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Probate Records ****Note: All documents should be considered partial unless proven different.****
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| Name | Location | Date/Year | Record | Remarks |
| Slaves mentioned in Stokes Co., North Carolina Deed Books | ||||
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Julian Grosjean to Frank Allen Bourbon County Courts Deed of Emancipation |
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| Adams, Samuel | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1772 | Will | Negroes - Jane, Phillip, Saul and Pegg |
| Atkinson, Joshua | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1773 | Will | Negroes - David, Menter, Stephen, Peter, Caesor, Saul and Hagar |
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| Bennett, Baxter | Worcester Co., Maryland | No Date | Will | Negroes - Annis and Grace |
| Blakey, Joseph A. | Bibb Co., Alabama | 1855 -1857 | Will | - |
| Boulware, Nancy Pickett | Fairfield Co., S.C. | 1836 - 1837 | Will | Negroes - Charlotte, Kendal, Flora, Ella and Tom |
| Bowin, John | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1772 | Will | Negroes - Jacob, James, Easter, Tilbery and Mol |
| Brittingham, Isaac | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1768 | Will | Negroes - Jamaica, Adam, Solah, Tite, Matthew, George, Davy, America and Selah |
| Brittingham, Isaac | Worcester | 1771 | Will | Negroes - Caleb, Abel, Patience, Stephen, Sarah, Nanne, Esther, Ben, Tamer and Abel |
| Brittingham, Peggy | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1773 | Will | Negroes - Caleb and Patience |
| Brittingham, Solomon | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1769 | Will | Negroes - Fillis, Ben, Dinah, Will, Ben, Jeffery, Will, Abraham, Fillis, Tom, Sebb, Morear, Patience, Cott and Jacob |
| Buckhannon (Buchanan), Benjamin | Anson Co., N. C. | 1798 | Will | Negroes - Bet, Ritter, Sary, Janne, Dan, Riner. Breston, Annae, Let and her child Ta,mer, George and Easter |
| Buford, Thomas | Spalding Co., Georgia | 1856 | Executor's Sale | Town of Jackson, 16 Negroes |
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| Campbell, Ebenezer | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1773 | Will | Negroes - Spencer, James, Steven, Amel, Robin, Trip, Dinah and Minte |
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Carson, Thomas J. |
Butts Co., Georgia |
1856 |
Levied Property |
Negroes- Cain 22, Hulda 28, Besey 28, Nelly 40, Allen 24, Ben 17, Ned 55, Jim 50, Shadric 18, Jim 16, Jane 19, her child 5 mo., Matilda 30, her child 6 mo., Caroline 13, Henry 12, Tom 9 |
| Cathell, James | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1772 | Will | Negroes - Nedd, Misellas and Rose |
| Cathell, Jonathan | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1772 | Will | Negro - Hagar |
| Clifton, Daniel | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1770 | Will | Negroes - Dine and Crookshank |
| Collier, John | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1771 | Will | Negroes - Sal, Grant, Sue and Comfort |
| Collings, Andrew | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1773 | Will | Negroes - Frank, Jenny, Sarah, Tobey, Peterm George, Jack, Mireah, Phillis, Londonm Jenny, Old Becks and Bosen |
| Collings, Ebenzer | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1772 | Will | Negroes - Esther, Esther, Esther and Rixam |
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| Davis, James Sr. | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1772 | Will | Negroes - Whitne and Peter |
| Dennis, Littleton | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1774 | Will | Negroes - Joe and wife Bety, Little Joe, Haray Draper, How and her children Daniel, Abraham, Ned, Munday, Pater, Bridget and her youngest children, Moses, Joshua, Will, Levin, Hector, Isaac, Landon, George, Daniel, Major, Dido, Duggy, Tite, Little Leah, Doctor, Jaque, Jack, Betty and child Sam, Rose, Elijah, Ephraim, Alice, Adam, Sambo, Tamer, Cede, Rachell, Big Leah, Hannah, Bob, Tom, Ebb and Sinah |
| Dennison, Capt. Jas. | Charleston, SC | 1821 | Sale of Estate | Negro woman Tenah, 35 and her 4 sons: Cato 19, Tom 15 and William 4 |
| Downs, Esther | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1768 | Will | Negro - Lusey |
| Doyle, Edward | Gadsen Co., Florida | 1832 | Sheriff's Sale | Sale of Eve and her 3 mulatto children and a man named Cudjo |
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| Evans, Joshua | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1773 | Will | Negro - Easther |
| Evans, Thomas | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1772 | Will | Negro - Hanah |
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| Fassitt, John Sr. | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1772 | Will | Negroes - Dill, Will, Ezekiel, Grace, Luthey, Minney, Sam, Minney, Jenny, Robin, Isaac, Jenny, Sue, Jack, Charles, Ester, Saccour, Tom, Comfort, George and Isaac |
| Fassit, Mary | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1774 | Will | Negroes - Sackor, Easter, Tom, Isaacm Comfort and George |
| Fassitt, William | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1768 | Will | Negroes - Pegg, Lydda, Comfort, Prince, Maria and Saker |
