Documentation of the people enslaved by Thomas Lockett, Sr. of Warren County, Georgia.
1820 Census[1]: Thomas had 16 people enslaved.
1830 Census[2]: Thomas had 20 people enslaved.
1840 Census[3]: Thomas had 23 people enslaved.
The following people were enslaved by Thomas Lockett and named in his 1841 will:
- Lewis
- Celia
- Austin
- Yellow Mary
- Julia
- Becky
- Moses
- Cliet
- Hall
- Big Mary
- Hannah
The following people were enslaved by Thomas Lockett and listed in the inventory appraisement on 17 Jul 1844[4]:
- Clike - 35 years old - $550
- Moses - 60 years old - $75
- Patience - 54 years old - $150
- Sabra - 22 years old and
- Her child Washington - $500
- Hannah - 15 years old - $425
- Mary - 13 years old - $400
- Lethy - 9 years old - $400
- Permely - 7 years old - $250
- Hal - 29 years old - $500
The following people were enslaved by Thomas Lockett and listed in the inventory appraisement on 17 Sep 1844[5]:
- Big Mary and her four children:
- Rebecca
- Henry
- Allen
- Green - $1100
- Luvena and her child:
- Sherman - $550
- Luke - $250
- Payton - $300
- Julia - $450
- Eliza - $225
- Selia - $450
- Yellow Mary - $500
The following people were enslaved by Thomas Lockett and sold on the first Tuesday in July in 1845 in Tazewell, Marion County, Georgia[6][7]:
- Luke, a boy
- Eliza, a girl
- Sherman, a boy
- Luvena and
- her child
The following people were enslaved by Thomas Lockett and sold on the first Tuesday in November in 1849 at Buena Vista, Marion County, Georgia[8]:
- Hal, about 34 years of age
- Mary, about 30 and
- her child
- Litha, a girl about 10
- Henry, a boy about 8
- two other “likely boys” about 5 or 6 years old
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1820", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLW-HKW : Wed Oct 04 23:58:51 UTC 2023), Entry for Thomas Lockett, 1820.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1830", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGB-LQP : Fri Oct 06 20:24:21 UTC 2023), Entry for Thomas Lockett, 1830.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1840", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBN-YWM : Wed Oct 04 17:45:47 UTC 2023), Entry for Thomas Lockett, 1840.
- ↑ State of Georgia, Warren County, Court of Ordinary, Inventory Appraisement & Sales, Book G, 1842-1848, Page 247, https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/10024685?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a227a537766456f6543546161555978473555306c742f684d7747494b506b77586f6545724d6e502f717374773d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d
- ↑ State of Georgia, Warren County, Court of Ordinary, Inventory Appraisement & Sales, Book G, 1842-1848, Page 258, https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/10024417?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a2245416451307864557041774a714d726c566a5469752f6d6c472f627944367833735447622f43476c49556b3d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d
- ↑ Weekly Columbus Enquirer, Columbus, Georgia • Wed, Jun 11, 1845 Page 4, https://www.newspapers.com/article/weekly-columbus-enquirer-executors-sale/131561162/
- ↑ Weekly Columbus Enquirer, Columbus, Georgia • Wed, Jul 2, 1845 Page 4, https://www.newspapers.com/article/weekly-columbus-enquirer-executors-sale/140997995/
- ↑ Weekly Columbus Enquirer, Columbus, Georgia • Tue, Oct 23, 1849 Page 4, https://www.newspapers.com/article/weekly-columbus-enquirer-executors-sale/131562053/