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• 1830-08-28, Unnamed, Female, Freedom Status Transaction (Sale)
  An enslaved woman and her two children were sold by William Letcher Mitchell. Partial Transcript: "Negroes for sale: will be sold at public out-cry, on Saturday the 28th at my store; a Negro Woman accustomed to house business, with her two children, one about eight years old, the other eighteen months."
• 1830-03-02, Ned, Male, Freedom Status Transaction (Sale)
  Ned, an enslaved boy, was purchased by University of Georgia alumnus William Mitchell due to a foreclosure. Partial Transcript: "One Negro Boy by the name of Ned, about nine years of age: levied on as the property of William Mitchell, issued on the foreclosure of a mortgage, in favor of Stevens Thomas versus William Mitchell."
• 1850-10-31, Unnamed, Freedom Status Transaction (Sale)
  Approximately fifteen enslaved people that were owned by a University of Georgia alumnus, William Wesley Anderson, were sold after Anderson's death as part of his estate. Partial Transaction: "Agreeably to an order from the Court of Ordinary of Clarke county... 15 or more negroes, belonging to the estate of William W. Anderson, deceased. Amongst the negroes are five house servants, good washers and ironers; likely boys, and one of the best tanners, curriers, and finishers in the State."
• 1833-06-01, Anderson, Male, Freedom Status Transaction (Sale)
  Anderson, an enslaved boy, was purchased by James Whitehead. Partial Transcript: "[The following] will be sold before the Court House door in the Town of Watkinsville, Clark County... All the right, title, and interest of James T. Whitehead in and to three Negroes [including]: Celia, a woman about 19 years of age; Lucy, a woman about 17 years of age, and Anderson, a boy about two years of age: levied on as the property of James T. Whitehead."
• 1833-06-01, Lucy, Female, Freedom Status Transaction (Sale)
  Lucy, an enslaved woman, was purchased by James Whitehead. Partial Transcript: "[The following] will be sold before the Court House door in the Town of Watkinsville, Clark County... All the right, title, and interest of James T. Whitehead in and to three Negroes [including]: Celia, a woman about 19 years of age; Lucy, a woman about 17 years of age, and Anderson, a boy about two years of age: levied on as the property of James T. Whitehead."
• 1833-06-01, Celia, Female, Freedom Status Transaction (Sale)
  Celia, an enslaved woman, was purchased by James Whitehead. Partial Transcript: "[The following] will be sold before the Court House door in the Town of Watkinsville, Clark County... All the right, title, and interest of James T. Whitehead in and to three Negroes [including]: Celia, a woman about 19 years of age; Lucy, a woman about 17 years of age, and Anderson, a boy about two years of age: levied on as the property of James T. Whitehead."
• 1860-10-25, Maria, Female, Freedom Status Transaction (Sale)
  Maria, an enslaved woman, are her child were sold by Joseph Alexander Kenney after his father's death. Partial Transaction: "The Negroes belonging to the estate of James Kenney, deceased, [are] Lucy, a woman, Rody, a woman, Maria, a girl about 18 or 19 years of age, and her boy child. Sold for the benefit of [Joseph A. Kenney]."
• 1860-10-25, Rody, Female, Freedom Status Transaction (Sale)
  Rody, an enslaved woman, was sold by Joseph Alexander Kenney after his father's death. Partial Transaction: "The Negroes belonging to the estate of James Kenney, deceased, [are] Lucy, a woman, Rody, a woman, Maria, a girl about 18 or 19 years of age, and her boy child. Sold for the benefit of [Joseph A. Kenney]."
• 1860-10-25, Lucy, Female, Freedom Status Transaction (Sale)
  Lucy, an enslaved woman, was sold by Joseph Alexander Kenney after his father's death. Partial Transaction: "The Negroes belonging to the estate of James Kenney, deceased, [are] Lucy, a woman, Rody, a woman, Maria, a girl about 18 or 19 years of age, and her boy child. Sold for the benefit of [Joseph A. Kenney]."
• 1844-02-16, Cuffee, Male, Freedom Status Transaction (Sale)
  Cuffee was sold from the Athens Manufacturing Company. Partial Transcript: "Resolved, that the negroes Ezekiel, wife and children, and Cuffee... be advertised for sale."
