SANKOFA'S SLAVERY DATA COLLECTION
Hogback Plantation
Location: Fannin Co., GA (originally located in Gilmer Co.)
Founded: 1840
History: George Dickey, of Rutherford and Macon County, North Carolina, purchased the land in December of 1841. The land was in Gilmer County, Georgia, but later became Fannin. The Plantation was located on and around Hogback Mountain near Mineral Bluff. George and his wife Hannah were the first settlers in this area. George died in 1842 and his wife continued to farm the plantation. In 1850 Hannah Dickey only had 80 acres of land as the majority of the plantation had been divided among her children. Hannah is supposed to have taught some of her slaves how to read and write. Hannah died in 1868 and is buried next to her husband on Hogback Mountain next to her husband. The only other's buried in the cemetery are about 25 of their slaves. After the Civil War, many of the Dickey ex-slaves lived in Fannin Co., GA and Clay Co., NC.
Associated Surnames: Dickey, Hall, Russell, Taylor
Associated Plantations: Joshua Taylor Plantation (Rutherford Co., NC), John Russel Plantation (Towns Co., GA), Elijah Hall Plantation (Rabun Co., GA)
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Associated Black Slave Names
Slaves of Joshua Taylor, given to Hannah Taylor Dickey
From submission by Jason Lee Edwards; Joshua Taylor, Will, 1827
- Elizabeth "Betty": b. abt.1825
- son Jackson: b. abt.1846
- dau. Lucinda: b. abt.1850
- son Adam: b. abt. 1853
- son Benjamin: b. abt. 1854
- dau. Winnie: b. abt. 1856
- son James: b. abt. 1858
- son Isam: b. abt. 1860
- son David: b. abt. 1862
- son John: b. abt. 1863
- Martha/ Matty: b. abt. 1820
1842: Slaves of Hogback Plantation
From submission by Jason Lee Edwards; George Dickey, Estate sale, 1842
- Ann: b. abt. 1825; purchased by Joshua Dickey, son of George Dickey
- Jackson: b. abt. 1837; purchased by John Russell, son in law of George Dickey
- Sampson: b. abt. 1835; purchased by George Dickey, son of George Dickey
- Sippo: b. abt. 1840; purchased by John W. Hall, son in law of George Dickey
- Susannah: b. abt. 1820; purchased by E. M. Hall, son in law of George Dickey
- dau (?) Martilda: b. abt. 1840; may have been the daughter of Susannah; purchased by George Dickey, son of John B. Dickey
1836 - 1859: Slaves of Hogback Plantation
From submission by Jason Lee Edwards
- Caleb
- wife Martha
- son Thomas: b. abt. 1855
- Martha's dau. Ann: b. abt. 1852
- Martha's dau. Laura: b. abt. 1859
- Note: Martha was also the mother of 4 other girls whose names are unknown; born in 1836, 1848, 1848, 1854.
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