| Flint, Thomas | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1771 | Will | Negro - Milla |
| Fooks, William | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1774 | Will | Negroes - Dover, Ester, Hager anfd Dinah |
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| Gray, Deliah | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1773 | Will | Negroes - Jane and Sall |
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| Hall, Nathaniel Barber | Webster Co., Georgia | 1866 | Binding of freed boy | Possibly Jeremiah, mother Rose |
| Hall, John | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1770 | Will | Negroes - Jacob, George, Vilet, Jude, Frank and Abraham |
| Hammond, John Senior | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1770 | Will | Negro - Jack |
| Harrison, Robert | St. Augustine, Florida | 1830 | Florida Slave Notice | Payment of a mulatto girl, named Grace |
| Hayman, James | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1770 | Will | Negro - Titus |
| Hayward, George | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1773 | Will | Negroes - York, Jack, Guy,
Cheser, Litle Rachel, Levisa, Priss, Nell, Chloe, Bristol, John Allen,
Jacob, Michael, Frederick, Great Rhoda, Robin, Amelia, Jim, Rachel, Old
Pleasant, Frank, Moll, Scipis and Little Rhoda |
| Hill, Robert | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1769 | Will | Negro - Gloster |
| Hopkins, Levi | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1771 | Will | Negro - Sarah |
| Houston, James | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1770 | Will | Negroes - Jack, Durham, Dinah, Derry, Lucy and Jane |
| Houston, John | St. Augustine, Florida | 1830 | Florida Slave Notice | Two negro men named Mingo and March |
| Hunt, James K. | Spalding Co., Georgia | 1856 | Butts Mortgage Sheriff Sales | Negroes - Tom 18 and John 60 |
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| Irons, Jean | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1771 | Will | Negroes - Sarah, Nanney, Waymouth, Solomon, Sirus, Valentine, Ruth, Sabro and Ceaeser |
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| Johnson, Elisha | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1770 | Will | Negroes - Rachel and Will |
| Johnson, Sarah | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1771 | Will | Negro - Leah |
| Jones, Hannah | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1768 | Will | Negroes - Boss and Sue |
| Jones, Joshua | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1773 | Will | Negroes - Till, Samm and Stephen |
| Jones, Maclemy | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1773 | Will | Negro - Will |
| Jones, Rebeckah | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1770 | Will | Negroes - Mirah, Pompy and Liddy |
| Josiah Dupont | St. Augustine, Florida | 1796 | Inventory of Property | - |
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| Kennit, Martin | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1770 | Will | Negro - Dick |
| Kerby, Mary | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1772 | Will | Negroes - Toney, Tabitha, Pleasant, Lesdia, Mengo, Caleb, Violet and Bett |
| Kollack, Cornelius | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1771 | Will | Negro - Cato |
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| Lawrence, Mary | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1770 | Will | Negro - Julius |
| Layfield, Abigail | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1773 | Will | Negroes - Baruch, Leah, George, Friendship, Bob and Violet |
| Martin, Mary | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1774 | Will | Negroes - Levinah, Tom, Sampson, Jenny and Toney |
| Martin, William | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1771 | Will | Negroes - Will, George, Tibb and Frank |
| Massey, Alexander | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1772 | Will | Negroes - Anna, Emy, Sam, Jacob, Robbin and Ben |
| Messix, Obadiah | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1768 | Will | Negroes - Peter and Rose |
| Mitchell, Peter | St. Augustine, Florida | 1830 | Sale of John | Negro man named John |
| Morres (Morris), John | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1773 | Will | Negroes - William, Dick and Silnc |
| Morris, Isaac | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1771 | Will | Negroes - Southy, Jacob, Bess, Abner, Levin, Eben, Sam, Young Abner and Finah |
| Morris, Joseph | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1773 | Will | Negroes - Ester and Leda |
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| Nearn (Nairne), John | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1771 | Will | Negroes - Lucy, Tilberry, Cloe, Lanton, Derrum, Shadrick, Glasgow, Jacob and Madge |
| Nelms, Wm | Leon Co., Florida | 1831 | Notice of Slaves Sale | No names, 4 prime negro boys |
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| Odom | Georgia | Various | Slave Research | One family's effort to find their ancestors |
| Odom, Winbourn | Putnam, Georgia | 1828 | Court Order | Court Order to divide the Estate |
