Year: 2024

Enslaved People Named: Jack, Samuel, Ovid, William, Jonas, Jenny, Rose, Leah On June 1, 1845, Charles A. Harden, Bryan County, used as collateral on a promissory note to Charles W. Rogers Senior, Bryan County, for $1200 a tract of land known as Milford in Bryan County, 530 acres, plus lot $129 in the 14th district of Cherokee County, 160 acres, and “also the following eight slaves to wit Jack, Samuel, Ovid, William, Jonas, Jenny, Rose and Leah.” Witnessed by Andrew A. Wells. Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on June 21, 1845. Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. E-G 1830-1853, Book F (1840-46), page 359-61; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-VSL3-9 : 4 Oct 2024), image 438-9 of 682; microfilm #007899047, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.

Enslaved People Named: Patience, Adam, Peggy, Maria, Edmond, Dianna, Ginny, Rinah, Hagar, Israel, Grace, Billy, Little Rinah, Tom, Sunday On March 18, 1845, Odingsell W. Hart, planter, Bryan County, used as collateral on a promissory note to A. Porter, Chatham County, for $$2000 “certain negro slaves, named Patience, Adam, Peggy, Maria, Edmond, Dianna, Ginny, Rinah, Hagar, Israel, Grace, Billy, Little Rinah, Tom, Sunday, fifteen in number.” Witnessed by S.B. Williams. Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on May 14, 1845. Marked as satisfied as of March 15, 1850. Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. E-G 1830-1853, Book F (1840-46), page 347-8; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-VSLS-G : 4 Oct 2024), image 431-3 of 682; microfilm #007899047, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.

Enslaved People Named: Dick, Kate, Violet, Frank, Jim, Jane, Bob, Abraham, Peggy, Elic On March 1, 1845, James Johnson, Bryan County, used as collateral on a promissory note to Charles W. Rogers, Bryan County, for $1000 “the following property to wit ten negroe slaves as follows Dick aged twenty four years, Kate aged twenty three years and her two children Violet aged three years, and Frank aged fourteen months, Jim aged twenty six years, Jane aged thirty five years, Bob aged eighteen years Abraham aged seventeen years Peggy aged nineteen years and [hard to read – Elic or Erica?] aged fourteen years.” Also used as collateral was “that well known plantation in said [Bryan] County, called the Cottage, containing one hundred acres more or less.” Witnessed by William L. Baker. Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on March 12, 1845. This mortgage was marked as satisfied as of November 24, 1849. Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. E-G 1830-1853, Book F (1840-46), page 328-30; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-VS2B-G : 20 Sep 2024), image 422-3 of 682; microfilm #007899047, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.

Enslaved People Named: Ben, Delia, Rinah, Barthshire On November 23, 1844, John Harn, Bryan County, used as collateral on a promissory note to Robert Habersham, Savannah, for $922.50 “the following four negro slaves, viz, Ben abt. twenty four years, Delia abt. twenty two years of age, Rinah over forty years of age & Barthshire about five or six years of age.” Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on January 20, 1845. Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. E-G 1830-1853, Book F (1840-46), page 311-14; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-VS2Y-8 : 16 Sep 2024), image 413-5 of 682; microfilm #007899047, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.