Location: Meriwether, Georgia, United States
Surname/tag: Gates
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Biography
This page's purpose is to record the enslaved people owned by Benjamin Kolb Gates, and attempt to connect them to their families.
Unnamed Slaves
1830 census Benjamin Kolb Gates was in Meriwether, Georgia.[1]
- Name: Benjamin Gates
- Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Meriwether, Georgia
- Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1
- Slaves - Males - Under 10: 1
- Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: 8
- Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35: 2
- Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: 2
- Slaves - Females - 36 thru 54: 1
- Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
- Total Free White Persons: 2
- Total Slaves: 14
- Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 16
1850 Slave Schedule Benjamin was in Meriwether, Georgia, United States. Slaves: 19.[2]
Name | Sex | Age | Born | Race |
---|---|---|---|---|
Male | 24 | 1826 | Black | |
Female | 23 | 1827 | Black | |
Male | 22 | 1828 | Black | |
Male | 22 | 1828 | Black | |
Male | 20 | 1830 | Black | |
Female | 20 | 1830 | Black | |
Female | 17 | 1833 | Black | |
Female | 16 | 1834 | Black | |
Female | 14 | 1836 | Black | |
Female | 13 | 1837 | Black | |
Male | 13 | 1837 | Black | |
Male | 10 | 1840 | Black | |
Male | 7 | 1843 | Black | |
Female | 3 | 1847 | Black | |
Female | 3 | 1847 | Black | |
Female | 2 | 1848 | Black | |
Female | 20 | 1830 | Black | |
Female | 17 | 1833 | Black | |
Male | 52 | 1798 | Black |
1860 Slave Schedule Benj was in Meriwether, Georgia, United States. Slaves: 65[3]
Name | Sex | Age | Born | Race | Name | Sex | Age | Born | Race | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | 57 | 1803 | Black | Female | 12 | 1848 | Black | |||
Female | 50 | 1810 | Black | Female | 12 | 1848 | Black | |||
Male | 45 | 1815 | Black | Female | 12 | 1848 | Black | |||
Male | 43 | 1817 | Black | Female | 10 | 1850 | Black | |||
Male | 42 | 1818 | Black | Female | 10 | 1850 | Black | |||
Female | 38 | 1822 | Black | Male | 9 | 1851 | Black | |||
Male | 38 | 1822 | Black | Male | 9 | 1851 | Black | |||
Male | 34 | 1826 | Black | Female | 8 | 1852 | Black | |||
Female | 34 | 1826 | Black | Female | 7 | 1853 | Black | |||
Male | 37 | 1823 | Black | Female | 7 | 1853 | Black | |||
Female | 37 | 1823 | Black | Male | 6 | 1854 | Black | |||
Male | 33 | 1827 | Black | Male | 6 | 1854 | Black | |||
Female | 35 | 1825 | Black | Female | 6 | 1854 | Black | |||
Male | 32 | 1828 | Black | Male | 6 | 1854 | Black | |||
Female | 32 | 1828 | Black | Male | 5 | 1855 | Black | |||
Male | 32 | 1828 | Black | Female | 5 | 1855 | Black | |||
Female | 29 | 1831 | Black | Female | 5 | 1855 | Black | |||
Male | 28 | 1832 | Black | Female | 5 | 1855 | Black | |||
Male | 26 | 1834 | Black | Male | 4 | 1856 | Black | |||
Female | 26 | 1834 | Black | Female | 4 | 1856 | Black | |||
Male | 26 | 1834 | Black | Male | 4 | 1857 | Black | |||
Male | 27 | 1833 | Black | Male | 3 | 1857 | Black | |||
Female | 26 | 1834 | Black | Male | 3 | 1857 | Black | |||
Male | 25 | 1835 | Black | Female | 3 | 1857 | Black | |||
Male | 21 | 1839 | Black | Male | 3 | 1857 | Black | |||
Female | 20 | 1840 | Black | Female | 1 | 1859 | Black | |||
Male | 19 | 1841 | Black | Female | 10 months | Black | ||||
George Gates | Male | 18 | 1842 | Black | Female | 7 months | Black | |||
Male | 15 | 1845 | Black | Female | 2 mnths | Black | ||||
Female | 23 | 1837 | Black | Male | 1 mnth | Black | ||||
Male | 13 | 1847 | Black | Male | 3 mnths | Black | ||||
Female | 13 | 1847 | Black | |||||||
Male | 13 | 1847 | Black | |||||||
Female | 12 | 1848 | Black |
Named Slaves
Benjamin Alexander Gates (grandfather) Will. Slaves as given to Benjamin Kolb Gates
- George Gates
- Creasy Gates
- Sophia Gates
- Solomon Gates (deeded gift)
Please see: Bk Gates Plantation, Meriwether, Georgia
The families he inherited. (Benjamin A Gates)
- 1. Ben, Olly, Henry, Amanda, Edy
- 3. Clark Gates, Jane Gates, Loucinda Gates)
- 4. Neptuner Gates, Becky Gates
- 5.Minta Gates, Flora Gates, Cherry Gates, Jefferson Gates
Please see Slaves of Benjamin A Gates, Georgia for the full list of families that was split with his brother Samuel.
Slaves inherited from his Father Samuel Keaton Gates,
Will of Samuel K Gates (father). Item 5, page 235 (image 142 of 705).
Item 5: "I have given as an outfit three valuable young negros rated as the follow, Daniel worth $700, Jim Abrams valued at $750, Arta (female) valued at $550, and other property in all amounting to two thousand four hundred and seventy three dollars to my beloved son Benjamin K Gates.”
Slaves Sold
These slaves were sold in 1862, according to his will. Item 6, pg.102, (image 454 of 705).
- Solomon Gates, a young boy
- Henry Wilson, young boy
Sources
- ↑
1830 Census:
"1830 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1830; Census Place: Meriwether, Georgia; Series: M19; Roll: 19; Page: 163; Family History Library Film: 0007039
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8058 #1852514 (accessed 5 January 2023)
Benjamin Gates in Meriwether, Georgia. - ↑
1850 Census:
"United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850"
citing Affiliate Publication Number: M432; Line: 10; FHL microfilm: 442902; Record number: 9096;
FamilySearch Record: HR7F-3HN2 (accessed 5 January 2023)
FamilySearch Image: S3HT-6QYW-MG8 Image number 00117
B K Yates in Meriwether, Georgia, United States. - ↑
1860 Census:
"United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860"
citing Page: 30; Line: 10; FHL microfilm: 000803148; Record number: 107543;
FamilySearch Record: WKVZ-X2ZM (accessed 19 January 2023)
FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9YBF-9JCF Image number 00501
Benj K Gates in Meriwether, Georgia, United States.
- Will of Samuel K. Gates. Meriwether Co., GA, WB A (1831-1859), pp. 231-238, written 5 Apr 1854, proved 4 Sep 1854. Digital image at Ancestry.com - https://tinyurl.com/3n4akn3j
- Probate: "Georgia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records of Benjamin Alexander Gates , 1742-1992"
Wills 1831-1903 (Meriwether County, Georgia); Author: Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Meriwether County); Probate Place: Meriwether, Georgia
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8635 #217055 (accessed 8 January 2023)
Benjamin A Gates probate on 10 Oct 1853. - Probate: "Georgia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992"
Wills 1831-1903 (Meriwether County, Georgia); Author: Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Meriwether County); Probate Place: Meriwether, Georgia
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8635 #217059 (accessed 31 January 2023)
Samuel K Gates probate on 5 Apr 1854.
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