Trammell Families Circa 1870, Harris County, Georgia

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This page is a collaborative work-in-progress. Can you contribute information or sources? Recent research has helped to identify many of those likely enslaved by Francis M. Trammell (abt.1795-1878) or his close family members. As his death was after emancipation (with one exception) we have no clear documentation such as an inventory list in a probate file. Care is being taken to identify people using the Trammell surname in the 1870 census identified as "B" or "M" but mistakes are inevitable. Researchers are encouraged to reverify (and add source) information; making adjustments to this page or linked profiles as necessary. If you are a descendant of these families, and can contribute oral history that has been passed down your line, please add that under the research notes. Please send a message to the profile manager. Working together we can recover this history.

Trammell Families of Harris County Georgia Circa 1870

Francis M. Trammell (abt.1795-1878)

F.M. Trammell is mentioned in the will of William Copeland, his wife Mary (who was the widow of Waters M Dunn when she married Copeland) in addition to receiving Cicero received 3 other enslaved people and "to have the use of the lands laying South of the road leading to F. M. Trammell’s and South of the same road running a South East coarse to the fork, one road leading to Columbus the other to the Double Bridges on Flint River..."

The above intersection of families was the genesis of the research leading to the creation of this page. It is quoted here to bring focus to a particular location within Harris County, Georgia. In 1870, Francis Trammell was recorded living in Hamilton, Harris, Georgia, Francis, born about 1791 was the patriarch of the white Trammell families in this area. It can reasonably be inferred that the black or mulatto families recorded in this area in 1870 had recently been emancipated after being enslaved by Francis or his descendants. There is one record specifically naming one of the men he enslaved, Elbert.^[1] There is a confederate payroll record for enslaved labor. See attached image.

The following was the 1870 household for Francis.

Name	Sex	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
Francis Trammell	M	80	Farmer	Georgia
Mary Trammell	F	50	Keeping House	Maryland
Ulyses Trammell	M	17	Farm Laborer	Georgia

Francis was found on image 320 of 324.

Francis was married to Sarah Copeland, his mother in law was a Dunn, and his brother in law a Mullins. Sometimes we see these family names together in a multi surname household.

Notes on the 1870 Census at USGenWeb Archives: These are scanned in images of the actual census page. The 1870 Harris County, GA, Census contains 334 pages (census images), numbered 052A through 219B. Pages 057A and 057B were not copied from the microfilm, as they are blank. The name of each image file is the page number. (In the case of 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 census, the file name includes both the Enumeration District and the page number.) Page numbers for specific county subdivisions are as follows:

