Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Ben, property of Ashley Alvis

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

Georgia Journal, Madison, Georgia, August 11, 1828

Greene Sheriff’s Sale.—On the first Tuesday in SEPTEMBER next, will be sold at the courthouse in the town Greenesborough, Greene county, between the usual hours of sale, the following property, to wit:

One negro boy by the name of Ben, about 13 years old, levied on as the property of Ashley Alvis to satisfy a fi fa in favor of William H. Roner and others vs. said Alvis, property pointed out by the plaintiff.

400 acres of land, adjoining lands of Curry, Mrs. Greer, Booth and others; levied on as the property of Ephraim Price to satisfy a fi fa in favor of William Allison vs. said Price.

WILLIAM GREER, D. Sh’ff.

Reference

Georgia Journal, Madison, Georgia, August 11, 1828. 

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