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)
Location: Franklin County, Georgia

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)
Location: Franklin County, Georgia

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)
Location: Franklin County, Georgia

Enumerated under slaveholder Long in Franklin County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 29.

Matilda Goode

Estate Division Account (1848)
Location: Franklin County, Georgia

Recorded in estate division between legal heirs of Watson. Allotted to lot #8 in final decree.

Isaiah Fitzhugh

Estate Division Account (1846)
Location: Franklin County, Georgia

Recorded in estate division between legal heirs of Lee. Allotted to lot #6 in final decree.

Matilda Howard

Deed Book Bill of Sale (1844)
Location: Franklin County, Georgia

Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Morgan to Blackwell for consideration of $1133.

Chloe Russell

Manumission Deed (1831)
Location: Franklin County, Georgia

Deed of emancipation granted by Thornton. Stated freedom to take effect on January 1, 1831.