Wilkes County, Georgia Slave Records

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

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Wilkes County Historical Records

Hannah Rives

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

Enumerated under slaveholder Wood in Wilkes County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 67.

Sophia Goode

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

Enumerated under slaveholder Parker in Wilkes County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 57.

William Chamberlayne

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

Enumerated under slaveholder Faulkner in Wilkes County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 48.

Robert Jones

Estate Division Account (1837)
Location: Wilkes County, Georgia

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

Phyllis Morgan

Deed Book Bill of Sale (1836)
Location: Wilkes County, Georgia

Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Ellis to Graham for consideration of $1289.

Hester Powell

Estate Division Account (1829)
Location: Wilkes County, Georgia

Recorded in estate division between legal heirs of Evans. Allotted to lot #7 in final decree.