Slaves of Levi Wilcoxson, Georgia

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

This page's purpose is to record the enslaved people owned by Levi Wilcoxson, and attempt to connect them to their families.

This table contains the 1860 Slave Schedule for Levi Wilcoxen in Coweta County, Georgia, with it are the names of the slaves as they appear on the 1862 probate inventory and later estate sale for Levi. Neither the inventory or sale have ages but there are other clues in the language as to ages, still those who are close in age and gender may be swapped on the list.

1860 Slave Schedule	Estimated Birth Year	Probate 1862 Name	Sale - Dec 1862 New Owner	1870 census Notes
50 M	1810	John (something about lowest bid, probably the 50 M but not listed on inventory)	R.H. Edwards
45 M	1815	Simon	Wm B Thomason
25 M	1835	Elijah	Wm B Thomason	2
50 F	1810	Nancy	Wm B Thomason	1
30 F	1830	Mary	James Benn
28 F	1832	Martha	J. B. Wilcoxon
22 F	1838	Rose	Wm B Thomason	1
10 M	1850	Jim	Levi Wilcoxon
8 M	1852	Bob (Robert on sale)	Wm Wilcoxon	1
7 M	1853	Fred (Frederick on sale)	Wm B Thomason
6 M	1854	Adam	Wiley R Wilcoxon
3 F	1857	Louisa (this name may actually be Lenah and if so she is with mother Mary on sale)	James Benn?	4
6 M	1854	Zac	Lenah Borum	3
2 F	1858	Sarah Jane (with mother Martha on sale)	J. B. Wilcoxon
1 F	1859	Charity (with mother Rose on sale)	Wm B Thomason	1
x		Caroline (listed on inventory and sale but there is a shortage of females of the census)	Lenah Borum	2

• 1. Rosa Moss with (husband?) Zachariah Moss, children: Robert and Charity, and Isreal, also Nancy Wilcoxen listed together on 1870 census in Coweta County, Georgia. Ages for Rose, Robert, Charity, and Nancy are close.
• 2. Elijah Wilcoxen with a family, includes a Caroline who is the right age, 1870 census Coweta County, Georgia
• 3. Zach Willcoxen with a Willis & Amy Echols and Daniel Wood, 1870 census Coweta County, Georgia
• 4. Louisa Willcoxen, on 1870 census Coweta County, Georgia

Notes Regarding New Owner's relationship with Levi Wilcoxen and other information

• J. B. Wilcoxon - son
• Lenah Borum - daughter, her husband is killed in the Civil War, they are living in Alabama at that time
• Levi Wilcoxon- son
• R.H. Edwards - unknown, there is a R H Edwards in Heard, GA on the 1860 slave census with 5 slaves
• Wiley R Wilcoxon - possibly son
• Wm B Thomason - marriage records show William B Thomasson married to an Ann Willcoxen, not sure where she fits on the family tree
• Wm Wilcoxon - son
• James Benn - unknown

Sources

• Levi Willcoxen probate inventory, Coweta County GA Inventories and Appraisements, Bills of Sale, Vol 1, B, page
• Levi Willcoxen estate, Bill of227 sale, Coweta County GA Bills of Sale, Vol A, page 396
• Coweta County, Georgia, 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules, Eighth Census of the United States 1860; Series Number: M653; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
• U.S. Federal Census, Year: 1870, Coweta County, Georgia