
“The Weeping Time” and De Gullah/Geechee Ooman
by Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com)
©2014 All Rights Reserved. Do not reproduce without citation.
As my ancestors walked out that morning, they had no words to say
They were unsure why they all were being taken out that day.
Marched away from a plantation that they had reshaped to be home here
To be stood again at a place where no one seemed to care.
When the first mother saw her child taken and stood on the auction block
Her heart could not beat in its syncopated rhythm due to the shock!
She had prayed that this day would never come for her children or for her again.
She fell onto her knees and cried out to the sky because on earth she had no friend.
As she shook and bowed, her tears hit the ground
That is when heaven heard the sound
And it began to rain buckets from the sky.
I believe the ancestors were crying was the reason why.
Again their children and children’s children were being sold
By these men whose hearts were cold.
They saw nothing wrong with selling 436
Because this was a part of their lifestyle and continued enslavement tricks.
On the same date of the sale in 2014, the rain fell too.
The rain fell as a reminder to me and to you
To never forget the Weeping Time and all that our ancestors went through.
If you were the mother on that day, what would you do?

The Weeping Time was the largest African enslavement auction to every take place. It was held in Savannah, GA on March 2 & 3, 1859. 436 Gullah/Geechees were sold. http://www.gullahgeechee.net
Tears continue to fall in my spirit as I think about the Gullah/Geechee women that were sold away from their children and their children, husbands, fathers, and brothers that were sold away from them during The Weeping Time which was the largest auction of one group of African people to ever take place. 436 Gullah/Geechee women, men, and children were sold in Savannah, GA at a race track on March 2 and 3 in 1859. They were sold by Pierce and John Butler who had enslaved them and numerous other African people in Coastal Georgia because he was broke. He then sought to further break the hearts and spirits of these people by selling them for his personal financial gain.
De Gullah/Geechee ooman wha bin lib tru disya an keep e mind bin bless ya! E bin able fa gwine on tru de pain fa rebuild wha e could pun de coast. Fa dem wi caan fagit. Fa dem wi caan gib up!
Numerous Gullah/Geechee living within the Gullah/Geechee Nation and throughout Georgia today are descendants of those sold during “The Weeping Time.” We are thankful that there are those that seek to insure that there names will never be forgotten. These individuals continue to call out these names at family reunions and ceremonies at the Butler Plantation to keep these spirits honored and the power of their strength alive. To that end, I am thankful for Annette Holmes of GlynnGen.com who decided to make a list of these names for all the world to see:
Chattel # | Name | Age | Est. year born Col. added by Ms. Holmes |
Area | Sold For | Comments |
1 | George* | 27 | 1832 | Prime Cotton Planter | $620 | Found on the 1870 census for Darien, GA. Last name Broughton. |
2 | Sue | 26 | 1833 | Prime Rice Planter | $620 | |
3 | George Jr. | 4 | 1855 | Boy Child | $620 | |
4 | Harry | 2 | 1857 | Boy Child | $620 | |
5 | Elisha* | 39 | 1820 | Prime rice planter and driver | $695 | Found in Freedman’s Bank Records (1865-1874) Last name Myers. |
6 | Molly | 35 | 1824 | Full hand, rice | $695 | |
7 | Israel | 12 | 1847 | Prime boy | $695 | Israel was dead by 1870 (see “Found” tab) |
8 | Sevanda | 3 | 1856 | Prime girl | $695 | |
