Cook County, Georgia Slave Records
Courthouse probate inventories, deed book bills of sale, and 1850/1860 Federal Census Slave Schedules for Cook County, Georgia.
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Cook County Historical Records
Peter Tazewell
Freedman's Bank Log (1870)Opened savings account No. 5141 at Cook branch. Recorded birthplace as Cook County, former master listed as Lewis.
Charlotte Hawkins
1860 Slave Schedule Metadata (1860)Enumerated under slaveholder Barbour in Cook County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 42.
Violet Fowler
Probate Inventory (1854)Appraised in estate inventory of Rogers plantation, evaluated at $1000. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.
Moses Henderson
1850 Slave Schedule Metadata (1850)Enumerated under slaveholder Williams in Cook County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 39.
Alfred Bailey
1850 Slave Schedule Metadata (1850)Enumerated under slaveholder Cox in Cook County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 25.
Victor Hill
1850 Slave Schedule Metadata (1850)Enumerated under slaveholder Ball in Cook County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 9.
Charity Brooks
Estate Division Account (1840)Recorded in estate division between legal heirs of Evans. Allotted to lot #8 in final decree.
Alfred Rives
Estate Division Account (1836)Recorded in estate division between legal heirs of Brooks. Allotted to lot #2 in final decree.
Robert Russell
Probate Inventory (1823)Appraised in estate inventory of Wood plantation, evaluated at $478. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.
Mary Hill
Estate Division Account (1821)Recorded in estate division between legal heirs of Walker. Allotted to lot #5 in final decree.