Slaves of Elijah Mitcham, Georgia

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Meriwether, Georgia, United States
Surnames/tags: Mitcham Slavery Black_Heritage

The purpose of this page is to assist the descendants of individuals enslaved by Elijah Mitcham to find their ancestors.

1850 Slave Schedule

Total - 18 individuals

Female Ages: 46, 32, 15, 12, 12

Male Ages: 25, 20, 20, 18, 18, 13, 13, 12, 10, 8, 8, 3

1858 Probate

Slave	Description	Birth Year	Inherited by
Priscilla & child			Rebecca (widow)
Seaborn	man, age 29	1829	Heirs of Nancy Arrington (daughter, deceased)
Melissa & child			Nillie A (daughter)
Ceruela	girl, age 6	1852	James Florence (son-in-law, wife: Martha)
Perry or Jerry			Joel C (possibly grandson)
Harry	man, age 37	1821	Joel C (possibly grandson)
John	age 26	1832	George W (son)
Margaret	age 24	1834	Tilman W Howard (son-in-law, wife: Elizabeth)
boy child of Margaret	age 2.5	1855	Tilman W Howard (son-in-law, wife: Elizabeth)
Henry	age 35	1823	Thomas Florence (son-in-law, wife: Matilda)
Clara	age 7	1851	Thomas N (son)
Mary	age 8	1850	Elijah (son)
Elizabeth	girl		Lafayette Bryant (grandson-in-law, wife: Sarah E Williams)
Daniel	age 26	1832	Lafayette Bryant (grandson-in-law, wife: Sarah E Williams)
Barbara	age 29	1829	William (son)
boy child of Barbara	age 7 months	1857	William (son)

Sources

• Probate Meriwether County, Georgia, Returns, Vol E, 1858-1863, page 8-10, image 37-38, | Ancestry Sharing link
• Returns Meriwether County, Georgia, Returns, Vol E 1858-1863, page 113, image 90, | Ancestry Sharing link "clarifies the two slaves, Perry and Elizabeth, who were assigned to individuals to equal out their shares