9 | Joe (carpenter) | 49 | 1810 | Prime carpenter and wheelwright; slightly lame | $730 | Joe and his first wife, Sack, are the parents of Robert Chiffen, #15 (see “Found” tab) |
10 | Hagar | 27 | 1832 | Prime cotton worker | $730 | |
11 | McPherson | 10 | 1849 | Fine boy | $730 | Found in Freedman’s Bank Records (1865-1874) under name Mack Turner. |
12 | Patterson | 9 | 1850 | $730 | ||
13 | Killoby | 8 | 1851 | $730 | ||
14 | Angus | 6 | 1853 | $730 | ||
15 | Robert (Carp’tr) | 26 | 1833 | Good plantation carpenter | $1,005 | Found in Freedman’s Bank Records (1865-1874) Last name Chiffen. Robert is the son of Joe (#9) and first wife Sack (Psyche). |
16 | Luna | 20 | 1839 | Goitre, otherwise very prime | $1,005 | |
17 | Israel (Hostler) | 44 | 1815 | Ploughman and horse man | $720 | Elisha’s (#5) brother |
18 | Edi | 45 | 1814 | Full cotton hand | $720 | |
19 | Elisha | 18 | 1841 | Prime young man | $720 | |
20 | George | 15 | 1844 | Lame in hip | $720 | |
21 | Rutledge | 12 | 1847 | $720 | ||
22 | Brutus | 3 | 1856 | $720 | ||
23 | Bella | 50 | 1809 | Cotton hand | $570 | |
24 | Venus | 16 | 1843 | Cotton hand | $570 | |
25 | Nija | 14 | 1845 | Rice, prime boy | $570 | |
26 | Juno | 5 | 1854 | $570 | ||
27 | John | 1 | 1858 | $570 | ||
28 | Patty | 31 | 1828 | Cotton hand | $620 | |
29 | Santee | 7 | 1852 | $620 | ||
30 | James | aged | ? | Gardener | $685 | Is this the brother of Kate? |
31 | Beck | 50 | 1809 | Rice hand | $685 | |
32 | Manigault | 19 | 1840 | Rice, prime young man | $685 | |
33 | Netty | 18 | 1841 | Rice hand | $685 | |
34 | Tena | 12 | 1847 | Prime girl | $685 | |
35 | Zebulon | 16 | 1843 | Rice hand–fine girl | $685 | |
36 | Binah | 1 | 1858 | $685 | ||
37 | Quacco (cooper) | 47 | 1812 | Cooper and rice-field hand | $685 | |
38 | Jean | 34 | 1825 | Rice–prime woman | $685 | |
39 | Delia | 13 | 1846 | Prime girl | $685 | Delia Ramsey? |
40 | Philadelphia | 4 | 1855 | Girl | $685 | |
41 | Chaney | 3 mos | 1859 | Infant girl | $685 | |
42 | Lazarus | 19 | 1840 | Prime Rice field hand | $365 | |
43 | Bram (driver) | 47 | 1812 | Prime cot. Dri’r, high character | $1,410 | Son of Roswell King Sr. |
44 | Joan | 42 | 1817 | Woman | $1,410 | |
45 | Morris | 15 | 1844 | Cotton hand–prime boy | $1,410 | Is this Morris Butler on the 1880 census for Darien, McIntosh, Georgia? |
46 | Lucy | 12 | 1847 | Prime girl | $1,410 | |
47 | Zephora | 6 | 1853 | $1,410 | ||
48 | Mary | 4 | 1855 | $1,410 | ||
49 | Pierce | 3 mos | 1859 | $1,410 | ||
50 | St. Faux | 22 | 1837 | Cotton–prime young man | $1,385 | Named after the Couper slave San Fois (cook) |
51 | Bram | 17 | 1842 | Cotton–prime young man | $1,385 | Son of Driver Bram and Joan. |
52 | Rufus | 20 | 1839 | Cotton–prime young man | $910 | |
53 | Sue | 18 | 1841 | Prime young woman | $910 | |
54 | Infant | 3 mos | 1859 | Girl | $910 | |
55 | Moses (driver) | 38 | 1821 | Prime rice driver | $880 | |
56 | Melinda | 32 | 1827 | Rice hand | $880 | |
57 | Pompey | 11 | 1848 | Prime boy | $880 | Descendants of Butler slaves? |
58 | Dosey | 12 | 1847 | Prime boy | $880 | |
59 | Sarah | 1 | 1858 | $880 | ||
60 | Aaron | 38 | 1821 | Rice hand | $655 | |
61 | Clary | 34 | 1825 | Rice hand–prime woman | $655 | Is this the daughter of Sophy (born 1790)? |
62 | Binah | 11 | 1848 | Prime girl | $655 | |
63 | Sunbury | 9 | 1850 | Boy | $655 | |
64 | Bram | 7 | 1852 | Boy | $655 | |
65 | Mose | 5 | 1854 | $655 | ||
66 | Stepney | 37 | 1822 | Rice hand | $650 | |
67 | Eve | 32 | 1827 | Rice hand–one eye | $650 | |
68 | Jonas | 6 | 1853 | $650 | ||
69 | Lester | 2 | 1857 | Boy | $650 | |
70 | Cudjo (driver) | 49 | 1810 | Prime rice-driver | $710 | |
