<p>This index abstracts information mentioning enslaved persons found in the Richmond County books of estate, guardian, and trust accounts.  This includes the Year's Support, Inventory & Appraisement, Account Sales books through Book I.  The original records are reports to the court of how the assets were dispersed.  In many instances, the assets were distributed to heirs of the deceased and their names are included in the reports to the courts.  The index includes the slaves name, the name of the deceased owner whose estate is being settled, the name of the new owner, the date, the value of the slave, and the book/page number from which the information was abstracted.In this book, the records are arranged alphabetically by the name of the enslaved person.  In addition, all the slaves' records with the same name are organized alphabetically by the owner's surname.  In the back of the book, there is an owner's name cross-index where records may be accessed alphabetically by the owner's name.</p>

Slave Index of Richmond County, Georgia Court Records Year's Support, Inventory & Appraisement, Account Sales1785-1867

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Slave Index of Richmond County, Georgia Court Records Year's Support, Inventory & Appraisement, Account Sales1785-1867