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Joseph (D25) Wardlaw who lived in Abbeville County, South Carolina owned several

properties. The name of this plantation is unknown, however after Wardlaw's

death his probate papers called it the "Homeplace", and why this page is

named the Joseph Wardlaw Homeplace Plantation.

This plantation is where he lived and where he grew cotton. In 1804, Joseph

purchased 1/3 share of the Cotton Gin from his father-in-law, John Waller's

estate left to the son John N. Waller who died about the same time as his

father for $579. Some think the plantation was originally called Cotton Hill

Plantation although there are no records to confirm this. Over the years the

property is believed to have been sold off in land tracts to build homes

therefore the exact location where the plantation house stood is also

unknown although some believe the Quay-Wardlaw house is one in the same.

This plantation and most of the slaves, at the death of Joseph (D25) Wardlaw in

1852, were left to Wardlaw's son, Hugh Waller (E78) Wardlaw.

Joseph (D25) Wardlaw, like his father (Hugh (C4) Wardlaw), was a slaveholder. He had about 100+ slaves

named in his probate papers in 1852.

The Quay Plantation located in Abbeville County home was built by the first

owner, John Quay, about 1786. Quay sold the property to James (D21) Wardlaw about

1798. James Wardlaw lived there most of his life. His plantation grew

cotton. This home is now known as The Quay-Wardlaw House.

This house, built ca. 1786, is thought to be the oldest house in Abbeville.

It was built as a two-story log building by John Quay, who also ran a tavern

here. He sold it ca. 1798 to James (D21) Wardlaw (1767-1842) and his wife, Quay's

stepdaughter Hannah Clarke (1778-1825). James (D21) Wardlaw was the Abbeville

postmaster and Abbeville District deputy clerk of court 1796-1800, then

clerk of court 1800-1838. Ten of the Wardlaws' eleven children were born in

this house.

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James (D21) Wardlaw 1767 - 1842 served as Deputy Clerk of Court for Abbeville

County with Major John Bowie in 1796. During this time he also worked as a

surveyor, a school-master, and a merchant continuing to operate the tavern

and stagecoach stop established by John Quay, his wife Hannah's stepfather.

In 1800 the South Carolina Legislature changed the designation of the

state's counties to districts. James (D21) Wardlaw was appointed as the first

Clerk of Court for Abbeville District. He held that post until 1838. He

was also the Abbeville Court House "Village" first post master.

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Two sons were delegates to the Secession Convention: David Lewis (E59) Wardlaw

(1799-1873), state representative and Speaker of the S.C. House, and later a

judge; and Francis Hugh (E60) Wardlaw (1800-1861), newspaper editor, state

chancellor, and state representative, from Edgefield. This house was later

owned by Col. Thomas Thomson (1813-1881), state representative, delegate to

the Secession Convention, Confederate officer, state senator, and judge.

James (D21) Wardlaw had 64 slaves listed in his probate inventory at the time of

his death in 1842. The slaves were divided and sold off to family members

and others.

David Lewis (E59) Wardlaw was born in 1799. He passed away in 1863. Signer of the

South Carolina Ordinance of Secession.

He was the first white child born in the Abbeville District, in 1799 in the

Quay Tavern. He was a delegate to the Secession Convention in 1861, a law

partner to Patrick Noble, and Gen. Samuel McGowan's father-in-law.

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When William Alfred Wardlaw was born on 6 November 1816, in Abbeville,

Abbeville, South Carolina, United States, his father, James (D21) Wardlaw, was 48

and his mother, Hannah Clarke, was 38. He married Iwanowna Tilman on 23

April 1840, in Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina. They were the parents

of at least 7 sons. He died on 10 November 1876, in Charleston, Charleston,

South Carolina, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Upper

Long Cane Cemetery, Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina.

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Francis Hugh (E60) Wardlaw was born in 1800. He passed away in 1861. Chancellor

and Judge Francis Hugh Wardlaw, Born 16 December 1800, Died 29 May 1861. He

was a member of the Secession Convention of 1860; he was the author of the

Ordinance of Secession and was one of the signers.

