Bryan County Chattel Mortgage (Harden/Rogers)
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 […]
Bryan County Chattel Mortgage (Hart/Porter)
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, […]
Bryan County Deed of Gift (Gray/Clay)
Enslaved People Named: Hagar, Phoebe, Transquilla, Sally, Maria, Ann, Limus, Alick [alt: Ellick, Allick], Juno, Daniel [Begin Transcript] Whereas Mary Clay, late of Bryan County, in the State of Georgia, widow, deceased, did, in her life time, give to her daughter Eliza C. Clay of said Bryan County, singlewoman, certain slaves, but executed no titles […]
Bryan County Marriage Contract (Butler/Linder)
Enslaved People Named: None On March 6, 1845, in Bryan County, Georgia, William Butler and Sophia A. Linder, a widow, entered into a marriage contract, with Jesse E. Ham and Nicholas J. Clark as her trustees. They put into a trust for her all the property she was bringing into the marriage or would ever […]
Bryan County Chattel Mortgage (Johnson/Rogers)
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 […]
Bryan County Bill of Sale (Clay/Winn)
Enslaved People Named: John On January 13, 1845, Thomas S. Clay, executor of the will of Anne Clay, Bryan County, sold to John Winn, Bryan County, for $450 “a certain negro man slave named John.” Witnessed by . Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on January 20, 1845. Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. […]
Bryan County Bill of Sale (Clay/Winn)
Enslaved People Named: Lucy On January 6, 1845, Thomas S. Clay, Bryan County, sold to John Winn, Bryan County, for $400 “a certain negro woman slave, named Lucy.” Witnessed by . 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 315-6; […]
Bryan County Bill of Sale (Clay/Clay)
Enslaved People Named: Yorick, Elizabeth On June [date blotted], 1845, Eliza C. Clay, Bryan County, sold to Thomas S. Clay, Bryan County, for $425 “the following slaves to wit Yorick and Elizabeth with all the increase of the female slave.” She indicated this was her “interest as one of the heirs of Mary Clay deceased.” […]
Bryan County Chattel Mortgage (Harn/Habersham)
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 […]
Bryan County Bill of Sale (Futch/Futch)
Enslaved People Named: Nelson On October 3, 1844, Joshua Futch, Bryan County, sold to Jesse Futch, Bryan County, for $403 “a certain negro boy slave named Nelson aged fourteen years.” Witnessed by Samuel Waller. Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on December 19, 1844. Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. E-G 1830-1853, Book F […]