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Davis & Fears Slaveholders in Georgia & Texas « Thread Started on May 3, 2008, 8:46pm »
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The following information from a 19th Century family Bible, and from the 1850 and 1860 Census records, is posted here just in case it might be of assistance to anyone who might be searching for information about their African-American ancestors who might have some connection to the Davis and/or Fears families from Morgan County, Georgia . . .
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Davis Family Bible "Negroes Births" « Reply #1 on May 3, 2008, 9:01pm »
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The following list of Negroes Births is from a transcription of the marriages, births and deaths of loved ones which were recorded on the pages of a family Bible presumed to have belonged to the family of > Josephine Wingfield Henry nee Davis < (1842-1899).
This list was prepared from photocopies of the tattered and torn original pages. I have never seen the original Bible or any pages from it, and as of May 2008May 2009 December 2009, the whereabouts of that family Bible (or the pages from it) is still unknown to me. It is believed that the family heirloom was in the possession of Miss Laura Hamilton (1898-1987) of Rockdale, Milam County, Texas at the time these photocopies were made, probably by Georgia Faye Kaseberg nee Henry (1925-2001).
Josephine was born and raised in Morgan County, Georgia. By the time of the 1860 census, she is living in Brazoria County, Texas with her widowed father, > Milton Grant Davis, Sr. < and her brothers.
Josephine marries > William Paschal Henry < in March of 1864 in Brazoria County. Both are buried in the Murray Cemetery in Milam County, Texas.
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The following list is not in date order, but rather is in the exact order that these names and dates were entered on the Bible page.
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Negroes Births.
James born September 10th 1805
Charles born 1815
Celia born December 16th 1815
Fanny born May 7th 1822
Washington born February 15th 1824
Winny born 1811
Lucy born November 15 1832
Eliza born May 17th 1823
Mary Frances born November 10th 1834
Mariah Jane born September 8th 1835
Lewis born August 16th 1837
Ephraim born December 26th 1837
Mary Elizabeth born March 24th 1839
William Terry born August 25th 1840
Arthur born December 26th 1839
Susan born February 11th 1841
Green born March 3rd 1844
Mahala born June 21st 1845
Andrew born March 31st 1847
Sarah Ann born August 31st 1847
Frank born May 29th 1849
Thomas Jasper born September 7th 1849
Georgia born November 15th 1849
Carline born 1832
Ann born August 30th 1832
Betsy Ann born June 1st 1836
Charlotte Martha born February 22nd 1851
Sarah June born April 1st 1851
Columbus born April 23rd 1851
Virginia born May 7th 1851
Joseph born December 9th 1851
Cornelia born May 10th 1852
Richmond Harry born June 6th 1852
Celia Ann born December 9th 1852
Margaret born December 20th 1852
Hilliard born December 26th 1853
John Thomas born April 23rd 1854
Mary born May 7th 1841
Jonah born June 25th 1847
Ryland born
? born March 28 1857
? born October 22nd 1858
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Of particular note on the above list are these three entries towards the end of the list --
Mary born May 7th 1841 ? born March 28, 1857 ? born Oct 22nd 1858
The ages of these three individuals correspond closely with the ages of three of the entries on the 1860 Slave Schedule for M. G. Davis in Brazoria County, Texas.
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1850 Slave Schedule :: James Fears « Reply #6 on May 11, 2008, 10:05pm »
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Data Source: 1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules Enumerated on the 13th day of August, 1850.
Name of Slave Owner :: James Fears (maternal grandpa of our Josephine)
Age :: Gender :: Race :: Name of Slave Owner :: Home in 1850
57 Female Black James Fears District 62, Morgan, Georgia 51 Female Black James Fears District 62, Morgan, Georgia 50 Male Black James Fears District 62, Morgan, Georgia 50 Male Black James Fears District 62, Morgan, Georgia 45 Male Black James Fears District 62, Morgan, Georgia 39 Male Mulatto James Fears District 62, Morgan, Georgia 38 Female Black James Fears District 62, Morgan, Georgia 38 Female Black James Fears District 62, Morgan, Georgia 35 Male Black James Fears District 62, Morgan, Georgia 29 Male Black James Fears District 62, Morgan, Georgia 28 Female Black James Fears District 62, Morgan, Georgia 18 Male Black James Fears District 62, Morgan, Georgia 15 Male Black James Fears District 62, Morgan, Georgia 15 Male Black James Fears District 62, Morgan, Georgia 15 Female Black James Fears District 62, Morgan, Georgia 14 Male Black James Fears District 62, Morgan, Georgia 13 Male Black James Fears District 62, Morgan, Georgia 13 Female Black James Fears District 62, Morgan, Georgia 13 Female Black James Fears District 62, Morgan, Georgia 11 Male Black James Fears District 62, Morgan, Georgia 9 Female Black James Fears District 62, Morgan, Georgia 9 Female Black James Fears District 62, Morgan, Georgia 7 Female Black James Fears District 62, Morgan, Georgia 7 Female Black James Fears District 62, Morgan, Georgia 5 Female Black James Fears District 62, Morgan, Georgia 5 Female Black James Fears District 62, Morgan, Georgia 4 Male Black James Fears District 62, Morgan, Georgia 3 Male Black James Fears District 62, Morgan, Georgia 1 Male Black James Fears District 62, Morgan, Georgia 0 Female Mulatto James Fears District 62, Morgan, Georgia
Source Information :: Ancestry.com. 1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432, 1,009 rolls.
