This post is part of an ongoing project to record names of enslaved people of Greene County, Georgia I find in historical records.
Sheriff Watts to Haralson
Georgia, Greene County. Received of Kinchen L. Haralson, one hundred and thirty-five dollars in full payment for a negro man slave by the name of Tallerand, about fifty years old; also six hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents in full payment of a negro man slave by the name of Billy, about forty-five years old; also eight hundred and eleven dollars in full payment for a negro woman slave Jensey, about twenty-three years old, and her boy child Sam, about eighteen months old; also six hundred and thirty dollars in full payment for a negro man slave by the name of Dave, about thirty years old; also five hundred and fifty-three dollars and fifty cents in full payment for a negro boy slave by the name of Edgar, about twelve years old; also four hundred and fifty dollars in full payment for a negro girl slave by the name of Clara, about thirteen years old; also seven hundred and seventy dollars and fifty cents in full payment for a negro girl slave by the name of Godfrey, about fourteen years old; also seven hundred and three dollars in full payment for a negro woman slave by the name of Nelly, about thirty-four years old; also nine hundred and fourteen dollars in full payment for a negro woman slave by the name of Rose; about thirty-three years old, and her three youngest children to wit Eldredge, about six years old, Mary, about four years old, and Tom, about one year old; also four hundred dollars in full payment for Sophia, a negro girl slave about fourteen years old; also three hundred and five dollars in full payment for a negro boy slave by the name of Wesley, about ten years old; also two hundred and fifty dollars and fifty cents in full payment for a negro boy slave by the name of George, about eight years old; also six hundred and seventy five dollars in full payment for a negro boy slave by the name of Washington, about eighteen years old; also three hundred and eighty eight dollars and thirty seven and a half cents in full payment for the following furniture and property to wit, one pair of andirons at fifty cents, one wash stand at sixty two and a half cents, one large chair at one dollar and seventy five cents, one lot of water vessels at two dollars and thirty one and one fourth cents, one lot of jugs and jars at three dollars, seven beds, bedsteads, and bedding at one hundred and twenty six dollars and twenty cents, one candle stand at two dollars, one wardrobe at seven dollars, one bureau at seventeen dollars six and one fourth cents, one carpet at ten dollars, one folding table at one dollar, one large looking glass at six dollars and fifty cents, one lot of silver spoons and at twenty dollars, one lot crockery ware at seven dollars, one lot of knives and forks at two dollars sixty two and half cents, two window curtains at twenty five cents, three candle sticks at fifty cents, two pair of andirons at two dollars thirty one and one fourth cents, one lot of waiters at seventy five cents, one wash stand at one dollar and fifty cents, one lot of chairs at six dollars, one wardrobe at five dollars, one lot of bed clothes at forty dollars, two windsor curtains at twenty five cents, three trunks at two dollars, one bureau at thirty one dollars, one wash stand bowl and pitcher at two dollars, four window curtains at one dollar, one carpet at fifteen dollars, one sepha at twenty six dollars, one lot of tables at seventy five cents, two pair of andirons at sixty two and a half cents, one tin bucket at twenty five cents, one large pot at two dollars and fifty cents, one small pot at twenty five cents, one brass kettle at three dollars, one lot of ovens wafer irons at four dollars and fifty cents, one water bucket at one dollar fifty cents, eleven chairs at ten dollars and fifty cents, one pair brass and irons at four dollars, one pair tongs at fifty cents, one silver candlestick tray and snuffers at ten dollars and eighteen and three fourth cents, one flower pot at twenty five cents, one hearth rug at two dollars, four paper curtains at sixty two and half cents; also forty five dollars and fifty cents in payment of twenty six barrels of corn bought at sale at first Tuesday in December 1843; also eleven dollars for two cows and calves sold 5th December 1843 which said negroes furniture and property with the exception of the two last mentioned articles was sold in the second day of January eighteen hundred and forty four and those two articles at the time mentioned above by me as Sheriff of said County and State by virtue of a fifa of said Greene Superior Court returnable to March term eighteen hundred and forty-four said court in favor of Kinchen L. Haralson trustee and C M Ann Coleman executor of John Coleman deceased and other fifas as the same defendant and sold as the property of said Ann Coleman executor and as aforesaid the right and title to said negro slaves named and property sold as above stated I do hereby warrant and defend unto him the said Kinchen L. Haralson, his heirs and assigns against the claim or claims of all other persons whatever so far as the office of sheriff authorizes and empowers me and no further.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal as sheriff of the county aforesaid this fourth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-four.
H. H. Watts, Shff.
In presence of
B. T. Mosby
J. Morrison
Lemuel Greene, J.P.
Recorded 5th day of January 1844
Vincent Sanford Clk.
Reference
Greene County, Georgia Deeds, Book NN, 1839-1842, images 346–347; www.familysearch.org.
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