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Location: Meriwether, Georgia, United States
Surnames/tags: slavery black_heritage Reese
The purpose of this page is to record those enslaved by Dixon Hall Reese in an effort to connect them to their descendants.
Probate
In 1858 the courts of Meriwether County order the division of Dixon's estate among his four children.[1]
Slave | Description | Assessed value | Inherited by |
Priscilla | old woman | $170 | James |
Stephen | man | $800 | James |
David | boy | $1,200 | James |
William | boy | $750 | James |
Sam | man | $900 | Eliza |
Hawkins | man | $1,000 | Eliza |
Henry | boy | $1,000 | Eliza |
Peter | man | $550 | Matilda |
Eliza | girl | $100 | Matilda |
Eli | man | $1,000 | Matilda |
Harriet | girl | $1,200 | Matilda |
George | man | $600 | Sarah |
Louisa | woman | $700 | Sarah |
Walter | child of Louisa | with mother | Sarah |
George | boy | $1,200 | Sarah |
Mark | boy | $750 | Sarah |
Sources
- ↑ Estate Distribution Georgia Wills and Probate Records, Meriwether County, Returns, Vol E, 1858-1863, page 11, image 38 Ancestry.com Link
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