Joyce: Thanks for this information. DPeyton ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 10:31 PM Subject: MS Slavery Records;Sale of Thomas Ellis' Slaves, Wilkinson County > Hello Fellow Researchers, > > For African-Americans searching for Mississippi Slavery era records, I found > the following microfilm source helpful. > Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the > Civil War. > > Series G of the collection, contains a large selection of Mississippi > plantation records that are kept at the Center for American History, University of TX > at Austin. For a helpful guide explaining the contents of the complete > microfilm collection, see the following website: > www.lexisnexis.com/academic/guides/southern_hist/plantations > > Listed below is a sample of 2 pages from the Natchez Trace Slaves and Slavery > Collection, 1793-1864, Natchez, MS. > > Administrators Sale for Thomas G. Ellis of Wilkinson County, MS- Series G, > Microfilm Roll 33, Frames 198 -199 > > By virtue of an order of sale from the Honorable Probate Court of Adams > County made at the March term thereof A.D. 1841. We will expose to public sale on > the premises, in Wilkinson County the Personal Estate late the property of > Thomas G. Ellis deceased situated in Wilkinson County, consisting of the > following Slaves Viz: > > Humphreys > Suckey > Fanny > Isam > Old Jenny > Hannah > Mary Ann > Malinda > Alfred > Ellen > Joshua > Louisa > Charley > Mose > Nancy > Betsy Dawson > Dick Turner > George Handing > Clarissa & child > Anthony > Tenah > Isaac > Brotter > Laura & child > Freeman > Mason > Dolly > Edy > Luch & child > Peter Black > Ned > Dennis > Dalphine > Patsy > James > Phoebe & child > Miner > Henry Champ > Big Jesse > Henry Saunders > Peter > John > John Massy > Little Jesse > Virginia Bell > Lewis Walker > Malinda > America > Joe Harris > George Hall > Jack Wiles > Holly & child > Daniel > Sam > ChuHaua? > Isabella > Robbin > Bitta > Rose > Delphia > Elisha > Fanny & child > Harry > Mary > Clark > Lovett > Old Hannah > Ben > Amy > Peter Jackson > Patsey > Suckey & child > Andrew > Gabriel > Nancy > Kang? > Pheimhim? > Clem > Old Hannah > Perry > Joulie > Martha > Little Phill > Vanderfield > Samson > Big Betty & child > Doctor > Big Jim > Polly & child > Charlotte > Willis > Dinah > Julia > Letty & child > Adolphey > Charlotte > Dick > Jenny Dick > Little Dick > Levi > Hatty > Ursy? & child > Bill > Ellen > Bill > Lydia > Ellen > Wiliam Crump > Julia Young > Sarah & child > Joe Dixon > Matilda & child > Dorcas > Phill ? > Harriett > Dave > Penny & child > Cresy > Janey > July > Phillis & child > Rose > Rachel & child > Chloe > Harry dark > Eliza > Peter > Bob > Lobetts? > Polly > Washington > Big Tyler > Darky? > Rose > Isaac > Tom > Little Betty > Simon > Abbey > Davenport > Sally & child > Henry Barnes > Mary Ann > Terry > Lydia > Molly & child > Humphrey > David > Ruth > Lucinda > Marcella > Julia Ann > Bishop > William Robinson > Emily & child > Dasy > George Washington > > Source: Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution > through the Civil War > Series G : Selections form the Center for American History, University of > Texas at Austin > Published by: University Publications of America, Bethesda, MD. > > Best Regards, > Joyce > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >