Slaves of Joseph Moore, Georgia

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Meriwether, Georgia, United States
Surnames/tags: slavery black_heritage

The purpose of this page is to assist the descendants of individuals enslaved by Joseph Moore to find their ancestors.

Slave Schedule

1850 Slave total: 7 in Meriwether County, Georgia.^[1]

Males ages: 40, 17, 11

Females ages: 35, 33, 11, 9

1860 Slave total: 10 in Meriwether County, Georgia. ^[2]

Males ages: 40, 27, 20, 2

Females ages: 40, 22, 20, 5, 5, 4

Probate Inventory & Sale

Slave	Description	Sold to	Price
Richard		Allen J Jones	$545
Peter		G G Nonard	$1,200
Doctor		G G Nonard	$1,600
Cherry	woman and 3 children	Allen H Moore	$2,400
Celia		P.P. Pesdue	$345
Lucy	woman and 3 children	Samuel Derdue	$2,000
Catherine	only on inventory	other documents state that the wife kept Catherine
Eliza	only mentioned on sale	Joseph T Moore	$575

Later note in the probate mentions that the widow kept two slaves Catherine and a girl, Adaline, as her life estate. Adaline must have been one of the unnamed children belonging to either Cherry or Lucy.

Sources

1. ↑ 1850 Census: "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850"
   citing Affiliate Publication Number: M432; Line: 24; FHL microfilm: 442902; Record number: 9740;
   FamilySearch Record: HR7X-K8N2 (accessed 28 January 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HT-6QB5-Z Image number 00125
   Joseph Moor owner in household of Joseph Moor in Meriwether, Georgia, United States.
2. ↑ 1860 Census: "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860"
   citing Page: 90; Line: 19; FHL microfilm: 000803148; Record number: 107968;
   FamilySearch Record: WKVZ-Z3MM (accessed 28 January 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GYBF-9KK1 Image number 00561
   Joseph Moore owner in household of Joseph Moore in Meriwether, Georgia, United States.

• Will: "Georgia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992"
  Wills 1831-1903 (Meriwether County, Georgia); Author: Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Meriwether County); Probate Place: Meriwether, Georgia, page 65, image 435
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8635 #217740 (accessed 28 January 2023)
  Joseph Moore probate on 4 Jan 1852.
• Probate Inventory, Georgia Wills and Probate Records, Returns, Vol E, p 399, image 242, Ancestry.com Link
• Probate Sale, Georgia Wills and Probate Records, Returns, Vol E, p 401, image 243, Ancestry.com Link
• Mention of Wife Keeping Slave Catherine, Georgia Wills and Probate Records, Returns, Vol E, p 405, image 245, Ancestry.com Link
• Mention of Wife Keeping Slaves Catherine and Adeline, Georgia Wills and Probate Records, Returns, Vol E, p 406, image 246, Ancestry.com Link