Bryan County Chattel Mortgage (Law/Stoddard)
Enslaved People Named: Jiny, Phoebe, Lizzy, Harriet, Jonas, Amanda, Peter, April, Susannah, Louisa, Scipio, Ellen, Charley, Polly, Charles, Peggy, Hannah, Morris, Sukey, Morris, Sarah, Charles On January 6, 1852, William Law, Savannah, Chatham County, used as collateral on a promissory note to John Stoddard, Savannah, Chatham County, for $$5956.04 “the following twenty two negro slaves […]
Bryan County Bill of Sale (Harn/Clark)
Enslaved People Named: Bucksheer On December 4, 1851, Thomas Harn, Bryan County, sold to Levi S. D’Lyon, trustee of Edith Rebecca Clark, wife of William Clark, Bryan County, for $550 “”to the sole and separate use of the said Edith Rebecca Clark, and to such child or children, as she may leave at the time […]
Bryan County Bill of Sale (Barber/Newman)
Enslaved People Named: An??d, Mary Ann On March 21, 1851, in Bulloch County, Georgia, Isaac Barber sold to James Newman for $900 “a negro woman, named An??d [looks like Anaed] about 25 years old and her child Mary Ann, about four years.” Witnessed by Jessee Newman (signed by mark). Jessee Newman appeared before Alfred B. […]
Bryan County Estate Settlement (Harn)
Enslaved People Named: Delia On March 15, 1851, Samuel Harn, William Harn, John Harn, William Clark, Thomas Harn, John W. Harrison, and Sarah Harn, widow of the late John Harn of Bryan County (signed by mark) agreed among themselves in Bryan County as heirs of the late John Harn that his estate would be distributed […]
Bryan County Transfer (Smith/Eason)
Enslaved People Named: Robert, Nathaniel As part of a transfer of guardianship, On September 24, 1849, Henry A. Smith, former guardian of Michael M. Mattox, transferred possession of “a negro man named Robert, valued at five hundred dollars and a mulatto boy, named Nathaniel valued at two hundred and seventy five dollars” to William M. […]
Bryan County Bill of Sale (Rogers/Rogers)
Enslaved People Named: Morris, Glasgow, Cyrus, Harry, Jim, Sam, Joe, Jacob, George, Flander [Flanders], Ceaser [alt: Caesar], Ceaser, Ceaser, Ned, Adam, old Adam, Andrew, Flander, Jack, Rose, Suzy, Sucky [or Lucky], Susannah, Betsy, Lucy, Judy, Chloe, Sophy, Rachel, Cate, Charlotte, Clarinda, Lizzy, Celia, Ruth, Doll, Milo [or Mila], Amelia, Betty, Maria, Eliza, Rhina, Phillip [or […]
Bryan County Bill of Sale (Fulton/Myddleton)
Enslaved People Named: Edward, Billy, Harriet, Eliza, Tyra, Eve, Aleck, Isaac, Thomas, Hardy, Bob, Henry, Margaret, Amarintha, Nanny, Ben, Joe, Moses, Thomas On April 18, 1850, Augustus Myddleton (alt: Middleton) of Chatham County, promised to pay Silas Fulton of Bryan County, $4000 in installments as the purchase price for the Tipperary tracct of land in […]
Bryan County Bill of Sale (Bird/Swanston)
Enslaved People Named: Mary, Abram, Amelia, Paul, Riley, Silva On January 15, 1850, Eleanor Bird, Bryan County, sold to John Swanston, Chatham County, for $400 “the following property to wit, a certain negroe woman named Mary about fourteen years of age of dark complexion, which negro woman I warrant to be sound and well in […]
Bryan County Bill of Sale (Whitman/Carter)
Enslaved People Named: Ellen On June 5, 1849, Lewis Whitman of Effingham County, executor of the last will and testament of Mary C. Berman, sold “a certain negro girl named Ellen aged about seven years” to Elizabeth Carter, probably of Bryan County. Whitman needed to sell Ellen to pay out a legacy contained in the […]
Bryan CountyBill of Sale (Edwards/Mattox)
Enslaved People Named: Rose On April 19, 1847, John M. Edwards, Bryan County, sold to Candace Mattox, Bryan County, for $375 “a certain negro girl named Rose aged about twelve years.” Witnessed by George M. Edwards, Edward Kennedy. Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on May 10, 1849. Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. […]