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| Pain, Jacob | Worcester Co. Maryland | 1772 | Will | Negroes - Leah, Major, Fose, Jerrum, Jenny and Jerrum |
| Parker, Charles | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1787 | Last Will & Testament |
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| Parker, George | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1767 | Will | Negro - George |
| Dorm Patton | Itawamba Co., Ms. | 1855 - 1856 | Deeds | Gift of slaves to his family members |
| Pettycord, Wm Barton | Stokes Co., N.C. | 1789 - 1790 | Deed | Negroes - George 5 child of Ester, Henny 5 child of Ester, woman ILL |
| Poirier, Peter | St. Augustine, Florida | 1830 | Florida Marsha'l Sale | Two negro men Tony, Davis and a girl named Mary |
| Purnell, Lumuel | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1772 | Will | Negoes - Cloe and Elizabeth |
| Purnell, Mary | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1772 | Will | Negroes - Leah, Leah, Sarah, Dinah, Caleb, Flora, Phillis (child of Flora) |
| Purnell, Thomas | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1772 | Will | Negroes - Judy, James, Nimrod, Bose, Doll, Lydie and Daniel |
| Purnell, Thomas | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1774 | Will | Negro - Seb |
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| Richardson, Samuel | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1769 | Will | Negro - Benjamin |
| Round, Edward | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1769 | Will | Negroes - Sue and Pegg |
| Round, James | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1765 | Will |
Negroes - Priz, Lozor, Jules, Ruth, Hagar, Young Dinah and Orson |
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| Sams, Edward H. | St. Augustine, Florida | 1830 | Marshal's Sale | Negro man named Montrose |
| Schoolfield, John | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1772 | Will | Negroes - Esther, Ben, David, Leviner, Briget and her child Briget, Rachel and Stephen |
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Seaton, Elizabeth Seaton, James |
Cumberland Township, Pa | 1782 | Registered Slaves | Negroes - Patrick 30,
Stephen 20, Moses 20, Jude 40, Luce 40, Pendy 8 Negro - Joe |
| Selby, Daniel | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1768 | Will | Negroes - Tamma, Rachel, Sarah, Jerrah and Jack |
| Selby, Parker | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1773 | Will | Negroes - Abraham, Amey, Nell, James, Easter, Diniel, Tammer, Rachel, Roda and child Sarah and Rachel |
| Sharpe, William | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1774 | Will | Negroes - Sambo and Ester |
| Shockley, John | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1773 | Will | Negro - Frank |
| Simson, Edward | Leon Co., Florida | 1832 | Administrator's Sale of Slaves | Two negro women, no names |
| Smith, John | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1768 | Will | Negro - Jacob |
| Smith, Joseph | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1773 | Will | Negroes - Nan, Ezaek, Leah, Joshua and Hannah |
| Smith, Moses | Worcester | 1766 | Will | Negro men - Tom, Matthew, Jesse, women - Tina, Vashance and Commonder |
| Smock, William | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1771 | Will | Negroes - George and Rachel |
| Sorrell, John | Alabama | 1841 | Estate and Will | - |
| Sorrell, John | Dallas Co., Alabama | 1841 | Estate and Will | - |
| Sorrell, James M. | Talladega Co. | 1843 | Estate and Will | - |
| Spears, Henry | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1771 | Will | Negro - Florah |
| Sterling, Joseph | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1769 | Will | Negro man - James, women - Jen, Lish, Barsheba and Sarah |
| Stell, Charles W. | Butts Co., Georgia | 1856 | Levied Property | Negro named Anthony 22 and John 20 |
| Stevenson, Samuel | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1770 | Will | Negroes - Tamer, Jesse and Hannah |
| Stevenson, William | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1770 | Will | Negroes - Leah and Simon |
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| Teague, John | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1772 | Will | Negroes - Abner, Esther and Jacob |
| Thompson, William L. | Spalding Co., Georgia | 1855 | Estate Sale | No names given |
| Townsend, Mary | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1769 | Will | Negroes - Patience, Dinah, Rachel, Phillis, Jim and Sall |
| Townsend, Solomon | Worcester Co.. Maryland | 1774 | Will | Negroes - Leah, Adam, Tony, Tamer, Philis and Bob |
| Townsend, William | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1769 | Will | Negroes - Cloe and Tilla |
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| Waples, John | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1769 | Will | Negroes - Jacob, Belfast and Sambo |
| Watson, Charles | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1773 | Will | Negroes - Rachel, Calb, Marget, Stephen, Jonathan and Nelley |
| White, Stephen | Worcester Co., Maryland | 1769 | Will | Negroes - Prince, Jack, Lott, Cate, Seasor, Rose and Didah |
| Woodruff, Ann | Bibb Co., Alabama | 1843 | Will | - |
| Woodruff, Nathaniel | Bibb Co., Alabama | 1835 | Will | - |