This post is part of an ongoing project to record names of enslaved people of Greene County, Georgia I find in historical records.
The Temperance Banner, Penfield, Georgia, October 22, 1853
Fifty-two Negroes for Sale.
Will be sold by order of the Ordinary of Greene county, for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of Thomas C. Grimes, deceased, at the Court House in the town of Greenesboro’, on the first Tuesday in December next, Fifty-two Negroes: to wit, Joshua 48; Sam 48; Daniel 46; Wyatt 34; Bill 21, Kinchen 20; Simon 18; Anderson 16; Hepee 16; Thornton 16; Ed 15; Little Bob 15; Will 16; Alfred 14; Isham 13; Aaron 10; Levin 11; William 9; Humphrey 40; Westley 2; Big John 17; Lizy 60; Rhet 55; Caroline and infant 32; Elza and infant 30; Chaney 35; Maria and infant 25; Lucinda and infant 25; Dorcas and infant 24; Nelly 20; Gresey and infant 27; Little Maria and infant 25; Charity 18; Frances 20; Susan 18; Sarah 17; Little Caroline 15; Feraby 16; Angeline 15; Martha 15; Little Martha 14; Tamar 13; Jane 16; Melinda 12; Easter 4. All good claims upon the Estate will be received.
FRANCES A. GRIMES, Ad’x.
Greenesboro’ Oct 22, 1853. 43td
Reference
- Fifty-two Negroes for Sale, The Temperance Banner, Penfield, Georgia, October 22, 1853
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