Slaves of Willis Dunstan Banks, Georgia

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: [unknown]
Surnames/tags: Georgia slavery

This page enumerates the slavery history of Willis Dunstan Banks (1830-1864)

Contents 1 1860 Slave Schedule Stewart County, GA 2 1864 Tax Digest Stewart County, GA 3 Research Notes 4 Sources

1860 Slave Schedule Stewart County, GA

Note: This slave schedule has a number next to each age of slave of how many the owner had. The transcription number is therefore inaccurate. These ages also appear to be estimated. Willis is listed as W.D. Banks on this schedule and his brother Watkins as W Banks

Age Birthdate Gender Race

1. 45 1815 Male Black
2. 25 1835 Male Black
3. 25 1835 Male Black
4. 25 1835 Male Black
5. 25 1835 Male Black
6. 10 1850 Male Black
7. 10 1850 Male Black
8. 10 1850 Male Black
9. 10 1850 Male Black
10. 10 1850 Male Black
11. 10 1850 Male Black
12. 40 1820 Female Black
13. 20 1840 Female Black
14. 20 1840 Female Black
15. 20 1840 Female Black
16. 20 1840 Female Black
17. 2 1858 Female Black
18. 2 1858 Female Black
19. 2 1858 Female Black

1864 Tax Digest Stewart County, GA

Willis is listed with 19 slaves (only enumerated by total)

Research Notes

No will yet found for Willis. He died during the Civil War.

Sources

• 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules:
  The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC, USA; Eighth Census of the United States 1860; Series Number: M653; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7668 #92742376
  W D Banks, slave owner of 6 enslaved people, in 1860 in District 23, Stewart, Georgia, USA.
• Tax: "Georgia, U.S., Property Tax Digests, 1793-1892"
  Militia District Number: 1065
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1729 #3027092
  Name: Willis Banks; Year: 1864; District: Mineral Springs; District Number: 1065; Place: Stewart, Georgia, USA. (19 slaves listed)