71 | Lucy | 44 | 1815 | Cotton hand | $710 | |
72 | Primus (carp’r)* | 32 | 1827 | Plantation carpenter | $635 | Found in the Freedman’s Bank Records, 1865-1874, and the 1870 census for St. Peter’s Parish, Beaufort, South Carolina; Last name Wilson. |
73 | Daphney | 28 | 1831 | Rice–prime woman | $635 | |
74 | Dido | 3 | 1856 | Girl | $635 | |
75 | Infant | 1859 | Born February 14, 1859 | $635 | Dead by 1869. | |
76 | Phillip | 28 | 1831 | Rough carpenter and rice hand | $840 | |
77 | Pender | 19 | 1840 | Rice–prime woman | $840 | Pender Gordon? |
78 | Hannah | 3 mos | 1859 | $840 | ||
79 | John (cooper) | 37 | 1822 | Prime cooper and field hand, can make spirit barrels | $1,195 | |
80 | Levi | 23 | 1836 | Cotton–prime man | $805 | Possible match: Found 1870 Census for Ward 4, Natchitoches Parish, LA. Last Name Russell. |
81 | Rachel | 19 | 1840 | Cotton–prime woman | $805 | |
82 | Kate | aged | ? | $805 | Is this Kate Butler? | |
83 | Rentee | aged | ? | Good shoemaker | $300 | Rentee and Sukey were the parents of Amos, Rentee, Emanuel, Betty, Peter, and Dicey. (Source: Them Dark Days by William Dusinberre) |
84 | Sukey | 50 | 1809 | Cotton hand | $300 | |
85 | Amorita | 17 | 1842 | Cotton hand | $950 | Is this a descendant of Blake slave Amaritto? |
86 | Happy | 11 | 1848 | Prime girl | $950 | |
87 | Rentee | 29 | 1830 | Rice–left hand crippled | Son of Rentee and Sukey | |
88 | Elizabeth | 31 | 1828 | Rice hand | ||
89 | Hector’s Bess | 42 | 1817 | Cotton hand | $1,205 | (Is this horse trainer Hector’s wife?) |
90 | Ben | 21 | 1838 | Cotton, prime young man | $1,205 | |
91 | Betty | 17 | 1842 | Cotton, prime young woman | $1,205 | |
92 | Phoebe | 15 | 1844 | Cotton, prime young woman | $1,205 | Did Phoebe marry Morris, the son of Bram and Joan? |
93 | Hector | 12 | 1847 | Fine boy | $1,205 | |
94 | George’s Frank | 50 | 1809 | Rice hand | $800 | |
95 | Ruth | 24 | 1835 | Rice, prime woman | $800 | Is this Betsy’s (the wife of Kate’s John) sister? Jerry and Violet had a daughter named Ruth on November 4, 1834. |
96 | Charleston | 20 | 1839 | Prime young man | $800 | |
97 | Joe | 9 | 1850 | $800 | ||
98 | Frank | 3 | 1856 | $800 | ||
99 | Kate’s John | 31 | 1828 | Rice, prime man | $510 | Sold to Louisiana (Natchitoches Parish). Plantation of A.W. Baird. Found on the 1870 census under last name Baird; on the 1880 census under last name Butler. Butler was name used from then on. Found under the name Butteralso (transcriber’s mistake). John |
100 | Betsey | 29 | 1830 | rice, unsound | $510 | Child of Jerry and Violet. Born June 22, 1829 |
101 | Kate | 6 | 1853 | $510 | Named after her paternal grandmother | |
102 | Violet | 3 mos. | 1859 | $510 | Named after her maternal grandmother | |
103 | Wooster | 45 | 1814 | Rice hand, and fair mason | $300 | (Name is probably Worcester.) Found on the 1870 census for Chatham County, GA. Last name Gordon. |
104 | Mary | 40 | 1819 | Cotton hand | $300 | |
105 | Com’dore Bob | aged | ? | Rice hand | $600 | Returned to the Butler plantations after Emancipation; Last name became Bob. |
106 | Kate | aged | ? | Cotton | $600 | Is this John Butler’s mother? |
107 | Linda | 19 | 1840 | Cotton, prime young woman | $600 | Is this the same person as Melinda Roberts who lives with the Bobs on the 1870 census? |
108 | Joe | 13 | 1846 | Rice, prime boy | $600 | |
109 | Bob* | 30 | 1829 | Rice | $1,135 | |
110 | Mary* | 25 | 1834 | Rice, prime woman | $1,135 | Is this Kate’s John’s sister? |
111 | Anson* | 49 | 1810 | Rice–ruptured, one eye | $250 | Are they the same as Ansel and Violet Small found on the 1870 census for Beaufort, South Carolina? |
