Ware County, Georgia Slave Records

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

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Ware County Historical Records

Felix Nelson

Deed Book Bill of Sale (1865)
Location: Ware County, Georgia

Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Mercer to Shelton for consideration of $995.

Amelia Monroe

Manumission Deed (1862)
Location: Ware County, Georgia

Deed of emancipation granted by Hammond. Stated freedom to take effect on January 1, 1862.

Isabella Hill

Estate Division Account (1861)
Location: Ware County, Georgia

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

Eleanor Blackwell

Manumission Deed (1860)
Location: Ware County, Georgia

Deed of emancipation granted by Powell. Stated freedom to take effect on January 1, 1860.

Maria Green

Estate Division Account (1858)
Location: Ware County, Georgia

Recorded in estate division between legal heirs of Hammond. Allotted to lot #4 in final decree.

Reuben Brown

Estate Division Account (1853)
Location: Ware County, Georgia

Recorded in estate division between legal heirs of Coleman. Allotted to lot #2 in final decree.

Ruth Cooper

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

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