Slaves of Gillis McDonald, Georgia
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Location: Camden, Georgia, United States
Surnames/tags: slavery black_heritage
Location: Camden, Georgia, United States
Surnames/tags: slavery black_heritage
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This page's purpose is to record the enslaved people owned by Gillis McDonald, and attempt to connect them to their families.
Gillis died in 1854 and his probate inventory lists 72 living (and one dead) slave. These slaves were to be divided between his son and daughter but the son died in 1854 as well. Research to this point would indicated that the daughter, Isabel McDonald Adams inherited everything.
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Other Transactions
- Daniel, Caty, Betsy, Catharine, and Mary - purchased from J.M.B. Goodbread on April 4, 1843 [1]
Slaves on Gillis Probate Inventory St Marys
| Slave Name | Assessed Value | Notes | Inherited by |
| Edy | $ 500 | woman, about 22 years old |
Slaves on Gillis Probate Inventory Plantation
| No. | Slave Name | Assessed Value | Notes | Inherited by |
| 1 | Minty Jr | $ 500 | Randolph McDonald Estate | |
| 2 | Isaac | $ 400 | Randolph McDonald Estate | |
| 3 | Rhody | $ 500 | Randolph McDonald Estate | |
| 4 | Ruckey | $ 300 | Randolph McDonald Estate | |
| 5 | Cyrus | $ 700 | Randolph McDonald Estate | |
| 6 | Lydia | $ 500 | Randolph McDonald Estate | |
| 7 | Jackson | $ 800 | Isabel Adams | |
| 8 | Sylvia | $ 400 | Isabel Adams | |
| 9 | Daphney | $ 550 | Isabel Adams | |
| Nancy | $ 0 | died Feb 1855 | ||
| 10 | Middleton | $ 400 | Isabel Adams | |
| 11 | Lucy | $ 300 | Isabel Adams | |
| 12 | Wallace | $ 200 | Isabel Adams | |
| 13 | Gabriel | $ 150 | Isabel Adams | |
| 14 | Tom | $ 100 | Isabel Adams | |
| 15 | Chainah | $ 500 | Randolph McDonald Estate | |
| 16 | Buck | $ 500 | Randolph McDonald Estate | |
| 17 | Jerry | $ 300 | Randolph McDonald Estate | |
| 18 | Joshua | $ 150 | Randolph McDonald Estate | |
| 19 | Dido | $ 600 | Isabel Adams | |
| 20 | Louis | $ 400 | unknown | |
| 21 | Rosanna | $ 150 | Isabel Adams | |
| 22 | Minty Sr | $ 5 | Isabel Adams | |
| 23 | Rose | $ 600 | Isabel Adams | |
| 24 | Emily jr | $ 450 | Isabel Adams | |
| 25 | Katharine | $ 350 | Isabel Adams | |
| 26 | Sandy | $ 250 | Isabel Adams | |
| 27 | Scipio | $ 200 | Isabel Adams | |
| 28 | Prince | $ 150 | Isabel Adams | |
| 29 | March Sr | $ 550 | Randolph McDonald Estate | |
| 30 | Sarah Sr | $ 400 | Randolph McDonald Estate | |
| 31 | Joe | $ 800 | unknown | |
| 32 | Clarissa jr | $ 500 | Randolph McDonald Estate | |
| 33 | Ian | $ 200 | Randolph McDonald Estate | |
| 34 | Alice | $ 250 | Randolph McDonald Estate | |
| 35 | Nancy | $ 400 | Isabel Adams | |
| 36 | Lavinia | $ 600 | Isabel Adams | |
| 37 | Cornelius | $ 350 | Isabel Adams | |
| 38 | Clarrisa Sr | $ 400 | Randolph McDonald Estate | |
| 39 | Cato | $ 300 | Randolph McDonald Estate | |
| 40 | Martha | $ 5 | Randolph McDonald Estate | |
| 41 | Robert | $ 300 | Randolph McDonald Estate | |
| 42 | Charles | $ 150 | Randolph McDonald Estate | |
| 43 | Sarah jr | $ 600 | Randolph McDonald Estate | |
| 44 | March jr | $ 800 | Isabel Adams | |
| 45 | Jenny | $ 200 | Isabel Adams | |
| 46 | Hester | $ 600 | Isabel Adams | |
| 47 | Bob | $ 600 | Isabel Adams | |
| 48 | Lila | $ 500 | Isabel Adams | |
| 49 | Amelia | $ 600 | Isabel Adams | |
| 50 | David | $ 600 | Isabel Adams | |
| 51 | John | $ 800 | Randolph McDonald Estate | |
| 52 | Phoebe jr | $ 600 | Randolph McDonald Estate | |
| 53 | Mary | $ 150 | Randolph McDonald Estate | |
| 54 | Louisa | $ 500 | unknown | |
| 55 | Lizzy | $ 150 | Randolph McDonald Estate | |
| 56 | Duam | $ 800 | Randolph McDonald Estate | |
| 57 | George | $ 600 | Randolph McDonald Estate | |
| 58 | Moses | $ 800 | unknown | |
| 59 | Sophia | $ 100 | unknown | |
| 60 | Emily Sr | $ 600 | Randolph McDonald Estate | |
| 61 | Donald | $ 150 | Randolph McDonald Estate | |
| 62 | Pheobe Sr | $ 300 | Isabel Adams | |
| 63 | Bill Sr | $ 800 | Isabel Adams | |
| 64 | Aleck | $ 800 | Randolph McDonald Estate | |
| 65 | Jim jr | $ 800 | Isabel Adams | |
| 66 | Maria | $ 600 | Isabel Adams | |
| 67 | Ben | $ 100 | Isabel Adams | |
| 68 | Sam | $ 800 | Randolph McDonald Estate | |
| 69 | Susan | $ 600 | Randolph McDonald Estate | |
| 70 | Frank | $ 100 | Randolph McDonald Estate | |
| 71 | Zacariah "suckey jr" | $ 75 | Emily's child | Randolph McDonald Estate |
| 72 | unnamed | $ 50 | child of Lavinia | unknown |
| Archie | $160 | not on initial inventory | Isabel Adams | |
| Ellen | $150 | not on initial inventory | Isabel Adams | |
| Elbert | $120 | not on initial inventory | Randolph McDonald Estate | |
| Elsy | $150 | not on initial inventory | Randolph McDonald Estate | |
| Nelly | $150 | not on initial inventory | Randolph McDonald Estate |
- the ones marked 'unknown' do not appear in the distribution inventory
Sources
- ↑ Camden County Deed Book N page 450-451 Human Bondage: The Buying and Selling of Africans in Camden County, Georgia. 1787-1865. A collection of slave deed abstracts Compiled by TARA D. FIELDS, pp 108
- Inventory, Camden County, Georgia, Inventories and appraisements 1832-1860, page 209-210 FamilySearch.org link
- Will, Camden County, Georgia, was refiled in 1880 as the original will book had been burned familysearch.org link
- Distribution, Camden County, Georgia, Inventories and appraisements 1832-1860, page 224-225 Ancestry.com link
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