Manuscripts Department
           Library of the University of North Carolina
                         at Chapel Hill

                 SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION

                             #M-1820
                      WILLIAM J. BALL BOOKS
                            Inventory

Abstract:      Records of three generations of the Ball family at
           a group of Cooper River plantations, Charleston
           District (later Berkeley County), S.C., including
           Cedar Hill, Halidon Hill, Hyde Park, Jericho,
           Limerick, Midway, and Quinby.  Volumes include
           intermittent slave, planting, and weather records,
           1804-1890; minutes, 1847-1858, of the Strawberry
           Agricultural Society; and a hog killing record, 1819-
           1834, detailing distribution of meat to slaves.

Online Catalog Terms:
   Agriculture--South Carolina--History--19th century.
   Agriculture--South Carolina--Societies, etc.--History--19th
       century.
   Ball family.
   Ball, William J., fl. 1847-1890
   Berkeley County (S.C.)--History--19th century.
   Cedar Hill Plantation (S.C.).
   Charleston District (S.C.)--History.
   Halidon Hill Plantation (S.C.).
   Hyde Park Plantation (S.C.).
   Jericho Plantation (S.C.).
   Limerick Plantation (S.C.).
   Midway Plantation (S.C.).
   Plantations--South Carolina--Berkeley County.
   Quinby Plantation (S.C.).
   Slave records--South Carolina--Berkeley County.
   Slaves--South Carolina--Social conditions.
   Strawberry Agricultural Society (S.C.).
   

Size:  3 volumes (1 reel of microfilm).

Provenance:    Lent for filming by Mrs. D. E. Combe of
               Charleston, S.C., in June 1952.

Access:        No restrictions.

Processing Note:   This collection was processed with support
                   from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.  

Related Collections:   John Ball and Keating Simons Ball Books
                       (#1811).

Copyright:     Retained by the authors of items in these papers,
               or their descendants, as stipulated by United
               States copyright law.