Wednesday, March 22, 2023

10 slaves named—property of William Moore

This post is part of an ongoing project to record names of enslaved people of Greene County, Georgia I find in historical records.

Temperance Crusader, Penfield, Georgia, January 12, 1856

Greene Sheriff’s Sale. 

Will be sold, before the Court House door in the town of Greenesboro’, Greene county, on the first Tuesday in March next, within the legal hours of sale, the following property, to wit:

Ten likely young NEGROES, viz: Patrick, a man about 80 years old; Ross, about 20 years old; Henry, about 18 years old; Ruth, a woman about 25 years old; Lucenie, a girl about 15 years old; Emeline, a girl 15 years old; Feribee, a woman 80 years; Lively, a woman 30 years old; Jef, a boy 10 years old; Minta, a girl 9 years old—levied on as the property of William Moore, to satisfy one mortgage fi. Fa. From Greene Inferior Court in favor of Guynn Allison vs. William Moore. Property pointed out in said fi. Fa.

T. F. FOSTER, Sheriff

Jan. 12

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