Hamilton: 052A-056B

District 919: 058A-070B

Whitesville District: 070B-082B

Negro Heel District: 082B-094B

Whitekers District: 094B-104B

Upper 19th District: 104B-126B

Cataulee District: 126B-151B

Waverley Hill District: 151B-162B

Dowdles District: 162B-196B

Smiths District: 196B-207B

Hamilton District: 207B-219B

Line #	Dwelling #	Family #	Surname	Name	Age	Birth Yr	Gender	Race	Occupation	R.Est.	Pers. Est.	BP	Page
3	236	236	Trammel	Silas	26	1844	Male	Black	Farm Laborer			GA	73B
5	1552	1571	Trammel	Oliver	23	1847	Male	Black	Farm Laborer			GA	160B
6	1552	1571	Trammel	Narcissus	20	1840	Female	Black	Farm Laborer			GA	160B
7	1552	1571	Trammel	Dorcus	3	1867	Female	Black				GA	160B
39	1731	1754	'Trammell	Jasper	27	1843	Male	Mulatto	Farm Laborer			GA	172A
40	1731	1754	Trammell	Oney	28	1842	Female	Mulatto	Farm Laborer			GA	172A
1	1731	1754	Trammell	Berry	10	1860	Male	Mulatto	Farm Laborer			GA	172B
2	1731	1754	Trammell	Crawford	8	1862	Male	Mulatto	Farm Laborer			GA	172B
3	1731	1754	Trammell	John	5	1865	Male	Mulatto				GA	172B
4	1731	1754	Trammell	Dora	3	1867	Female	Mulatto				GA	172B
5	1731	1754	Trammell	Caroline	1	1869	Female	Mulatto				GA	172B
6	1732	1755	Clements	Shepard	30	1840	Male	Black	Farm Laborer			GA	172B
7	1732	1755	Clements	Luvenia	31	1839	Female	Black	Farm Laborer			GA	172B
8	1732	1755	Clements	Harriet	10	1860	Female	Black	Farm Laborer			GA	172B
9	1732	1755	Clements	George	8	1862	Male	Black				GA	172B
10	1732	1755	Harris	Morris	22	1848	Male	Black	Day Laborer			GA	172B
11	1732	1755	Trammell	Leuis	20	1850	Male	Black	Day Laborer			GA	172B
15	1733	1757	Trammell	Francis	80	1790	Male	White	Farmer			GA	172B
16	1734	1757	Trammell	Mary	50	1820	Female	White	Keeping House			MD	172B
17	1734	1757	Trammell	Ulyses	17	1853	Male	White	Farm Laborer			GA	172B
24	1737	1760	Mullins	Elbert	25	1845	Male	Black	Farm Laborer			GA	172B
25	1737	1760	Mullins	Tena	25	1845	Female	Black	Farm Laborer			GA	172B
26	1737	1760	Mullins	John	4	1866	Male	Black				GA	172B
27	1737	1760	Mullins	Sanford	2	1868	Male	Black				GA	172B
28	1737	1760	Weaver	Lucinda	25	1845	Female	Black	Cook			GA	172B
29	1737	1760	Johnson	Julia	16	1854	Female	Black	Farm Laborer			GA	172B
31	1770	1793	Trammell	Washington	40	1830	Male	Black	Farm Laborer			GA	174B
32	1770	1793	Trammell	Elizabeth	38	1832	Female	Black	Farm Laborer			GA	174B
33	1770	1793	Trammell	Henry	14	1856	Male	Black	Farm Laborer			GA	174B
34	1770	1793	Trammell	Dick	12	1858	Male	Black	Farm Laborer			GA	174B
35	1770	1793	Trammell	Emma	8	1862	Female	Black				GA	174B
6	1781	1804	Copeland	Elizabeth	4	1866	Female	Black				GA	176A
37		1816	Trammel	Phillip	35	1835	Male	Black	Farm Laborer		250	GA	176A
38		1816	Trammel	Caroline	30	1840	Female	Black	Farm Laborer			GA	176A
