Slaves of David Bailey, Georgia

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

This page's purpose is to record the enslaved people owned by David Bailey (1828-), and attempt to connect them to their families.

Slave Schedule Records

In the 1850 Slave Schedule census David was in Camden, Georgia, United States. he owned 7 slaves.^[1]

1. UNKNOWN F 10
2. UNKNOWN M 9
3. UNKNOWN F 7
4. UNKNOWN M 5
5. UNKNOWN M 4
6. UNKNOWN M 3
7. UNKNOWN M 0

In a second enumeration, the1850 Slave Schedule census David owned 19 slaves.in Camden, Georgia, United States.^[2]

1. UNKNOWN F 60
2. UNKNOWN M 40
3. UNKNOWN F 35
4. UNKNOWN M 15
5. UNKNOWN F 8
6. UNKNOWN F 5
7. UNKNOWN F 35
8. UNKNOWN F 18
9. UNKNOWN M 15
10. UNKNOWN F 10
11. UNKNOWN M 4
12. UNKNOWN M 1
13. UNKNOWN M 21
14. UNKNOWN M 25
15. UNKNOWN M 18
16. UNKNOWN M 18
17. UNKNOWN M 14
18. UNKNOWN F 40
19. UNKNOWN F 12

In 1860, David Bailey held 26 slaves in Camden County^[3]

1. Male 55
2. Male 50
3. Female 49
4. Female 45
5. Female 43
6. Female 36
7. Male 38
8. Male 29
9. Female 28
10. Male 27
11. Female 84
12. Female 20
13. Male 19
14. Female 17
15. Male 16
16. Female 12
17. Male 11
18. Male 8
19. Male 10
20. Female 9
21. Male 8
22. Female 5
23. Female 4
24. Male 3
25. Male 2
26. Female 1

Slaves in Deed Records

On 06 May 1844, Crawford Parish, grantor, of Camden County, Georgia sold to David Bailey, grantee, of Camden County, Georgia, for $700.00 the slave Aaron, about 30 years-old (a "slave for life").^[4]

On 25 April 1846, Mary Bunkley, grantor, of Camden County, Georgia, sold to David Bailey, grantee, for $250.00 for slave Chancy, about 7 years-old (female).^[5]

On 13 April 1847, William James Hardee, via George W. Hardee, his agent, grantor, sold to David Bailey, grantee, of Camden County, Georgia, for $1,300.00 for slaves Sally, about 31 years-old; Sarah, about 13 years-old; Jim, about 11 years-old; Margaret, about 7 years-old; and Lewis, about 5 months-old.^[6]

On 01 June 1858, David Bailey & William Bailey & Alonzo B Dufour, grantor, of Camden County, Georgia to Thomas B. Neill, guardian for heirs of Henry Bailey, grantee, for $7,425.00 for slaves: Frederick, Jim, Aaron, Daniel, Maria, Louisa, Amy, Sally, Milly, Nancy, Hagar, Lizzy, Addison, Lucy, Romulus, Providence, Stephen, Clementine, Ben, Harry, Peggy, Cyrus, Lena and Cyrus (2).^[7]

On 30 March 1861, Henry H. Floyd, grantor, of Camden County, Georgia, sold to David Bailey, grantee, for $10.00 security on note, for slaves Will, 22 years-old; George, 16 years-old; Ned, 26 years-old; Sally, 16 years-old.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ 1850 Census: "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850"
   citing Affiliate Publication Number: M432; Line: 1; FHL microfilm: 442897; Record number: 35418;
   FamilySearch Record: HR7D-5W3Z (accessed 28 September 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HT-XX8W-98H Image number 00433
   David Bailey in Camden, Georgia, United States.
2. ↑ 1850 Census: "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850"
   citing Affiliate Publication Number: M432; Line: 1; FHL microfilm: 442897; Record number: 35360;
   FamilySearch Record: HR7D-57PZ (accessed 28 September 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HT-XX8W-9XY Image number 00432
   David Bailey in Camden, Georgia, United States.
3. ↑ 1860 Census: "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
   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
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 7668 #92521779 (accessed 7 December 2022)
   David Bailey in Baileys District, Camden, Georgia, USA.
4. ↑ Human Bondage: The Buying and Selling of Africans in Camden County, Georgia. 1787-1865 by Tara Fields, O 010-011, p 117
5. ↑ Human Bondage: The Buying and Selling of Africans in Camden County, Georgia. 1787-1865 by Tara Fields, O 150, p 122
6. ↑ Human Bondage: The Buying and Selling of Africans in Camden County, Georgia. 1787-1865 by Tara Fields, O 303, p 128
7. ↑ Human Bondage: The Buying and Selling of Africans in Camden County, Georgia. 1787-1865 by Tara Fields, P 487-488, p 144
8. ↑ Human Bondage: The Buying and Selling of Africans in Camden County, Georgia. 1787-1865 by Tara Fields, Q 027, p149