African-American Resources for Coweta County, Georgia

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Coweta County, Georgia, United States
Surnames/tags: Black_Heritage Slavery

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Our Georgia team focus for March and April 2023 was Coweta County, Georgia.

Beginning stats compiled by Stacey for Coweta County are: 1 plantation, 49 slave owners (16 slaves of pages), 27 slaves. As of end of March 0 cemeteries, 1 plantation, 103 slave owners (24 pages), 88 slaves. By the end of April, 2 cemeteries completed and 2 started, 1 plantation, 151 slave owners (42 slaves of pages), 141 slaves.

Genealogy Resources

• Coweta County, Georgia Genealogy
• Coweta County chronicles for one hundred years
• THE HISTORY: LIFE & LEGACY OF COWETA’S 1ST DOCUMENTED SLAVES – SINAI AND HENRY REYNOLDS
• Black Firsts in Coweta County, The Coweta County Museum, Newnan Georgia
• Berry Family Papers- This collection contains letters primarily written to and by members of the Berry family of Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia.
• Coweta County Genealogical Records
• 1850 Slave Schedule, Coweta County Georgia
• 1860 Slave Schedule, Coweta County Georgia
• Research connects Newnan’s historic black churches to Farmer Street Cemetery
• Farmer Street Cemetery, Newnan, Coweta, Georgia
• Protesters: Work encroaches on burial site of enslaved. Newnan expands park to 19th century Farmer Street Cemetery
• Cemetery's origin still a mystery (Newnan's Farmer Street cemetery)
• [1] First Baptist Church minutes 1828-1868, Newnan, Georgia. Index in the front. Enslaved members are listed in the index by their first name and their enslaver's surname. Enslaved members are not identified as such in the index. The minutes record the admission and dismissal of enslaved members ("property of") with their enslavers.

• Specific areas of focus

• Make profiles for all slave owners
• Identify the enslaved and make profiles for them
• Make free space pages for all plantations in Coweta County
• Document all African-American cemeteries in Coweta County

Pending projects:

• 1850 Slave Schedule, Coweta County Georgia link slave owners to profiles, and develop profile if necessary
• 1860 Slave Schedule, Coweta County Georgia link slave owners to profiles, and develop profile if necessary
• Eastview Cemetery, East Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia (1934 memorials need profiles)
• Mount Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery, Coweta County, Georgia - (501 memorials need profiles) Stacey is working on this
• Ebenezer Baptist Cemetery, Coweta County, Georgia (305 memorials that need profiles) - Carolyn working on this
• Slave Cemetery at Coke’s Chapel, Sharpsburg, Coweta County, Georgia (3 memorials, one stone with six surnames with given names in a list below totaling 42 slaves) - Miyako is working on this

Completed:

Cemeteries

1. China Grove Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Coweta County, Georgia (47 memorials, 42 completed, 4 with no dates ( able to identify 1), and 2 were duplicates)
2. Liberty Hill AME Church Cemetery, Coweta County, Georgia (37 memorials, 35 completed, 1 with no name or dates, 1 was a duplicate)

Plantations

1. Catalpa Plantation, Coweta County, Georgia

Slave Owners

1. Robert A Orr (1813-1880), already had a profile, updated with slave info, sources and categories.
2. John P Weaver (1787-1844), already had a profile, created "slaves of" page and linked. Created and linked 9 Slave Profiles.
3. Phillip Orr (1781-1841), already had a profile, created "slaves of" page and linked. (Slave Profiles Needed, 34 slaves with ages)
4. William M Selby (1772-1846), already had a profile, updated with slave info, sources and categories, slave profiles created and linked
5. Jeremiah Bailey (1774-1838), already had profile, updated with slave info, sources and categories (Slave Profiles needed, 6 slave, no ages)
6. Lovezinski Glass (1809-1881), already had profile, updated with slave info (census only) (Needs slaves identified, 30+ slaves)
7. Abram Young Sr (1480-1849), already had profile, updated with slave info, sources and categories, slave profiles created and linked
8. Richard Leavell (1789-1849), created profile, create slaves of page, (Slave Profiles needed, 30+ slaves, a few with ages)
9. Henry J Bailey (1796-1848), already had profile, updated with link to slaves of... page, created slaves of page, (Slave profiles needed, 10 slaves)
10. Howell Elder (1790-1836), already had profile, updated with link to slaves of... page, created slaves of page, (Slave profiles needed, 15 slaves)
11. Reuben Brantley (1815-1850), already had profile, updated with slave info, sources, and categories, slave profiles created and linked
12. Samuel Houston (1789-1848) & wife Sarah (Germany) Houston, created profiles, created "slaves of" page and linked (Slave profiles needed, 16 slaves)
13. Reuben Waldrop (1812-1850), pending merge of two profiles, added slave information (Slave profiles needed, 6 slaves)
14. Richard Cole ( -1842), already had profile, updated with slave info, sources, and categories, (Slave profiles needed, 5 slaves - probably mother and four children but no proof)
15. Campbell Atchison (1798 - 1848), created profile, added slave info (slave profiles needed, 8 slaves)
16. Asa Pitts ( -1848), created profile, created slaves page, wife and sons inherited, (Slave profiles needed, 12 slaves, 3 with ages)
17. Sylvanus Bell (1800-1845), already had profile, update with link to slave of page, created Slaves of page (slave profiles needed, 18 slaves)
18. Levi White (1785-1834) and his wife Susannah White (1790-1849), created slaves of page for both (slave profiles needed, multiple probate records) (also built in other family)
19. Patrick Carmichael (1819-1900), already had profile, updated with slave info, sources, and categories
20. Abraham P. (Carmichael) Carmical (1805-1885), already had profile, updated with slave info, sources, and categories
21. James Hamrick (1775-1834), already had profile (no sources), updated with slave info, sources and categories (slave profiles needed, family of 5, no ages)
22. Turner Persons, created profile, created slave of page, (17+ slaves, no ages, some inheritance information but unable to match up all), profiles for all Turner's children also created

Slaves

1. Ellick Brantley (bef.1830-)
2. Sam Brantley (bef.1830-)
3. Richmond Brantley (bef.1850-)
4. Flora Brantley (bef.1850-)
5. Sarah Brantley (before 1835-
6. Easter Brantley (bef.1835-)
7. Unknown Brantley (bef.1850-), (child of Sarah Brantley (before 1835-
8. Dan Young (bef.1829-)
9. Aaron Young (bef.1829-)
10. Liddy Young (bef.1834-)
11. Antony Young (bef.1849-)
12. Ned Selby (abt.1823-)
13. Mat Selby (abt.1826-)
14. Charles Selby (abt.1825-)
15. Jane Selby (abt.1800-)
16. Nelly Selby (abt.1832-)
17. Liew Selby (abt.1836-)
18. Harriet Selby (abt.1838-)
19. Scott Weaver (abt.1803-)
20. Phill Weaver (abt.1831-)
21. Dick Weaver (abt.1834-)
22. York Weaver (abt.1836-)
23. Peter Weaver (abt.1841-)
24. Letty Weaver (abt.1823-)
25. Milly Weaver (abt.1816-)
26. Winny Weaver (abt.1844-)
27. Mahala Weaver (abt.1820-)

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