Tift County, Georgia Slave Records

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

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Tift County Historical Records

Parthenia Fowler

Freedman's Bank Log (1867)
Location: Tift County, Georgia

Opened savings account No. 9527 at Tift branch. Recorded birthplace as Tift County, former master listed as Rogers.

Josiah Ball

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

Enumerated under slaveholder Coleman in Tift County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 56.

Milley Shelton

Estate Division Account (1859)
Location: Tift County, Georgia

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

Patrick Smith

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

Enumerated under slaveholder Bryan in Tift County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 34.

Zilpha Cook

Manumission Deed (1835)
Location: Tift County, Georgia

Deed of emancipation granted by Chamberlayne. Stated freedom to take effect on January 1, 1835.

Richard Foster

Probate Inventory (1828)
Location: Tift County, Georgia

Appraised in estate inventory of Grayson plantation, evaluated at $1360. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.