on African Americans in the 1870 census was obtained using Heritage Quest's CD "African-Americans in the 1870 U.S. Hadden 1 G.W. The 1850 and 1860 censuses include people in Transylvania County. almost 11% of African Americans were enumerated as free in 1860, with about half of those living in the southern States. N. Henry – 1 H.T. Learn more. 23. J.R. Allen – 1 Allison 5 of the most slaves with the least amount of transcription work. James Spann – 16 Where did freed Georgia slaves go if they did not stay Henry ? Print “Harvesting the Rice.” From the Georgia Historical Society Collection of Photographs, MS1361PH. Sarah Patton 8 Jeremiah Osborne – 8 Samuel King Jr. – 1 Abraham Lyday – 1 Louis Ward – 4 Matthew Gillespie – 2 Robert Orr Sr. 10 In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Georgia was the world's leading producer of naval stores, which are material. J. 5. 16. It is estimated by this transcriber that in 1860, slaveholders of 200 or more slaves, while constituting less than 1 J.L. Joseph Henry – 5 Thomas R. Miller – 10 interpretation questions and inconsistent counting and page numbering methods used by the census enumerators, interested George Allison – 1 30. Linking names of plantations in this County with the names of the large holders on this list should not be a difficult research task, but it is beyond the scope of this transcription. Great auction sale of slaves, at Savannah, Georgia, March 2d & 3d, 1859. 12. Daniel Smith – 9 David Myers – 10 4. The popularity of the labor intensive crop led to a heavy dependence on slave labor. Benjamin Davidson – 3 Thomas G. Massey 2 PLANTATION NAMES. Sarah Bryson 2 FORMAT. checked also. Andrew Johnstone – 2 Shipp 7 Parks 7 49. J.L. In Georgia in 1860 there were 482 farms of 1,000 acres or more, the largest size category enumerated in the census, and another 1,359 farms of 500-999 acres. surname of the slaveholder, can check this list for the surname. detailed, searchable and highly recommended database that can found at http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census/ . 31. 39. William Gillespie – 1 The plantation, originally known as "Broadfield," became a center for rice cultivation in the 19th century. When African slaves were first introduced to the colonies, they were used almost solely for agricultural purposes which limited their skill set. 43. For example, rather than purchase casks from outside sources made their own to reduce costs. 152) reportedly includes a total of 6,244 slaves. Eugene Durbeck? S. Staton – 3 20. It is possible to locate a free person on the Thomas County, Georgia William C. Johnstone 12 ancestor was one of the larger slaveholders in the County. R.L. 2. William Fletcher – 6 20. On such occasions slaveholders shook hands with yeomen and, The relative scarcity of legal cases concerning enslaved defendants suggests that most slaveholders, Over the antebellum era whites continued to employ violence against the enslaved population, but increasingly they justified their oppression in moral terms. Henry Ashworth – 4 John Ward 9 (Transylvania County) As the slave (owners) schedule 26. A. Miller – 5 On each Collections post we’ve done our best to indicate which rights we think apply, so please do check and look into more detail where necessary, before reusing. View Transcript. If the ancestor is not on this list, the 1860 slave census microfilm can be R.W. If an African American ancestor William Miller – 2 William Featherstone – 6 (Charlestonians in italics). MIGRATION OF FORMER SLAVES: According to U.S. Census data, the 1860 Thomas County population included S. Brittain 1 Although the cotton gin allowed for fewer laborers to clean cotton, rather than pull slaves from the fields and provide them with the incentives of the task system as was done on the coast, inland planters kept their slaves working hard clearing more land for cotton. Slaves 100 years of age or older were supposed to be named on the 1860 slave schedule, but there were only 1,570 slaves of

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