Slaves of James C Whitaker, Georgia

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

This page's purpose is to record the enslaved people owned by James C Whitaker, and attempt to connect them to their families.

In 1837 James' father died but the estate slaves were not distributed until 1840. James must have already owned some slaves because his count on the 1840 census was 64 slaves which is far more than he got on from the estate. By 1844 his youngest brother Thomas, still a minor, had passed and his portion of the estate was distributed to the remaining heirs. James inherited an additional four slaves from this transaction.

Slaves from the 1840 Estate Distribution of William Whitaker's Estate

Slave Name	Assessed Value	Age in 1840	Estimated Year of Birth
Ned	500	49	1791
Emily & Adaline	700	38	1802
Edmund	800	21	1819
Dick	800	19	1821
Crecy	450	15	1825
Bitha	400	13	1827
John	400	11	1829
Ned Jr	300	9	1831
Rasha	250	7	1833
Mary	200	4	1836
Leonidas	175	2	1838
Adaline		0.5	1839
Aaron	800	30	1810
Sarah	500	18	1822
Old Isaac	10	63	1777

• there are strong indications in the way that the inventory is listed that the children on this list are all Emily's

Slaves from the 1844 Estate Distribution of Thomas Whitaker's Estate

Slave Name	Assessed Value	Age in 1840	Estimated Year of Birth
Messer	150	4	1836
Harriet	450	16	1824
Robert	400	13	1827
Augustus	125	2	1838

• Records indicate that these were four siblings, the children of Fanny

1850 Slave Schedule

In 1850, James C Whitaker held 39 slaves in Milledgeville, Baldwin

• Male 32
• Male 14
• Male 8
• Male 1
• Male 7/12
• Female 31
• Female 25
• Female 23
• Female 10
• Female 7
• Female 6
• Female 2
• Male 73
• Male 57
• Male 50
• Male 41
• Male 40
• Male 29
• Male 27
• Male 23
• Male 21
• Male 19
• Male 17
• Male 16
• Male 13
• Male 12
• Male 6
• Male 6
• Male 5
• Male 4
• Male 2
• Female 73
• Female 50
• Female 42
• Female 25
• Female 23
• Female 14
• Male 15
• Male 14

Source

• U.S. Federal Census, Year: 1840; Census Place: District 318, Baldwin, Georgia; Roll: 37; Page: 56; Family History Library Film: 0007042 https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/30189802?h=b03a4a
• 1837 Probate Inventory Baldwin County, Georgia, Inventories and Appraisements, 1807-1850, page 250 https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/30177282?h=6c6379
• 1840 Probate Inventory Baldwin County, Georgia, Inventories and Appraisements, 1807-1850, page 397 (image 605) https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/30177342?h=1eeea7 and page 398 (image 606) https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/30177348?h=e2344e
• Division of Slaves Among Heirs Baldwin County, Georgia, Inventories and Appraisements, 1807-1850, page 400-401 (image 607) https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/30177357?h=51c4c1
• Division of Slaves of Thomas Whitaker Baldwin County, Georgia, Inventories and Appraisements, 1807-1850, page 404-405 (image 609) https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/30190444?h=2ea149
• 1850 Census: "1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
  The National Archive in Washington DC; Washington, DC; NARA Microform Publication: M432; Title: Seventh Census Of The United States, 1850; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 8055 #92107152 (accessed 19 September 2022)
  James C Whitaker in Milledgeville, Baldwin, Georgia, USA.