Bryan County Bill of Sale (Blitch/Smith)
Enslaved People Named: John On May 3, 1853 Thomas Blitch, in charge of the estate of James Hunt of Effingham County, sold at auction “a certain man Slave named John about twenty years of age belonging to the estate of said James Hunt, dec’d.” Blitch had received permission for the sale from the Effingham County […]
Bryan County Bill of Sale (Johnston/Smith)
Enslaved People Named: Rachel, Sopha, Lydia, John On January 9, 1852, at Savannah, W.W. Johnston sold to Solomon Smith for $1350 “my negro woman and her three children, viz Rachel, Sopha [alt: Sophia?], Lydia, and John, with their future increase, all sound on delivery except Rachel’s eyes are inflamed from cold.” Recorded in Bryan County […]
Bryan County Deed of Gift (Baley/Calder)
Enslaved People Named: Peggy, Jeffry On August 28, 1852, John Baley, Bryan County, gifted to his daughter Malinda E. Calder, wife of George Calder, via her trustees William F. Law and Lewis T. Turner, both of Bryan County “a negro slave named Peggy and her child Jeffry with the future issue and increase.” Witnessed by […]
Bryan County Estate Settlement (Shuman/McGillis)
Enslaved People Named: Milly, Stephen, Moses On January 1, 1849, in Bryan County, Henry M. McGillis, acknowledged receipt from James Shuman, guardian of the orphans of T.R. McGillis “a negro girl named Milly valued at three hundred dollars and the sum of four hundred and seventeen dollars which said negro Milly and money are in […]
Bryan County Bill of Sale (Fergerson/Lipperman)
Enslaved People Named: Betsey On July 12, 1852, in Savannah, Charles W. Fergerson [alt: Fergurson] gave a promissory note, due the next day, for $150 to Joseph Lipperman. He also gave him a promissory note made out to him (Fergerson) from Thomas A. Hines for $177 dated June 26, 1852, also due the following day. […]
Bryan County Bill of Sale (Dutton/Cox)
Enslaved People Named: Joe, Joe, Carlton, Affa, Hetta On September 7, 1852, T.C. Dutton, Bulloch County, sold to B.C. Cox, Bryan County, for $2537 “Joe, a man fifty five years of age, dark complexion, Joe a boy aged 14 years, Carlton age twelve years of age [SIC], Affa [alt: Affee] a girl twelve years old, […]
Bryan County Chattel Mortgage (Law/Stoddard)
Enslaved People Named: William On March 12, 1852, William Law, Savannah, Chatham County, used as collateral on a promissory note of $890 to John Stoddard, Savannah, Chatham County, “an 800-acre plantation consisting of river and swamp land about the same amount of high land in Bryan County on the Ogeechee River, bounded east by the […]
Bryan County Bill of Sale (Hines/Hines)
Enslaved People Named: Daniel In 1852, an enslaved man named Daniel who had been part of the estate of Lewis Hines, Bryan County, was sold to one of the heirs, James C. Hines, by the other heirs. On April 2, 1852, Ann M. Hines, Benjamin T. Hines, Lewis E. Hines, Thomas A. Hines and Georgia […]
Bryan County Chattel Mortgage (Hines/Hines)
Enslaved People Named: Sulpher, Charlotte, John, Ferdy On February 11, 1852, Benjamin T. Hines, Bryan County, used as collateral on a promissory note to Charlton Hines, Liberty County, for $1000 “the following property to wit Sulpher a negro man about 35 years of age, Charlotte a negro woman about 40 years of age, John about […]
Bryan County Estate Settlement (Butler)
Enslaved People Named: Lucy, Tom On January 1, 1852, the estate of the late John G. Butler of Chatham County was distributed, according to records found in Bryan County. The estate totaled $596.33. Ann G. Butler, administrator, received one third of the estate, and gave it to John G. Butler’s son, John G. Butler as […]