Slaves of John W Wells, Georgia

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Meriwether County, Georgia, United States
Surnames/tags: Wells Slavery Black_Heritage

Index of Plantations

This page's purpose is to record the enslaved people owned by John W Wells (abt.1820-abt.1861), and attempt to connect them to their families.

Contents 1 Slaves 2 1860 Slave Schedule 3 1861 Estate 4 Sources

Slaves

In the 1850 Slave Schedule census John was listed as a slave owner in Meriwether, Georgia, United States, with 5 slaves.^[1]

Name	Sex	Age
UNKNOWN	M	24
UNKNOWN	M	9
UNKNOWN	F	7
UNKNOWN	F	6
UNKNOWN	M	3

1860 Slave Schedule

In 1860 John Wells held 18 enslaved people in Talladega County, Alabama.^[2]

• Male 60
• Male 55
• Male 38
• Male 38
• Male 19
• Female 40
• Female 25
• Male 18
• Female 15
• Female 14
• Male 15
• Female 11
• Female 7
• Male 6
• Male 2
• Male 3/12
• Male 2/12
• Male 1

1861 Estate

In the inventory and appointment of his estate on 24 May 1861, there were 17 slaves listed, 12 of whom were named.^[3]

Name	Sex	Note	Value
Charlotte	woman	and four children	$2200
Emily	woman	and child	$1200
Orry	girl		$1000
Adaline	girl		$500
Jacob	boy		$800
Moses	boy		$900
George	man		$1000
Anthony	man		$1300
Stephen	man		$700
Joseph	man		$600
David	man		$50
Hannah	woman		$400

Sources

1. ↑ 1850 Census: "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850"
   citing Affiliate Publication Number: M432; Line: 27; FHL microfilm: 442902; Record number: 7685;
   FamilySearch Record: HR7X-VC6Z (accessed 8 February 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HT-6QY7-1PG Image number 00100
   John W Wells owner in household of John W Wells in Meriwether, Georgia, United States.
2. ↑ Slave Schedule: "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 ca Record 7668 #92673115 (accessed 19 December 2023)
   John T Wells, slave owner of 18 enslaved people, in 1860 in Meriwether, Georgia, USA.
3. ↑ Georgia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992, Meriwether, Returns, Vol E, 1858-1863