Slaves of James W. Bennett, Georgia

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Slaves of James W. Bennett

1860 Slave Schedule Clay County, Georgia, USA

• Enumerated 2 Jul 1860

"United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBR-SY8?cc=3161105&wc=DM4P-3TL%3A1610432301%2C1610359801%2C1610695801 : 16 October 2019), Georgia > Clay > 431st > image 6 of 9; citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• 25 M B
• 18 M B
• 18 M B
• 16 M B
• 13 M B
• 2 M B
• 19 F B
• 18 F B
• 20 F B
• 19 F B
• 16 F B
• 2 F B
• 1/12 M B

1863 Appraisement of Estate of James W. Bennett, deceased August 5th 1893

• signed 6 Aug 1863

Clay County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Inventories Appraisements Sales, Book A, 1859-1873: 112-113, Appraisement of the Estate of James W. Bennett, 6 August 1863; Imaged in “Georgia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992”, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 April 2022) > Clay > Inventories, Appraisements, Returns and Sales, 1854-1947 > Images 72-73 of 686.

• Wiley
• Elijah
• wife of Elijah
• child of Elijah
• child of Elijah
• child of Elijah
• Horace
• wife of Horace
• child of Horace
• child of Horace
• child of Horace
• Martha
• child of Martha
• Gracy Bennett

Newspaper notice for Executor's Sale

• published 4 Nov 1863

“Executor’s Sale,” Early County News (Blakely, Georgia), 4 November 1863, p. 3, col. 4; digital images, Georgia Historic Newspapers (https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn85034007/1863-11-04/ed-1/seq-3/ : accessed 9 May 2020)

Transcribed Text:

Executor’s Sale Agreeable to an order of the Court of Ordinary of Clay county, Ga., will be sold, in the town of Fort Gaines, on the first Tuesday in December next, at the usual place of sales, and within the legal hours, a negro woman named Gracey, about 17 years old. Sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of James W. Burnett, deceased. Terms of sale cash. PEYTON R. HOLT, Executor Oct. 28, 1863 3 tds-paid