Primary Source: Cameron Family Plantation Records

The Cameron family of Orange County was one of antebellum North Carolina’s wealthiest families. Duncan Cameron and his son Paul Cameron owned thousands of acres of land in North Carolina, and Paul also purchased plantations in Alabama and Mississippi. By the time of the Civil War, Paul Cameron and his siblings owned a thousand enslaved people.

This is a list of the men and women who were enslaved on the Cameron family plantations in North Carolina in 1844. As you can see in the images and the transcription below, minimal information was preserved in these documents. 


House

  1. Mace
  2. Lulie
  3. Jeff
  4. Dryden
  5. Calvin
  6. Ned
  7. George W
  8. Solomon
  9. Squire
  10. Demfer
  11. Amy
  12. Phil
  13. Emma
  14. Dave
  15. Abner Jr
  16. Lydia
  17. Ben Jr
  18. John Sr
  19. Sun
  20. Carolina
  21. Sumora [?]
  22. Stanley
  23. Sarah
  24. Nancy
  25. Dorea
  26. George B.
  27. Henry C
  28. Nathan
  29. Zelpha
  30. Pegg
  31. Phebe
  32. Henry D
  33. Abram
  34. Horace
  35. Jim
  36. Rilla
  37. Old Ester
  38. Old Dave
  39. Walter
  40. John
  41. Emiline
  42. Adam
  43. Nancy
  44. Owen
  45. Ben
  46. Peter
  47. Silvia
  48. Henry Sr

Enoc

  1. Jim D
  2. Ezach
  3. Cyrus
  4. Gracy
  5. Candice
  6. Molly Jr
  7. Molly
  8. Thelma
  9. Plaifa
  10. Daniel
  11. Jefferson
  12. Pleal
  13. Jimmy Jr
  14. Jenny Sr
  15. Christana
  16. Beck
  17. Len Sr
  18. Isaac
  19. Auderon
  20. Grace Jr
  21. Manuel
  22. George
  23. Wilie
  24. Jurdon
  25. Amy
  26. Molly
  27. Judy
  28. Morrah
  29. Lena Jr
  30. Gabriel
  31. Ned
  32. Lucy
  33. Koich

P. Hill

  1. Mikel
  2. Bill Sr
  3. [illegible]
  4. Fred
  5. Big Bill
  6. Bob
  7. Stephen Sr
  8. Lot
  9. Letha
  10. Beck
  11. Eliza
  12. Fioriata
  13. Walter
  14. Stephen
  15. Will
  16. Henry
  17. Jack
  18. Phil
  19. Violet
  20. Sam
  21. Kit
  22. Moses
  23. Mose
  24. Hawkins
  25. Lucy
  26. Jack
  27. Mary S
  28. Mary J
  29. Mary H
  30. Chuney
  31. Charlot
  32. Silva
  33. Sall
  34. Rachel
  35. Helen

Bobbit

  1. George
  2. Sam S. H.
  3. Sam P
  4. Posh
  5. Rachel
  6. Willie
  7. Carter
  8. Moreah
  9. Ramona
  10. Nan
  11. Augusta
  12. Jurdan
  13. Lucinda
  14. Arthur
  15. Edmond
  16. Donna
  17. Dinah
  18. Bill
  19. Idonny
  20. Minerva
  21. Patty
  22. Cesahor
  23. John
  24. Aga
  25. Pherah
  26. Olly
  27. Sudly
  28. Nancy
  29. Louisa

B. House

  1. Elisha
  2. Edmond
  3. Julia
  4. Lega
  5. Ephraim
  6. Chanz
  7. Julia
  8. Eliza
  9. John
  10. Hemp
  11. Sun
  12. Harriot
  13. Patsy
  14. Sally
  15. Daphney
  16. Liz
  17. Jo S
  18. Hanna
  19. Polly
  20. Tinah
  21. Sagen
  22. Old Franny
  23. Minny
  24. Fanny
  25. Anderson
  26. Lizzy
  27. Tom
  28. Millington
  29. Joe
  30. Daniel

Jim Rays

  1. Gram
  2. Ranz
  3. Patsy
  4. Synna
  5. Nathan
  6. John
  7. Allen
  8. Lug
  9. Austin
  10. Henry Wagg
  11. Harriot
  12. Candis
  13. Nelly
  14. Tom
  15. Jim Green
  16. Henry M
  17. Bill Green
  18. Hannah
  19. Jim Rag
  20. Charles
  21. Milly
  22. Mons
  23. [x out]
  24. Stephen
  25. John
  26. Phillis
  27. Sally Scott
  28. Marg
  29. Ritter
  30. Phibba
  31. [x out]
  32. Elia
  33. Nancy

N. Point

  1. Ellin
  2. Phillis
  3. Washington
  4. Robbin
  5. Isabel
  6. Tugzz [?]
  7. Jimmy
  8. Minny
  9. Saly
  10. Lorra
  11. Mima
  12. Violet
  13. George
  14. Daniel
  15. Abram
  16. Jimmy
  17. Robbin
  18. Matilda
  19. Henry
  20. Chauce
  21. Oliver
  22. Leastor
  23. Dinah
  24. Sela
  25. Hannah
  26. Fanny
  27. Old Hannah
  28. Isabel

Mill

  1. Millia
  2. Len
  3. Phil
  4. Chance
  5. Jim
  6. Elegy
  7. Addiline
  8. Tom
  9. Randol
  10. Catz
  11. Wesley
  12. Emily
  13. Sally F
  14. Daniel
  15. Phillips
  16. Bantagy
  17. Big William
  18. Lucy
  19. Jimmy
  20. [illegible]
  21. Streton
  22. Sarah
  23. Daizy
  24. Robbin
  25. Dick
  26. Henry

[totals]

Home 48
Enoc 33
Mill 4
S. Hill 35
Bobits 29
B. House 30
  179
Raleigh 24
Jim Rays 33
N Point 28
Mill [illegible] 26
  290

 


Primary Source Citation: 

Cameron Family Papers, Collection # 133, Series 2.1.1 Box 88 Folder 2012. Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

 

Credit text

Cameron Family Papers Collection # 133, Series 2.1.1 Box #88, Folder 2015. Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.