Description :: This database details those persons enumerated in the Slave Schedule of the 1850 United States Federal Census, the Seventh Census of the United States. In addition, the names of those listed on the slave schedule are linked to the actual images of the 1850 Federal Census. In most cases, individuals were not named but were simply numbered and can be distinguished only by age, sex, and color; the names of owners are recorded. However, some enumerators listed the given names of slaves, particularly those over one hundred years of age.
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1850 Slave Schedule :: M G DAVIS « Reply #7 on May 11, 2008, 10:19pm »
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Data Source: 1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules Enumerated on the 1st day of October, 1850.
Name of Slave Owner :: M. G. Davis (father of our Josephine)
Age :: Gender :: Race :: Name of Slave Owner :: Home in 1850
44 Male Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 39 Female Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 33 Male Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 32 Female Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 32 Female Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 26 Male Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 16 Female Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 16 Female Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 16 Female Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 16 Female Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 15 Female Mulatto M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 14 Male Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 14 Male Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 14 Male Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 14 Male Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 14 Male Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 12 Female Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 10 Male Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 10 Female Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 7 Female Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 7 Female Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 7 Male Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 6 Male Mulatto M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 6 Female Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 6 Female Mulatto M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 6 Female Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 4 Male Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 1 Female Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 1 Female Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia
Source Information :: Ancestry.com. 1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432, 1,009 rolls.
Description :: This database details those persons enumerated in the Slave Schedule of the 1850 United States Federal Census, the Seventh Census of the United States. In addition, the names of those listed on the slave schedule are linked to the actual images of the 1850 Federal Census. In most cases, individuals were not named but were simply numbered and can be distinguished only by age, sex, and color; the names of owners are recorded. However, some enumerators listed the given names of slaves, particularly those over one hundred years of age.
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This list contains (in parenthesis) the names from the family Bible that appear to correspond in age to the ages and gender on this Slave Schedule.
Age :: Gender :: Race :: Name of Slave Owner :: Home in 1850
44 Male Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia (James?) 39 Female Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia (Winny?) 33 Male Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia (Charles?) 32 Female Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia (Celia?) 32 Female Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia (Fanny?) 26 Male Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia (Washington?) 16 Female Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia (Mary Frances?) 16 Female Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia (Eliza?) 16 Female Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia (Lucy?) 16 Female Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 15 Female Mulatto M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia (Mariah Jane?) 14 Male Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia (Lewis?) 14 Male Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia (Ephraim?) 14 Male Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 14 Male Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 14 Male Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 12 Female Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia (Mary Elizabeth?) 10 Male Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia (William Terry or Arthur?) 10 Female Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia (Susan?) 7 Female Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 7 Female Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 7 Male Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 6 Male Mulatto M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia (Green?) 6 Female Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia (Mahala?) 6 Female Mulatto M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 6 Female Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 4 Male Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia (Andrew?) 1 Female Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia (Georgia?) 1 Female Black M G Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia
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1850 Slave Schedule :: N. T. Davis « Reply #9 on May 12, 2009, 10:21am »
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Data Source: 1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules Enumerated on the 1st day of October, 1850.
Names of Slave Owner :: N. T. Davis (widowed paternal grandma of our Josephine)
Age :: Gender :: Race :: Name of Slave Owner :: Home in 1850
50 Male Black M T Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 45 Female Black M T Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 20 Female Black M T Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 17 Male Black M T Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 12 Male Black M T Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 11 Male Black M T Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 10 Male Black M T Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 8 Male Black M T Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 6 Female Black M T Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 4 Male Black M T Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia 2 Male Black M T Davis District 62, Morgan, Georgia
Source Information :: Ancestry.com. 1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432, 1,009 rolls.
