Hi Denise, Who is your Williams that you are researching? Pat in Atlanta > > From: Denise Oliver-Velez <[email protected]> > Date: 2006/12/22 Fri AM 08:33:39 EST > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [TNDAVIDS] Researching African -American Ancestors > > Thanks J, > > Wasn't aware that these were available, and that they also included > slave data. Have had the unfortunate experience of purchasing deed > index books in the past which included information on china and > quilts, or land, but the transcriber choose to leave out data on AA's > mentioned - which is key source material for researching enslaved ancestors. > > Will now feel comfortable about ordering. > > Denise > > Researching in Davidson County: OLIVER, WILLIAMS, ONEAL (ONEIL), > THOMPSON, EDMONDSON & JONES > Wilson County: OLIVER, OFFICER > > At 07:47 AM 12/22/2006, jj wrote: > >For researchers of African-American ancestors who may have been slaves, I > >suggest viewing the early deed books of Davidson County. Currently, I am > >viewing Deed Bk W that covers "personal property" (non-real estate > >transfers) from August 15, 1833 through August 27, 1835. Many slaves are > >mentioned in these conveyances and they usually include names, ages, and > >entire family units. Deed Book Z covers the time period of Sept. 1, 1835 > >through February 7, 1839. Deed Book H (which has also been abstracted by > >Mary Sue Smith and published by Heritage Books, Inc.) covers the period > >December 1809 - August 1821. I'm sure there are other time periods in other > >volumes as well. > > > >J. Johnson, Florida > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >