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)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)Enumerated under slaveholder Coleman in Tift County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 56.
Milley Shelton
Estate Division Account (1859)Recorded in estate division between legal heirs of Logan. Allotted to lot #6 in final decree.
Patrick Smith
1850 Slave Schedule Metadata (1850)Enumerated under slaveholder Bryan in Tift County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 34.
Zilpha Cook
Manumission Deed (1835)Deed of emancipation granted by Chamberlayne. Stated freedom to take effect on January 1, 1835.
Richard Foster
Probate Inventory (1828)Appraised in estate inventory of Grayson plantation, evaluated at $1360. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.