Francis Hugh (E60) Wardlaw, son of James (D21) Wardlaw and Hannah Clarke Wardlaw, was born

at Abbeville Court House, S. C., December 16th, 1800; was baptized by Rev.

Robert P. Wilson, of the Presbyterian Church; went to the common English

schools of Abbeville, taught by Francis Walker, William Sadler, Flinn,

Clary, Hooper, James Curry, and Thomas Fulton. In 1812 he went to

Willington, in Abbeville District, and there attended for two years Dr.

Waddell's famous Classical Academy. He spent the year 1815 at home at

Abbeville Court House, in studying arithmetic, algebra, trigonometry, and

surveying, under Captain William Robertson, and in writing in the Clerk's

office under his father, then Clerk of the Court for Abbeville District. He

entered the South Carolina College April 13th, 1816, and graduated with

first honor of his class in December, 1818. Read law in the office of A.

Bowie, Esq., at Abbeville Court House, and was admitted to practice law at

Charleston, January, 1822, and equity at Columbia, May, 1822. He settled at

Edgefield near the end of February, 1822, and practiced law there in

partnership with Whitfield Brooks until the fall of 1825; with William

Garrett from 1826 to 1828; with D. L. Wardlaw from 1831 to 1841, and with

William C. Morange from 1841 to 1846; was editor of a newspaper at Edgefield

from March, 1829, to the spring of 1832; elected to the State Convention

from Edgefield in 1832, and to the House of representatives of South

Carolina Legislature in 1834 and 1838; was partner of R. H. Spann's in 1850;

was elected Chancellor December 3rd, 1850, and Judge in the Court of Appeals

December 21st, 1859; delegate from Edgefield in the conventions of 1852 and

1860, being one of only four or five persons who were members of all three

conventions above mentioned; 1832, 1852, and 1860.

He was married at "Airville" near Hamburg, in Edgefield District Wednesday

evening, April 22nd, 1835, to Ann Gresham Lamar, daughter of Thomas Gresham

Lamar and Martha Leland Cary, by Rev. Henry Reid, Presbyterian minister from

Augusta. By this union he had seven children, three of whom died young. One

son, Lieutenant Thomas GTresham Lamar (F36) Wardlaw, was killed at Fort Moultrie, July 17th,

1862, another son, Francis Hugh (F39) Wardlaw, died December 5th, 1887, at Edgefield

where he was practicing law. One son and one daughter only are now living,

Mrs. J. W. Hill, of Edgefield, and J. Lewis Wardlaw, of Fairfield County.

Chancellor Wardlaw died at Columbia in the house of Major Theodore Stark,

May 29th, 1861, and was buried at Edgefield Court House, South Carolina.

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Joseph James (E66) Wardlaw died in Walhalla on Wednesday, July 2nd, 1873, in the

sixtieth year of his age. Dr. Wardlaw was a native of Abbeville county, and,

until the last year, had spent his whole life near the place of his

nativity, and in the midst of friends who knew and appreciated his high and

excellent qualities of mind and heart.

Dr. Joseph James (E66) Wardlaw was born October 29th, 1814, at Abbeville, and was the ninth

child of James Wardlaw. He received his early education in the school of

Henry Fulton, near this place, and took a high stand in his class. He

entered the South Carolina College in 1831, and, after a course of study

extending over two years, graduated with the degree of A.B. in 1833.

Returning to Abbeville, he began the study of medicine in the office of Dr.

S. V. Caine, a physician of considerable note and rare skill. In 1834-35 he

attended lectures in the Charleston Medical College, and then entered the

Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, where he graduated with

distinction in 1836. As a student, Dr. Wardlaw was industrious and

pains-taking; as a physician, kind, skillful, and untiring; a genial,

affable gentleman; an affectionate husband, an indulgent father, and a pure,

steadfast, and unyielding Christian. For a number of years he had held

positions of honor and trust in the Presbyterian Church at this place, and

in his death the Church has sustained a heavy loss.

Dr. JosephJames (E66) Wardlaw was an indefatigable worker, and his whole life was spent in

alleviating the sufferings and ministering to the afflictions of his

fellow-men. Like the good Samaritan, he went about doing good, and in the

abode of poverty as well as at the bedside of the wealthy his skill overcame

disease, and his godly walk and conversation contributed comfort and peace

and joy to world-weary, departing pilgrims.

