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Slaves of Joseph Blackwell, Georgia

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Location: Elbert, Georgia, United Statesmap
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Bequeath of 5 named slaves to children, 1781, Granville, NC

William Joseph Blackwell (1745-bef.1806) known as Joseph Blackwell in 1781 accepted money from his father-in-law, Thomas Banks (abt.1709-abt.1789), in exchange for which he agreed to pass on five named enslaved people to two of his sons.

The relevant portion of the Will of Thomas Banks is quoted here: [1]

Thomas Banks, of Granville county, N.C., moved to Wilkes county, Georgia, along with his son, Ralph Banks, and possibly other members of his family in 1784-85. That part of Wilkes county in which Ralph Banks settled was later cut off into Elbert county. It is possible that Joseph Blackwell, who married Sally Chandler Banks, a daughter of Thomas in his first marriage, had gone to Georgia earlier, as we find in Will Book 1, page 299, Granville County, N.C., a "Deed of Gift" from Thomas Banks to two of his grandchildren, Dunston and Banks Blackwell. This Deed is made through Joseph Blackwell receiving the sum of "three hundred and thirty-nine pounds four shillings and for divers other causes and considerations," in return for which Joseph Blackwell willed to the two children aforesaid Negro wench named Patt, Negro girl named Rose, Negro girl named Mary, Negro boy named David and Negro child named Shadrach. This deed of gift as proven by the oaths of John Rust and Ralph Banks at the February term of court, 1781. Since there is no further record of Joseph Blackwell in Granville after this date it s likely that he and possibly other members of the Banks family went to Georgia about this time. This could be cleared up by searching the records at Washington, Georgia.

In the same year,1781, Joseph executed a document using the same language as that in Thomas' Will, stating his receipt of the 339 pounds four shillings from his father-in-law, and committing accordingly to the "Deed of Gift" of the five slaves named above to his own children, Thomas' grandchildren, Dunstan and Banks Blackwell.[2]

No probate or other records have been found to confirm that Dunstan and Banks Blackwell received these enslaved people -- all of them children as of 1781.


Sources

  1. Banks, Elbert Augustine; Young, Georgia Butt; Franklin, Sarah Banks, The Genealogical Records of the Banks Family of Elbert County, Georgia. Second Edition, 1937, p. 21
  2. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C956-FSSQ-J?cat=358185




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