Humphrey, Dick, and Harriett—property of George W. Slaughter

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, March 15, 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 May next, within the legal hours of sale, the following property, to wit:

Three beds and bedsteads and furniture, one Negro man named Humphrey, about 50 years old, one man by the name of Dick, about 45 years old, and a woman by the name of Harriett, about 40 years old, one road wagon, one two horse wagon, one hundred barrels of corn, more or less, one black horse, about 10 years old, one set of blacksmith’s tools—levied on as the property of George W. Slaughter, to satisfy one mortgage fi fa from Greene Inferior Court in favor of James Smith, vs. G. W. Slaughter. Property pointed out by pltff.

Also, at the same time and place, two mules, one sorrel and one clay bank, and one gray horse—levied on as the property of George W. Slaughter to satisfy one mortgage fi fa from Greene Inferior Court in favor of Curtis Parrott vs. G. W. Slaughter.

GARRETT WOODHAM, Sheriff.

March 1, 1856 8

Reference

Greene Sheriff’s Sale, Temperance Crusader, Penfield, Georgia, March 15, 1856.