Slaves of George Troup Jr, Georgia

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Montgomery, Georgia, United States
Surnames/tags: slavery black_heritage

The purpose of this page is to record those enslaved by George Troup Jr and connect them to their descendants.

Inherited

Slaves inherited from his uncle, Robert's estate in 1856. The Inventory^[1]and Division^[2] of slaves.

Name	Description	Assessed Value
Primus		$1200
Lydia		$850
Sandy		$400
Ceaser		$400
Sarah Ann		$700
Pauiner (Patience)		$700
Dorenda		$600
Eliza		$550
Margaret		$400
Sophia		$350
Smart		$200
Joseph		$800
Molly		$500
John	infant	$100
Buck		$850
Jane		$850
Nancy		$700
Jim		$600
Roger		$250
Primus		$450
Morris		$150
Bob		$900
Washington		$900
William		$1000
Danada		$800
Alex		$1000
Venus		$600
Sarah Ann		$500
Caty		$350
Rachael		$250
Matilda		$200
Othella	elderly slave	$1
Hannah	elderly slave	$50

The following slaves he inherited in the division of his father's estate in 1860. However, George Jr was deceased at this point so the slaves were actually inherited by his estate, managed by DHB Troup.^[3] Theses slaves came from multiple plantations of the Governor including: Lower Turkey Creek, Valdosta, Thomas Crossroads, Rosemont and Horseshoe Place Plantations. There were also slaves from his uncle, Robert's estate that had been inherited by his father included.

Name	Description	Assessed Value
Binah	Horseshoe/Rosemont Plantation	$ 0
Lewis	Horseshoe/Rosemont Plantation	$ 1200
Stephen	Horseshoe/Rosemont Plantation	$ 1200
Cyrus	Horseshoe/Rosemont Plantation	$ 1000
Jacob	Horseshoe/Rosemont Plantation	$ 800
Doctor	Horseshoe/Rosemont Plantation	$ 800
July	Horseshoe/Rosemont Plantation	$ 1200
Dorinda	Horseshoe/Rosemont Plantation	$ 1000
Lymus	Horseshoe/Rosemont Plantation	$ 400
Yorick	Unsure which Plantation	$ 900
Patty	Horseshoe/Rosemont Plantation	$ 0
Billy	Horseshoe/Rosemont Plantation	$ 1000
Niger	Unsure which Plantation	$ 1200
Ann	Unsure which Plantation	$ 1100
Frank		$ 1000
Hannah		$ 700
Binah		$ 800
Allen		$ 850
Isaac		$ 400
Amy		$ 300
Troup		$ 100
Dolly		$ 200
John		$ 1200
Simon		$ 1000
Charlotte		$ 800
Phillis		$ 600
Dolly		$ 300
March		$ 200
Tom	Horseshoe/Rosemont Plantation	$ 1000
Ardenia		$ 1000
Mildred		$ 500
London	at Valdosta	$ 400
Carlin(Caroline?)	at Valdosta	$ 250
London	at Valdosta	$ 1200
Lott	at Valdosta	$ 1100
Phillis	at Valdosta	$ 1000
Caroline	at Valdosta	$ 1000
Betty	at Valdosta	$ 800
Jack Carter	at Valdosta	$ 800
Rose	at Valdosta	$ 700
Easter	at Valdosta	$ 500
William	at Valdosta	$ 400
Hilliard	at Valdosta	$ 1200
Jack Hern	at Valdosta	$ 1150
Adeline	at Valdosta	$ 1050
Mitchel		$ 900
Col Carter		$ 750
Florida		$ 800
Rosy		$ 550
Aaron		$ 400
Hilliard		$ 700
Mary		$ 600
Roxyann		$ 1000
Nancy		$ 800
Joicy		$ 800
Hilliard Buck		$ 700
Mary Ann	$ 550
Rodger		$ 400
George		$ 1050
Lucy Ann		$ 1000
Martin		$ 800
Hannah		$ 800
Watkins		$ 900
Beck		$ 800
Lizzy		$ 750
Patsy		$ 650
Isaac		$ 500
Georgia		$ 350
Amy		$ 250
Martin		$ 100
June		$ 800
Patty		$ 400
Sally		$ 1000
Samuel		$ 1000
Sylvia	old	$ -200
Jim		$ 300
Eliza		$ 300
Zachariah		$ 1200
Camilla		$ 1000
Joe		$ 1100
Lydia Ann		$ 900
Joseph		$ 750
Baker		$ 550
Abraham		$ 450
Ellen		$ 250
Dolly		$ 100
Polly		$ 900
Ennis		$ 800
Enoch		$700
Jacob		$ 550
Minday		$ 700
Lucy		$ 500
Stephen		$ 1000
Phebe		$ 1000
Tenah		$ 700
Eliza Jane		$ 550
Hamlet		$ 350
Phillis		$ 125
Watkins		$ 1000
Martha Ann		$ 1000
Milly Troup	at Valdosta	$ 800
Alphonso	unsure which Plantation	$ 200
George		$ 1200
Edmund	at Turkey Creek	$ -100
Elizabeth	at Turkey Creek	$ 200
Jim	at Turkey Creek	$ 1000
Nelly	at Turkey Creek	$ 1000
Mariah	at Turkey Creek	$ 900
Martha Ann	at Turkey Creek	$ 750
Mashwell (Maxwell?)	at Turkey Creek	$ 400
Cain	at Turkey Creek	$ 400
Edward	at Turkey Creek, lame hand and leg	$ 300
Pancy	unsure which Plantation	$ 100
Cooter	at Turkey Creek	$ 1000
Affe	at Turkey Creek	$ 900
America		$ 700
Easter		$ 650
Jericy		$ 450
Katty		$ 250
Cordelia		$ 100
Lorenzo		$ 1100
Isaac	at Thomas Place	$ 800
Betsy	at Thomas Place	$ 400
Nancy	at Thomas Place	$ 1000
Sey	at Thomas Place	$ 800
Joicy	at Thomas Place	$ 550
Little March	at Thomas Place	$ 1100
Rhoda	at Thomas Place	$ 1000
Binah	at Thomas Place	$ 350
April	at Thomas Place	$ 200
Georgia	at Thomas Place	$ 1000
Betsy	at Thomas Place	$ 150
Moses	at Thomas Place	$ 900
Clarissa	at Thomas Place	$ 1000
John	lame hand & leg	$ 200
Little Moses		$ 600
Rachel		$ 450
Trey (Troy?)	bad leg	$ 300
Dolly		$ 1000
Adaline		$ 250

The other two thirds of the slaves were inherited by his sisters:

Florida Troup Bryan Foreman

Oralie Troup Vigal

Sources

1. ↑ Probate: "Georgia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992" Robert L Troup.
   Montgomery > Bills of Sale, 1829-1911
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 2 July 2023)
2. ↑ Probate: "Georgia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992"
   Montgomery > Bills of Sale, 1829-1911
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 2 July 2023)
3. ↑ Index to Lauren County Loose Legal Papers
   Laurens County Library, indexed by Mr. Allen Thomas Link (accessed July 3, 2023)