Slave Owners Ledger – 1837-1842


The following list of Lowndes County slaveholders is taken from the original county ledger in the Billups-Garth Archives of the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library.  The ledger was originally the property of the Lowndes County department of archives and history, but disappeared before the transfer of the department’s records to the public library.  The ledger was purchased by the public library from an antiques dealer in Biloxi, Mississippi, with generous assistance from the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Sciences “Tales from the Crypt” class, who donated a portion of their annual proceeds for the endeavor.

Not all county slaveholders are listed here.  Slave Owners with slaves listed by date of listing


Armstead, Joseph M.	12/01/1838		42
Barnes, Henry T.	12/24/1839		56
Brow, Frederick	07/05/1841		156
Brown, I. M.		12/06/1838		
Brown, Thomas R.	11/26/1838		39
Brownlee, John 	10/24/1837
Clark, James R.	05/11/1838
Crigler, John A.	12/22/1837
Dean, Raby		11/15/1838
Flack, Rufus		11/04/1837
Flack, Thomas		01/14/1841		146
Foley, W. G. L.	06/20/1838
Ford, Isaac		12/22/1838		51
Freeman, Luban I.	02/17/1842		120
Gaines, John W.	11/29/1838		41
Gilmore, Winston	11/08/1838
Gordon, A. G. 		12/03/1838		43
Graves, Henry S.	11/26/1838		40
Harrison, James T.	02/22/1839		57
Heunter, Joseph R.	11/01/183		65
Hubard, R. P.		12/07/1840		135
James M. Mattock 	09/25/1837
Jordan, Johnson	11/16/1837
Kennedy, Jesse	12/27/1839		55
Kidd, C.		11/16/1838		37
Kyle, Harvey		02/10/1842		121
Laks, Justices		01/27/1841		153
Lawley, William	01/22/1840		79
Lee, Henry		11/20/1838		38
Lloyd, James B.	11/31/1839		64
Love, Robert		12/03/1840		133
Matthews, Littleburg	02/21/1840		82
Mayo, Julius R.	11/10/1837
McAllister, John B.	01/05/1842		122
McGlann, Hardy	12/14/1839		71
Miller, Davis		01/03/1838
N----, William W.	01/25/1838
Nelson, James M.	12/22/1837
Noles, Parker E.	02/20/1840		81
Ogilvie, Alfred S.	12/11/1837
Owens, William B.	01/17/1840		73
Pellan, Alexander H.	12/16/1837
Petty, R. C. R.		10/27/1837
Pigues, A. R.		01/11/1838
Poindexter, William 	11/12/1838
Poitevent, John	03/06/1838
Qualls, Eleazar	01/09/1838
Ragan, Banister A.	12/11/1837
Robinson, Robert	11/10/1837
Ryan, B. R.		11/09/1838
Sagares, Silas		11/21/1839		61
Sanford, Samuel M.	10/31/1838
Scott, James		02/01/1840		77
Sedleve, Abraham	03/15/1841		163
Shield, Joseph		12/13/1838		49
Spragin, Malchezah	01/20/1841		152
Stancil, Caswell	07/04/1840		126
Swansey, John		09/25/1837
Taylor, Humphrey	12/11/1837
Taylor, J. W.		12/15/1838		50
Taylor, James W.	09/25/1837
Thomas, Lipe		12/24/1838		53
Trawick, F. L.		12/04/1838
Wallace, David	09/25/1837
Washington, John 	09/23/1837
Weaver, William	11/10/1837
Wilson, Samuel G.	06/20/1838
Wooden		12/27/1838		54
Wyatt, Thomas	01/06/1838
Yancey, J. Y.		03/06/1838