Excellent and very, very thorough intro to courthouse records by David Paterson. This especially applies to Upson County, and he gives many examples including names of slaves so you just might be lucky!!

Ex-Slave Marriages to 1876
After the Civil War, licenses were issued to African Americans and are usually in a separate book. They often contain former slave owner when available. This is maybe available in the Chattahoochee County Courthouse.

Ex-Slave Marriages 1875-1877
During these brief years Form A- Marriage Licenses were used and you may find them in the Courthouse in a bundle. These contain the parent's name, age of bride and groom, etc.

Case Study - Determining Maternity David E. Paterson provides some guide lines for determining maternity through available records. He has done a case study on the Alpheus Beall's slaves showing how to apply the data found on various records. Although this deals with a Slave Owner in Upson County, you could gain insight to apply to your own research.

David was recently awarded the "Award for Excellence in Research Using the Holdings of an Archives" category.

EARLY COUNTY FREEDMAN'S BUREAU Michael Dennis' Letter to the Freemen's Bureau, November 30, 1865 with Introduction by David E. Paterson.

Although this deals with Early County information, it is helpful as a "how to find information in the Freedman's Bureau Files" document, and also provides insights into Plantation Life.

Tom Blake's slave data includes largest slave holders in 1860, and matching surnames in the 1870 Census for many southeastern counties. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Eajac/

Another African-American page is here http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~georgiaafam/

http://www.blackcemeteries.com/ John Allen has a marvelous page...and he just completed the Porterdale Cemetery (Columbus) (11,000 people!)  What a great asset to researchers.

There is a link right in the middle of this page...but be sure to also click on his Georgia Cemeteries, as he has many cemeteries in various counties.
Thanks John Allen for the page.

"African-American Family Research" Part 1
     	by Roseanne Hogan, Ph.D.
(Ancestry Magazine, Mar/Apr 1996, Vol. 14, No. 2)

"African-American Family Research" Part 2
	by Roseanne Hogan, Ph.D.
(Ancestry Magazine, Jul/Aug 1996, Vol. 14, No. 4)

">The Challenge of African American Research" (above)
	by Curt B. Witcher, FUGA
(Ancestry Magazine, Sep/Oct 1997, Vol. 15, No. 5)

"The Freedman's Savings & Trust Co. and African American Genealogical Research" 
	by Reginald Washington 
(Prologue: Quarterly of the National Archives and Records Administration Summer
1997, vol. 29, no. 2)