Slaves of John D Banks 1797, Georgia

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This page enumerates the slavery history of John Banks (1797-1870). Records and documents researched show that of the entire Banks family line whose records have been researched so far, he owned the most slaves during his lifetime.

Contents 1 1850 Slave Schedule Russells, Muscogee County, Georgia 2 1860 Slave Schedule Wynton, Muscogee County, Georgia 3 1860 Slave Schedule Stewart County, GA 4 1864 Tax Digest Stewart County, GA 5 Enslavement in Georgia Described in John's Diary, 1797-1870 6 Excerpts from John's Diary 7 Purchase of Paddy Carr's Place and 70-79 unidentified slaves 8 Additional Slave and Property Records 9 Research Notes 10 Sources 10.1 Additional Tax Records

1850 Slave Schedule Russells, Muscogee County, Georgia

(Note: race is not enumerated on this schedule)

Gender Age Birthdate

1. Female 60 1790
2. Female 50 1800
3. Male 50 1800
4. Male 50 1800
5. Male 45 1805
6. Male 21 1829
7. Male 21 1829
8. Female 35 1815
9. Female 35 1815
10. Female 35 1815
11. Female 13 1837
12. Female 13 1837
13. Female 13 1837
14. Female 10 1840
15. Female 9 1841
16. Female 9 1841
17. Female 9 1841
18. Female 9 1841
19. Male 8 1842
20. Male 8 1842
21. Female 6 1844
22. Female 6 1844
23. Male 3 1847
24. Male 3 1847

1860 Slave Schedule Wynton, Muscogee County, Georgia

Age Birthdate Gender Race

1. 60 1800 Male Black
2. 60 1800 Female Black
3. 60 1800 Female Black
4. 18 1842 Female Black
5. 30 1830 Female Mulatto
6. 14 1846 Male Mulatto
7. 12 1848 Male Black
8. 9 1851 Male Mulatto
9. 18 1842 Male Mulatto
10. 6 1854 Female Black
11. 2 1858 Male Black
12. 35 1825 Male Mulatto
13. 16 1844 Female Black
14. 14 1846 Male Black
15. 60 1800 Female Black
16. 40 1820 Female Black
17. 12 1848 Male Black
18. 6 1854 Male Black
19. 8 1852 Female Black
20. 2 1858 Female Black
21. 23 1837 Female Black
22. 8 1852 Male Black
23. 6 1854 Female Black
24. 40 1820 Male Black
25. 10 1850 Female Black

1860 Slave Schedule Stewart County, GA

This enumeration may be for John's son John T Banks. More research is needed to confirm either way.

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. 50 1810 Male Black
2. 50 1810 Male Black
3. 50 1810 Male Black
4. 50 1810 Male Black
5. 50 1810 Male Black
6. 30 1830 Male Black
7. 30 1830 Male Black
8. 30 1830 Male Black
9. 30 1830 Male Black
10. 30 1830 Male Black
11. 30 1830 Male Black
12. 30 1830 Male Black
13. 30 1830 Male Black
14. 30 1830 Male Black
15. 30 1830 Male Black
16. 30 1830 Male Black
17. 30 1830 Male Black
18. 30 1830 Male Black
19. 30 1830 Male Black
20. 30 1830 Male Black
21. 16 1844 Male Black
22. 16 1844 Male Black
23. 16 1844 Male Black
24. 16 1844 Male Black
25. 16 1844 Male Black
26. 16 1844 Male Black
27. 16 1844 Male Black
28. 16 1844 Male Black
29. 16 1844 Male Black
30. 16 1844 Male Black
31. 8 1852 Male Black
32. 8 1852 Male Black
33. 8 1852 Male Black
34. 8 1852 Male Black
35. 8 1852 Male Black
36. 8 1852 Male Black
37. 8 1852 Male Black
38. 8 1852 Male Black
39. 8 1852 Male Black
40. 8 1852 Male Black
41. 8 1852 Male Black
42. 8 1852 Male Black
43. 8 1852 Male Black
44. 8 1852 Male Black
45. 8 1852 Male Black
46. 8 1852 Male Black
47. 8 1852 Male Black
48. 8 1852 Male Black
49. 8 1852 Male Black
50. 8 1852 Male Black
51. 50 1810 Female Black
52. 50 1810 Female Black
53. 50 1810 Female Black
54. 50 1810 Female Black
55. 50 1810 Female Black
56. 30 1830 Female Black
57. 30 1830 Female Black
58. 30 1830 Female Black
59. 30 1830 Female Black
60. 30 1830 Female Black
61. 30 1830 Female Black
62. 30 1830 Female Black
63. 30 1830 Female Black
64. 30 1830 Female Black
65. 30 1830 Female Black
66. 30 1830 Female Black
67. 30 1830 Female Black
68. 30 1830 Female Black
69. 30 1830 Female Black
70. 30 1830 Female Black
71. 16 1844 Female Black
72. 16 1844 Female Black
73. 16 1844 Female Black
74. 16 1844 Female Black
75. 16 1844 Female Black
76. 16 1844 Female Black
77. 16 1844 Female Black
78. 16 1844 Female Black
79. 10 1850 Female Black
80. 10 1850 Female Black
81. 10 1850 Female Black
82. 10 1850 Female Black
83. 10 1850 Female Black
84. 10 1850 Female Black
85. 10 1850 Female Black
86. 10 1850 Female Black
87. 10 1850 Female Black
88. 10 1850 Female Black
89. 10 1850 Female Black
90. 10 1850 Female Black
91. 5 1855 Female Black
92. 5 1855 Female Black
93. 5 1855 Female Black
94. 5 1855 Female Black
95. 5 1855 Female Black
96. 5 1855 Female Black
97. 5 1855 Female Black
98. 5 1855 Female Black
99. 5 1855 Female Black
100. 5 1855 Female Black