112 | Violet* | 55 | 1804 | Rice hand | $250 | very sick, probably consumption. Is this the mother of Betsey, #100? |
113 | Allen Jeffrey | 46 | 1813 | Rice hand and sawyer in st’m mill | $475 | |
114 | Sikey | 43 | 1816 | Rice hand | $475 | |
115 | Watty | 5 | 1854 | Infirm legs | $475 | |
116 | Rina | 18 | 1841 | Rice, prime young woman | $645 | Rina is the eldest child of Lowden and Hagar (#349 and #350). Source: SavannahConnect news article dated March 2008, regarding historical marker for Butler slave auction |
117 | Lena | 1 | 1858 | $645 | ||
118 | Pompey | 31 | 1828 | Rice–lame in one foot | $585 | |
119 | Kitty | 30 | 1829 | Rice–prime woman | $585 | Is this Kate’s John’s sister? |
120 | Pompey, Jr. | 10 | 1849 | Prime boy | $585 | |
121 | John | 7 | 1852 | $585 | ||
122 | Noble | 1 | 1858 | Boy | $585 | |
123 | Andrew | 45 | 1814 | Lame in right hand–mill tender | $650 | Found on the 1870 census for Darien, GA. Last name Stewart. |
124 | Hetty | 42 | 1817 | Rice hand | $650 | |
125 | Sena | 12 | 1847 | Rice hand, prime girl | $650 | Did Sena marry Pierce B. Alexander (the son of Aleck and Daphney Alexander)? |
126 | Corington | 10 | 1849 | Rice hand, prime boy | $650 | Listed as Carrington Stewart on the census |
127 | Ned | 56 | 1803 | Cotton hand | $485 | Ned and Scena Bleach are buried in Butler’s Cemetery, Butler Island Georgia. Ned and Scena are the parents of Flanders, Hannah, Mary, Bess, Thomas, and Ezekiel. |
128 | Sena | 50 | 1809 | Cotton–cook | $485 | Ned Bleach 11/16/1803-8/9/1886. Scena (Cascena Baker?) Bleach 4/20/1806-8/11/1879. |
129 | Mary | 24 | 1835 | Cotton, prime woman | Is this Mary Baker, daughter of Ned Bleach and Caseny (Sena) Baker? | |
130 | Robert | 4 | 1855 | |||
131 | Daniel | 3 mos | 1859 | |||
132 | Bess | 31 | 1828 | Cotton, prime woman | $525 | Is the Bess Baker, daughter of Ned Bleach and Caseny (Sena) Baker? |
133 | Sam | 10 | 1849 | Prime boy | $525 | |
134 | Elizabeth | 9 | 1850 | $525 | ||
135 | Sena | 6 | 1853 | $525 | ||
136 | Affa | 3 | 1856 | $525 | ||
137 | Hannah | 3 mos | 1859 | $525 | ||
138 | Doctor George | 39 | 1820 | Fair carpenter | Not sold (Found George and Margaret Goulding on the 1870 census for Butler’s Island) | |
139 | Margaret* | 38 | 1821 | Not sold, confined on 2/16/1859 | ||
140 | Maria | 11 | 1848 | Not sold | ||
141 | Lena | 6 | 1853 | Not sold | ||
142 | Mary Ann | 3 | 1856 | Not sold | ||
143 | Infant | 1859 | Boy, born February 16 | Not sold | ||
144 | Somerset | aged | ? | Ruptured | $480 | Is this Somerset and Phoebe Gordon? |
145 | Phoebe | 54 | 1805 | Cotton | $480 | |
146 | Fenton | 16 | 1843 | Cotton, prime boy | $480 | |
147 | Cain | 27 | 1832 | Rice, prime man | $775 | |
148 | Jane | 23 | 1836 | Cotton, prime woman | $775 | |
149 | Samuel | 5 | 1854 | $775 | ||
150 | Auber | 1 | 1858 | Boy | $775 | |
151 | Yo’g Somerset | 34 | 1825 | Rice driver–one hand | $555 | |
152 | Melinda | 29 | 1830 | Rice–prime woman | $555 | |
153 | Somerset | 13 | 1846 | Prime boy | $555 | |
154 | Nancy | 10 | 1849 | Prime girl | $555 | |
155 | Hagar | 7 | 1852 | $555 | ||
156 | Molly | 11 | 1848 | Prime girl | $555 | |
157 | Mary | 3 | 1856 | $555 | ||
158 | Caledonia | 2 | 1857 | $555 | ||
159 | Toney’s Rose | 50 | 1809 | Cotton hand | $915 | |
160 | Will | 17 | 1842 | Cotton–prime young man | $915 | |
161 | Sarah | 15 | 1844 | Cotton | $915 | |
162 | Dorcas | 12 | 1847 | Prime girl | $915 | |
163 | Sue | 8 | 1851 | $915 | ||
164 | Ben | 22 | 1837 | Cotton–good blacksmith | $1,450 | |
165 | Sally | 19 | 1840 | Cotton hand | $1,450 | |
166 | 3 Fing’d Tony | 34 | 1825 | Stable boy | $545 | |
