Colonial Georgia Estate Inventory – Nathaniel Way

Parish: St. John and described as “late of Ponpon, South Carolina”
Deceased: Way, Nathaniel
Notification Date: 1762-01-08
Date Sworn: 1762-02-16
Official: John Elliott, J.P.
Appraisers: William Donnom [Alt: Dunham], Daniel Dunnom [Alt: Dunham], Andrew Way [John Winn, John Elliott named as alternates]
Estate Administrator: John Stacey [Alt: Stacy]
Inventory Date (if given): 1762-02-20
Total Value of Property Appraised: 128.9.0 pounds
Value of enslaved persons: 105.0.0 pounds
Comments: Noted as recorded in Book C folio 145 and Book F folio 100-109. Also attached were letters of administration for John Stacy stating that Nathaniel Way had died intestate, and naming Charles Watson of Savannah and Robert Bolton of “the town and province aforesaid, Sadler” as bond holders with John Stacy, who was said to be “of Newport.” 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.

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/3193/rec/352

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).