Tracing Slave Records In Dekalb County

Below is a listing of slaves nentioned in various Dekalb County documents. To begin, the list starts with slaves mentioned in wills. The testator of the will is named here with a list of his slaves, and the date the will was written, not date registered, because sometimes ages of the slaves were given, and therefore the year the ages were written in the will is important to calculate the birth year. If several codiciles were added to the will, the date is the date of the last codicile.

From Wills:

(1) Wells Adamson will 1838

Old Isaac- freed

(2) Moses Allen will 1845

Sally (girl)
Malind (girl)
Elijah (boy)
Wolsa (boy)
Huld and her infant child Lamberd
Nathaniel (or Nat)
Bransford
Gat and her infant child Nelson
Mary
Jinny
Will
Leak and her infant child Harriet
Gilbert
Rose
Phillip
Allen
Wills
Susan
Martin Van Buren
Archibald
Henry
Elizabeth

(3) William H Allen will 1841

Larkin
Milly
Mary?
Ben
Payton

(4) Levi Bozath will 1840

Charley (man)

(5) Thornton Christie will 1860

Louisa about 52
Eliza about 33
        sons of Eliza:
                Bill 4
                James 8
Susan about 27

(6) Stewart Doss will 1853

Dick ("boy")
Mary ("girl")
Emely ("girl")
Anderson ("boy")
Rose ("woman")
Lucy ("girl")
London ("boy")
Sarah ("girl")
Harriette ("girl")
Julia ("girl")
Jenney ("woman")
        children of Jenney:
                Malissa
                Julia
Veria [or Venia] (has children. not named?) She might be the same as the next woman in the list, Vianna, according to the wording of the will, but not certain.

Vianna about 40
        child of Vianna:
                James 1year old
Jo
Caroline
Major (might be AKA the George at end of list)
Frances 5 years, 6 months
Candis 4 years, 6 months
William
George (AKA Major?)

(7) Thomas W Duncan will 1843

Minta (girl)
Harriett (child)

(8) David Fite will 1860

James

(9) Leonard Fite will 1840

Henry

(10) Henry Frazier will 1861

Lucy
Jacob
Jack

(11) Sophia E. Given will 1854

Sally (had children not named)
Wolsa (male)

(12) William Goggin will 1865

Malinda

(13) Levin Gray will 1838

Daniel
Hester

(14) Jonathan Griffith will (no date- recorded 1848)

George
Jane
Lucy

(15) Moses Griffith will 1861

Bill

(16) Joab Hale will 1843

Agy
Mary (child of Agy)

(17) John Heath will 1842

Henderson

(18) John Martin, Sr. will 1854

Silus
Dorcus
Bill
Harry
Salina
Letty
Dick
Lafett
Mary
Sarah
Nancy
Rachel
Francis
Martin
Jane
Rhoda
George
Alvin
Martha
Jack
Betty
Ruth
Joseph

(19) Abraham Overall will 1843

Henry
Vilet and her child Danil
Mitchel (boy)
Stroder (boy)
Jane (little girl)
Doll and her youngest child Fanny

(20) Barnabas Page will 1865

Tennessee
Nelson

(21) James A Richardson will 1851

Jack
Ann
Frances
Ginny and her son John

(22) Edward Robeson will 1863

Tom
Areminta

(23) Mathew Sellars will 1860

Sam
Pricilla Jane
Centha (female)
Jim
Algin (female)
Leanard
Charity Dovy
Charlotta
        child of Charlotta:
                Lucy C.
Henry
Mary
Hariet
Munroe
Martha H.
Mary C.
Jane

(24) Thomas Tramel will 1862

Mandy
Simon
Jane
Ginson (female)

(25) James Tubb will 1867

Sarah
Amanda
        children of Amanda:
                Shert
                Jack
Berry (male)
Tennessee (female)
Lucy
Harit
Eliza
Aleck (male)
Peter

(26) Thomas West will 1842

Patience and her children (not named)
Alcey
Martin
Lucinda
Emiline
Peter

(27) William Williams will 1850

Cary (man)
Arminta
Vilet
Rose
Milla
Amanda
Mason
Isom
Alfred
Henry
Mias
Nelson
Jasper

(28) William Wright will 1863

Dave
Emly
        child of Emly:
                Jane

 

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