Slaves of Ralph Bailey, Georgia

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

Index of Plantations

This page's purpose is to record the enslaved people owned by Ralph Bailey (abt.1775-bef.1861), and attempt to connect them to their families.

Contents 1 Census 2 Promissory Note 3 Probate 4 Hire of Slaves 5 Sources

Census

In the 1850 Slave Schedule census Ralph was in Jackson County, Georgia, United States. Ralph Bailey owned 11 slaves in 1850. They were enumerated by age, sex and color, but not named.^[1][2]

Female Ages: 50, 26, 9, 7, 5, 6, 2

Male Ages: 18, 14, 12, 4

In the 1860 Slave Schedule census Ralph was in Jefferson, Jackson, Georgia, United States. He owned 8 slaves.^[3]

• (Hagar?) Female 46
• (Harriett?) Female 27
• (Isham?) Male 27
• (Julia?) Female 17
• (Mary?) Female 15
• (Ervin?) Male 16
• (Charlotte?) Female 9
• (Ransom?) Male 2

names are guesses based on the assessed values and description on the probate inventory that happened a year later

Promissory Note

A promissory note in 1860 between Ralph Bailey and Charles Witt used the following five slaves as collateral.^[4]

• Harriett, woman, 33 years & her three children:
  • Irvin, boy, 14 years
  • Mary, girl, 12 years
  • Violet, girl, 8 years
• Julia, girl, 16 years

Probate

The following slaves were listed on Ralph's probate inventory in 1861.^[5]

Name	Description	Assessed Value
Hagar	woman	$100
Isham	boy	$1000
Harriet	woman & 2 children	$1300
Ransom	child of Harriet	with mother
Millidge	child of Harriett	with mother
Julia	girl	$1200
Ervin	boy	$1150
Charlotte	girl	$700

Hire of Slaves

The estate hired out the slaves in 1862.^[6]

Name	description	Hired by	Hire $
Isham	boy	William Thummond	$80
Julia	girl	A M Park	$60
Charlott	girl	Henry Freeman	$13.75
Irvin	boy	C W Shackelford	$70
Hagar	woman	William Wanm	$10

Sources

1. ↑ 1850 Census: "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850"
   citing Affiliate Publication Number: M432; Line: 37;
   FamilySearch Record: HR76-BZW2 (accessed 4 May 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HT-D8QS-QZD
   Ralph Bailey in Jackson, Georgia, United States.
2. ↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HR76-BZW2 : 23 February 2021), Ralph Bailey in entry for MM9.1.1/MVHR-MHV:, 1850.
3. ↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WKVZ-W2MM : 16 October 2019), Ralph Bailey, 1860.
4. ↑ Deed: "Deeds, 1808-1902; index to deeds, 1796-1904"
   Catalog: Deeds, 1808-1902; index to deeds, 1796-1904 Deeds, v. P-Q 1858-1870
   Film number: 008192595 > image 207 of 679
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSLX-L7VB (accessed 20 May 2023)
5. ↑ Annual returns, 1800-1903: "Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990"
   Catalog: Annual returns, 1800-1903 Returns, v. D 1860-1868
   Image path: Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990 > Jackson > Returns 1860-1868 vol D > image 127 of 425; citing various county, district, and probate courts.
   FamilySearch Image: 3QSQ-G93R-X6H2 (accessed 21 May 2023)
6. ↑ Annual returns, 1800-1903: "Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990"
   Catalog: Annual returns, 1800-1903 Returns, v. D 1860-1868
   Image path: Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990 > Jackson > Returns 1860-1868 vol D > image 130 of 425; citing various county, district, and probate courts.
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-L93R-X6ZP (accessed 21 May 2023)