Slaves of James Crowder, Georgia

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

The purpose of this page is to record those enslaved by James Crowder and to connect them to their descendants.

Census

On the 1840 census James is recorded with 31 slaves in Meriwether County, Georgia.^[1]

Age Under 10: Male - 6, Female - 8

Age 10 to 23: Male - 5, Female - 5

Age 24 to 35: Female - 2

Age 36 to 54: Male - 3

Age 55 to 99: Male - 2

Will

On his will, written in 1841, James bequeaths the following slaves:^[2]

To son, Mark - Ned, a man

To daughter, Lucy A Reese - Henry, a boy

To daughter, Sarah Martin - Henrietta, a girl

To daughter, Eliza B Bell - Meshack, a boy

To granddaughter, Susan Elizabeth McGehee (daughter of Caroline E McGehee) - Martha, a girl

To his unmarried daughters: Susan T, Virginia D, Katharine S, Maria Ann the following slaves were to be divided upon their marriage

Abraham, Kizzy, George, Nancy, Prudence, Isham, Charity, Louisa, Shadrack, Daniel, Emily, Francis, David, Raleigh, Joshua, and Harriet

To the previously named seven daughters and one granddaughter the following were to be divided:

Joe, Abedorago, Rossetta, Mary, Julia, George, June, Matilda, and Hope

Distribution

In the eventual distribution to daughters the following are recorded.^[3]

1. To Susan T (Crowder) Richardson: George, Nancy, Frances, Daniel, and Joe
2. To Virginia D (Crowder) Moseley: Prudence and child, Isham, Joshua, Harriett, and Hope