Bryan County Estate Settlement (Screven)

Enslaved People Named: 189 people [see tables below]

On May 24, 1860, John Screven and Thomas F. Screven, Chatham County, executed a deed to quit-claim their right in part of their father James P. Screven’s estate to George P. Screven, also of Chatham County. The residue of the estate had been left to be divided among them, all sons of James P. Screven, according to James P. Screven’s will dated May 20, 1859, which had been admitted to probate and record at the Chatham County Court of Ordinary. The division had been performed by Thomas M. Forman, Wylly Woodbridge, and Richard F. Gibson, all of Chatham County, and the sons had agreed to the results of the division. The total value of the property quit-claimed to George Screven was $289,973. It included 16 named enslaved people on the Brewton Hill plantation and 173 named enslaved people on the Mifflin Plantation. (See below for names, approximate ages, and “values”.) Witnessed by George D> Smith. Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on April 26, 1861.

[NOTE: James P. Screven purchased Mifflin Plantation and the 173 enslaved people on it on June 8, 1849, from the trustees of the late John David Mongin. See: https://theyhadnames.net/2025/04/27/bryan-county-bill-of-sale-mongin-screven/. This was recorded in Bryan County Superior County Book H, pages 569-72.]

The deed described the property divided to George P. Screven as follows:

• “Four hundred and forty-three (448)” [SIC] acres of prime rice land, valued at $150 per acre;
• 30 acres prime rice land on an island, valued at $150 per acre
• 687 3/4 acres of high ground, valued at $20 per acre
• The threshing, mill, barns etc on these plantations valued at $5000
• [Various furniture, utensils, stock, other plantation items – see original]
• 1/9th interest in the Savannah Steam Rice Mill, and wharf lots where is was situated, valued at $5000
• A lot of land in Forsyth Ward in Savannah + 1/2 lot in the same ward
• A lot of land in Cobb County, Georgia
• One undivided third of Great Tybee Island, Chatham County
• One undivided third of the plantation on Wilmington Island, Chatham County, and of the “Betsy” tract on the same island
• 133 shares of stock of the Marine Bank of Georgia
• 17 shares of stock of the Atlantic and Gulf Rail Road company
• [Additional shares of stock described – see original – totalling $37612 worth of stock]
• An undivided third of the “Brewton Hill” Plantation, Chatham County
• [More plantation tools, belongings, stock, etc – see original]
• One wharf lot east of the City of Savannah formerly belonging to Bibb’s

“Also, the following named Negro Slaves viz:
Sixteen (16) negroes on the “Brewton Hill” plantation, named and valued as follows:

Name	Approximate Age	Value (in dollars)
Chester	48	1200
Eve	42	450
Charles	13	300
An infant	1	150
Tony	60	300
Nancy	50	200
Harry	50	600
Friday	35	1200
Dinah	40	350
William	35	1000
Martha	20	1000
Betsey	45	300
Die [alt: Dye]	22	1000
George	43	150
Wiley	20	800
George	1	125

“One hundred and sevety-three (173) negroes on the “Mifflin” plantation, named and valued as follows:

Name	Approximate Age	Value
Harrington	43	800
Hercules	17	1100
Mily [alt: Miley]	56	300
Guy	38	950
Delia	36	500
Nancy	15	1000
Sandy	12	700
Peggy	58	75
Big Monday	38	750
Maria	33	700
Bobbitt	16	950
Abel	14	700
Pupy or Kate	11	400
Aleck	8	350
Edward	3	175
Judy	An infant	100
Cinda	55	50
Die [alt: Dye]	43	300
Lizzy	16	1000
Jenny	37	550
Moll [or Mott]	5 months	100
Isaac	38	1200
Eve	12	550
David	8	400
Mary	3	200
Abram	36	1100
Tenah	31	500
Hester	12	500
Auber	4	200
Hamilton	25	1200
Big Ned	48	400
Tenah	43	1
Big Phillis [alt: Phyllis]	56	350
Beck	31	400
Robert	25	1200
Cretia	25	1000
Jacob	4	175
Bob	2	150
January	35	1200
Minty	28	1000
Tom	11	600
Abby	7	400
Ned	5	300
Rachel	2	175
Old Martha	76	1
Jacob	60	200
Sarah	45	200
Caleb	16	850
Flora	56	050 (?)
Ansel	38	1200
Catherine	38	100
Tenah	20	1000
Ismael	5 weeks	100
Lucina	16	1000
Leah	14	800
Scipio	7	350
Beck	56	75
Sambo	43	150
Tyra	35	900
Sibbee [alt: Sibby]	16	1000
Martha	13	700
Chance	1	150
Grace	38	600
Cupid	20	1200
Jacob	15	700
Cain	4	225
Jacob	42	1000
Sukey	33	600
Judy	12	500
Jack	40	900
Sarah	46	350
Isaac	20	1100
Eve	66	1
Dick	70	1
Juggy	38	600
Juba	15	1000
Chloe	28	900
Toby	21	1200
Mary	62	20
Sandy	37	800
Elsy	2	150
Nancy	11	600
Hannah	8	350
Washington (Ben)	5	250
Young Flora	30	1000
Sampson	2	200
Bob	26	1200
Phillis [alt: Phyllis]	31	900
Lucy	8	350
Abby	4	200
Dick	1	150
Hales	47	600
Laura	48	400
Edward	43	750
Rachel	43	400
Lancaster	21	1200
Rose	21	1000
Jack	52	1100
Katy	42	400
E. Hannah	58	200
July	30	1200
Sam	23	1200
Delia	18	1000
Juno	An infant	100
Pinkie	16	1000
Tecumseh	14	750
Daniel	48	500
Tenah	46	400
Dago	22	1200
Pannick [alt: Banick]	20	1400
Phillis	18	1000
Katy	8	300
Joe	29	1500
Tillah	27	1000
Bess	3	200
Old Harriet	68	150
Glasgow	52	500
Sarah	50	300
Phillis	32	1000
Charlotte	8 months	100
Cicero	43	900
Cumba	49	300
Harriet	20	1000
Robin	15	1000
John	3	225
Polydore	48	400
Pope	61	1
Betty	53	100
Little Monday	33	1100
Matilda	33	800
Nelly	8	400
Maria	41	600
Hector	23	1400
Louisa	18	1000
An infant	An infant	100
Joe	3	200
Jane	16	1000
Rachel	14	900
Tom	12	650
Clarinda	8	400
Tony	3	200
Henry (Jonas)	2	150
Old Lydia	81	1
Chloe	58	1
Fay	60	50
Dick	53	400
Beck	48	300
Caesar	17	1000
Doll	58	50
Andrew	25	1200
Innocence	20	1000
Hector	60	100
G. Mary	55	100
Old George	71	1
Linda	66	40
Ben	43	500
Rachel	38	500
Linda	18	1000
Rebecca	14	1000
Jacob	13	600
Juliet	11	500
Ben	7	300
Ritta	4	200
George	58	100
Binah	33	800
Sarah	14	650
Venus	4	250
Fanny	1	100
Esther	29	1000
John Easter	2	150
Rose	30	1000
William	11	550

“The aggregate value of all which said Slaves is the sum of one hundred and seven thousand, eight hundred and eighteen ($107,818) dollars.”

Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. H-J 1853-1874, Book I (1860-1869), page 52-59; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLZ-1972-2 : 9 May 2025), images 345-348 of 715; microfilm #008188937, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.