton – 4
John Clayton Sr. – 4
Nathan Drake – 4
Peniel Gilreath – 4
M. Henry – 4
Sarah Johnson – 4
Elizabeth Justice – 4
Benjamin King – 4
Hiram King – 4
James Maxwell – 4
Jesse McMinn – 4
Thomas Murray – 4
Samuel Wilson – 4
S. Brittain – 3
John Clayton Jr. – 3
Lambert Clayton – 3
David Davenport – 3
Sarah Edney (wife of Asa) – 3
A. Gash – 3
A. Hamilton – 3
Elizabeth Hannon – 3
Joseph Henry – 3
S. Jones – 3
Daniel King – 3
Abraham Lyda – 3
E.? McDowell – 3
John Murray – 3
N. Murray – 3
Jesse Rickman – 3
S. Staton – 3
J.A.? Warlick – 3
Newton Crawford – 2
W. Gash – 2
John Huggins – 2
Andrew Johnstone – 2
John Jones – 2
Benjamin King – 2
J. Mackey – 2
William Miller – 2
Noah Mills – 2
Squire Morgan – 2
John Parker – 2
Rachel Posey – 2
Micajah Thomas – 2
Strawbridge Young – 2
J.R. Allen – 1
C. Allen – 1
H.B. Allison – 1
William Cagle – 1
Lewis Carver – 1
William Duckworth – 1
A. England – 1
S. Byers – 1
J. Haddon? – 1
N. Henry – 1
W.B. Henry – 1
E. Hightower – 1
Mary Hix – 1
J. King – 1
Isaac Maxwell – 1
B. Morris – 1
M. Nolan? – 1
John Osborne – 1
E. Patton – 1
E. Posey – 1
Matilda Staton – 1
A. Taylor – 1
Benjamin Wilson – 1
J. Wood – 1
1860 Slave Owners
(Bold italics for Charlestonians)
The 1850 and 1860 censuses include people in Transylvania County. Where it is known that the person was a resident of today’s Transylvania County, this is noted.
Daniel Blake 59
Valentine Ripley 52
James Gilliam (Gillam) 39
Francis Withers Johnstone 39 (brother of William Andrew Johnstone III, Transylvania County)
Walter Blake 36
Mitchell King 34
William C. Kilgore 33 (Transylvania County)
Edmund Molyneaux 33
Alfred Fuller 30 (Transylvania County)
Minerva Patton 24
McKewn R. Johnstone 23 (brother of William Andrew Johnston III, Transylvania County)
Francis Allison 22
Thomas C. Evans 22
Charles Baring 21
William Bryson 20
Robert Hume 20 (Transylvania County)
Hugh Johnson 19
Emma Augusta Shoolbred 18
John Axson Gadsden 17 (Transylvania County)
Daniel Huger 17
C.G. McDowell 16
James Spann 16
L.S. Gash 13
Campbell King 13
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney 13
W.M. or W.W. Davis 12
William C. Johnstone 12
Hiram Carland 11
Nathan Drake 11
H.T. Farmer 11
Lambert Clayton 10
C.L. Erwin 10
John Fletcher 10
P.T. Horry 10 (Transylvania County)
Andrew Miller 10
Robert Orr Sr. 10
C.E. Patton 10
John Plumblee 10
Edward Shipman 10
Martha Rutledge Singleton 10 (widow of Richard Matthew Singleton)
Margaret Allen 9
Sarepta Davis 9
William Featherstone 9
Meredith Freeman 9
J.W. Killian 9 (Transylvania County)
H. Lane 9
John McClain 9
John Ward 9 (Transylvania County)
J.L. Burrell 8 (Transylvania County)
Ephraim Clayton 8 (Transylvania County)
