William Stuart Baskin
William Stuart Baskin was born around 1817 in South Carolina. He married Sarah Elizabeth White, and they had at least five children: John, born around 1842; Virginia, born around 1846; Ann, born around 1849; William, born around 1854; and Thomas, born around 1856. They lived in Lowndesville, South Carolina, and Baskin worked as a farmer. By 1850, he owned $2,850 of real estate. A decade later, he owned $6,000 of real estate and $15,692 of personal property, and he enslaved at least eighteen people. By 1870, he owned $5,000 of real estate and $2,000 of personal property. He died sometime after 1880.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (4843) | Baskin, William Stuart | 1817 |
- Conflict Side: Confederacy
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (4231) [recipient] ~ John T. Baskin to William S. Baskin, 21 June 1861
People - Records: 1
- (4843) Baskin, William Stuart is the [parent of] (4842) Baskin, John T.
Places - Records: 1
- (3000) [birth] ~ Lowndesville, Abbeville County, South Carolina
SOURCES
1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; South Carolina Compiled Marriage Index, 1641-1965, available from Ancestry.com