Dr. Joseph James (E66) Wardlaw was a patriot, and in the late war, by his personal influence

and the blood of his children, did more than his part to sustain the

fortunes of the Southern Confederacy. After the war, reduced in means,

bereft of sons upon whose stout arms he had hoped to depend, he devoted his

energies anew to the duties of his profession, and labored manfully in the

cause of suffering humanity.

For the last year Dr. Wardlaw had resided at Walhalla, where, in the bosom

of an affectionate family, from the effects of an accident received a short

time since, he died on last Wednesday. His body was brought to this place on

Friday, and conveyed to the Presbyterian church, where the funeral sermon

was preached by the pastor, Rev. J. L. Martin. The sermon was touching and

powerful, and at the record of the virtues of the deceased, many eyes unused

to weep were suffused with tears. After the sermon, the remains were carried

to Long Cane cemetery, and, in the presence of a large number of

sympathizing friends and acquaintances, all that was mortal of Dr. Joseph J.

Wardlaw was laid to rest.

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Robert Henry (E63) Wardlaw was born on 28 April 1778, in Abbeville, South Carolina,

his father, James (D21) Wardlaw, and his mother, Elizabeth Coulter. He married Lucy Hodges about 1807, in Abbeville, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He

died on 6 April 1812, in his hometown, at the age of 33, and was buried in

Greenville Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Donalds, Abbeville, South Carolina.

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New Page and Project ~ 'Black Wardlaws'

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Please note: these pictures on these 'Black Wardlaws' pages are not anyone specific that we know, just pictures for illustration.

Diane

WE NOW HAVE HAD A WONDERFUL BREAKTHROUGH! WE HAVE LINKED A LINE TO THE WARDLAW SLAVE OWNERS, TRACING TWO SPECIFIC NAMES, A BROTHER AND SISTER, FROM OWNER TO OWNER, FREEDOM AND DOWN TO TODAY!! WE THANK THAT PERSON FOR CONTACTING US AND GIVING US THE INFORMATION TO MAKE THIS CONNECTION!!

We can work on your line too, just write and give us your information and we'll add it it to our tree. We also need you to help us work on this project! If anyone wants to have a hand in this, please write and let us know!

New information of slaves of Joseph (E91) Wardlaw of Tennessee - He had two slaves, Tom Wardlaw and Hillary Wardlaw (I believe were both males) that built the house 'Sugar Hill' for him. See Hillary Wardlaw in the tree 'Black Wardlaws'.

This page 'Black Wardlaws' and the projects we are working on are an effort to bring together the scattered information that we now have and combine it with what each one of you has to build a complete picture.The history of the slaves in America is sketchy at best and this is an attempt to find each family's origins when they were owned by the Wardlaws and took the name.

We are building a Tree on Ancestry.com to compile everyone's information to enable more people to search and find their links. This tree is called 'Black Wardlaws'. On it you will see many separate families. To look for any one name, go to the box in the top right corner that says 'find a person in this tree'. You will see the Index of names, along with their birth dates and place of birth if known. Click on any person and you'll see what is in their family tree. Or to see everyone, click on 'List of all people'. You will see on the tree there are census records, documents, pictures, gravestone pictures, cemetery pictures, and much more!! Please write us if you want to get into the tree, even if you don't have an Ancestry.com subscription, we'll send you a link to go to it.

We have linked many of the 'Hints' for these people in each person's 'Profile'. There are Census Records, and other hints to look at. We'd love to get some pictures! Do you have any?

Right now it has been up for a few months and already has 1,472 people in it. This is just a start, we'll be adding to this often. If you have information to add, please let us know and we can build up this tree.

Many of the early Wardlaws had slaves and these are the descendants of those people. We'll be gathering the documents, wills and other items that will be helpful and put them on here.

Thanking you in advance for your input and participation!

Write us:

dianewardlaw7@yahoo.com

and see the tree "Black Wardlaws" at:
www.Ancestry.com

Maria Elena Mercado is now an Editor on this tree and helping to organize the data. Below is what she has done and is sharing with us.