1864 Tax Digest Stewart County, GA

This enumeration may be for John's son John T Banks. More research is needed to confirm either way.

John is listed with 70 slaves (only enumerated by total). This is quite a few less than the 1860 census.

Enslavement in Georgia Described in John's Diary, 1797-1870

Here are slavery-related highlights of the excerpts from John's diary (below). Only five of John's many slaves were named in this diary.^[1]

• 200 slaves owned by the end of the Civil War he alleges he lost and was then "poor."

• 5 unnamed slaves received from father around 1815, one more on father's death.

• Purchased unknown number of unnamed slaves for brother Willis in 1820.

• "Took and bought" unknown number of unnamed slaves to plantation on the river (Pittsburgh) - unknown location.

• Sold to his new brother-in-law "Mr. D. Watkins" 20 unnamed slaves given to his wife by her father "Mr. Watkins," upon their marriage in 1828, because he had "no place to put them on."

• 1 named slave, his "body servant" Tunx, taken by Union soldiers in 1865.
  • Tunx Banks (bef.1853-)

• Four named slaves left John following Emancipation, and he describes them as follows:
  • Celia Banks (abt.1815-) "cooked for me for more than 40 years"
  • George Banks (bef.1853-) "body servant"
  • Wesley Banks (abt.1855-) "orphan boy, brought up from the plantation, abt 10 years"
  • Windsor Banks (bef.1855-) "who came in the buggy with me (a good boy) this morning"

• "Kept up my plantation in Stewart County and from the increase of my negroes naturally and my crops, I have found it a good investment" - this from 1842 to at least 1858 when he wrote this.

Excerpts from John's Diary

These excerpts pertain to family members, locations they lived, and property/business ownership of John:^[2]

My father gave me, when I became of age, five negroes, a piece of land (which I afterward traded to him for one thousand dollars) a horse and other little appendages. After his decease, I received from his estate one other negro and about eighteen hundred dollars in cash, being about an equal share with the other older children.

Mother, in the fall of 1824 sold out her possessions in Elbert and moved to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where her daughters, Sarah (who had married Mr. Edward Sims) and Mary (who married Dr. Robert E. Jones, who was then dead) together with brother Willis, had moved. She is still living there in the enjoyment of tolerable good health. Brother Dunstan and Marion have since moved there, which places mother in the immediate circle of five of her children. Sister Mary (the widow Jones) has again married—to Mr. John Napier, a Methodist preacher.

Thomas Alston, the oldest brother, married Mary, the daughter of Joseph Chipman, and now lives in Elbert County, Ruckersville. Willis married Mary, the daughter of James Oliver, who had one child and died, leaving him a widower. He again married Mary, the daughter of Hezekiah Gray, and then moved to Tuscaloosa where he now lives. James Jones married Hannah, the daughter of James Alston, and has moved to Monroe County, Georgia, where he now lives. Sister Sarah, as before observed, married Edward Sims, a widower, who is also living in Tuscaloosa.