• 1844-02-16, Ezekiel, Male, Freedom Status Transaction (Sale)
  Ezekiel and his family were sold from the Athens Manufacturing Company. Partial Transcript: "Resolved, that the negroes Ezekiel, wife and children... be advertised for sale."
• 1863, Unnamed, Freedom Stratus Transaction (Emancipation)
  Henry Hull freed his servants after the Emancipation Proclamation. As a result, young men left, but older men stayed with their families on the Hull plantation. Partial Transcript: "My father called up the hands on the plantation and told them they were now free and must take care of themselves ; if they chose they might remain on the place until they should decide what to do. The effect was curious. The younger men left at once to enjoy their new found freedom with a happy-go-lucky lack of forethought, not knowing where they were to get their suppers. The men with families remained."
• 1860, Unnamed, Male, Freedom Status Transaction (Transfer)
  Henry Hull gave his son, Augustus Hull, a young enslaved man. Partial Transcript: "A young negro who had been given to me by my father always looked forward to the time when he should go with me to the army."
• 1865, Billy Hull, Male, Freedom Status Transaction (Emancipation)
  Billy was freed after the Civil War, but insisted on sticking with his master, Henry Hull, for support. Partial Transcript: "Old Billy insisted on sticking to his master who supported him, and took to making tubs and buckets for ready cash to buy his dram and tobacco."
• 1832, Unnamed, Freedom Status Transaction (Transfer)
  Five enslaved persons were transferred from Ann Wingfield Hull to her son Henry Hull. Partial Transcript: "My father inherited five negroes from his mother. They were all of one family, about his own age and lived with him for sixty years."
• 1860, Bart, Male, Freedom Status Transaction (Sale)
  Bart, an enslaved man owned by Henry Hull that worked on the plantation, was sold to John [possibly John Linton] after request per Bart. Partial Transcript: "Bart, one of the plantation hands, came in one night on a pass (every negro had a pass at night to escape arrest and detention)... and said, "Mas Henry, I've had a fuss with my daddy, and I can't stay on the plantation no longer wid him. I want you to sell me." - When Bart came back he said : "Mas' John says he'll buy me." "Mas' John" was my brother in law. So Bart was sold to him and made him a faithful servant until he was freed."
• 1865, Lewis, Male, Freedom Status (Emancipation)
  Lewis, an enslaved man who worked for the Southern Watchman, was emancipated by special proclamation of the President of the United States. Partial Transcript: "Lewis was a slave of John H. Christy and his business was to turn the crank when the Southern Watchman went to press. He was emancipated by special proclamation of the President of the United States — along with others — and then took up the business of blind beggar."
• 1805, Dennis Clayton, Freedom Status Transaction (Purchase)
  Dennis Clayton was purchased by Augustin Clayton in 1805 when he was 13 years old. Partial Transcript: "He claims however to have been only thirteen years of age when Judge Clayton bought him in 1805 from a negro trader."
• 1850, Hopey, Female, Freedom Status Transaction (Sale)
  Hopey, originally owned by Asbury Hull, was sold to her husband, Hansel. Partial Transcript: "Hansel had bought his wife, Hopey, from 'Sir Asbury Hull, and after his death for a long time she continued to tempt the palate with her cakes and confections."
• 1850, Hansel, Male, Freedom Status Transaction (Purchase)
  Hansel, a freed man, bought his wife, Hopey, from Asbury Hull, resulting in her freed status. Partial Transaction: "Hansel had bought his wife, Hopey, from Sir. Asbury Hull, and after his death for a long time she continued to tempt the palate with her cakes and confections."
• 1837, Unnamed, Freedom Status Transaction (Sale)
  During the 1837 financial panic, John A. Cobb sold or surrendered his enslaved people to his creditors, receiving $90,000. Partial Transcript: "Great distress ensued and some of our wealthiest men came out of the wreck with nothing but their debts. One of these was Col. John A. Cobb who had become heavily involved in security debts and who surrendered all of a large property to his creditors. His negroes brought $90,000 — even at panic prices."
• 1857, Lucius Henry Holsey, Male, Freedom Status Transaction (Transfer)
  Holsey's ownership was transferred from T. L. Wynn to Richard Malcolm Johnston after Wynn's death. Partial Transaction: "[Wynn] told me that he was going to die, and wanted me to choose one of two of his intimate friends as my master. He named the two friends and I chose [Colonel Richard Malcolm Johnston], with whom I lived until the emancipation of the slaves."