Bryan County Deed Record Finished — 3352 Names Added
Exciting news: the Bryan County deed records have been finished and added to the They Had Names website! The They Had Names website is normally dedicated to Liberty County records. However, Bryan County neighbors Liberty County and throughout its history, there has been overlap in the population. Some people enslaved in Bryan County wound up […]
Bryan County Deed of Gift (Elbert/Parsons)
Enslaved People Named: Mary Ann, Cupid, Affy On June 29, 1864, Harriet Ann Elbert, Columbia County, Florida gifted to her grand-niece Catherine Ann Elbert Parsons, Bryan County, “the following negro slaves, viz Mary Ann aged about 27 years and her children, Cupid aged about 3 years and Affy aged 10 months.” Witnessed by M.H. Freeze, […]
Bryan County Marriage Contract (Wade/Baker)
Enslaved People Named: Sylvia, Nancy, Jane, Flora, Morris, Billy On March 17, 1864, Dr. James A. Wade, Bryan County, and Anne Eliza Baker, same place, entered into a marriage contract with Charles H. Baker and Charles M. Harden, same place, as her trustees. As part of the contract, Wade agreed that the following enslaved people, […]
Bryan County Bill of Sale (King/Elbert)
Enslaved People Named: Courtnay, Sally, Burke On February 18, 1863, at Savannah, Nicholas King sold to Harriet Ann Elbert, surviving trustee of C.A.E. Parsons for $1350 “the following Negroes to wit, Courtnay aged about thirty years and child named Sally about nine months and their future issue and increase, both warranted sound.” On February 19, […]
Bryan County Civil War (Clay)
Enslaved People Named: None On March ?17?, 1863, in Bryan County, Miss Eliza C. Clay appeared before a justice of the Bryan County Inferior Court to request exemption from military conscription for her plantation overseer, George B. Cooper. She stated that she, Miss Anne Clay, Miss Em??? J. Clay, Robert H. Clay and Thomas C. […]
Bryan County Bill of Sale (Parker/Smith)
Enslaved People Named: Isabella On March 5, 1863, in Savannah, W.B. Parker sold to Henry E. Smith, Bryan County, for $1300 “a negro slave named Isabella 10 1/2 years old warranted sound.” Witnessed by J.A. Stevenson. Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on October 1, 1863. Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. H-J 1853-1874, […]
Bryan County Settlement (Shuman/Shuman)
Enslaved People Named: Sue, Charles On December 6, 1861, Phereby Shuman and Wm. [William] H. Shuman came to agreement over a lawsuit between the two of them disputing ownership of “two negro children to wit Sue a girl aged about five years and Charles a boy aged about three years.” Phereby Shuman relinquished all her […]
Bryan County Bill of Sale (Shuman/Shuman)
Enslaved People Named: Lidda On March 22, 1855, Phereby Shuman, Bryan County, sold to Wm. [William] H. Shuman, Bryan County, for $300 “the following property to wit, a certain negro girl named Lidda about five years of age of yellow complexion which negro girl I warrant to be sound and well in body and mind […]
Bryan County Deed of Gift (Shuman/Shuman)
Enslaved People Named: Sally, Luke, Delia, Pompey On June 4, 1857, in Chatham County, Phereby Shuman gifted to her son Wm. [William] H. Shuman “four negroes to wit, Sally aged about thirty years, and her three children to wit Luke, Delia and Pompey.” Witnessed by H.I [or J] Shuman. Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court […]
Bryan County Bill of Sale (Davis/Ulmer)
Enslaved People Named: Simon, Judy, Emely, Israel, Ella, Cy, Henry On November 1, 1862, Samuel J. Davis, Bryan County, sold to Charles J. Ulmer, Bryan County, for $1000 “the following property, to wit: seven negro Slaves, namely, Simon, aged about fity years, Judy aged about thirty three, Emely [alt: Emily] nine years of age, Israel […]