167 | Betty | 30 | 1829 | Cotton hand | $545 | Is this the daughter of Sukey and Rentee (shoemaker)? |
168 | Solomon | 10 | 1849 | Prime boy | $545 | |
169 | Bina | 3 | 1856 | $545 | ||
170 | Luna | 5 | 1854 | Boy | $545 | |
171 | Quash | 1 | 1858 | $545 | ||
172 | Peter | 29 | 1830 | Rice–ruptured | $470 | Is this the son of Sukey and Rentee (shoemaker)? |
173 | Judy | 26 | 1833 | Rice–prime woman | $470 | |
174 | John | 3 | 1856 | $470 | ||
175 | Peter | 2 | 1857 | $470 | ||
176 | Driver Jim | 46 | 1813 | Rice driver, one hand | $510 | |
177 | Nelly | 33 | 1826 | Rice hand | $510 | |
178 | Silva | 9 | 1850 | Girl | $510 | |
179 | Floyd | 1 | 1858 | Boy | $510 | |
180 | Aaron (cooper) | 39 | 1820 | Rice hand and cooper | $865 | |
181 | Amy | 38 | 1821 | Rice hand | $865 | Is this Leah’s daughter? |
182 | Elijah | 45 | 1814 | Rice hand | $695 | |
183 | Hagar | 40 | 1819 | Rice hand, varicose | $695 | Descendant of Butler or Guerard slaves? |
184 | Daphne | 16 | 1843 | Rice hand | $695 | |
185 | Constant | 54 | 1805 | Cotton–lame hand | $520 | |
186 | Sukey | 29 | 1830 | Cotton, prime woman | $520 | |
187 | Priscilla | 7 | 1852 | $520 | ||
188 | Bram | 48 | 1811 | Cattle-minder and butcher | $600 | |
189 | Tina | 43 | 1816 | Rice hand | $600 | |
190 | Thursday | 14 | 1845 | Rice, prime boy | $600 | |
191 | Minda | 13 | 1846 | Prime girl | $600 | |
192 | Bram | 9 | 1850 | $600 | ||
193 | Toney | 24 | 1835 | Rice, prime man | $700 | Is this Toney and Rose’s eldest son? |
194 | Lucky | 19 | 1840 | Rice, prime young woman | $700 | |
195 | Justice | 1 | 1858 | Boy | $700 | |
196 | June | 40 | 1819 | Rice hand | $800 | |
197 | Die | 36 | 1823 | Rice hand | $800 | |
198 | Cornelia | 17 | 1842 | Rice, prime young woman | $800 | |
199 | Barney | 34 | 1825 | Rice hand | $685 | |
200 | Sukey | 30 | 1829 | Rice, prime woman | $685 | |
201 | Sally | 7 | 1852 | $685 | ||
202 | Elsey | 2 | 1857 | $685 | ||
203 | Robert | 53 | 1806 | Rice hand | $600 | |
204 | Mary | 27 | 1832 | Rice, prime woman | $600 | |
205 | Leah | 17 | 1842 | Rice, prime young woman | $600 | |
206 | Mansfield | 9 | 1850 | $600 | ||
207 | Flora | 6 | 1853 | $600 | ||
208 | Munn | 5 | 1854 | $600 | ||
209 | Matty | 27 | 1832 | Rice, prime woman | $855 | |
210 | Die | 27 | 1832 | Rice, prime woman | $855 | |
211 | Brister | 5 | 1854 | $855 | ||
212 | Diana | 19 | 1840 | Rice, prime young woman | $750 | |
213 | Infant | 3 mos | 1859 | $750 | ||
214 | Hopkin’s Frank | 54 | 1805 | Rice hand | $1,270 | descendant of Brewton slaves? |
215 | Nanny | 48 | 1811 | Cotton hand | $1,270 | Nanny and Frank are mentioned in “Them Dark Days” by William Dusinberre |
216 | Frank | 23 | 1836 | Cotton, prime man | $1,270 | |
217 | Diana | 16 | 1843 | Cotton, prime girl | $625 | |
218 | Moses | 10 | 1849 | Prime boy | $625 | |
219 | Venus | 8 | 1851 | Prime girl | $625 | |
220 | Brister | 38 | 1821 | Rice hand, intelligent man | $685 | |
221 | Venus | 38 | 1821 | Cotton hand | $685 | |
222 | Eliza | 5 | 1854 | $685 | ||
223 | Milah | 20 | 1839 | Cotton, prime woman | $1,260 | |
224 | Katy | 16 | 1843 | Cotton, prime young woman | $1,260 | |
225 | Kit | 38 | 1821 | Rice hand, hearty man | $675 | |
226 | Matilda | 38 | 1821 | Rice hand, blemished hand | $675 | Wiseman Ferguson had a daughter named Matilda. |
227 | Wiseman | 19 | 1840 | Cotton, prime young man | $675 | Found 1880 census for Darien, GA. Wiseman Fuggerson (Ferguson). |
228 | Hannah | 12 | 1847 | Prime girl | $675 | |
229 | William | 11 | 1848 | Prime boy | $675 | |
230 | Matilda | 6 | 1853 | Fine girl | $675 | |
231 | Kit | 1 | 1858 | Boy | $675 | |
232 | Lincoln’s Toney | 50 | 1809 | Rice hand | $450 | |
