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BLUE MARSH PLANTATION

 Halifax County, North Carolina

Austin Plummer who was born Aug 1, 1801 and died Apr 6, 1851, was the son of Kemp Plummer and Susanna Martin who lived in Warrenton, North Carolina. Austin was one of their thirteen children who grew up in Warren County, in a home of the prestigious lawyer and politician, their father, Kemp Plummer, who was originally from Gloucester County, Virginia. In September 30, 1794, Granville County, Kemp married to Susanna Martin, who was the daughter of William Martin and Anne Long, the daughter of Nicholas Long (1726-1797) and his 1st wife, Mary Reynolds (1736-1758). Austin was the only member of the family to live in Halifax County, although his father did have land there, as mentioned in his will, and the Census records in 1810 and 1830, which indicates he had Slaves there in those years. Austin's plantation was located on Fishing Creek, about 4 miles from Ransom's Bridge, as indicated in a newspaper ad for the sale of his property by his executors. Austin does not appear to have ever been married, nor did he leave a will, but his Estate was divided up between his surviving siblings in 1852.

Austin Plummer had 22 Slaves in 1840
He had 37 Slaves in 1850

Valuation & Division of Slaves Belonging to the Estate of AUSTIN PLUMMER, deceased.
State of North Carolina
Halifax County
May 15, 1852

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$  850
    475
    600
$1925
  1864
     61

 

$  750
    625
    125
    450
$1950
  1864
      86


 

$  850
    700
    150
    200
$1900
  1864
      36

 

$  850
    425
    325
    200
$1800
  1864
      64

 

$  800
    500
    200
    375
      50
$1925
  1864
      61


 

$  700
    600
    151
    325
$1776
  1864
      88


 

$  800
    575
    350
      75
$1800
  1864
     64


 

$  700
    675
    450
$1825
  1864
      39

* Kemp Plummer Bible gives birth date as March, Thomas G. Plummer Bible reads April

Researched and transcribed by Deloris Williams