This page enumerates the slavery history for George Thomas Banks (1836-1912)

1854 Will of Lemuel Banks

When George's father Lemuel Banks (1806-1854) died in 1854, he left his entire estate to his wife Louisa America (Tait) Meriwether (1811-1896). However, if she were to remarry, the estate was to be split between her and all the children. Louisa remarried in 1857, therefore, George would have inherited 1/7th of his father's DeSoto County, Mississippi estate at that time, including slaves. He may have also assumed trusteeship for his minor siblings Richard, Henry, and Mary, who were all living in his household in 1860.

1860 Slave Schedule DeSoto County, MS

Age Birthdate Gender Race

1. 65 1795 Male Black
2. 65 1795 Male Black
3. 35 1825 Female Black
4. 45 1815 Male Black
5. 48 1812 Male Black
6. 30 1830 Female Mulatto
7. 53 1807 Female Black
8. 35 1825 Male Mulatto
9. 27 1833 Female Black
10. 32 1828 Male Mulatto
11. 2 1858 Female Black
12. 30 1830 Male Black
13. 24 1836 Female Black
14. 25 1835 Male Black
15. 30 1830 Female Black
16. 25 1835 Male Black
17. 22 1838 Female Black
18. 27 1833 Male Mulatto
19. 18 1842 Female Mulatto
20. 20 1840 Female Mulatto
21. 30 1830 Female Black
22. 16 1844 Male Black
23. 17 1843 Male Black
24. 15 1845 Male Black
25. 14 1846 Male Mulatto
26. 16 1844 Male Mulatto
27. 8 1852 Male Mulatto
28. 6 1854 Male Black
29. 5 1855 Male Black
30. 4 1856 Male Mulatto
31. 2 1858 Male Mulatto
32. 12 1848 Female Mulatto
33. 11 1849 Female Black
34. 10 1850 Male Mulatto
35. 9 1851 Male Mulatto
36. 8 1852 Male Mulatto
37. 5 1855 Female Black
38. 4 1856 Female Black
39. 3 1857 Female Black
40. 2 1858 Female Black
41. 3 1857 Female Black
42. 1 1859 Female Black
43. 1 1859 Female Mulatto
44. 1 1859 Female Mulatto
45. 1 1859 Female Black

Sources

• Slave Schedule: "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 Record 7668 #92002890
  Geo T Banks, slave owner of 45 enslaved people, in 1860 in Desoto, Mississippi, USA.