Col. Joshua John Ward

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Joshua John Ward, of Georgetown, South Carolina, was the largest American slaveholder, dubbed "the king of the rice planters".

In 1850 he held 1,092 slaves, and in 1860 his heirs (his estate) held 1,130 or 1,131 slaves.

One of his plantations, the Brookgreen Plantation, is now part of the namesake park of Brookgreen Gardens. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brookgreen_Plantation

Career

In addition to his rice plantations, he served in the South Carolina Senate and as the 44th Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina from 1850 to 1852, as a Democrat, under Governor John Hugh Means.

Family history

Ward was born November 24, 1800, at Brookgreen Plantation, South Carolina. He was married March 14, 1825, in South Carolina to Joanna Douglas Hasell, and died February 27, 1853, at Brookgreen Plantation. His father was Joshua Ward and his mother was Elizabeth Cook.

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