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Slavery -- Georgia

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Affidavits Made by Owners Bringing Slaves Into the States, 1818-1847

 Item
Identifier: RG1-01-29
Scope and Contents

This volume contains the attestations of enslavers bringing slaves into the State of Georgia. Each attestation lists the total number of slaves, their names and ages. Several records note family relationships - husband and wife, parent and child.

Dates: 1818-1847

Camden County Deed Index, Book H-O, undated

 Item
Identifier: RG1-01-04
Scope and Contents

Volume contains land agreements, transfers of ownership, and depositions, and the specific court volume with the recorded deed. Each transaction is typically listed alphabetically by grantor and also by grantee.

Dates: undated

Camden County Deed Index, Book H-O, 1800s

 Item
Identifier: RG1-01-125
Scope and Contents

Volume contains land agreements, transfers of ownership, and depositions, and the specific court volume with the recorded deed. Each transaction is typically listed alphabetically by grantor and also by grantee.

Dates: 1800s

Camden County Deed Index by Sheffield, H. F., 1777-1891

 Item
Identifier: RG1-01-180
Scope and Contents

Volume contains land agreements, transfers of ownership, and depositions, and the specific court volume with the recorded deed. Each transaction is typically listed alphabetically by grantor and also by grantee. Illustrations on most letter changes.

Dates: 1777-1891

Camden County Deed Index to Book P, 1851-1860

 Item
Identifier: RG1-01-139
Scope and Contents

Volume contains land agreements, transfers of ownership, and depositions, and the specific court volume with the recorded deed. Each transaction is typically listed alphabetically by grantor and also by grantee.

Dates: 1851-1860

Camden County Deeds Index (For Deed Books AB-H), unknown

 Item
Identifier: RG1-01-03
Scope and Contents

Volume contains land agreements, transfers of ownership, and depositions, and the specific court volume with the recorded deed. Each transaction is typically listed alphabetically by grantor and also by grantee.

Dates: unknown

Camden County Deeds, letters 1800-1850 (1 of 3), 1837-1924

 File — Box 1: Series RG1-01; Series RG1-03; Series RG1-07; Series RG1-11; Series RG-012; Series RG1-02, Folder: 25
Identifier: RG1-01-251
Scope and Contents From the Record Group: Records from Camden County (Ga.) departments including, courts (Superior, Inferior, Ordinary, Probate, Justice, and City Courts), Tax assessor, Sheriff, Education, and Elections. Types of records in this collection include, tax digests (improved and wild), civil and criminal records, court minutes, interrogatories, judgments, dockets, deed indexes (including transactions involving slavery), land grants, plat drawings, and property indentures, estates (wills, guardianships,...
Dates: 1837-1924

Camden County Deeds, Letters 1851-1899 (2 of 3), 1851-1899

 File — Box 1: Series RG1-01; Series RG1-03; Series RG1-07; Series RG1-11; Series RG-012; Series RG1-02, Folder: 33
Identifier: RG1-01-257
Scope and Contents From the Record Group: Records from Camden County (Ga.) departments including, courts (Superior, Inferior, Ordinary, Probate, Justice, and City Courts), Tax assessor, Sheriff, Education, and Elections. Types of records in this collection include, tax digests (improved and wild), civil and criminal records, court minutes, interrogatories, judgments, dockets, deed indexes (including transactions involving slavery), land grants, plat drawings, and property indentures, estates (wills, guardianships,...
Dates: 1851-1899

Camden County Justice Court, 1792-1799

 File — Box 11: Series RG1-03; Series RG1-05; Series RG1-19, Folder: 5
Identifier: RG1-05-340
Scope and Contents From the Record Group: Records from Camden County (Ga.) departments including, courts (Superior, Inferior, Ordinary, Probate, Justice, and City Courts), Tax assessor, Sheriff, Education, and Elections. Types of records in this collection include, tax digests (improved and wild), civil and criminal records, court minutes, interrogatories, judgments, dockets, deed indexes (including transactions involving slavery), land grants, plat drawings, and property indentures, estates (wills, guardianships,...
Dates: 1792-1799

Camden County Legal Transactions Miscellaneous, 1844-1895

 Item
Identifier: RG1-01-172
Scope and Contents

Volume contains land agreements, transfers of ownership, and depositions, and the specific court volume with the recorded deed. Each transaction is typically listed alphabetically by grantor and also by grantee.

Dates: 1844-1895

Camden County Minutes of the Superior Court, Part 2, pp 241-480 (former 22A), 1822-1842

 Item
Identifier: RG1-01-361
Scope and Contents This volume contains the minutes of the Camden County Superior Court, documenting both civil and criminal cases, including esate, land disputes, equity, murder, and assault & battery cases. The volume lists jurors, both Petit and Grand Juries, and instructions given to those juries.Notably, on November 10, 1835, the Grand Jury presentment (pages 39-40) addresses the abolitionist movement in the North, referring to "it's evil consequence" and the possible breakdown between the...
Dates: 1822-1842

Camden County Oaths of Tavern-Keepers & Shopkeepers, 1841-1860

 Item
Identifier: RG1-05-184
Scope and Contents From the Record Group: Records from Camden County (Ga.) departments including, courts (Superior, Inferior, Ordinary, Probate, Justice, and City Courts), Tax assessor, Sheriff, Education, and Elections. Types of records in this collection include, tax digests (improved and wild), civil and criminal records, court minutes, interrogatories, judgments, dockets, deed indexes (including transactions involving slavery), land grants, plat drawings, and property indentures, estates (wills, guardianships,...
Dates: 1841-1860

Camden County Superior Court Papers, 1840

 File — Box 3: Series RG1-01; Series RG1-06; Series RG1-02, Folder: 1
Identifier: RG1-01-267
Scope and Contents From the Record Group: Records from Camden County (Ga.) departments including, courts (Superior, Inferior, Ordinary, Probate, Justice, and City Courts), Tax assessor, Sheriff, Education, and Elections. Types of records in this collection include, tax digests (improved and wild), civil and criminal records, court minutes, interrogatories, judgments, dockets, deed indexes (including transactions involving slavery), land grants, plat drawings, and property indentures, estates (wills, guardianships,...
Dates: 1840

Julian Wilbert Lang historical manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: MC-012
Abstract

Collection contains tax related documents, deeds of sale for enslaved Africans and land, a small measurement scale, and a Dr’s receipt

Dates: 1813-1890

Microform collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC-036
Scope and Contents This collection contains microfilms of 19th and early 20th century census records and slave schedules from Camden County (Ga.) and neighboring counties in Georgia and Florida; microfiche of Georgia and Florida Deaths, Marriages, and Florida Divorces; newspaper editions from the St. Marys newspaper, Camden County Tribune, and the Kingsland newspaper, Southeast Georgian, and their combined successor, the Tribune and Georgian. Other regional and southern-focused subject materials...
Dates: 1790-1999

Stafford Family collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC-009
Scope and Contents

Wills, estate records, deed transactions, receipts and other documents pertaining to the Stafford and connected families (Hawkins, Spalding, Tompkins, and others).

Dates: 1785-1897