(1) I know only about Upson County. The data below is from probate & deed records. I have not checked tax records for other slaveowners. I can give you the names of specific slaves for the owners that I have slave data for: Charles Vines Collier (bought slave Abram at Isaac Collier estate sale, 1849; 4 other slaves known) Elizabeth M. Collier (Isaac Collier's widow, given 2 slaves by him) Isaac Collier (died 1848, owned 10 slaves, sold at auction 1849) J. P. Collier (bought slave Joe at Isaac Collier estate sale, 1849) John Collier (minor child of who?, Isaac Cheney of Talbot was guardian, five slaves freed by the war) Mrs. Mary Collier (widow of William M. Collier, died ca. 1864, 3 slaves went to Leola L. Stroud) Mrs. Patsey Collier (slaves freed by the war) Robert M. Collier (3 slaves known by name: Tom, Henderson & Bill) Robert Collier (died ca. 1850, don't know where his probate records are - see below) Susan J. A. (daughter-in-law of Nathaniel G. Colquitt, received 2 slaves as gifts) William M. Collier (data available on 5 slaves only) William P. (bought slave Miles at Isaac Collier estate sale, 1849) (2) According to Nottingham & Hannah, "History of Upson County," p. 194, Richard Menefee married Mary B. Collier June 23, 1831 p. 234, Richard Menefee is a J.P. in Upson County in 1846 p. 314, (supposedly in miscellaneous deed records dated 1850-53) he is named among the heirs of Robert Collier in right of his wife, Mary B. I do not have record of any other Menefee marriage in Upson County According to marriage records on-line at https://sites.rootsweb.com/~gatalbot/talmar1.htm a Richard Menefee married Sarah Robbins on Jan 25, 1853. This could be the same Richard Menefee, if his first wife had died. There are two other Menefee marriages listed for Talbot. (3) Robert Collier's will or other probate records are not, to my knowledge, recorded in Upson County. This is odd, particularly since the Nottingham & Hannah book (p. 314, cited above) implies that there are documents in the Deed records concerning the heirs of his estate. I do not live in Upson, so I do not have access to the deeds to look this up for you. Thomaston-Upson Archives holds the original deed books from this period. I can say with authority, however, that Robert Collier's will does not appear in the Upson County Will Book A. If he died outside of Upson County, he would have had to have moved within a year of his death, which is unlikely! If he had a will, I am going to guess that his executor lived outside the county & had the will and annual returns recorded in the county where he/she lived. If he had no will, then I am going to guess that his administrator moved the administration of the estate to the county where he/she lived. Either way, the answer may be found in the books of Executors & Administrator's Bonds in the office of the Probate Judge of Upson County. His clerks should be able to do a look-up to see if a bond was filed in connection with Robert Collier's estate sometime around 1850; who was the executor/administrator and what county the person lived in. (4) Have you seen the on-line extract of the will of "George Manyfee" [sic] which is also available through the Talbot County GENWEB site? http://www.wso.net/ga/talwilla.htm (dated October 1, 1840, names slaves)? Caution: There was a Callier (with an "a") clan in Talbot County who are NOT the same family as the Colliers in Upson County. (5) In addition to locating Robert Collier's probate records (please let me know where you find them), I would check out Upson/Talbot tax digests for Menefee taxpayers, to get a feel for how many slaves each owned. I would also check mortgage records in Talbot for Menefee men mortgaging slave property (these can be very fruitful). Data in Upson records on five of Robert Collier's slaves: (1) Cit - Bethlehem Baptist Church [Upson County], Minute Book 1, May 7, 1827, "Resolved that the clerk [of Bethlehem Baptist Church] write a letter to Bro. James Mathews relative to the standing of Cit a man of colour [the property of Robert Collier]� who belonged to Hebron Church before her desolution [sic]." [Cit's name never entered on church roll] (2) Jenny - Bethlehem Baptist Church [Upson County], Minute Book 1, June 30, 1827, received into Bethlehem Baptist Church by experience (3) Mary & child - Loose papers of Upson Inferior Court, petition of Robert Collier. On 1/4/1847, Robert Collier petitions Lemuel Jacobs, J.P., to have Barnabas Smith "late of [Upson] County" bound over for good behavior; for that Smith in 1845 "& before that time & on divers occasions sought & had sexual & illicit intercourse with a negro woman named mary the slave of this deponent, that he the said Barnabas Smith admitted to this deponent, that he was the father of a Bastard child of said Mary." Collier fears that Smith may seek to harm him "because he has forbidden his scandalous connexion" with Mary. (5) George - Upson Record of Accounts, Book C, p. 298, January 2, 1849, bought from Isaac Collier estate. Sincerely, David E. Paterson
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