233 | Judy | 48 | 1811 | Rice hand | $450 | |
234 | Phillis | 23 | 1836 | Cotton, prime woman | $450 | |
235 | Dennis | 19 | 1840 | Cotton–fits | $450 | |
236 | Notion | 13 | 1846 | Cotton, girl | $450 | |
237 | Cuffy | 32 | 1827 | Rice, prime man | $650 | |
238 | Abigail | 29 | 1830 | Rice, prime woman | $650 | |
239 | Sukey | 8 | 1851 | $650 | ||
240 | Cuffy | 2 | 1857 | $650 | Is this the “Kofi” that the play “Forever Free” is about? | |
241 | Sandy | 18 | 1841 | Prime young hand | $1,340 | This is probably the son of Sandy and Ursula, #242 and #243. |
242 | Sandy | 41 | 1818 | Rice–ruptured | $325 | Son of Blake slaves Sandy and Lucy? |
243 | Ursula | 41 | 1818 | Rice | $325 | |
244 | Atwood’s Jack | 54 | 1805 | Rice hand–ruptured | ||
245 | Cretia | 46 | 1813 | Rice hand | ||
246 | Cornelia | 15 | 1844 | Rice, prime girl | ||
247 | Jack | 10 | 1849 | |||
248 | Reuben | 48 | 1811 | Cotton–ruptured | Is this Quamina’s (#311) brother? | |
249 | Esther | 38 | 1821 | Cotton hand | ||
250 | Reuben | 6 | 1853 | |||
251 | Troup Isaac | 41 | 1818 | Rice hand | ||
252 | Sue | 34 | 1825 | Rice hand | ||
253 | Chloe | 34 | 1825 | Rice hand | ||
254 | Eleanor | 1 | 1858 | |||
255 | Sally Walker | 44 | 1815 | Cotton hand | $1,236 | This is the wife of Scipio (aka Castile); where is he? (Daughter of Sophy and white man with the last name of Walker) |
256 | Noble | 22 | 1837 | Cotton, prime man | $1,236 | Noble and Milly Walker found 1870 Census — Macon, Bibb Co., Georgia |
257 | Sophy | 20 | 1839 | Cotton, prime woman | $1,236 | Named after her grandmother. |
258 | Malsey | 17 | 1842 | Cotton, prime young woman | $1,236 | Is this Noble’s wife? Ned and Sena had a daughter named Malsey. |
259 | Chaney | 13 | 1846 | Cotton, prime girl | $1,236 | |
260 | James | 9 | 1850 | $1,236 | James Walker found 1870 Census — Macon, Bibb Co., Georgia (2 doors down from Noble) | |
261 | Lawyer Charles | 34 | 1825 | Rice hand, prime | ||
262 | Flora | 28 | 1831 | Rice, prime woman | ||
263 | Lucy | 1 | 1858 | |||
264 | Salem | 26 | 1833 | Rice, prime man | ||
265 | Sukey | 26 | 1833 | Rice, prime woman | ||
266 | Eddy | 3 | 1856 | |||
267 | Grace | 3 mos | 1859 | |||
268 | Sandy | aged | ? | Lumber man | ||
269 | Rina | aged | ? | Rice | ||
270 | Grace | 18 | 1841 | Rice, prime young woman | ||
271 | York | 15 | 1844 | Rice, prime boy | ||
272 | Fanny | 11 | 1848 | Rice, prime girl | ||
273 | Peter | 41 | 1818 | Rice hand, prime | ||
274 | Jennie | 22 | 1837 | Rice, prime woman | ||
275 | Sancho | 3 | 1856 | Found: Sancho Bennett, Darien, McIntosh County, GA 1880 Census (laborer in rice fields). | ||
276 | Peter | 1 | 1858 | Found: Peter Bennett, The Islands, Chatham County, GA, 1880 Census | ||
277 | Eli | 35 | 1824 | Rice hand, prime | ||
278 | Dorcas | 32 | 1827 | Rice, prime woman | Girlfriend of Jeffery(#319). Tried to get married before the auction but to no avail. Sold with this family to South Carolina | |
279 | Celia | 10 | 1849 | Prime girl | ||
280 | Rose | 7 | 1852 | |||
281 | Eliza | 6 mos | 1858 | |||
282 | Phillip | 38 | 1821 | Cotton hand | ||
283 | Amarita | 27 | 1832 | Cotton, prime woman | ||
284 | John | 12 | 1847 | Prime boy | ||
285 | William | 10 | 1849 | Prime boy | ||
286 | Nero | 8 | 1851 | |||
287 | Abraham | 3 | 1856 | |||
288 | Chloe | 6 mos | 1858 | |||
289 | Joshua’s Molly | 42 | 1817 | Rice hand | ||
290 | Cain | 22 | 1837 | Rice, prime man | ||
291 | Abby | 8 | 1851 | |||
292 | Peter | 7 | 1852 | |||
293 | Robin | 54 | 1805 | Rice hand | ||
294 | Chloe | 46 | 1813 | Rice hand | ||
295 | Trial | 23 | 1836 | Rice hand–simple | ||
296 | Harriet | 18 | 1841 | Rice, prime young woman | ||