If any one of you want to add info to this tree, please write and tell us, we'll add in your data.

Update

Maria has made a great start on this project as you can see below. We need to continue this work on to include everyone we can find so there will be a comprehensive index of names and dates, to avoid duplication and re-inventing the wheel.

A word from our co-editor

Thank you, Diane, for being such a great collaboration partner. I really want to see the Black Wardlaw page developed into a significant piece. We have already identified the American states/towns we'll be focusing on (states where Wardlaw slaves were held). We have also compiled a complete Americas Wardlaw genealogy by generation, which includes the names of all Wardlaws who may have potentially held slaves through 1865 with statistical data and the regions in which they lived. During the coming weeks, we will be adding a significant amount of research information to this site.

Our research indicates that there were a total of 7 generations (A-G) of Wardlaws potentially engaged in slavery, spanning 145 years from about 1720-1865 - Not all Wardlaws owned slaves. (See sub-head showing GENERATIONS)

We need to identify persons willing to take on the task of transcribing Wardlaw slave holdings per the 1790-1860 US Census Schedules for just their specific research region of interest. It's not a huge task when broken down by state & county. All we need is one volunteer to complete this information for one county in one state of their interest. If everyone researching black Wardlaw heritage would collaborate, we can compile the most complete picture of black Wardlaw ancestors, providing everyone with the best opportunity to positively identifying their ancestors.

I'm sure others have already done exactly what I've spent hours doing - The duplication is insane! Once we have compiled all this information and it's all up on the site, it's a permanent record for all Wardlaws. I cannot cover the entire USA - My eyes won't let me! But I can, and am willing to teach and work with anyone who is interested in researching their specific regions. We have many tools to work with FREE OF CHARGE and right at our fingertips. I can give everyone involved a template to follow for consistency and this can just drive itself.

The idea is to compile a snapshot or profile for each Wardlaw slave owner, adding ALL the information we find on slave ownership to that one snapshot so we have one clear and concise record. Remember that I personally am focused on Oconee/Abbeville/Anderson/Pickins/Pendleton Districts, South Carolina, which is my specific research area of interest, but these pages cover much more than just these areas. I am hoping we can find other researchers willing to compile the same information for their own specific regions of interest and will be happy to work with anyone willing to contribute.

Anyone interested in helping with this research, please let me know and I'll be happy to coordinate the project. Let's get this ball rolling.

dianewardlaw7@yahoo.com

Please write, we would like to add your information to our growing database!! We need everyone's participation, no matter what you have, every clue and detail is important to paint the whole picture.

Thank you!

This is a Family Reunion from 2017, but you can use this info to contact them if you are interested in this family and/or location.

Wardlaw & Loud Family Reunion

August 11-13, 2017

Freddie Jay
January 12 at 9:03am

HI ALL,
If you plan to attend this year's REUNION. WE NEED YOU TO GET REGISTERED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

Clicking on the link from this group is NOT enough.
Scroll down to the bottom and click on 'Get Registered'.

EZ Register is providing this software that makes all of this seamless. You can write them a check or use a credit card. Just for more clarity and security concerns. I'm managing this EZ Register account. You credit card information IS NOT maintained. It's like using PAYPAL or something like that. If you are OLD SCHOOL and just want to pay cash--YOU STILL NEED TO REGISTER...BUT INBOX ME...

Thanks,

Fredrick Wardlaw
Chair, Wardlaw/Wedlowe/Loud Family Reunion Committee
571-422-0517
f_allah@hotmail.com
facebook:Freddie Jay

See our tree on Ancestry.com, 'Black Wardlaws'.

This page 'Black Wardlaws' and the projects we are working on are an effort to bring together the scattered information that we now have and combine it with what each one of you has to build a complete picture.The history of the slaves in America is sketchy at best and this is an attempt to find each family's origins when they were owned by the Wardlaws and took the name.

