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Richard Malcolm Johnston legal document

Richard Malcolm Johnston legal document

Descriptive Summary

Title: Richard Malcolm Johnston legal document
Creator: Johnston, Richard Malcolm, 1822-1898
Dates: 1859
Language(s): English
Extent: 1 folder(s)
Collection Number: ms2391
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Preferred Citation

Richard M. Johnston legal document, ms2391, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2018.


Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Enslaved persons -- Georgia
Johnston, Richard Malcolm, 1822-1898
Legal documents.
Slave records -- Georgia.
Slavery -- Georgia -- History.

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11Legal document
Consists of a legal document transferring property from Richard Malcolm Johnston of Hancock County, Georgia, to Willie Edwards Bonner. Includes perceived property of an enslaved woman named Modena (36); her children Horace (14), Charlotte (5), Amy (2), and Caroline (16). Also lists Caroline's children Sidney (2) and Abram (3 months). Malcolm Johnston in turn appoints Ezekiel F. Cothern [Cawthon ?] as guardian of Willie Edwards Bonner