Slaves of William Whitaker, Baldwin County 1837

Names of negroes of William Whitaker
of Baldwin County, Ga. and their ages in 1837:
Name	Age	Price
Dave	55 or 60	450
Amy	58	250
Wiley	27	1,000
Dinah	43	350
Bonds	17	1,000
Betsey	9	400
Caroline	7	400
Eliza	5	350
Cater and her child Mariah	22 3	1,000
Jinney and her child, Frances	20	800
Emily and her child, Mary	34 8	800
Edmond	17	800
Dick	15	900
Amy	13	650
Greasy	11	500
Bitty	9	400
John	7	450
Ned	5	300
Rasha	3	250
Elvira	19	1,000
Floid	1	0
Fanny	32	100
Lewis	13	800
Harriet	12	600
Robert	9	500
Alfred	6	400
George	4	300
Smith	2	175
Meser	-	0
Bob	31	1,000
Marion	30	700
Henry	13	800
Dave	11	700
Ann	9	600
Mitchel	7	500
Martha	3	300
Flander	22	1,200
Lucy	25	800
Driver	9	450
Julian	6	400
Susan	3	250
Ellick	26	1,000
Charity	23	1,000
Anderson	7	400
Hector	5	300
Louisa	3	250
Hector	55	350
Binah	55	200
Pomp	24	900
Henry	20	1,000
Jerry	16	800
Jess	41	800
Annie	39	700
Isaac	55	150
Isaac	50	450
Abraham	43	900
Annie	31	1,000
Aaron	26	1,000
Peter	19	900

"Betsy, Elvira, Amy, Driver, and Henry, slaves of William Whitaker, are remembered by the writer. Betsy and Driver were married, as were Henry and Amy, and continued to live on the place until their death."

Will of William Whitaker, recorded in Baldwin County, 1837 states:
"Item 4th: And it is my wish and desire that my negro woman, Clarisa, now in the possession of my brother, Simon Whitaker, be equally divided between his firs wife's children, whenever the youngest comes of age, and for my brother to keep the negro woman to aid him in raising the children until the time specified above."
"Item 6th: and in case of the death or removal to a distance, of my son, James C. Whitaker, my son, Samuel E. Whitaker, shall then be legally authorized as one of my Executors when he comes of age, and noththing herein contained to prevent James C. Whitaker from having his lot of property, a certain negro by the name of Aaron only having regard to equality, and also I wish my mother to be supported out of my estate, with everything necessary for her comfort, and such things as may be necssary for her declining age."

Source: Our Children's Ancestry, Sarah Cantey Whitaker Allen, 1935.

Contributed by Adam L. Adolphus