We are building a Tree on Ancestry.com to compile everyone's information to enable more people to search and find their links. This tree is called 'Black Wardlaws'. On it you will see many separate families. To look for any one name, go to the box in the top right corner that says 'find a person in this tree' and enter a name to search for. You will see the Index of names, along with their birth dates and place of birth if known. Click on any person and you'll see what is in their family tree. Or to see everyone, click on 'List of all people'. You will see on the tree there are census records, documents, pictures, gravestone pictures, cemetery pictures, and much more!! Please write us if you want to get into the tree, even if you don't have an Ancestry.com subscription, we'll send you a link to go to it.

We have linked many of the 'Hints' for these people in each person's 'Profile'. There are Census Records, and other hints to look at. We'd love to get some pictures! Do you have any?

Right now it has been up for a few months and already has 4,685 people in it. This is just a start, we'll be adding to this often. If you have information to add, please let us know and we can build up this tree.

Many of the early Wardlaws had slaves and these are the descendants of those people. We'll be gathering the documents, wills and other items that will be helpful and put them on here.

Our research indicates that there were a total of 7 generations (A-G) of Wardlaws potentially engaged in slavery, spanning 145 years from about 1720-1865 - Not all Wardlaws owned slaves. But this is where the name began.

Thanking you in advance for your input and participation!

Write us:

clanwardlaw@yahoo.com

and see the tree "Black Wardlaws" at:
www.Ancestry.com

New Page and Project ~ 'BLACK WARDLAWS'

WE NOW HAVE HAD A WONDERFUL BREAKTHROUGH! WE HAVE LINKED A LINE TO THE WARDLAW SLAVE OWNERS, TRACING TWO SPECIFIC NAMES, A BROTHER AND SISTER, FROM OWNER TO OWNER, FREEDOM AND DOWN TO TODAY!! WE THANK THAT PERSON FOR CONTACTING US AND GIVING US THE INFORMATION TO MAKE THIS CONNECTION!!

We can work on your line too, just write and give us your information and we'll add it it to our tree. We also need you to help us work on this project! If anyone wants to have a hand in this, please write and let us know!

New information of slaves of Joseph (E91) Wardlaw of Tennessee - He had two slaves, Tom Wardlaw and Hillary Wardlaw (I believe were both males) that built the house 'Sugar Hill' for him. See Hillary Wardlaw in the tree 'Black Wardlaws'. Here are some other transactions of other slaves of Joseph:

The Emancipation Proclamation called for southern states to join the union…They refused to do so. However, many slaves freed themselves by doing just that on an individual basis. As the Union Army advanced into southern territory, slaves simply walked out of the fields and joined them.

Following the Civil War, Blacks searched for family members from which they had been separated and gathered their families. The 1870 census shows entire families united. Previously forbidden, black marriages skyrocketed. Most African Americans who remained on the same land following 1865 occupied the former slave quarters and became sharecroppers.

Their reasons for staying were simple, yet complex:

1. They may have been treated well enough by their former owners or at least felt that what they knew all their lives was better than the unknown.
2. There was nowhere to go - This was their home...and their parents’ home…for generations.
3. The years following emancipation were a ticking time-bomb in the southern states. There was the rise of the KKK and Night Riders, the enactment of the Black Codes**, instituted to maintain the status quo, to keep blacks from becoming productive and valued members of society, and working for and in debt to wealthy landowners.

It was all just institutional racism and sharecropping was no exception. African Americans were told that they'd work the land for a salary and share the production with the owner but, in reality, the Black Codes prevented that from working. Sharecroppers eked out a meager existence, barely surviving and quite often had to resort to "taking credit" from white shopkeepers, which indebted them beyond capacity to pay.
Forbidden by law to learn to read or write for hundreds of years, blacks wanted their children to receive the education they’d been long denied. Congress created the Freedmen’s Bureau and, with the help of organizations in the North, began establishing schools for blacks during the late 1860s and early 1870s.
Blacks also established their own churches, apart from southern clergymen, most of whose Sunday sermons touted biblical support for the institution of slavery when, in fact, the bible makes reference to indentured servitude, which is an altogether different institution. In indentured servitude, a man works to pay off his debt, after which, he is set free. Slavery took the biblical practice of indentured servitude beyond the precipice of evil and cannot be compared to it.