Decatur County, Georgia Slave Records
Courthouse probate inventories, deed book bills of sale, and 1850/1860 Federal Census Slave Schedules for Decatur County, Georgia.
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Decatur County Historical Records
Zachariah Thornton
Freedman's Bank Log (1869)Opened savings account No. 2572 at Decatur branch. Recorded birthplace as Decatur County, former master listed as Banks.
Matthew Abbott
Freedman's Bank Log (1865)Opened savings account No. 5415 at Decatur branch. Recorded birthplace as Decatur County, former master listed as Freeman.
Dinah Tyler
Probate Inventory (1864)Appraised in estate inventory of Green plantation, evaluated at $920. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.
Peggy Walker
1860 Slave Schedule Metadata (1860)Enumerated under slaveholder Clay in Decatur County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 21.
Agnes Clay
1860 Slave Schedule Metadata (1860)Enumerated under slaveholder Mercer in Decatur County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 39.
Nathan King
1860 Slave Schedule Metadata (1860)Enumerated under slaveholder Hall in Decatur County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 37.
Philip Brown
1860 Slave Schedule Metadata (1860)Enumerated under slaveholder Taylor in Decatur County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 68.
Obadiah Bennett
Deed Book Bill of Sale (1829)Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Wilson to Hamilton for consideration of $1020.
Rose Hamilton
Probate Inventory (1822)Appraised in estate inventory of Ellis plantation, evaluated at $646. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.