Paul Trapier

Paul Trapier was the son of Paul Trapier Jr and Elizabeth Foissin. He married Sarah Alice Shubrick on January 7, 1802. She was the daughter of Col. Thomas Shubrick and wife Mary Branford.

Reared by his paternal grandfather, Paul attended Harvard and graduated in 1790. Back in South Carolina, he was a planter, residing at Windsor plantation (approximately 672 acres) on the Black River in Prince George Winyah Parish. He also owned a tract known as Gibbon's Neck on the Black River, a portion of North Island, several lots in Georgetown, and land on Charleston Neck.

According to the federal census for 1800, he possessed 189 slaves in Prince George Winyah. However, in 1812, Trapier found himself financially overextended (due to having been the security for his father-in-law's debts) and was forced to sell Windsor plantation and to convey most of his Georgetown District property to trustees for benefit of his creditors.

Consequently, he and his family moved to Belvedere plantation in St. Philip Parish, home of the Shubricks. There he operated rice and saw mills and was a factor in Charleston where he also maintained a residence. An inventory of his estate revealed he owned 95 slaves at death; an 1824 tax return taken 12 March 1825 listed 5,713 acres and town property under his name in Prince George Winyah.

He held a number of elected and appointed positions. Paul Trapier died of a bilious fever sometime before 28 December 1824. He was survived by his wife and several children.

Children of Paul Trapier and wife Sarah Alice Shubrick:

 Paul Trapier (1806 - 1872)

 Alice Pauline Trapier Hayne (1817 - 1885)

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