1850, Unnamed, Mention

Title: 1850, Unnamed, Mention
Description: Colonel John Billups and his sons were recorded to owned many enslaved persons on his plantation.

Partial Transcript: "Col. Billups was a typical planter of the old regime. He owned a large and fertile plantation and many negroes, made lots of money, spent what he wanted and saved some... he lived in affluence; his boys had horses and negroes, his daughters all they desired."
Event Type: Mention
Action Status: Completed
Date: 1850
Date Certainty: Questionable
Location: Athens-Clarke County, Georgia
Source: Annals of Athens, Georgia; Page 195
Freedom Status: Enslaved
Enslaver: Colonel John Billups
Author: Augustus Longstreet Hull