39		1816	Trammel	John	12	1858	Male	Black	Farm Laborer			GA	176A
40		1816	Trammel	Adam	10	1860	Male	Black	Farm Laborer			GA	176A
1		1816	Trammel	Jasper	9	1861	Male	Black				GA	176B
2		1816	Trammel	Josephine	8	1862	Female	Black				GA	176B
3		1816	Trammel	Lucy A	6	1864	Female	Black				GA	176B
4		1816	Trammel	Georgia	4	1866	Female	Black				GA	176B
5		1816	Trammel	Dora	2	1868	Female	Black				GA	176B
6		1816	Trammel	Lella	70	1800	Female	Black	Farm Laborer			SC	176B
7		1816	Trammel	Emma	17	1853	Female	Black	Farm Laborer			GA	176B
12		1832	Copeland	Pinkney	1	1869	Male	Black				GA	178B
19		1850	Trammel	Jacob	60	1810	Male	Black	Farm Laborer			GA	178B
20		1850	Trammel	Mariah	55	1815	Female	Black	Farm Laborer			GA	178B
21		1851	Trammel	Luke	40	1830	Male	Black	Farm Laborer			GA	178B
22		1851	Trammel	Jane	37	1833	Female	Black	Farm Laborer			GA	178B
23		1851	Trammel	Franklin	15	1855	Male	Black	Farm Laborer			GA	178B
24		1851	Trammel	Alford	10	1860	Male	Black	Farm Laborer			GA	178B
25		1851	Trammel	Mary	5	1865	Female	Black				GA	178B
36		1915	Copeland	William	60	1810	Male	White	Farmer	7420	2800	GA	178B
37		1915	Copeland	Ann	54	1816	Female	White	Keeping House			GA	178B
38		1915	Copeland	Alexander	14	1856	Male	White				GA	178B
17		1919	Trammel	Elbert	35	1835	Male	Black	Farm Laborer			GA	183A
18		1919	Trammel	Harriet	34	1836	Female	Black	Farm Laborer			GA	183A
19		1919	Trammel	Lee	12	1858	Female	Black	Farm Laborer			GA	183A
20		1919	Trammel	Harry	8	1862	Male	Black				GA	183A
21		1919	Trammel	Laura	6	1864	Female	Black				GA	183A
22		1919	Trammel	Warren	4	1866	Male	Black				GA	183A
23		1919	Trammel	Stephen	2	1868	Male	Black				GA	183A
24		1919	Copeland	Lucy	60	1810	Female	Black	Domestic Servant			GA	183A
24		2019	Trammell	Stephen	60	1810	Male	Black	Farm Laborer			VA	189B
25		2019	Trammell	Milley	48	1822	Female	Black	Farm Laborer			GA	189B
26		2019	Trammell	Henry	22	1848	Male	Black	Farm Laborer			GA	189B
27		2019	Trammell	Aaron	10	1860	Male	Black	Farm Laborer			GA	189B
28		2019	Trammell	Clara	5	1865	Female	Black				GA	189B
29	2279	2318	Trammell	Porthenia	38	1832	Female	Black	Cook			GA	209A
30	2279	2318	Trammell	Richard	11	1859	Male	Black	Domestic Servant			GA	209A
31	2279	2318	Trammell	Alice	9	1861	Female	Black				GA	209A
32	2279	2318	Trammell	Ella	5	1865	Female	Black				GA	209A
13	2337	2378	Miller	Dennis	57	1813	Male	White	Farmer	1200	480	GA	213A
14	2337	2378	Miller	Elizabeth	47	1823	Female	White	Keeping House			GA	213A
15	2337	2378	Miller	Martha F	22	1848	Female	White	Keeping House			GA	213A
16	2337	2378	Miller	Jesse L	16	1854	Male	White				GA	213A
17	2337	2378	Miller	William	7	1863	Male	White				GA	213A
18	2337	2378	Trammell	Warren	17	1853	Male	Black	Farm Laborer			GA	213A
19	2337	2378	Trammell	Abraham	16	1854	Male	Black	Farm Laborer			GA	213A