297 | Sue | 10 | 1849 | |||
298 | Congo Frank | 26 | 1833 | Rice, prime man | ||
299 | Maria | 23 | 1836 | Rice hand–asthma | ||
300 | Emanuel | 1 | 1858 | |||
301 | Mary | aged | ? | Cotton | ||
302 | Ann | 21 | 1838 | Cotton, prime woman | ||
303 | Hampton | 17 | 1842 | Cotton, prime young man | ||
304 | Robbin | 5 | 1854 | |||
305 | Cezar | 34 | 1825 | Rice–sore hand | ||
306 | Betty | 27 | 1832 | Rice, prime woman | ||
307 | Laban | 5 | 1854 | |||
308 | Paul | 2 | 1857 | Is this Paul Singleton? Drums and Shadows, Tin City. | ||
309 | Lucy | 36 | 1823 | Rice hand | ||
310 | Sarah | 9 | 1850 | |||
311 | Quamina | aged | ? | Rice | Is this Reuben’s (#248) brother? | |
312 | Molly | 50 | 1809 | Cotton hand | ||
313 | Caleb | 15 | 1844 | Cotton, prime boy | Is this Caleb Freeney of Florida? | |
314 | Helena | 10 | 1849 | Cotton, prime girl | ||
315 | Prince | 21 | 1838 | Cotton, prime man | $670 | |
316 | Amity | 22 | 1837 | Cotton | $670 | |
317 | Reuben | 1 | 1858 | $670 | Is this Reuben Freeney of Florida? | |
318 | Quamino | 1 | 1858 | $670 | ||
319 | Jeffrey * | 23 | 1836 | Cotton, prime hand | $1,310 | Boyfriend of Dorcas(#278). Tried to get married before the auction but to no avail. He was sold to the Dismal Swamp of North Carolina. |
320 | Mingo | 54 | 1805 | Cotton hand | Is Mingo’s real name Daniel or Samuel? | |
321 | Eve | 54 | 1805 | Cotton hand | ||
322 | Dembo* | 20 | 1839 | Cotton, prime young man | $1,320 | Husband of Frances, #404. Both sold to Alabama. Found? In the Freedman’s Bank records for Huntsville, Alabama along with wife Frances. Name: Louis Bond. Also found Lewis, Frances, and Nathan Turner in Huntsville, Alabama |
323 | Patty | 17 | 1842 | Cotton, prime young woman | Is this Hannah? (See Louis Bond on “Found” tab.) | |
324 | John | 12 | 1847 | Cotton, prime young man | Is this William? (See Louis Bond on “Found” tab.) Brother John Bond (see “Found” tab) | |
325 | Bill (shoemaker) | 58 | 1801 | Rough shoemaker | Father of Sallie, line 400. | |
326 | Patty | 51 | 1808 | Cotton | ||
327 | Flanders | 29 | 1830 | Rice, prime man | Found on the 1870 Census for Darien, McIntosh County, Georgia. Last name Bleach | |
328 | Lucy | 23 | 1836 | Cotton, prime woman | Flanders (Philander) is the son of Ned and Sena Bleach. | |
329 | Katy | 3 | 1856 | Katie Bleach is Katie Hix by 1880. Has a daughter named Philanda Hix. Kate Hicks and family can be found on the 1900 census living with her brother Isaac Green in Darien, GA. Katie’s daughter Rhena (Rena) married Lee Hutcherson. | ||
330 | Patty | 3 mos | 1859 | Patty is not listed on the 1870 Census. | ||
331 | Haney | 20 | 1839 | Cotton, prime woman | ||
332 | William | 16 | 1843 | Cotton, very prime | ||
333 | Martin | 44 | 1815 | Rice hand | Martin and Charity Butler found on 1870 Census in District 7, Chatham County, Georgia. | |
334 | Charity | 39 | 1820 | Rice hand | Found with children Charity, 14, and Nelly, 10 | |
335 | Beck | 20 | 1839 | Rice | ||
336 | Martin | 19 | 1840 | Cotton, prime young man | ||
337 | Lucy | 16 | 1843 | Cotton, prime young woman | ||
338 | Peter | 13 | 1846 | Cotton, prime boy | ||
339 | Ruth | 6 | 1853 | |||
340 | Charity | 3 | 1856 | |||
341 | Goin | 39 | 1820 | Rice hand | $400 | |
342 | Cassander | 35 | 1824 | Cotton | $400 | Hand has fits |
343 | Emiline | 19 | 1840 | Cotton | $400 | |
344 | Judy | 11 | 1848 | Cotton | $400 | |
345 | Dorcas | 17 | 1842 | Cotton | $1,200 | |
346 | Joe | 3 mos. | 1859 | $1,200 | ||
347 | Tom | 22 | 1837 | Cotton | $1,260 | |
348 | Judge Will | 55 | 1804 | Rice | $325 | |
