Parish: Savannah
Deceased: Gwinnett, Button [the Honorable, Esquire]
Date Sworn: not listed
Appraisers: Samuel Walters, James Maxwell, John Elliott
Estate Administrator: not listed
Inventory Date (if given): 1777-08-25
Total Value of Property Appraised: not listed [looks like several inventories grouped together but not totalled]
Value of enslaved persons: 3465.0.0 pounds
Comments: All value amounts are in pounds. Only the enslaved people in the inventory are listed below. Please see the original for other parts of the inventory. Written on the inventory was “Recorded in Book D. fol. 16.” The usual document swearing in the appraisers was not included.
| Enslaved Person Named | Value | Description |
| Moll | 120.0.0 | “Mulatto Wench” |
| Charlotte | 60.0.0 | “Negro Girl” |
| Stafford | 80.0.0 | “Negro Boy” |
| Cato | 90.0.0 | “Negro Fellow” |
| Will | 80.0.0 | “Negro Fellow” |
| John | 85.0.0 | “Negro Fellow” |
| Quake | 90.0.0 | “Negro Fellow” [or Quaho, Quako] |
| Frank | 80.0.0 | “Negro Fellow” |
| Sam | 45.0.0 | “Negro Fellow” |
| Tryon | 50.0.0 | “Negro Fellow” [Alt: Tyrone] |
| Ceasar | 85.0.0 | “Negro Fellow” [Alt: Caesar] |
| Joe | 85.0.0 | “Negro Fellow” |
| Jemmy | 75.0.0 | “Negro Fellow” [Alt: Jimmy] |
| Stark | 80.0.0 | “Negro Fellow” |
| Ned | 50.0.0 | “Negro Fellow” |
| Jack | 40.0.0 | “Negro Fellow” |
| Zingo | 80.0.0 | “Negro Fellow” |
| Bob | 50.0.0 | “Negro Fellow” |
| George | 55.0.0 | “Negro Fellow” |
| Congo | 55.0.0 | “Negro Fellow” |
| Captain | 60.0.0 | “Boy” |
| Tuesday | 55.0.0 | “Boy” |
| Daniel | 55.0.0 | “Boy” |
| Job | 50.0.0 | “Boy” |
| Cupit | 50.0.0 | “Boy” |
| Pansau | 50.0.0 | “Boy” |
| Scipio | 55.0.0 | “Boy” |
| Friday | 45.0.0 | “Boy” |
| Jack | 55.0.0 | “Boy” |
| Frank | 50.0.0 | “Boy” |
| Lazarus | 45.0.0 | “Boy” |
| Mingo | 50.0.0 | “Boy” |
| Byou | 40.0.0 | “Boy” [Alt: Bayou, or possibly typo for Byron?] |
| Wednesday | 50.0.0 | “Boy” |
| Paul | 50.0.0 | “Boy” |
| Dick | 50.0.0 | “Boy” |
| Tom | 70.0.0 | “Boy” |
| Prince | 50.0.0 | “Boy” |
| Monday | 50.0.0 | “Boy” |
| Jack | 30.0.0 | “Mullatto; Boy” |
| Bacon | 30.0.0 | “Mullatto; Boy” |
| Sylvia | 100.0.0 | “Wench; and two children” |
| Bettey | 80.0.0 | “Wench; and son” [Alt: Betty] |
| Lora | 75.0.0 | “Wench; and son” [Alt: Laura] |
| Fortymore | 80.0.0 | “Wench; and child” [alt: Forty More] |
| Celia | 65.0.0 | “Wench” |
| Phillis | 50.0.0 | “Wench” [Alt: Phyllis] |
| Molley | 75.0.0 | “Wench; and child” [Alt: Molly] |
| Joanna | 65.0.0 | “Wench; and child” |
| Bela | 60.0.0 | “Wench” [Alt: Bella] |
| Cumbo | 55.0.0 | “Wench” |
| Bella | 55.0.0 | “Wench” |
| Fanny | 50.0.0 | “Girl” |
| Caroline | 35.0.0 | “Girl” |
Source: “Colonial Government, Estate Records, RG 49-1-1, Georgia Archives,” Colonial Estate Records, held by Georgia Archives Virtual Vault; accessed online at: https://vault.georgiaarchives.org/digital/collection/corp/id/3673/rec/150.
These antebellum estate inventories and appraisals generally included all the deceased person’s “property,” including enslaved persons. Only those names are documented here for historical and genealogical purposes. Anyone interested in the actual property owned by the deceased may find it at the link at the bottom of the page. Names are listed in the original order, as this often gives very valuable information about family groupings or the age of children (who may be listed in age order).