There is a story behind some of the names highlighted above. Julia Johnson was born Julia Trammell. Another important name in the set above is Porthenia Trammell. We see her as "Henny" in other records which some descendants had mistaken for a shortened version of Henrietta. Porthenia is the presumed mother of a number of these Trammell's. We see Porthenia in Harris County, in 1870. By 1880 she and others had migrated to Yazoo, Mississippi.

One example of such a family sharing the migration is Jasper Trammell and wife Oney (Clements) Trammell. In 1870 we their family living next to a Clements family. The head of household Shep is close in age to Oney. After Oney and family have moved to Mississippi (see below) we see the first son born in the new state is named Shep. Whether Oney and Shep merely grew up together in Harris County, were siblings or cousins is not known at this time.

Porthenia (Henny) in the 1870 U.S. Census. is listed as being 38 placing her year of birth around 1832. This makes her too young to be the mother of Jasper, Elbert, Warren, Alexander, and Oliver Trammell (though some researchers had associated them as sons). Below is an exceprt of the page of the 1880 Census for Henny and some of the others who made the same migration from Harris County, Georgia to Yazoo County, Mississippi.

1880 United States Federal Census for Adaline Trammel; Mississippi; Yazoo; Goosey

Line #	Dwelling #	Surname	Name	Race	Gender	Age	Birth Year	Relation to H/H	Marital St	Occupation	BP	Father's BP	Mother's BP
12	88	Trammel	Jaspar	Black	Male	45	Abt 1835	Self (Head)	Married	Field Hand	GA	GA	GA
13	88	Trammel	Ownie	Black	Female	45	Abt 1835	Wife	Married	Field Hand	GA	GA	GA
14	88	Trammel	Crawford	Black	Male	15	Abt 1865	Son	Single	Field Hand	GA	GA	GA
15	88	Trammel	Matthew	Black	Male	14	Abt 1866	Son		Field Hand	GA	GA	GA
16	88	Trammel	John	Black	Male	13	Abt 1867	Son	Single	Field Hand	GA	GA	GA
17	88	Trammel	Dora	Black	Female	11	Abt 1869	Daughter	Single		GA	GA	GA
18	88	Trammel	Loyd	Black	Male	10	Abt 1870	Son	Single		GA	GA	GA
19	88	Trammel	Julia	Black	Female	8	Abt 1872	Daughter	Single		GA	GA	GA
20	88	Trammel	Jordon	Black	Male	7	Abt 1873	Son	Single		GA	GA	GA
21	88	Trammel	Shepherd	Black	Male	2	Abt 1878	Son	Single		MS	GA	GA
22	89	Johnson	August	Black	Male	30	Abt 1850	Self (Head)	Married	Field Hand	GA	GA	GA
23	89	Johnson	Julia	Black	Female	25	Abt 1855	Wife	Married	Field Hand	GA	GA	GA
24	89	Johnson	Carrie	Black	Female	9	Abt 1871	Daughter	Single		GA	GA	GA
25	89	Johnson	Jessie	Black	Male	6	Abt 1874	Son	Single		GA	GA	GA
26	89	Johnson	Cicero	Black	Male	4	Abt 1876	Son	Single		GA	GA	GA
27	89	Johnson	Amanda	Black	Female	2	Abt 1878	Daughter	Single		MS	GA	GA
28	89	Johnson	Joel	Black	Male	6 mo	Abt 1880	Son	Single		MS	GA	GA
29	89	Johnson	Morton	Black	Male	13	Abt 1867	Nephew	Single	Field Hand	GA	GA	GA
30	89	Johnson	Gilbert	Black	Male	12	Abt 1868	Nephew	Single	Field Hand	GA	GA	GA
31	89	Johnson	Ida	Black	Female	11	Abt 1869	Niece	Single	Field Hand	GA	GA	GA
32	89	Johnson	James	Black	Male	6	Abt 1874	Nephew	Single		GA	GA	GA

39	91	Trammel	Henny	Black	Female	50	Abt 1830	Self (Head)	Widowed	Field Hand	GA	GA	GA
40	91	Trammel	Adaline	Black	Female	15	Abt 1865	Daughter		Field Hand	GA	GA	GA
41	91	Smith	Cora	Black	Female	14	Abt 1866	Granddaughter	Na	Field Hand	GA	GA	GA

Sources

↑ F M Trammell in the U.S., Confederate Army Payrolls for Enslaved Labor, 1840-1883,
Name: F M Trammell

Role: Enslaver

Business Name: Columbers Defences

Payroll Number: 2580

Enslaved Person: Elbert

Map of Harris County, 1911 [1]

Collaboration on Trammell Families Circa 1870, Harris County, Georgia

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(1/1) F M Trammell in the U.S., Confederate Army Payrolls for Enslaved Labor Trammell Families Circa 1870, Harris County, Georgia, Elbert Trammell (1835-). Harris County, Georgia 1864

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