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Will From the Old Days Describes a Georgia Planter's Slave Inheritance
The document outlines General Robert Taylor of Athens, Georgia, detailing a legacy that includes Innisfail plantation in Morgan County and a long list of enslaved people. The will appoints his sister Catherine Swift as caretaker of the enslaved and property, with estates divided among heirs and future generations, including plans for Bolling Brook and Peru plantations and numerous named slaves.
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Sanday
Robert Taylor
Savannah
Athens
Clarke
Georgia
Madison
Morgan County
Lfe
Innisfail
Catherine Swift
Edward
Driver
Tom
Polly
Albert
Henry
Mary
Nelly
Flora
Eliza
Sally
Susan
Sarah
Eugenius
Allick
Rose
Clancy
Sally W
John
Davidson
Alonzo
Allen
Emily
Rachael
Old Tom
Bolling Brook
Early County
Peru
Shepperd
Harriett
Margaret
Clarisa
Ben Chill
Wheebe
Tia
Scipio
Lizzie
Phebe
Cyrus
Jesse
Jerry
Delia
Jacob
Amy
Matilda
Ephriam
Len
Morris
Winnie