US Black Heritage Exchange Source Documents

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This page contains links to sources from which Wikitreers can create slave owners and enslaved people. The primary audience is US Black Heritage Pathfinders .... I am trying to hand-pick documents which have a fairly unique name for the slave owner (i.e., not John Smith), and a few enslaved ancestors.

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Contents 1 Georgia 1.1 Coweta County 2 South Carolina 2.1 Abbeville County 2.2 Colleton County 3 Maryland 4 North Carolina 5 Sources

Georgia

Coweta County

• Joseph Adams, (6 slaves), has 1850 slave schedule entry in Coweta County, inventory: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9QM-X5BT?i=490&wc=9SBF-VZH%3A267648701%2C267725901&cc=1999178 & https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9QM-XTYB?i=495&wc=9SBF-VZH%3A267648701%2C267725901&cc=1999178 Bill of Sale: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QM-XRY4?i=512&wc=9SBF-VZH%3A267648701%2C267725901&cc=1999178 Will: "Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990" Catalog: Coweta County, Georgia probate records Record of wills v. A-B 1828-1892 -- annual returns 1829-1838 Image path: Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990 > Coweta > Wills and returns 1828-1892 vol A-B > image 328 of 522; citing Houston County Probate Court Judge, Georgia. FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-99QM-2P6B (accessed 31 March 2023)
• Moses Kelly (6 slaves, two mother/child sets) bill of sale: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QM-XRY4?i=512&wc=9SBF-VZH%3A267648701%2C267725901&cc=1999178 sale to Andrew Calhoun (family of 7): https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLX-Y3K2?i=154&cat=231375
• James Land has bare-bones WT profile, needs slave inventory/sale added (2 slaves with ages): https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9QM-X5YR?i=498&wc=9SBF-VZH%3A267648701%2C267725901&cc=1999178

South Carolina

Abbeville County

• John Porter (no WT profile as of Jan2023), names son Hugh Francis Porter in codicil on following page, with 2 slaves, Tom & wife Charlotte. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-F6QF-4?i=112&wc=M6NW-WNL%3A210902801%2C210926001&cc=1919417
• William Richey (will dated 1847, no WT profile as of Jan 2023) named several sons & daughters incl Nancy Hawthorn, Jane Mosely & Margaret Mattison to receive named slaves.^[1]

Colleton County

• Thomas Wilson, Esq, slave owner, bill of sale. No WT profile as of 17Jan2023. (note - finding enough info for this person might be a bit tough) Document: https://lcdl.library.cofc.edu/lcdl/catalog/lcdl:78367
• 1770 will on Ancestry, couldn't find on FS. Joseph Miles, names at least 2 slaves.^[2]

Maryland

North Carolina

Sources

1. ↑ "South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-F6Q6-G?cc=1919417&wc=M6NW-WNL%3A210902801%2C210926001 : 21 May 2014), Abbeville > Wills, 1837-1855, Vol. 03 > image 114 of 286; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
2. ↑ Probate- Joseph Miles: "South Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980", database with images
   Wills and Miscellaneous Probate Records, 1671-1868; Author: Charleston County (South Carolina). Probate Judge; Probate Place: Charleston, South Carolina
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 9080 #14759 (accessed 17 January 2023)
   Joseph Miles probate on 26 Oct 1770.