Clayton County, Georgia Slave Records

Courthouse probate inventories, deed book bills of sale, and 1850/1860 Federal Census Slave Schedules for Clayton County, Georgia.

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Clayton County Historical Records

Elijah Cary

1860 Slave Schedule Metadata (1860)
Location: Clayton County, Georgia

Enumerated under slaveholder Nicholas in Clayton County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 51.

Ezekiel Monroe

1860 Slave Schedule Metadata (1860)
Location: Clayton County, Georgia

Enumerated under slaveholder Morgan in Clayton County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 13.

Josiah Evans

1850 Slave Schedule Metadata (1850)
Location: Clayton County, Georgia

Enumerated under slaveholder Gaines in Clayton County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 21.

William Bradley

1850 Slave Schedule Metadata (1850)
Location: Clayton County, Georgia

Enumerated under slaveholder Bailey in Clayton County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 28.

George Hale

Probate Inventory (1847)
Location: Clayton County, Georgia

Appraised in estate inventory of Nelson plantation, evaluated at $791. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.

Jeremiah Harvey

Probate Inventory (1834)
Location: Clayton County, Georgia

Appraised in estate inventory of Cook plantation, evaluated at $1281. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.

Julia Page

Manumission Deed (1824)
Location: Clayton County, Georgia

Deed of emancipation granted by Claiborne. Stated freedom to take effect on January 1, 1824.