This section is designed to allow you to see records that have recently been added to the site, in case it has been a while since you checked. It also shows the variety of record types included in the site.
Bryan County Chattel Mortgage (Morgan/Bird)
Enslaved People Named: Sam On April 18, 1857, Matthew M. Morgan used “a certain Negro fellow named Sam of dark complexion about twenty seven years
Bryan County Chattel Mortgage (Maxwell/Harden)
Enslaved People Named: Bess, Molly, Jackson, Billy, Peggy, Isaac, Catharine, Joe, Silvy, Samuel, Lucretia, August, Nanny On January 28, 1857, John P. Maxwell, Bryan County,
Bryan County Deed of Gift (Baley/Baley)
Enslaved People Named: None On August 6, 1856, John W. Baley, Bryan County, gifted to his mother, Elizabeth Baley, as well as for the sum
Bryan County Estate Settlement (Bayly/Bayly)
Enslaved People Named: None On July 16, 1856, Edward M. Bayly [alt: Baily], Bryan County, satisfied his $2500 debt to the estate of John Bayly,
Bryan County Bill of Sale (Elarbee/Bragg)
Enslaved People Named: Tom, Phillis, Sarah, Frank On January 1, 1856, Elijah Elarbee, Bryan County, sold to Benjamin Bragg, Bryan County, for $2100 “the following
Bryan County Chattel Mortgage (Maxwell/Burroughs)
Enslaved People Named: August, Nancy, Peter, Catharine, Joe, Silvia, Samuel, Lucretia On May 31, 1856, John Pray Maxwell, Bryan County, used as collateral on a
Bryan County Deed of Gift (Delegal/Bacon)
Enslaved People Named: Silvia, Mary, Bob On November 4, 1848, Elizabeth Delegal, gifted to the lawful issue of Rebecca Bacon by her present husband Nathaniel
Bryan County Chattel Mortgage (Hines/Crabtree)
Enslaved People Named: William, Bella, Peggy, Sarah, Dinah, Betsy, Tyra, Sally, Minda, Hector, Stephen, Dublin, Amos, Hetty, Petter, Emick, Grace, Jennette, Abney, Lizette, William, William,
Bryan County Chattel Mortgage (Law/Law)
nslaved People Named: Prince, Joe, Elsy, Rose On March 31, 1856, William Law, Chatham County, used as collateral to secure a loan of $1260 to
Bryan County Bill of Sale (Clay/Hines)
Enslaved People Named: Clarinda On April 1, 1856, Eliza C. Clay, executrix of Thomas S. Clay, Bryan County, sold to Euterpia A. Hines, Carol [Carroll]
Bryan County Chattel Mortgage (Bourquin/Baker)
Enslaved People Named: George On March 3, 1856, S.W. Bourquin, Bryan County, used as collateral on a promissory note to Barbary A. Baker, Bryan County,
Bryan County Bill of Sale (Hines/Hines)
Enslaved People Named: Tom, Mary, Daniel April 14, 1856, Euterpe [or Euterpia] A. Hines, Carroll County, sold to John P. Hines, Bryan County, for $1600
Bryan County Deed of Gift (Shuman/Gray)
Enslaved People Named: Sharlotte, Moe, Prince, Isaac On January 18, 1855, Phereby Shuman, Bryan County gifted to William Dickinson Gray, her grandson and the only
Bryan County Bill of Sale (Downs/Hagin)
Enslaved People Named: Sampson On July 16, 1855, Sarah Downs, Bryan County, sold to James E. Hagin, Bulloch County, for $500 “one old negro man
Irish Slaveholders in South Carolina and Georgia (plus two podcast recommendations)
Did you know there were Irish slaveholders and overseers in the United States? We tend to think of them as having been mostly of English