349 | Lowden | 54 | 1805 | Cotton | $300 | Found London (should be Lowden) and Hagar Bennett 1870 Census for Brunswick, Glynn County, GA. Lowden and Hagar are the parents of Rina (#116) Source: SavannahConnect news article dated March 2008, regarding historical marker for Butler slave auction. |
350 | Hagar | 50 | 1809 | Cotton | $300 | Was Hagar a muslim? |
351 | Lowden Jr. | 15 | 1844 | Cotton | $300 | |
352 | Silas | 13 | 1846 | Cotton | $300 | |
353 | Lettia | 11 | 1848 | Cotton | $300 | Name is Letitia according to the SavannahConnect new article dated March 2008, regarding historical marker for Butler slave auction. |
354 | Fielding | 21 | 1838 | Cotton | $1,295 | Is this Fielding Bennett on 1880 Census for Darien, Georgia? |
355 | Abel | 19 | 1840 | Cotton | $1,295 | Was Abel a Muslim? |
356 | Smith’s Bill | aged | ? | Sore legs | Withdrawn. Found on the 1880 Census for Darien, McIntosh, Georgia. Last name Williams. | |
357 | Leah | 46 | 1813 | Cotton | Withdrawn | |
358 | Sally | 9 | 1850 | Withdrawn | ||
359 | Adam | 24 | 1835 | Rice, prime man | $570 | Son of Leah and Caesar, and brother of Amey (Source: Them Dark Days by William Dusinberre) |
360 | Charlotte | 22 | 1837 | Rice, prime woman | $570 | |
361 | Leah | 1 | 1858 | $570 | ||
362 | Maria | 47 | 1812 | Rice hand | $950 | |
363 | Luna | 22 | 1837 | Rice, prime | $950 | |
364 | Clementina | 17 | 1842 | Rice, prime | $950 | |
365 | Tom | 48 | 1811 | Rice hand, prime | $700 | |
366 | Harriet | 41 | 1818 | Rice hand | $700 | |
367 | Wanney | 19 | 1840 | Rice | $700 | Male |
368 | Deborah | 6 | 1853 | $700 | ||
369 | Infant | 3 mos. | 1859 | $700 | ||
(Chattel 370-400 is missing) | ||||||
401 | London’s Kit | 26 | 1833 | Rice | Is this the child of cooper London? | |
402 | Jane | 22 | 1837 | Cotton | ||
403 | Jacob | 21 | 1838 | Cotton | ||
404 | Frances* | 20 | 1839 | $1,320 | Wife of Dembo, #322. Both sold to Alabama. Found? In the Freedman’s Bank records for Huntsville, Alabama along with husband Louis. Name: Louis Bond. Also found Lewis, Frances, and Nathan Turner in Huntsville, Alabama (18 | |
405 | Lucy | 18 | 1841 | Cotton | ||
406 | Silas | 26 | 1833 | ? | ||
407 | Phoebe | 19 | 1840 | ? | Is this the daughter of Betty and Driver Frank? | |
408 | Infant | ? | ? | |||
409 | Lamotte | 23 | 1836 | ? | ||
410 | Martha | 22 | 1837 | ? | ||
411 | Peter | 24 | 1835 | Cotton | Is this the son of Sukey and Rentee? | |
412 | Lydia | 24 | 1835 | Cotton | ||
413 | Dicey | 20 | 1839 | Cotton | Is this the daughter of Sukey and Rentee (shoemaker)? | |
414 | Anson | 21 | 1838 | Rice, prime man | ||
415 | Mark | 24 | 1835 | Rice, prime man | ||
416 | Jonas | 23 | 1836 | Rice, prime man | ||
417 | Kate | ? | ? | Rice, prime woman | ||
418 | Infant | ? | ? | |||
419 | Guy | 20 | 1839 | Rice, prime man | $1,280 | |
420 | Jeffrey | 18 | 1841 | ? | ||
421 | Andrew | ? | ? | $1,040 | Lost right eye | |
422 | Hannah | 23 | 1836 | Cotton, prime woman | Is this Hannah Baker, daughter of Ned Bleach and Caseny (Sena) Baker? | |
423 | Thomas | 21 | 1838 | Cotton hand | Is this Thomas Baker, son of Ned Bleach and Caseny (Sena) Baker? | |
424 | Ezekiel | 17 | 1842 | Cotton, prime young man | Is this Ezekiel Baker, son of Ned Bleach and Caseny (Sena) Baker? | |
? | William* | ? | ? | carpenter | $1,750 | also a caulker |
? | Jane* | ? | ? | cotton | $1,250 | also a house servant (I believe Jane, the house servant, was retained.) |
? | Shoemaker Bill’s Sally | aged | ? | “ |
May the world never forget The Weeping Time and the Gullah/Geechee families that were destroyed on that day. May de Gullah/Geechee ooman’s tears stop flowing as e pray.
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