Benjamin W Clark Slave Schedules

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Putnam, Georgia, United States
Surnames/tags: Clark Kendrick

Biography

Benjamin was a Slave holder from about 1840 to 1865 after the Civil War. During 1850's he owned about 78 acres of land. By 1860 that land had grown to about 267 acres.

• Notes: These numbers are based on the value per acre during that year and are aprox. numbers.^[1]

1840 Census, Putnam, Georgia.^[2]

• Name: Benj W Clark
• Home in 1840 (City, County, State): District 310, Putnam, Georgia
• Total Slaves: 11

Slave	Sex	Age	# Of Slaves	Year Born
	Male	Under 10	1	(1830-1839)
	Male	10 to 24	3	(1816-1830) Sallie Clark
	Male	24 to 35	3	(1805-1816)
	Female	Under 10	1	(1830-1839) Adeline Clark
	Female	10 to 24	2	(1816-1830)
	Female	24 to 35	1	(1805-1816)

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1850 Slave Schedule, Putnam, Georgia.^[3]

• Name:Benjamin Clark, Putnam, Georgia.
• Total Slaves: 26

Name	Sex	Age	Born	Race		Name	Sex	Age	Born	Race
Sally	Female	30	1820, Georgia	Black			Male	10	1840	Black
	Male	37	1813	Black			Female	7	1843	Black
	Male	37	1813	Black			Male	5	1845	Black
Susan Pearson	Female	22	1828	Black			Male	3	1847	Black
Spencer Clark	Male	18	1832	Black			Male	3	1847	Black
	Male	17	1833	Black		William Clark	Male	3	1847	Black
Adeline Clark	Female	15	1835	Black			Male	2	1848	Black
	Male	16	1834	Black			Male	2	1848	Black
	Male	16	1834	Black			Male	2	1848	Black
	Female	12	1838	Black			Female	2	1848	Black
	Male	12	1838	Black			Female	2	1848	Black
	Female	11	1839	Black			Female	1	1849	Black
	Male	10	1840	Black			Female	1	1849	Black

Children that were born between 1850 and 1860 census records:

• [[Clark-77156|Celia Clark]

1860 Slave Schedule, Putnam, Georgia. (page 189, image 2 of 6)^[4]

• Name: B W Clark
• Residence Date: 1860
• Residence Place: District 314, Putnam, Georgia, USA
• Number of Enslaved People: 31

Name	Sex	Age	Born	Race		Name	Sex	Age	Born	Race
	Female	60	1800	Black		Rachael Kendrick	Female	14	1846	Black
Reddick Kendrick	Male	53	1807	Black			Female	12	1848	Black
	Male	51	1809	Black			Female	12	1848	Black
	Male	50	1810	Black		Jeremiah Clark	Male	12	1848	Black
Frank Pearson	Male	40	1820	Black			Male	10	1850	Mulatto
Sallie Clark	Male	38	1822	Black		George Clark	Male	9	1851	Black
	Male	35	1825	Black		Celia Clark	Female	8	1852	Black
Spencer Clark	Male	28	1832	Black		William Clark	Male	7	1853	Black
Minta Kendrick	Female	40	1820	Black		Oly Clark	Male	5	1855	Black
	Female	40	1820	Black		Charity Clark	Female	3	1857
Susan Pearson	Female	32	1828	Black		Patience Clark	Female	1	1859
Harriet (Clark) Clarke	Female	28	1832	Black			Female	5 months	1860
Adeline Clark	Female	25	1835	Black		Sherman Clark	Male	4 months	1860
	Female	18	1842	Black		Julia Clark	Female	3 months	1860
Rachel Clark)	Female	16	1844	Black		Ella Pearson	Female	2 months	1860
	Male	15	1845	Black

Children born between 1860 and 1865 (Freedman's Bureau started)

• Paralee Clark

Sources

1. ↑ Farm real estate values in the United States by counties, 1850-1982/ Charles H. Barnard, John Jones. Barnard, Charles H.Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, 1987-https://www.card.iastate.edu/farmland/history/Barnard-and-Jones-1987-Farm-real-estate-values-in-the-United-States-by-counties-1850-1982.pdf
2. ↑ Year: 1840; Census Place: District 310, Putnam, Georgia; Roll: 49; Page: 195; Family History Library Film: 0007046 - https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1832869:8057?tid=&pid=&queryId=3467bc6ae0677a79a89a1b2e7b48f258&_phsrc=uHH8044&_phstart=successSource
3. ↑ >1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules - https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8055/images/GAM432_94-0305?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=f442a5817dd7155115b540d3762ba9bf&usePUB=true&_phsrc=uHH8034&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=93401870
4. ↑ The National Archives in Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Eighth Census of the United States 1860; Series Number: M653; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29 - https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7668/images/gam653_150-0381?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=579a0b5f8f779da1fa58191dca4a2a1d&usePUB=true&_phsrc=uHH8039&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=91401390