Bryan County Marriage Contract (Penny/Stiles)
Enslaved People Named: None On May 5, 1829, Beecroft Penny, of Savannah, and Jane Stiles, Bryan County, entered into a marriage contract with Alexander William Stephens and Bejamin Stiles as her trustees. As she was “entitled to and interested in a considerable estate both real and personal” and might at some point come into other […]
Bryan County Bill of Sale (Bacon/Strickland)
Enslaved People Named: Jane On August 25, 1828, Nthaniel Bacon, Bryan County, sold to Peter Strickland, also of Bryan County, for $330 “a certain negroe girl slave named Jane.” Witnessed by N.T. ?Stanaland?, David Strickland. Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on May 11, 1829. Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. A-D 1796-1829, Book […]
Bryan County Chattel Mortgage (Mann/King)
Enslaved People Named: Bob, Chance, Robert, Grace On April 8, 1829, Ferdinand C. Mann, Bryan County, used as collateral on a promissory note of $616.42 to the firm of R&W King, factors of Savannah, “the following named Negro Slaves, four in number, to wit, Bob, Chance, Robert and Grace.” Witnessed by Benjamin S. Lamb. Recorded […]
Bryan County Marriage Contract (Manly/Coleman)
Enslaved People Named: Mentor, Peggy, Nanny, Nancy, Lucy, Cyrus, Celia On October 10, 1816, Sarah Manly, widow of Bryan County, and John Coleman, also of Bryan County, entered into a marriage contract, with Thomas Hutson Harden and William Feaster, also of Bryan County, as her trustees. It was agreed that her property “consisting of negroe […]
Bryan County Bequest (Maxwell/Maxwell)
Enslaved People Named: None On November 17, 1827, the siblings of Mary Simons Maxwell, deceased of Bryan County, registered their approval of a bequest she had made in their presence. She had been entitled to 1/6th part of undivided property consisting of land in Bryan County on the Midway River known as the Waterford, Tiperara […]
Bryan County Deed of Gift (Canady/Canady)
Enslaved People Named: None On September 27, 1827, Stephen Canady gifted to his son Stephen Canady Jr, who was blind, “all my property, personal and real estate, consisting of Negroes, land, stock of cattle, horses and hogs, with my kitchen and household furniture.” He specified that the reason for the gift was “my son being […]
Bryan County Sheriff’s Sale (Harden/Owens)
Enslaved People Named: Baccus [alt: Bacchus], Flora, Amey [alt: Amy], Lucy, Venus, Didah [as seen, maybe Dinah?], Baccus, Davy, Moses, Sam, Phosiah, Hector, Rhina, Smart, Hagar, Cupit [alt: Cupid], Cuddy On April 1, 1828, at a Sheriff’s sale at the Bryan County courthouse, Geo. [George] W. Owens bought for $3125 “seventeen negroes, viz, Baccus [alt: […]
Bryan County Chattel Mortgage (Hines/Lamb)
Enslaved People Named: John, Phebea, Simon, Daniel, Emaly, Ceaser, Abigail, William, Amos, Ben, Stephen, Joe, Peggy, Sulpher, Sarah, Josiah, Henry On April 12, 1828, Lewis Hines, Bryan County, used as collateral on a promissory note of $1500 to Benjamin S. Lamb, Bryan County, “all the following named Negroe slaves to wit, John & his wife […]
Bryan County Bill of Sale (Baker/Waters)
Enslaved People Named: John, Silvia, Old Jinny, Young Jinny, Stephen, Nancy, Edward, Punch, To?erhill, Chloe, Dublin, Jack, William On May 1, 1828, Thomas Blacksell Baker, planter of Bryan County, sold to George M. Waters, Bryan County, for $3000 “the following Negroes viz. John, Silvia, Old Jinny, Young Jinny, Stephen, Nancy, Edward, Punch, To?erhill, Chloe, Dublin, […]
Bryan County Bill of Sale (Waters/Mann)
Enslaved People Named: Cyrus On March 18, 1828, George M. Waters sold to Margaret Mann, wife of Luke Mann, for $105 “a certain boy called Cyrus, son of a woman in my possession called Balinda.” Waters specified that “in the event of the death of the said Margaret, her present child and future issue, then […]