On the 23rd of February, 1820, I set out to Virginia to purchase some negroes for brother Willis. I myself returned home in May and commenced the law again.

In 1821, I bought out an interest my father had in a store in Ruckersville with Joseph Rucker. Rucker and myself continued the business till 1824 when I bought him out and continued it that year on my own account. During this time I continued to practice law, and merchandise.

In the winter of 1824-25, I bought out John Oliver of Petersburg, wound up my merchandise and settled in Petersburg and commenced planting. Made a crop in 1825 and, in 1826, I sold out my planting interest to Solomon Knowland.

In trading with Knowland my Petersburg plantation, I took a stock of goods from him and moved to Augusta, where Mr. B. Baird and myself commenced merchandising. While I lived in Petersburg I had a store in partnership with James E—— in the upper part of Elbert County, where I made nothing. E ——- swindled me out of what we made.

I also had a store in Henry County under the management of Mr. James Shaw. Think I made nothing there, rather lost.

On the 14th of February, 1828, I married Sarah Watkins of Elbert County, and during the following summer, sold out my mercantile interest in Augusta, and moved to Lexington, January, 1829, where I lived till 1836. During my stay there I had a store part of the time in Lexington, and one in Madison County, entrusted with Mr. Wm. Mirong who managed it. I made nothing there again. I practiced law and traded. In 1836, I sold out in Lexington to my brother Henry and moved to Columbus, Georgia, where I settled in the village of Wynnton, one mile from Columbus. In 1839, I bought cotton and lost some 6 or 8 thousand dollars.

In 1840, I commenced merchandising in Columbus and continued till 1844. Made considerable money. In the summer of 1841, I had considerable stock in the Planters and Mechanics Bank. The bank was in a bad condition and General McDougald resigned the presidency. I was persuaded to take the presidency, which I did. I went to New York and borrowed a large amount of money for the bank. Made myself indorcially liable for it. In December of the same year I found the debtors of the bank would not pay and seemed determined to break the bank. I resigned the presidency. In 1842, the bank broke and I was a large loser by it.'In 1842, I bought a plantation on the river (Pittsburg). I commenced planting. Collected my debts when I could, and took negroes and bought others. When I married, Mr. Watkins gave my wife some twenty odd negroes, which I had no place to put them on and sold them to my brother-in-law, Mr. D. Watkins. I got by my wife in all her property some eight or nine thousand dollars.

From 1842 to the present, I have kept up my plantation in Stewart County and from the increase of my negroes naturally and my crops, I have found it a good investment. Have up to this time, 1858, settled off my five oldest sons, to wit John Troup, Willis D., George Y., Watkins and Edward S. I have given each ($15,000) equal to fifteen thousand dollars, and hope to have as much or more for the other seven younger children.

In the spring of 1857, I invested on our joint account with Robert Dougherty (my brother-in-law) about $10,000 in Coohoma County, Mississippi, in the bottom, about 18 miles east of the Mississippi river.

April 1, 1860. Sold out my interest in the Howard factory in Columbus, Georgia.

In December, Mr. Dougherty and myself sold our Mississippi plantation for ($47,500) forty-seven thousand five hundred dollars on a credit of one, two or three years. It cost us about $25,000, making $22,500 profit, to be equally divided between us. We again invested and commenced making another settlement about 1 mile from the other place.

April 12, 1864 George is at home attending to his farm and Watkins at my plantation. Congress has exempted men who have charge of 15 working hands, which protects them from conscription.

George and Sims have been at Atlanta some two weeks. Today Watkins and Gilmer start, then I shall have five sons in Hood's army (Johnston has been released and Hood supersedes him), viz: Willis, George, Sims, Watkins and Gilmer. Elbert still belongs to Lee's army in Mississippi. He has been at home some weeks on furlough, and last Monday he started his boy (Mack)* back to the army, he intending to go on in a few days by railroad, but this raid in Alabama and tearing up the road has delayed him, and he is still at home but goes on as soon as he can travel on the road. The Virginia Army under Lee has had much fighting and resulted generally in our favor. In Florida there has been a good deal of fighting generally favorable to us. The enemy is pressing the war vigorously and a great battle is expected near us at Atlanta, where my five sons are. The enemy has been near Columbus, Miss., destroyed one of Mr. Young's plantations, taking off 27 negro men. They have been near Mr. R. Dougherty's and my plantation in Mississippi. All the negro men ran off to them. We have brought off the women and children. I had only three men there, all gone to the enemy, taking off our mules.

