African-American Resources for Jackson County, Georgia

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

US Black Heritage Project Home Page

African-American Resources for Georgia

US Black Heritage Project Georgia Team

Genealogy Resources

• Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness, Jackson County, Georgia Records
• Jackson County, Georgia: Family History & Genealogy, Census, Birth, Marriage, Death Vital Records & More
• Jackson_County,_Georgia_Genealogy
• The early history of Jackson County, Georgia : "the writings of the late G.J.N. Wilson
• Digging in the Roots, A Genealogical Odyssey, Posts tagged ‘Jackson County Georgia’
• Holder Plantation
• BUFFINGTON: Historic local plantation threatened with warehouses

Specific areas of focus

• Make profiles for all slave owners, and Slaves of pages if more than 10 slaves
• Identify the enslaved and make profiles for them
• Make free space pages for all plantations in Jackson County with at least 40 named slaves
• Document all African-American cemeteries in Jackson County

Pending projects:

• 1850 Slave Schedule, Jackson County, Georgia - link slave owners to profiles, and develop profile if necessary
• 1860 Slave Schedule, Jackson County, Georgia - link slave owners to profiles, and develop profile if necessary
• Paradise Cemetery, aka Paradise A.M.E. Memorial Garden, Jefferson, Jackson County, Georgia 212 memorials, 85 need profiles created (Carolyn in working on this)

Completed:

Cemeteries

1. Nimno A.M.E. Cemetery, Jackson County, Georgia - FG says it has 149 memorials, but only lists 148. 132 profiles were created, 16 did not contain any or enough information to create a profile.

Plantations - none so far

Slave Owners

1. Daniel Weldon Easley (1755-1831), already on Wikitree, added slave section and categories
2. Joseph Eugene Alexander (1806-1892), already on Wikitree, added slave section and categories
3. Robert Clayton Wilhite MD (1826-bef.1910), already on Wikitree, added slave section and categories
4. Elisha Bailey (abt.1810-aft.1860), already on Wikitree, added slave section and categories
5. James Bailey (1795-aft.1880), already on Wikitree, added slave section and categories
6. Samuel Green Barnett (1819-1885), already on Wikitree, added slave section and categories
7. Washington Arnold (1816-1898), already on Wikitree, added slave section and categories
8. William Mitchell (Willhite) Wilhite (1818-bef.1858), already on Wikitree, added slave section and categories
9. Green C Braselton (1818-1857), already on Wikitree, added slave section and categories
10. James Andrew Jackson Wier (1816-1903), already on Wikitree, added slave section and categories
11. John Alfred Brooks (1800-1876), already on Wikitree, added slave section and categories
12. James Appleby (abt.1779-1866), already on Wikitree, added slave section and categories
13. William Appleby (abt.1784-), already on Wikitree, added slave section and categories
14. Cynthia (Daniel) Appleby (1827-1904), already on Wikitree, added slave section and categories
15. James Shields (1787-1863), already on Wikitree, added slave section
16. Joshua H Randolph (1805-1860), already on Wikitree, added space page
17. William Crawford Lyle Sr (1770-1860) already on Wikitree, added space page
18. Charles McKinney (1753-1834), already on Wikitree, added slave section
19. John M Addington (1787-1861), already on Wikitree, added slave section
20. William N Smith (1827-1860), created profile, created space page
21. Jefferson Thurmond (1804-1863), found profile, created space page
22. Henry Floyd Freeman (1836-abt.1863), already on Wikitree, rented a slave - updated his profile with categories and a slave section.
23. John Ragsdale (1784 - 1861), created profile with slave section; along with children William S Ragsdale (1830-1863), Jane Langston, and Sarah James who were also slave owners
24. Jacob Brooks (1777 - 1867) created profile, added slave section
25. Carlos Strickland (1776-1861), created parofile, added slave section, also created profiles for children who inherited slaves: Martha Davidson, Carlos Augustus Strickland
26. John A Strickland (1824 - 1866), created profile, added slave section
27. Archibald Benton Pittman (1819-1864), found profile, added slave section
28. Joseph H Davis (1820-1864), found profile, added slave section
29. Tilman P Harrison (1822 - 1864), created profile, created slaves of page
30. Moses H Potts (1794-1864), created profile, created slaves of page; also created profiles for children (also slave owners): John M Potts, William Potts, Christopher Potts
31. William Bell (1810-1862), created profile, added slave section
32. Andrew J Williamson, found profile, added slave section
33. John G House, found profile, added slave section
34. Horatio P Webb (1833-1863), created profile, added slave section
35. Shearod Thompson (abt.1757-1843), updated profile

Slaves of Pages

1. Slaves of Ralph Bailey, Georgia
2. Slaves of Washington Arnold, Georgia
3. Slaves of John Alfred Brooks, Georgia
4. Slaves of James Andrew Jackson Wier, Georgia
5. Slaves of James Appleby, Georgia
6. Slaves of William Appleby, Georgia
7. Slaves of William C Lyle Sr, Georgia
8. Slaves of William N Smith, Georgia
9. Slaves of Jefferson Thurmond, Georgia
10. Slaves of Tilman P Harrison, Georgia
11. Slaves of Moses H Potts, Georgia
12. Slaves of Shearod Thompson, Georgia

Slaves

1. Pompey Addington, his wife: Caroline, and children: Abram, Martha, Elizabeth, Jesse; other possible family: Ivin, James, George, and Mary
2. Hagar Bailey (abt.1814-)
3. Harriet Bailey (abt.1833-)
4. Julia Bailey (abt.1843-)
5. Charlotte Bailey (abt.1851-)
6. Millidge Bailey (bef.1861-)
7. Ransom Bailey (abt.1858-)
8. Isham Bailey (bef.1861-)
9. Ervin Bailey (bef.1861-)
10. Mary Bailey (abt.1848-)
11. Violet Bailey (abt.1852-)
12. Manuel Ragsdale (1822- )
13. Catherine Strickland Damon (1825 - )
14. Hoyt Strickland Damon (1858 - )
15. Nancy Few (1832- ) and children: Samuel Few (1855 - ), and Jefferson Few (1859 - )
16. Hulda Bell Dammon, and children: Grant Dammon Bell, Cornelia Dammon and Eliza Dammon Smith
17. Robert Bell (1822-)
18. Frank Bell (1840-)
19. Adam Bell (1828-)

One Place Studies - none so far

Statistics

The beginning stats as of 01 May 2023: 0 plantations, 16 slave owners ( 1 slave of pages), 2 slaves, 0 cemeteries.

Ending stats as of June 30th: 0 plantations, 34 slave owners ( 11 slave of pages), 33 slaves, 1 cemeteries.

Total in Categories as of 30 Jun 2023: 0 plantations, 103 slave owners ( 29 slave of pages), 85 slaves, 2 cemeteries.