Ward, Joshua John, 1800-1853.
Biographical notes:
Plantation owner Georgetown District, South Carolina and South Carolina Senator. Colonel Joshua John Ward married Joanna Douglas Hasell (1805-1878) in 1825. Born at Brookgreen Plantation, Ward amassed a large estate in part by reinvesting profits in land and slaves. Ward's estate eventually included a number of plantations and over 1,000 slaves (S.C. census, 1850). After his death in 1853 Ward's son Joshua apparently managed his plantations.
From the description of Journal of Joshua John Ward plantations, 1831-1869. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32141428
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- African Americans
- Agriculture
- Corn
- Livestock
- Plantation workers
- Pottery 19th century
- Rice trade
- Salt industry and trade
- Sharecroppers
- Sharecropping
- Slave records
- Slaves
Occupations:
- Plantation owners
Places:
- Springfield Plantation (Georgetown County, S.C.) (as recorded)
- South Carolina (as recorded)
- Brookgreen Plantation (Georgetown County, S.C.) (as recorded)
- Alderly Plantation (Georgetown County, S.C.) (as recorded)
- Longwood Plantation (Georgetown County, S.C.) (as recorded)
- Prospect Hill Plantation (Georgetown County, S.C.) (as recorded)
- South Carolina--Georgetown County (as recorded)
