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Participant Info
- Slaveholder
- Paul Villepontoux
- Locations
- South Carolina
- Researcher
- Stephen Harper
- Researcher's E-mail
- stephendanielharper AT hotmail.com
- Researcher Location
- Comments
- Paul Villepontoux entered into three mortgage agreements in which named slaves were used as collateral: February 14, 1761: Cyrus ("fellow"), Phillis ("his wife"), their children Sambo, Tom and Sarah, and Cloe ("wench"). December 17, 1774: Harriett ("Negro girl"). November 5, 1790 (the grantor is identified as Paul Villepontoux, Jr. and thus may be the son of the Paul Villepontoux mentioned above): Tom, April, Billy and Will.
- On-line Tree or Website
- Paul Villepontoux has a profile on Geni.com. The slave mortgage documents are available through FamilySearch.
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