Description :: This database details those persons enumerated in the Slave Schedule of the 1850 United States Federal Census, the Seventh Census of the United States. In addition, the names of those listed on the slave schedule are linked to the actual images of the 1850 Federal Census. In most cases, individuals were not named but were simply numbered and can be distinguished only by age, sex, and color; the names of owners are recorded. However, some enumerators listed the given names of slaves, particularly those over one hundred years of age.
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One Negro man slave by the name of Charles « Reply #10 on May 12, 2009, 10:24am »
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Madison Family Visitor Volume X Number 31 Madison, Georgia Saturday, August 2, 1856
Morgan Sheriff Sale. Will be sold before the Court House door, in the town of Madison, Morgan County, on the first Tuesday in September next . . . One Negro man slave by the name of Charles, about thirty-five years of age. Levied on to satisfy a fi. fa. from Morgan Superior Court, in favor of John F. Thompson vs. > Milton G. Davis, < principal, and Jesse M. Perry, security. Said Negro levied on as the property of Milton G. Davis, and pointed out by the defendant. John P. Radferd, Sheriff.
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The above information was found in a book entitled Early Morgan County, Georgia Newspapers 1842-1861, abstracted by Bonnie P. (Patsy) Harris.
Note :: On the above list of Negroes Births from the family Bible there is listed . . . Charles born 1815 . . . which fits the age of the Charles in this newspaper notice.
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1860 Slave Schedule :: M. G. Davis « Reply #11 on May 12, 2009, 10:26am »
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Data Source: 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules Enumerated on the 21st of July, 1860
Name of Slave Owner :: M. G. Davis (father of Josephine Wingfield Henry nee Davis)
Age :: Gender :: Race :: Name of Slave Owner :: Home in 1860
50 Male Black M G Davis Brazoria, Texas 19 Female Black M G Davis Brazoria, Texas 4 Female Mulatto M G Davis Brazoria, Texas 2 Female Mulatto M G Davis Brazoria, Texas
Source Information :: Ancestry.com. 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1,438 rolls.
Description :: This database details those persons enumerated in the Slave Schedule of the 1860 United States Federal Census, the Eighth Census of the United States. In addition, the names of those listed on the slave schedule are linked to the actual images of the 1860 Federal Census. In most cases, individuals were not named but were simply numbered and can be distinguished only by age, sex, and color; the names of owners are recorded. However, some enumerators listed the given names of slaves, particularly those over one hundred years of age.
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Age :: Gender :: Race :: Name of Slave Owner :: Home in 1860
50 Male Black Nancy T Davis Hellow, Morgan, Georgia 50 Female Black Nancy T Davis Hellow, Morgan, Georgia 25 Male Black Nancy T Davis Hellow, Morgan, Georgia 22 Male Black Nancy T Davis Hellow, Morgan, Georgia 22 Male Black Nancy T Davis Hellow, Morgan, Georgia 21 Male Black Nancy T Davis Hellow, Morgan, Georgia 20 Male Black Nancy T Davis Hellow, Morgan, Georgia 20 Female Black Nancy T Davis Hellow, Morgan, Georgia 19 Male Black Nancy T Davis Hellow, Morgan, Georgia 18 Male Black Nancy T Davis Hellow, Morgan, Georgia 18 Female Black Nancy T Davis Hellow, Morgan, Georgia 18 Male Black Nancy T Davis Hellow, Morgan, Georgia 16 Female Black Nancy T Davis Hellow, Morgan, Georgia 12 Male Black Nancy T Davis Hellow, Morgan, Georgia 9 Male Black Nancy T Davis Hellow, Morgan, Georgia 6 Male Black Nancy T Davis Hellow, Morgan, Georgia 4 Male Black Nancy T Davis Hellow, Morgan, Georgia 4 Female Black Nancy T Davis Hellow, Morgan, Georgia 2 Male Black Nancy T Davis Hellow, Morgan, Georgia 1 Female Black Nancy T Davis Hellow, Morgan, Georgia
Source Information :: Ancestry.com. 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1,438 rolls.
Description :: This database details those persons enumerated in the Slave Schedule of the 1860 United States Federal Census, the Eighth Census of the United States. In addition, the names of those listed on the slave schedule are linked to the actual images of the 1860 Federal Census. In most cases, individuals were not named but were simply numbered and can be distinguished only by age, sex, and color; the names of owners are recorded. However, some enumerators listed the given names of slaves, particularly those over one hundred years of age.
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