August 22, 1864. I have just returned from plantation. Have not been there since last winter, after having made it a regular practice to go there every other week. This year, '64, my overseer quit me and had no other and could get none; but had to request Watkins, who had plantation adjoining mine, to attend to mine as well as his own. I found that Watkins had done it well and found all things in order. He was quite a literary man and I found he had a number of well used books.

April 19 1865 The (Union) soldiers had great privilege, roamed about as they pleased, pillaging where they chose. They annoyed me much, came into my house, searched every room. Went to my meat house, corn crib, negro houses and robbed me of about five thousand dollars worth of plunder and my negro boy (my body servant, Tunx). None of my sons were with me fortunately, or they would have been captured. My age and infirmity protected me from capture. They took off many of our citizens, stayed two days and moved off, to our great satisfaction. My loss must have been five or six thousand dollars, besides the negro boy.

We know but little yet of the effects of subjugation. Emancipation has been proclaimed by Lincoln and partially carried out. It is now thought that it will be gradual, though not fully understood. I owned about two hundred negroes, in which my property mostly consisted. This leaves me poor.

July 18, 1865. The effects of emancipation begin to be felt. Today many of my negroes left me. Celia, who has cooked for me more than forty years, left me. I made no opposition to it. Am now satisfied it will be carried out. George, my body servant, has left me. All the negroes about the yard are gone. I have an orphan boy, Wesley, which I had brought up from the plantation. Suppose I am entitled to, till they reach twenty-one years of age. All have left me but such as are of expense to me. Wesley is about ten years old and drove me in the buggy to town today. '. 'Windsor, who came in the buggy with me (a good boy) this morning, when I called for him found he was gonehe negroes at the plantation are still there but so demoralized that they work but little.

Purchase of Paddy Carr's Place and 70-79 unidentified slaves

A well-known, mixed-race Creek man named Paddy Carr sold to John for $6,243 his plantation of about 1340 (?) acres along with some 70-79 unidentified slaves in Russell County, Alabama.

Paddy Carr was raised by white people and prospered. But he was loyal to the Creek people, and chose to sell his plantation to walk with them on the Trail of Tears. He spent the rest of his life in Oklahoma.

Mark Clark, "History: Paddy Carr learned the ways of the white man, but never forgot his Creek Heritage," Citizen of East Alabama, Sept 25, 2019, page 1. https://www.citizenofeastalabama.com/news/local_history/history-paddy-carr-learned-the-ways-of-the-white-man-but-never-forgot-his-creek/article_521f1b30-bcbf-57f8-88b3-c78a6709a73a.html

Purchase of Paddy Carr's place from sheriff, 1842? very difficult to read, about 1340(?) acres and the enslaved, in Russell, AL. The land and property was in his son's possession when John died.

• Deed and mortgage records, 1833-1904; general index, 1836-1908: Catalog: Deed and mortgage records, 1833-1904; general index, 1836-1908 Records v. C-E(p.1-261) 1838-1843. Film number: 007897828 > image 1125 of 1356 FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS4K-NQXP-9 (accessed 14 November 2023)

Partial transcript of sale document:

Be it known to all men that we Daniel McKangata? and Eliza Ann McKangata and James C Hobbs?

Of the county of Muscogee in the state of Georgia for and in consideration of the sum of sixty-two hundred forty three

dollars to be in hand paid by John Banks of the county of Muscogee in the state of Georgia the receipt

whereof we do hereby acknowledge do hereby grant, bargain sell bargain sell confide? and confirm unto the

said John Banks the following parcel to wit section number twenty 20 also the South half of section

seventeen 17 also the North half of the section eighteen 18 also North half of the South East :quarter of section eighteen 18 also in township sixteen 16 of Range thirty 30 in the county of Russell Alabama

containing in all about thirteen hundred and forty acres more or less and ??????? the place of Sam Sedley? Carr now lives to have and to hold the afore granted (more words)....

