Slaves of Gilmer Rockingham Banks, Georgia

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: [unknown]
Surnames/tags: Georgia slavery

This page enumerates the slavery history of Gilmer Rockingham Banks (1837-1900)

Contents 1 1860 Slave Schedule Stewart County, GA 2 1864 Tax Digest Stewart County, GA 3 Research Notes 4 Sources

1860 Slave Schedule Stewart County, GA

Note: This slave schedule has a number next to each age of slave of how many the owner had. The transcription number is therefore inaccurate. These ages also appear to be estimated.

Age Birthdate Gender Race

1. 25 1835 Male Black
2. 25 1835 Male Black
3. 25 1835 Male Black
4. 25 1835 Male Black
5. 25 1835 Male Black
6. 25 1835 Male Black
7. 25 1835 Male Black
8. 25 1835 Male Black
9. 25 1835 Male Black
10. 25 1835 Male Black
11. 10 1850 Male Black
12. 10 1850 Male Black
13. 10 1850 Male Black
14. 10 1850 Male Black
15. 10 1850 Male Black
16. 25 1835 Female Black
17. 25 1835 Female Black
18. 25 1835 Female Black
19. 25 1835 Female Black
20. 25 1835 Female Black
21. 25 1835 Female Black
22. 25 1835 Female Black
23. 25 1835 Female Black
24. 25 1835 Female Black
25. 25 1835 Female Black
26. 25 1835 Female Black
27. 25 1835 Female Black
28. 5 1855 Female Black
29. 5 1855 Female Black
30. 5 1855 Female Black
31. 2 1858 Female Black
32. 2 1858 Female Black
33. 2 1858 Female Black
34. 2 1858 Female Black
35. 2 1858 Female Black

1864 Tax Digest Stewart County, GA

Gilmer is listed with 30 slaves (only enumerated by total)

Research Notes

Gilmer moved to Alabama some time between 1860 and 1870 (although in 1864, he still owned land in Georgia). More research is needed to determine if had any slaves in Alabama.

Sources

• 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 #92742362
  S Banks, slave owner of 5 enslaved people, in 1860 in District 23, Stewart, Georgia, USA.
• 1864 Tax: "Georgia, U.S., Property Tax Digests, 1793-1892"
  Militia District Number: 1065
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1729 #3027081
  Name: G R Banks; Year: 1864; District: Mineral Springs; District Number: 1065; Place: Stewart, Georgia, USA.