Parish: St. John
Deceased: Nichols, Robert [also spelled Nicholls]
Notification Date: 1768-12-20
Date Sworn: 1769-01-14
Official: R. Kelsall, J.P.
Appraisers: John Graves, John Lawson, Samuel Miller
Estate Executor: Andrew Darling, John Irvine
Inventory Date (if given): 1769-01-13
Total Value of Property Appraised: 1138.13.5 pounds
Value of enslaved persons: 766.10.0 pounds
Comments: Inventory performed at Sunbury. The enslaved people were appraised on January 14, 1769 [no reason given].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.
| Enslaved Person Named | Value | Description |
| Jeffrey | 20.0.0 | “Old; Fellow” |
| Tom | 50.0.0 | “Fellow” |
| Harry | 30.0.0 | “Fellow” |
| Sam | 35.0.0 | “Fellow” |
| Caesar | 40.0.0 | “Fellow” |
| Crimas | 35.0.0 | “Fellow” [alt: Grimas] |
| Hector | 30.0.0 | “Fellow” |
| Jupiter | 50.0.0 | “Fellow” |
| Cyrus | 50.0.0 | “:Fellow” |
| Jeffrey | 50.0.0 | “Young; Fellow” |
| Quaco | 40.0.0 | “Boy” |
| Dick | 30.0.0 | “Boy” |
| Bess | 1.0.0 | “Old; Wench” |
| Teresia | 35.0.0 | “Wench” [alt: Teresa] |
| Bess | 45.0.0 | “Wench; and her child on the breast, a girl” |
| Nancey | 25.0.0 | “Wench” [alt: Nancy] |
| Sarah | 30.0.0 | “Wench” |
| Judith | 10.10.0 | “Wench” |
| Sylvia | 60.0.0 | “Wench” |
| Peggy | 50.0.0 | “Wench; and child” |
| Celia | 30.0.0 | “Girl” |
| Darkas | 20.0.0 | “Girl” [could be alternate spelling of Dorcas] |
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/2906/rec/268.
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).