Second day of April 1842 and of American independence 65.

Additional Slave and Property Records

Only 7 slave names (in addition to the 6 named in John's diary) were found in other records, following an extensive search. John Banks had multiple property transactions in Muscogee County, GA. It should be noted that due to his age he most likely was not involved in any transaction of his name before 1818 (when he was age 21). The property deeds give their locations.

1842 - Between John Banks and Samuel Kockogey, for Elizabeth Kookogey/Koockogey, some type of marriage agreement, to be held in trust for Elizabeth Koockogey:^[3]

• • Eleanor Banks (abt.1824-) a negro woman about age 18, with an infant child about 1 month
  • Joe Banks (abt.1840-), child of Eleanor, about age 2 years
  • Polly Banks (abt.1812-) a woman about 30 years
  • Daniel Banks (abt.1836-), son of Polly, about 6 years old
  • Isabella Banks (abt.1840-), daughter of Polly, about 18 months old
  • Aberdeen Banks (abt.1830-) a boy about age 12

(no slaves involved, just interesting fact) 1845 purchase of the three story brick building known as Hoopers, in Columbus, Georgia^[4]

1847 - This mortgage was from Richard M. Fox, and was satisfied, and the enslaved returned to Richard Fox.^[5]

• Jack Banks (abt.1834-) a negro boy about age 13

Russell County, Alabama Bk E39 McDougold et al

Research Notes

On the 1860 census, his five eldest sons are all listed with an equal real estate and personal estate value. Did John give part of his estate way early to his sons? Added to note: I found these sons all owned property in Stewart County, GA where his son George Banks was living and also owned property in 1860. They are all enumerated in the 1860 Stewart County slave schedule. John Banks Sr. was listed in the 1864 agricultural census for Stewart County as well. More research is needed on this county.

Note: In 1860, John and family lived in Columbus, GA, but his property was in Wynton, GA. The Columbus slave schedule was checked and John was not enumerated there.

On the 1864 tax digest, a Mrs. Sarah Banks was listed as a property owner. The only Mrs. Sarah Banks in this family was John's wife unless there was a spouse no one knows about for one of the deceased sons. This needs further investigation.

• Tax: "Georgia, U.S., Property Tax Digests, 1793-1892"
  Militia District Number: 1065
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1729 #3027096
  Name: Mrs Sarah Banks; Year: 1864; District: Mineral Springs; District Number: 1065; Place: Stewart, Georgia, USA.

Sources

1. ↑ Autobiography of John Banks: 1797-1870, Columbus, Georgia, published by E. Leonard, 1930. Transcribed by Meg Betts Torbert and Roy Banks Torbert, 2023. https://betts-torbert.blogspot.com/p/transcript-of-diary-of-john-banks-1797_18.html
2. ↑ Autobiography of John Banks: 1797-1870, Columbus, Georgia, published by E. Leonard, 1930. Transcribed by Meg Betts Torbert and Roy Banks Torbert, 2023. https://betts-torbert.blogspot.com/p/transcript-of-diary-of-john-banks-1797_18.html
3. ↑ Deed records and mortgages, 1838-1901, and general index, direct and reverse, 1838-1905: "Deed records and mortgages, 1838-1901, and general index, direct and reverse, 1838-1905"
   Catalog: Deed records and mortgages, 1838-1901, and general index, direct and reverse, 1838-1905 v. C, 1842-1847
   Film number: 008549899 > image 159 of 476
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C3QZ-YD96 (accessed 14 November 2023)

   trust for Elizabeth Kockogey, 10 May 1844

4. ↑ Deed records and mortgages, 1838-1901, and general index, direct and reverse, 1838-1905: "Deed records and mortgages, 1838-1901, and general index, direct and reverse, 1838-1905"
   Catalog: Deed records and mortgages, 1838-1901, and general index, direct and reverse, 1838-1905 v. C, 1842-1847
   Film number: 008549899 > image 240 of 476
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C3QZ-Y6S9 (accessed 14 November 2023)
5. ↑ Deed records and mortgages, 1838-1901, and general index, direct and reverse, 1838-1905: "Deed records and mortgages, 1838-1901, and general index, direct and reverse, 1838-1905"
   Catalog: Deed records and mortgages, 1838-1901, and general index, direct and reverse, 1838-1905 v. D-E, 1847-1851
   Film number: 008563433 > image 56 of 537
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C3QP-V1FM (accessed 14 November 2023)

