Bryan County Bill of Sale (Goodson/Smith)
Enslaved People Named: William On January 23, 1860, Gordon I. [or J] Goodson, Bryan County, sold to Henry E. Smith, Bryan County, for $1200 “a certain negro fellow named William about thirty-three years of age, about five feet six inches high of dark complexion, which Negro fellow I warrant to be sound and well in […]
Bryan County Chattel Mortgage (Middleton/Padelford)
Enslaved People Named: York, Nelly, Jim, Farley, Caesar, Sarah, Frank, Dianna, Liddy, Robin, Jim, Kate, Flora, Jim, Richard, Tyra, Bella, Hercules, Aimy, Monday, March, John, Prince, Joan, Tom, Mary, William, Charlotte, Annie, Sam On January 7, 1860, Jacob M. Middleton, Chatham County, used as collateral on a promissory note to Edward Padelford, Chatham County, for […]
Bryan County Estate Settlement (Shuman/Shuman)
Enslaved People Named: not named On January 9, 1860, in Bryan County, W.W. Shuman acknowledged receipt from Wm. [William] Strickland and C.M. Bashler, former guardians of the minor heirs of George H. Shuman, of $514 in notes, twelve dollars in money, and “two negro slaves valued at $1,200.00 dollars,” for a total of $1733.70, “the […]
Bryan County Marriage Contract (Penney/Campbell)
Enslaved People Named: Jim, Merriam, Cuffy [alt: Cuffee], Watty, Nanny, Billy, Dolly, Rose, Julia, Aleck, China, Thomas, Laura, July, Patience, Lampster, Catherine, Eliza, Josephine, Nancy On November 23, 1859, Jane Penney, formerly Jane Stiles, of Bryan County, entered into a marriage contract with Catlett Campbell, of Merriwether County, Georgia, with Benjamin Stiles acting as her […]
Bryan County Bill of Sale (Mongin/Screven)
Enslaved People Named: Harrington, Hercules, Miley, Matty, Grey, Delia, Nanny, Sandy, Peggy, Monday, Maria, Bobbett, Abel, Katy or Pupey, Alick, Edward, Cinder, Dye, Lizzy, Jinny, Isaac, Eve, Davia, Mary, Matt, Abram, Tena, Hester, Auber, Hamilton, B. Ned, Tena, B. Phillis, Beck, Robert, Cretia, Jacob, Bob, January, Minty, Tom, Abby, Ned, Stephen, Old Martha, Jacob, Sarah, […]
Bryan County Chattel Mortgage (Maxwell/Burroughs)
Enslaved People Named: Catharine, Joe, Silvia, Samuel, Lucretia, Celest, Peter, August, Nanny, Sibby, Cato On April 9, 1859, in Chatham County, John Pray Maxwell, Bryan County, used as collateral on a promissory note to William H. Burroughs for $3671.77 “the following named Negro Slaves to wit Catharine about fifty two (52) years of age; Joe […]
Bryan County Chattel Mortgage (Maxwell/Burroughs)
Enslaved People Named: Nero, Billy On May 10, 1859, in Chatham County, John Jackson Maxwell, Bryan County, used as collateral on a promissory note to William H. Burroughs for $659.08 “the following named negro slaves to wit, Nero about forty (40) years of age; and Billy about twenty three (23) years of age.” Witnessed by […]
Bryan County Deed of Gift (Shuman/Lanier)
Enslaved People Named: Moses On January 22, 1858, Henry I. [or J] Shuman and James Futch, Bryan County, gifted to Providence Lanier, Bryan County, “all their interest or claim they have or entitled to as heirs of the estate of Lewis Lanier in a certain negro man named Moses about thirty five years of age” […]
Bryan County Bill of Sale (Perry/Edwards)
Enslaved People Named: Caroline, John, Grace, Louizer, William On April 26, 1859, Elizabeth Perry, Bryan County, sold to Henry E. Edwards, Effingham County, for $1535 “the following property to wit two negroes named Caroline about thirty three years old John about nineteen years old which negroes I warrant to be sound and slaves.” Witnessed by […]
Bryan County Bill of Sale (Ulmer/Ulmer)
Enslaved People Named: Dorah, Dennis On May 27, 1858, John P. Ulmer, Effingham County, sold to John C. Ulmer for $350 all his claim to the estate of Ann M. Ulmer, deceased, as follows, “one negro woman named Dorah about sixty years of age of yellow complexion, also one negro boy named Dennis to be […]