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Slaves of Samuel K Gates Sr., Georgia

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Date: 14 Jan 2023 [unknown]
Location: Meriwether, Georgia, United Statesmap
Surname/tag: Gates, Kolb
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Biography

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

Unnamed Slaves

1830 census Samuel was in Meriwether, Georgia.[1]

  • Slaves: 4.
  • Slaves - Males - Under 10: 1 (1820-1829)
  • Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: 1 (1807-1820)
  • Slaves - Males - 36 thru 54: 1 (1776-1794)
  • Slaves - Females - 36 thru 54: 1 (1776-1794)

In the 1840 census Pamenl was in Meriwether, Georgia.(translation was wrong, it is Samuel)[2]

  • Slaves 16:
  • Slaves - Males - Under 10: 3 (1830-1839)
  • Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: 3 (1817-1830)
  • Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35: 3 (1805-1816)
  • Slaves - Females - Under 10: 3 (1830-1839)
  • Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: 2 (1817-1830)
  • Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35: 1 3 (1805-1816)
  • Slaves - Females - 36 thru 54: 1 (1786-1804)

1850 census Samuel Keaton Gates Sr. was in Meriwether, Georgia, United States. Slaves:26[3]

NameSexAgeBornRaceNameSexAgeBornRace
Female451805BlackMale171833Black
Female351815BlackMale161834Black
Female351815BlackFemale151835Black
Male351815BlackMale101840Black
Male301820BlackFemale101840Black
Male301820BlackMale71843Black
Female281822BlackFemale71843Black
Female241826BlackMale41846Black
Female501800BlackFemale41846Black
Male201830BlackFemale31847Black
Male171833BlackMale21848Black
Male171833BlackFemale161834Black
Female131837Black
Female381812Black

Named Slaves

  • Name: Samuel Keaton Gates
  • Gender: Male
  • Residence Date: Abt 1854
  • Residence Place: Meriwether, Georgia
  • Will Date: 5 Apr 1854
  • Probate Date: 5 Apr 1854
  • Probate Place: Meriwether, Georgia, USA
  • Inferred Death Year: 1854
  • Inferred Death Place: Georgia, USA
  • Item Description: Wills, 1831-1903

These slaves were willed to his Wife Elizabeth Kobe Gates. (Item 3, page:232 (image 141 of 705)

BobSarah
Tom GreyPeggy
GeorgeSally
BrutusMathilda
Louisa
PeterPatsey
FrankLoney Milly
HamdenRebecca
CharlesRose
LevyElizabet
JacobFanny
James K PolkCaroline
ZackyTaylor
LizzyCharity

These slaves were willed to be sold. Item 5, pg. 235, Image 142 of 705.

These slaves went to Samuel M Gates as a a gift. (Already in possession of Samuel M), Item 4, pg.234, Image 142 of 705.

Will of Samuel K Gates

Item 1“It is is my and desire that my darling and beloved wife Elizabeth Kolb Gates paternal mother of my beloved sons shall inherit all my property both real and personal as there is no necessity of sale of perishable property in such case as all is useful, Consisting of my land in the Seventh (?) of said county certain in of seven hundred and seventy six acres more or less, Known of lot number sixty-eight and sixteen acres more or less off lot number sixty joining by the numbers (sixty-one) and sixty-two, with reservation of one more off the same."

“All my Negros twenty eight in number I will and bequeath to my beloved wife as aforesaid ,names of slaves, Household, stock for her natural life.”

Sources

  1. 1830 Census: "1830 United States Federal Census"
    Year: 1830; Census Place: Meriwether, Georgia; Series: M19; Roll: 19; Page: 163; Family History Library Film: 0007039
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8058 #1852508 (accessed 22 January 2023)
    Samuel K Gates in Meriwether, Georgia.
  2. 1840 Census: "1840 United States Federal Census"
    Year: 1840; Census Place: Meriwether, Georgia; Roll: 46; Page: 103; Family History Library Film: 0007045
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8057 #3649489 (accessed 22 January 2023)
    Pamenl K Gates in Meriwether, Georgia.
  3. 1850 Census: "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850"
    citing Affiliate Publication Number: M432; Line: 1; FHL microfilm: 442902; Record number: 4956;
    FamilySearch Record: HR7F-92N2 (accessed 14 January 2023)
    FamilySearch Image: S3HT-6QYW-94N Image number 00068
    Samuel K Gates in Meriwether, Georgia, United States.
  • Probate: "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
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8635 #217059 (accessed 15 January 2023)
    Samuel K Gates probate on 5 Apr 1854.




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