• 1830 census not found, 1840 census not confirmed
• 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 Record 8055 #92576061
  John Banks, slave owner of 24 enslaved people, in 1850 in Russells, Muscogee, Georgia, USA.
• 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 #92707576
  John Banks, slave owner of 26 enslaved people, in 1860 in Wynton, Muscogee, Georgia, USA.
• Tax: "Georgia, U.S., Property Tax Digests, 1793-1892"
  Militia District Number: 1065
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1729 #3027083
  Name: John Banks; Year: 1864; District: Mineral Springs; District Number: 1065; Place: Stewart, Georgia, USA.

The will speaks about giving to his son John Troup, property called Paddy Car/Carr

• Record of wills, 1834-1964: "Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990" Catalog: Record of wills, 1834-1964 Record of wills v. A-C 1834-1891. Image path: Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990 > Muscogee > Wills 1834-1891 vol A-C > image 298 of 551; citing various county, district, and probate courts.FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-L93B-R4MP (accessed 13 November 2023). John's will was written in 1852, and proven in Dec 1870.

See also: See this webpage for more information about Paddy Carr and the possible location of his property

Additional Tax Records

Tax Records recorded in Muscogee County- no names for enslaved, only numbers totaling 182 slaves for 6 of the years from 1829-1847, these names likely duplicated in the enumerations from year to year. Because John Banks is a common name, more confirmation may be needed for some of these properties.

1829 - Capt Bragan's Dist, 6 properties

• Tax record: "Tax digests, 1795-1866" Catalog: Tax digests, 1795-1866 1825-1831, 1833-1834, 1836-1838. Film number: 008188911 > image 259 of 638 FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSLZ-V922-Q (accessed 14 November 2023)
  • 1829 taxes Muscogee County, South Carolina
  • 8 enslaved on the property with 500 acres

1830 - Lexington District, no. 143

• Tax record: "Tax digests, 1795-1866" Catalog: Tax digests, 1795-1866 1825-1831, 1833-1834, 1836-1838. Film number: 008188911 > image 307 of 638 FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSLZ-V92V-D (accessed 13 November 2023)
  • 1830 taxes Muscogee County, South Carolina
  • 8 enslaved

1831-8, Lexington District

• Tax record: "Tax digests, 1795-1866" Catalog: Tax digests, 1795-1866 1825-1831, 1833-1834, 1836-1838. Film number: 008188911 > image 362 of 638 FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSLZ-V929-Q (accessed 13 November 2023)
  • 1831 taxes Muscogee County, South Carolina
  • 11 enslaved

1835 - Lexington District, 5 properties

• Tax record: "Tax digests, 1795-1866" Catalog: Tax digests, 1795-1866 1825-1831, 1833-1834, 1836-1838. Film number: 008188911 > image 512 of 638 FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSLZ-V9KR-Y (accessed 14 November 2023)
  • 1835 taxes Muscogee County, South Carolina
  • 12 enslaved on the property with 225 acres

1838, John Banks, property in 3 areas

• Tax record: "Tax digest, 1838-1845, 1869" Catalog: Tax digest, 1838-1845, 1869 Tax digest, 1838-1845, 1869. Film number: 008188764 > image 29 of 313 FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSLZ-YKJ7 (accessed 13 November 2023)
  • 1838 taxes Muscogee County, South Carolina
  • 12 enslaved, 202 acres in Lee County
  • 170 acres in Muscogee
  • 40 acres in Muscogee

1845, Cannins District

• Tax record: "Tax digest, 1838-1845, 1869" Catalog: Tax digest, 1838-1845, 1869 Tax digest, 1838-1845, 1869. Film number: 008188764 > image 149 of 313 FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSLZ-YKND (accessed 13 November 2023)
  • 1845 taxes Muscogee County, South Carolina
  • 23 enslaved

1847 - Columbus District 773, John Banks Muscogee County Tax Book

• Tax record: "Tax digest, 1847" Catalog: Tax digest, 1847 Tax digest, 1847. Film number: 008192801 > image 10 of 118 FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSLX-RQKR-7 (accessed 13 November 2023)
  • 1847 taxes Muscogee County, South Carolina
  • Muscogee, 108 enslaved
  • land in Stewart County