This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ALLEN, CHAPMAN, CHANDLER, CLAPP, MILSTON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Xd.2ADE/1473 Message Board Post: On 31 DEC 1835, James A. CHAPMAN of Warren Co, GA, sold to Ebenezer C. CHANDLER and Julius R. CLAPP of Muscogee Co, GA, two Negro slaves: Lucinda, a woman about 25 years of age, and her youngest child, Allen, then four months old. CHANDLER and CLAPP were business partners in Columbus, GA. In 1837, they became invested in a cotton mill (later called Clapp's Factory) three miles north of the city. This mill had been founded in 1834 by James SHIVERS and several partners, some of whom came from Warren Co, GA, and had been associated with James CHAPMAN. CLAPP bought CHANDLER's half interest in the business when he died in 1847 from CHANDLER's heirs. The company "property" included the following Negro slaves: Allen, a man about forty years old; Lucinda, his wife about thirty four; Milston, a boy about twelve; Joe, a boy about ten; Evelina, a girl about eight; Martha, a girl about six; Agnes, a girl about four; and Ella, a girl about two. (I wonder if Milston is the same as the child named Allen in the 1835 deed?) CLAPP remained at Clapp's Factory until his death in 1876. I am interested in learning more about this slave family and their descendants. I am particularly curious to find out if any of these folk are buried in the Clapp's Factory Cemetery (all of the graves but one are now unmarked). I have further information on CLAPP, CHANDLER, and Clapp's Factory I will be glad to share. I will also be glad to provide transcriptions and photocopies of the above deeds to anyone who would care to have them - thanks.