Slaves of Dr Richard Dennis Arnold, Georgia

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

Index of Plantations

This page's purpose is to record the enslaved people owned by Dr.Richard Dennis Arnold (1808-1876) , and attempt to connect them to their families.

History of Dr Richard Dennis Arnold (1808-1876)

His Find A Grave: Memorial #5966636 memorial page states: "He was the son of Captain Richard Arnold and Elizabeth "Eliza" nee Dennis Arnold. He graduated from College of New Jersey (Princeton), and then obtained his MD from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. And he practiced medicine in Savannah. He was a co-founder of the Georgia Historical Society. He also co-founded the American Medical Association and the Georgia Medical Society. He served in the Georgia Senate. He also was one of the eight founders of the Savannah Medical College in Savannah, and he taught at the school. He also served as the Mayor of Savannah several times. He was Mayor of Savannah when General Sherman invaded the city, and Dr. Arnold surrendered the City of Savannah to him rather then see it burnt to the ground."

Slaves

In the 1850 slave schedule census, R D Arnold was a slave owner in Chatham, Georgia, United States with 9 slaves.^[1]

• Gender Age
• Female 45
• Female 22
• Male 17
• Male 14
• Female 11
• Female 9
• Female 5
• Male 2
• Female 11/12

In a second entry in the 1850 slave schedule census, Richard D Arnold was a slave owner in Chatham, Georgia, United States, with 18 slaves.^[2]

• Gender Age
• Female 50
• Female 45
• Female 35
• Female 25
• Female 20
• Female 16
• Female 18
• Male 30
• Male 26
• Male 12
• Male 43
• Male 50
• Male 28
• Male 3
• Female 50
• Male 16
• Male 28
• Male 7/12

Sources

1. ↑ 1850 Census: "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850"
   citing Affiliate Publication Number: M432; Line: 1; FHL microfilm: 442898; Record number: 7960;
   FamilySearch Record: HR7D-D3W2 (accessed 17 December 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HT-67L3-6G Image number 00103
   R D Arnold owner in household of R D Arnold in Chatham, Georgia, United States.
2. ↑ 1850 Census: "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850"
   citing Affiliate Publication Number: M432; Line: 19; FHL microfilm: 442898; Record number: 7183;
   FamilySearch Record: HR7D-PZT2 (accessed 17 December 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HT-67L7-62 Image number 00094
   Richard D Arnold owner in household of Richard D Arnold in Chatham, Georgia, United States.