Cannon Quarters Cemetery, Toomsboro
Wilkinson
County, Ga.
AFRICAN-AMERICANS
Cannon Quarters Cemetery, Toomsboro
Wilkinson
County, Ga.
AFRICAN-AMERICANS
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| Year | Number of Slaves | Males Free | Females Free |
| 1810 | 318 | NA | NA |
| 1820 | 1,463 | 6 | 7 |
| 1830 | 1,922 | 3 | 0 |
| 1840 | 1,866 | 7 | 12 |
| 1850 | 2,745 | 0 | 0 |
| 1860 | 3,887 | 7
6 are: John Dupriest 12 M Bob Smith 15 M Brester Herndon 70 B Bryant Taylor 18 M George Moss 30 B Walter Moss 20 |
10. 9 are:
Margaret Lewis 14 M Emma Lewis 15 M Mary Cea 12 M America Delk 9 M Vina Moss 68 B Emeline Moss 16 B Epsey Moss 14 B Jane Moss 25 Margaret Moss 25 |
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Joseph Adkins Estate 1859: Betsy; Furnce: Jane; Jim Micajah
Paulk 1859
R. B. Herndon Estate 1860 Peter Rebecca Jones Estate 1860 Solomon; Hannah William Brown Estate 1860 Not named S. B. Murphey Estate 1862 Not named |
Not Named Estate of Henry Hooks 1862 Jordan, Matthew Joel Butler Will 1862 Alfred; Baalam; Becky; Ben; Bill; Bishop; Daniel; Dennis; Dicey; Edward; Elijah; Eliza; Ellen; Emma Jane; Fanny; Frank; Green; Hannah; Hardy; Joe; John; John; Kitty; Lida; Mariah; Milton; Mint; Monroe; Ned; Robert; Robin; Sallie; Vilet; Wright; Yo(u)ng Joel Butler Estate 1863: |
Not named Wright
J. Shuffield Estate,
Wright J. Shuffield Estate, Elizabeth J. Shuffield 1862 Not named Guardian of Alcy J. Shuffield 1862 Mariah, Dinah, Ned Guardian of William B. Shuffield 1862 Gree
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Not named George K. Whipple Estate 1864 Ann, Bryant, Burrell, Denis, Dorcas, Jacob, Jane, Judah, Len, Letty, Manuel, Margaret, Martha, Mary, Nancy, Ruben, Tony |
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Wilkinson County Will Book 1817-1860. BIVINS, WILLIAM
- 3/5/1828
BROWN, WILLIAM -
7/6/1845
BROWN, WILLIAM F.M.
- 5/5/1857
BUTLER, MALACHI -
1850
CALHOUN, RACHAEL - 3/17/1831
CHAMBERS, HENRY GREENFIELD - 7/5/1854 Slaves: Martha, Joseph, Dow. CHAMBERS, WILLIAM - 10/27/1836
COLLINS, MAJER C. Sr. - 6/4/1846
DOMINEY, FREDERICK Sr.
- 8/26/1829
GAINEY, JOHN - 9/29/1855
GLOVER, KELLY - 11/11/1852
HALL, JOHN - 1850
HATCHER, JAMES - 4/19/1842
HOLLIMAN, DAVID - 11/16/1858
INGRAM, DAVID - 2/1/1828
JACKSON, NATHAN - 4/23/1829
JACKSON, WILLIAM - 9/26/1831
LAMBERT, JOHN - 3/2/1819
LASSETER, ABRAHAM - 3/2/1842
MANSON, JAMES -10/18/1829
McLENDON, MASON - 9/25/1826
O' BANNON, JOHN - 11/18/1853
ROZAR, ROBERT Sr.
- 1/13/1834
SEARS, WINNIE - 2/7/1859
SMITH, WILLIAM - 6/1/1835
TALIAFERRO, JOHN 4/ /1817
- / /1818
THOMAS, JAMES - 8/6/1825
VALENTINE, LEVI - 6/16/1823
VAUGHN, JESSE - 9/10/1825
WHITAKER, RICHARD - 9/27/1842
WHITEHURST, CHARLES Sr.
- / /1840
WILCOX, JAMES - 10/10/1827
BIOGRAPHIES There were six children born to this union: Leola, born Feb. 25, 1894; Maceo William, born December 14, 1899; Ruth A, born June 12, 1902; Samuel E. born March 29, 1905; Louise E, born Feburary 8, 1908; Clifton, born November 10, 1911. Mr. Hubbard was educated in the public school in Irwinton, Ballard Normal School in Macon, Cornell University in Itaca, N.Y. Hampton Institute in Hampton, Va; Fisk University 1892-1896. He was the founder and superintendent of the A & M State School in Forsyth, Ga. in 1900 which was incorporated in 1902. Beginning as a private school with seven pupils it becamae a public school, a county training school and subsquently an Agricultural and Mechanical State School with an enrollment of over seven hundred students Later becoming the State Teachers and Agricultural College. After it closed in 1939 and was reopened as the Hubbard Training School, Monroe County's first black high school. He died in Monroe County March 22, 1941 at the age of 71. Sources: Who's Who in Black America, Federal Census Records, Georgia marriage records and death records at ancestry.com.
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