Slaves of David Lang, Georgia

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

This page's purpose is to record the enslaved people owned by David Lang (abt.1815-abt.1896), and attempt to connect them to their families.

Slaves in the Slave Schedule Census

In the 1850 census David was in District 9, Camden, Georgia, United States He owned 10 slaves:.^[1]

1. Female 50
2. Female 37
3. Male 21
4. Female 21
5. Male 19
6. Male 14
7. Female 17
8. Male 9
9. Female 7
10. Female 4

In the 1860 census David was in Camden, Georgia, United States. He owned 17 slaves:^[2]

1. UNKNOWN F 60
2. UNKNOWN M 27
3. UNKNOWN F 27
4. UNKNOWN F 45
5. UNKNOWN M 23
6. UNKNOWN M 20
7. UNKNOWN F 16
8. UNKNOWN M 13
9. UNKNOWN M 8
10. UNKNOWN M 6
11. UNKNOWN F 25
12. UNKNOWN M 7
13. UNKNOWN F 5
14. UNKNOWN M 6
15. UNKNOWN M 3
16. UNKNOWN M 26
17. UNKNOWN M 0

Slaves in Deed records

On 06 June 1842, Charles B. Jones, on behalf of Mary E. Barnard, grantor, of Camden County, Georgia and Chatham County, Georgia, respectively, sold to David Lang, grantee, for $900.00 for slaves Juha (?) and her children Rose and Sampson.^[3]

On 28 December 1847, Caroline Brown, grantor, of Camden County, Georgia sold to David Lang, grantee, of Camden County, Georgia for $300.00 the slave Scipio.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ 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 #92133668 (accessed 29 September 2022)
   David Lang in District 9, Camden, Georgia, USA.
2. ↑ 1860 Census: "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860"
   citing Page: 37; Line: 5; FHL microfilm: 000803143; Record number: 079693;
   FamilySearch Record: WKVW-TD6Z (accessed 27 September 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GYB2-K1P Image number 00089
   David Lang in Camden, Georgia, United States.
3. ↑ Human Bondage: The Buying and Selling of Africans in Camden County, Georgia. 1787-1865 by Tara Fields, O 020, p 117
4. ↑ Human Bondage: The Buying and Selling of Africans in Camden County, Georgia. 1787-1865 by Tara Fields, O 251, p 125