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• 1860, Unnamed, Female, Legal (Dowry)

  An enslaved woman owned by Colonel John Billups married a free man. A license then permitted her to live with her husband for $50 a year. Partial Transcript: "Bernardo Arze was a barber who claimed to be a Mexican. Perhaps he was. But he married a negro woman belonging to Colonel Billups and paid the town $50 per annul for her to live away from her master's lot. This license was graded but all free negroes and those slaves living apart from their masters' own sight had to pay it."

• 1862-05-03, Sophia, Female, Legal (Will)

  Sophia was willed down from her enslaver Alonzo S. Church to his children, with the condition to be taken care of and not be removed from Athens, Georgia, and her children are kept with her. Partial Transcript: "I give my Servants Hanson [and] Caloline to my children to be taken care of [and] not to be removed from Athens without the Servants consent and also the same with respect to the Servant Sophia [and] her children."

• 1862-05-03, Caloline, Female, Legal (Will)

  Caloline was willed down from her enslaver Alonzo S. Church to his children, with the condition to be taken care of and not be removed from Athens, Georgia. Partial Transcript: "I give my Servants Hanson [and] Caloline to my children to be taken care of [and] not to be removed from Athens without the Servants consent and also the same with respect to the Servant Sophia [and] her children."

• 1862-05-03, Hanson, Male, Legal (Will)

  Hanson was willed down from his enslaver Alonzo S. Church to his children, with the condition to be taken care of and not be removed from Athens, Georgia. Partial Transcript: "I give my Servants Hanson [and] Caloline to my children to be taken care of [and] not to be removed from Athens without the Servants consent and also the same with respect to the Servant Sophia [and] her children."

• 1862-05-03, Louisa, Female, Legal (Will)

  Louisa was willed down from her enslaver Alonzo S. Church to his daughter Anna P. Whitner. Partial Transcript: "I give to my Daughter Anna P. Whitner my servant Louisa"

• 1862-05-03, Alfred, Male, Legal (Will)

  Alfred was willed down from his enslaver Alonzo S. Church to his son William L. Church. Partial Transcript: "I give to me Son William L. Church my servant Alfred"

• 1862-05-03, Elvir, Male, Legal (Will)

  Elvir was willed down from his enslaver Alonzo S. Church to his daughter Elvira A. Lee. Partial Transcript: "To my Daughter Elvira A. Lee my Servant Elvir about 10 years of age"