William Deaver 8 (Transylvania County)
William B. Henry 8
Pinckney Johnstone 8
Joseph Livingston 8
M.M. Patton 8
Sarah Patton 8
Moses Whittenburg? 8
Alexander Henry 7
James Maxwell 7
Eliza Mills 7
Nancy Murray 7
? R. Murray 7
Jeremiah Osborne 7
G.D. Parks 7
W.M. Shipp 7
F.L. Byers 6
S. Featherstone 6
Milly Fortune 6
Daniel King 6
C.G. Memminger 6
William Miller 6
Elizabeth Orr 6
A.B. Allison 5
Barnett Burnett 5
William Duckworth 5 (Transylvania County)
A.R. Gash 5
Giles Glazener 5 (Transylvania County)
Malinda Henry 5
William Johnson 5
Isaac Justus 5
B.C. Lankford 5 (Transylvania County)
Jesse McMinn 5
Thos. R. Miller 5
Henry Middleton Rutledge 5
Jacob Summey 5
Henry ? 4
T.A. Allen 4
Isaac Arledge 4
William Brittain 4
E.B. Clayton 4
John Clayton 4
T. Davis 4
B.M. Edney 4
Lemuel Hood 4
John King 4
James Lytle 4
George W. McMinn 4
Benjamin Merrell 4
Andrew Miller 4
Mary Miller 4
Mary Tabor 4
M.L. Thomas 4
C.F. Townsend 4
Andrew Warlick 4
B.F. Aiken 3
R.W. Allen 3
Nicholas Childers? 3
George Chisholm? 3
Charles de Choiseul 3
Nancy Coston 3
Sarah Coston 3
William Coston 3
John Drake 3
Perry Drake 3
Joseph Duckworth 3 (Transylvania County)
George Fletcher 3
William Garren 3
W. Hill 3
Benjamin King 3
Rachel Lanning 3
Squire Morgan 3
Wm. R. Poor 3
William Posey 3
Henry Rodgers 3
Wiley Rudicil 3 (Transylvania County)
George Summey 3
Charles Sutherland 3
J.W. Vandiver 3 (Transylvania County)
Richard Whitmire 3 (Transylvania County)
W.D. Whitted 3
S. Young 3
Daniel Allen 2
J.R. Allen 2
Joseph Bryson 2
Sarah Bryson 2
William Cagle 2
J.A. Corpening 2
Joseph Garren 2
Rachel Gash 2
Joseph Henry 2
Andrew Johnstone 2
J.W. Jones 2
Levi Jones 2
Robert Jones 2
Robert Jones Jr. 2
J.P. Jordan 2
Thos. E. Justice 2
R.L. Kilpatrick 2
Joseph King Sr. 2
Isaac Lyday 2
Joel Mackey 2 (Transylvania County)
Thomas G. Massey 2
Caroline McClain 2
J.S. McMinn 2
Richard Morris 2
Leander Murray 2
LG. Summey 2
A. Tabor 2
Jonathan Taylor 2
T. Williams 2
R.T. Allen 1
Eli Arledge 1
L. Brittain 1
S. Brittain 1
Wiley Bryson 1
John Capps 1
Jefferson Case 1
Lemuel Dermid 1
G.W. Galloway 1
C.W. Gillespie 1
J. Gillespie 1
J. Gillespie 1
C.M. Green 1
J.L. Hadden 1
Noah Henry 1
Noble Johnson 1
W.W. Jones 1
Joseph Jordan 1
William Davenport Justus 1
Hiram King 1
Rebecca King 1
William Lanning 1
Walter Ledbetter 1
A.L. Lyday 1
Henry Lyon 1
John Merrell 1
E. Miller 1
P. Orr 1
Thomas Osteen 1
?P. Patterson 1
William Patton 1
John L. Pittillo 1
Sarah Pittillo 1
E.B. Praytor 1
Mary Slagle 1
William Spann 1
Samuel Staton 1
Robert Thomas 1
Bailis Tinsley 1 (Transylvania County)
Robert Whitmire 1 (Transylvania County)
Walter Williams 1
Elizabeth Youngblood 1