Slaves of John Bartee, South Carolina

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

This page's purpose is to record the enslaved people owned by John R Bartee (bef.1775-aft.1848), and attempt to connect them to their families.

Slave Records by Year

(data compiled by Linda Mearse; I moved this list from John Bartee's profile to this space page.Weatherall-96 19:15, 6 August 2023 (UTC) )

1812 - Edgefield South Carolina

• Jinny Bartee (abt.1792-aft.1812)- about 20 years of age, ran away

1830 (18 May) - estate of Sarah Carter

• Ambrus Carter (bef.1822-aft.1831), boy
• Mariah (Carter) Bartee (bef.1822-aft.1831), girl (same as Maria below?)

1832 - members of Sweetwater Baptist Church, Edgefield, SC

• Harriet Bartee (bef.1816-aft.1839) (Harriott) - see 1839
• Maria Bartee (bef.1816-aft.1832) (same as Mariah above?)

1837

• Charlotte (Bartee) Butler, girl - to daughter Francis L. Butler Frances S (Bartee) Butler (bef.1823-aft.1839)

1839 (Apr 24) - Stewart GA, Deed: (recorded 1842) John R. Bartee gives all his real and personal property to his four children: John P Bartee, Elizabeth C. Laner(sic) wife of Lewis Linear, Frances S. Butler wife of Thomas M. Butler, and Thomas P. Bartee. Includes the names of 14 enslaved, as follows...

• Hampton Bartee (bef.1835-aft.1840)
• George Bartee (bef.1835-aft.1840)
• Spencer Bartee (bef.1835-aft.1840) - in 1848 Thomas P Bartee hires
• Harriet
• James Bartee (Jim) - to Thomas P. Bartee; in 1848 about 23 years of age is deeded to Thomas P Bartee
• Wade Bartee - in 1848 John P Bartee hires
• Bill Bartee, boy - to John P. Bartee
• Milly Bartee- to Thomas P. Bartee; in 1848 about 20 years of age is deeded to Thomas P Bartee along with "her Anderson Bartee and Elizabeth Bartee" (neither already listed here)
• Luezer Bartee
• Handy Bartee- in 1848 Thomas P Bartee hires
• P.
• N--
• Caroline Bartee
• Cezar Bartee

1840 census, Stewart Co., GA^[1]:

John R. Bartee	<10	10 to 24	24 to 36	36 to 55	55 to 100	100+
male slaves	3	3	3	0	0	0
female slaves	1	2	1	0	0	0

1840 Sep 17 - Stewart, GA

• Iverson - boy, age 5 or 6 (born 1834/1835); Noah F. Prince to John P. Bartee^[2]

1844 - Stewart, GA --- Notice posted by sons, John P & Thos P Bartee

• Lucinda - between 20 and 30 years of age (born 1814-1824), ran away or stolen about 21 Aug, "was purchased of L. B. Randall, living on the Upstoie, 9 miles from Columbus, on the 15th of January, 1843"
• Jim - 20 years of age (born about 1824), left the 7th [Oct] , ran away or stolen, left behind his mother and father, and 7 brothers and sisters

1845 (June) - Stewart Co., GA

• Iverson - age 11 (born 1834), property of Thomas P & John P Bartee levied on, to be sold to satisfy one mortgage fi fa --- apparently not sold, and notice appears 1 year later, see below

1846 (June)

• Iverson - boy, about 14 years old (born 1832), levied on as the property of Thomas P Bartee^[3]

1847 (Mar) - Lumpkin, Stewart Co., GA

• Pickens - boy, levied on as the property of John P Bartee

1848 John R & Thomas P Bartee hire (assume from the estate)

• Aaron Bartee - hired to Thomas P
• Henry Bartee - hired to John P

Sources

1. ↑ 1840 Census: "1840 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1840; Census Place: Stewart, Georgia; Roll: 50; Page: 137; Family History Library Film: 0007047
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8057 #3673160 (accessed 18 November 2023)
   John R Barter in Stewart, Georgia.
2. ↑ Iverson: transfer from Prince to Bartee, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4R-R9TC-2
3. ↑ Iverson: security for a loan https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQQ-N9RX-S