Macajah Thomas Hawkins submits list of 22 slaves

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

Georgia, Greene County.

I, Macajah Thomas Hawkins, lately from the county of Warren and state of North Carolina, intending to emigrate to the state of Georgia and settle in the county of Greene, do hereby hand in the following list of negroes as my own right and property, the same having been purchased by me in this state.

Toney, a black negro man about 50 years of age

Lewis, a black negro man about 40 years of age

Ben, a black negro man about 27 years of age

Solomon, a black negro man about 18 years of age

Peter, a yellow negro man about 23 years of age

Cary, a dark negro man about 10 years of age

John, a black boy about 7 or 8 years of age

Henry, a yellow boy about 3 years of age

Jackson, light complected boy about 18 months old

Milly, a negro woman yellow about 23 years old

Violet, a negro woman light complected about 17 years old

Caroline, a negro woman dark complected about 19 years old

Silvy, a negro girl dark complected about 9 years old

Susan, a negro girl dark complected about 7 years old

Leathy, a negro woman black complected about 25 years old

Lucinda, a negro girl yellow complected about 5 years old

Leanna, a negro girl yellow complected about 3 years old

Sylla, a negro girl black complected about 14 years old

Milly, a negro woman dark complexion about 22 years old

Sally, a negro child light complexion about 1 year old

Rachel, a negro woman light complexion about 16 years old

Phillis, a negro child light complexion about 1 year old

In all twenty-two negroes. Returned by me his 30th January 1818.

M. T. Hawkins

Recorded 30th January 1818.
Ebenezer Torrence, Clerk

Reference

Greene County, Georgia, Deeds, 1818–1821, 1821–1826, image 9; www.familysearch.org.