Slaves of Asa Pitts, Georgia

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Coweta, Georgia, United States
Surnames/tags: slavery black_heritage

The purpose of this page is to record those enslaved by Asa Pitts in an effort to connect them to their descendants.

Census

On the 1840 census Asa in recorded in Coweta County with 8 slaves.^[1]

Age Under 10: Female - 1, Males - 3

Age 10 to 23: Female - 3

Age 24 to 35: Female - 1

Probate

Asa's probate inventory in 1848 recorded the following slaves. Three were bequeathed to his wife for the duration of her widowhood^[2], the remainder of the estate was to be divided between his sons. Whether the sons divided the slaves or sold them and split the money is currently unknown.^[3] The ages of the three slaves inherited by Rebecca show up on the 1850 slave schedule listed to her, these have been used to estimate the birth year.^[4]

Slave	Description	Assessed Value	Inherited by	Estimated Birth Year
Milla	woman	$1400	Rebecca, wife	1805
Kitty	woman & child	$600
Polly	girl	$525
Lee	boy	$600	Rebecca, wife	1833
Alexander	boy	$500
Rusk	boy	$450
Blunt	boy	$400
Sharlotte	girl	$325	Rebecca, wife	1841
Jane	girl	$250
Susan	girl	$175

Sources

1. ↑ 1840 Census: "1840 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1840; Census Place: District 2, Coweta, Georgia; Roll: 39; Page: 345; Family History Library Film: 0007042
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8057 #1686477 (accessed 30 March 2023)
   Asa Pelles in District 2, Coweta, Georgia.
2. ↑ Will: "Georgia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992"
   Probate Records, 1826-1966; Author: Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Coweta County); Probate Place: Coweta, Georgia
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8635 #1251910 (accessed 30 March 2023)
   Asa Pitts probate in 1829-1838 in Coweta, Georgia, USA.
3. ↑ Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990: "Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990"
   Catalog: Coweta County, Georgia probate records Inventories & appraisements, bills of sale v. A-B 1828-1854
   Image path: Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990 > Coweta > Inventories and appraisements 1828-1854 vol A-B > image 283 of 552; citing Houston County Probate Court Judge, Georgia.
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-89QM-XYPH (accessed 18 March 2023)
4. ↑ 1850 Census: "1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
   The National Archive in Washington Dc; Washington, DC; NARA Microform Publication: M432; Title: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8055 #93371975 (accessed 30 March 2023)
   Rebecco Pitts in Division 19, Coweta, Georgia, USA.