Franklin County, Georgia Slave Records
Courthouse probate inventories, deed book bills of sale, and 1850/1860 Federal Census Slave Schedules for Franklin County, Georgia.
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Franklin County Historical Records
Benjamin Grayson
Freedman's Bank Log (1868)Opened savings account No. 7821 at Franklin branch. Recorded birthplace as Franklin County, former master listed as Long.
Lucretia Jackson
Freedman's Bank Log (1866)Opened savings account No. 1859 at Franklin branch. Recorded birthplace as Franklin County, former master listed as Gordon.
Ruth Washington
1860 Slave Schedule Metadata (1860)Enumerated under slaveholder Long in Franklin County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 29.
Matilda Goode
Estate Division Account (1848)Recorded in estate division between legal heirs of Watson. Allotted to lot #8 in final decree.
Isaiah Fitzhugh
Estate Division Account (1846)Recorded in estate division between legal heirs of Lee. Allotted to lot #6 in final decree.
Matilda Howard
Deed Book Bill of Sale (1844)Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Morgan to Blackwell for consideration of $1133.
Chloe Russell
Manumission Deed (1831)Deed of emancipation granted by Thornton. Stated freedom to take effect on January 1, 1831.