Year: 2024

Enslaved People Named: Sam On April 17, 1843, Richard Harvey, Bryan County, sold to Cyrus Bird, Bryan County, for $750 “the following property, one negro boy by the name of Sam, about sixteen years old, also fifty head of cattle marked with an upper square in each ear, branded AH.” Witnessed by Susan Barber, Isaac Barber, J.P. Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on May 2, 1843. Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. E-G 1830-1853, Book F (1840-46), page 199-200; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-VSLH-H : 10 Sep 2024), image 354-5 of 682; microfilm #007899047, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.

Enslaved People Named: George, Phoebe [alt: Phebe], Derry, Deliah, Sarah, Prince, Ben, Sandy, Belah [alt: Bella], Sarah, Judy, Judge, Juno, Moses, Hester, Tiller, Casar [alt: Caesar, Ceasar], John, Comfort, Isaac, Salley, Amelia, Charles, Cresa [alt: Cretia], Sam, Charlotte, Lonon [alt: Lonnon, London], Tiria, Diana, Comiger, Abraham, Jane, Sam On January 7, 1843, William Patterson, Savannah, sold to James Mongin Smith, “trustee under the will of John David Mongin”, for $26,000 “the following negro slaves being thirty three in number, George, Phoebe [alt: Phebe], Derry, Deliah, Sarah, Prince, Ben, Sandy, Belah [alt: Bella], Sarah, Judy, Judge, Juno, Moses, Hester, Tiller, Casar [alt: Caesar, Ceasar], John, Comfort, Isaac, Salley, Amelia, Charles, Cresa [alt: Cretia], Sam, Charlotte, Lonon [alt: Lonnon, London], Tiria, Diana, Comiger, Abraham, Jane, Sam.” Included in the sale was the following land: a 150-acre rice plantation on the Ogeechee River in Chatham County, originally purchased in pieces (43 acres from Beacroft [Beecroft] Penney, 75 acres from A.W. Stephen, and 32 acres from A.W. Stephen and Benjamin Stiles, trustees for B. Penney and wife]; and a 300-acre property in Bryan County known as Sterling Bluff, bounded by land of William Patterson, A.W. Stephen and Joseph Stiles. Witnessed by G.G. Bulloch. Recorded

Enslaved People Named: Becca, Sarah, Rhody, Louisa, Caty, Welcome, Moses On January 16, 1843, Hardy C. Moye, Lowndes County, sold to Clem Powers, Effingham County, for $3700 “the following negro slaves to wit, Becca, a female slave aged about thirty two years, Sarah, a female slave aged about twenty years, Rhody a female slave aged about eighteen years, Louisa a female slave aged about fourteen years, Caty a female slave aged about twelve years, Welcome a male slave aged about forty years, and Moses a child of the above named Sarah aged about eighteen months.” Witnessed by Jno. [John] M. Clark, N.P. Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on March 12, 1843. Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. E-G 1830-1853, Book F (1840-46), page 188-9; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-VSL4-Z : 10 Sep 2024), image 349 of 682; microfilm #007899047, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.

Enslaved People Named: Hagar, Judy, Andrew On December 8, 1842, John J. Maxwell, Chatham County, sold to Alexander M. Sanford, Bryan County, for $750 “a certain negro woman slave named Hagar, aged about fifty two years, and her two children, Judy aged about eighteen years and Andrew aged about eleven years together with the future issue and increase of the female slaves.” Witnessed by Edward J. Harden, N.P.. Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on January 20, 1843. Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. E-G 1830-1853, Book F (1840-46), page 184-5; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-VSL7-T : 10 Sep 2024), image 346 of 682; microfilm #007899047, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.

Enslaved People Named: Sally, Phillis [alt: Phyllis], Silvia [alt: SYlvia], Catharine, James, Luke, John, Patty, Bess, Molly, Jane On April 23, 1842, John P. Maxwell, Bryan County, sold to Dr. Charles W. Rogers for $2046.76 “the following named negro slaves with their increase to wit, Sally, aged thirty seven years, Phillis aged nineteen years, Silvia, aged seventeen years, and her infant child, Catharine aged sixteen years, James aged fourteen years, Luke aged eleven years, John aged nine years, Patty aged six years, Bess aged twenty five years, Molly aged three years, and Jane aged fourteen years, with their future increase..” Witnessed by Henry Harden, Charles A. Harden, J.P. Bryan County. Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on May 4, 1842. Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. E-G 1830-1853, Book F (1840-46), page 117-8; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-VSLD-J : 9 Sep 2024), image 308-9 of 682; microfilm #007899047, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.

Enslaved People Named: Amy On January 25, 1842, at Macon, Bibb County, Thomas H. Harden, Bibb County, sold to Eliza C. Clay, Bryan County, for 700 “a certain negro woman slave named Amy and her infant child, and the future issue and increase of said slaves.” Witnessed by Edw. [Edward] ? Tracy. Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on February 7, 1842. Appended to this deed record was another one, created in Bryan County, noting that there was concern that Thomas H. Harden did not have at the time of the sale the power to make a “perfect title” to “said negroes.” Matilda A. Harden said that, if that was the case, she did have the power and so ratified and confirmed what he had done. Witnessed by Daniel M. Harden and Charles A. Harden, J.P. of Bryan County. [NOTE: By use of the plural when referring to their “future increase,” it appears that Amy’s unnamed infant child was a girl.] Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. E-G 1830-1853, Book F (1840-46), page 83-4; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-VSLJ-V : 9 Sep 2024), image 291-2 of 682; microfilm #007899047, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.