From the Probate files: Jeremiah Warren Part 14, Account Current - January 26, 1835

Once again the executors of Great Uncle Jeremiah Warren's estate filed a report with the Probate Court which included a list of enslaved persons and who hired them for the year.

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Acc't. hiring of the Negroes belonging to the Estate of Jeremiah
     Warren dec'd. for 1833, to wit,
     Jack            to    Jno. Graybill                            105.00
     Hal              "     Wm. Warren                            100.00
     Anderson    "             do                                     100.00
     Meredith     "     R. Warren                                100.00
     Lucy           "             do                                       40.00
     Lethe          "     Mary Warren                              35.00
     Edmund     "     P. Equals                                    100.00
     Dave          "     Geo. W. Butts                            100.00
     Abram       "      Jno. Graybill & J.G. Butts          65.00
     Amy & 3 children " Jno. Arnold Jr.                     45.00
                                                                              $790.00

Hancock County
     Jno. Graybill & Jesse G. Butts Executors &c. being duly
sworn says that the above acc't. hiring &c. is just & true
Sworn to & subscriber before
this 26th day of Jan'y 1835                    John Graybill
     Henry Rogers C.C.O.                         Jesse G. Butts             

Compared with the hiring list for 1833 we can see that Jack and Hal are the only ones to be hired by the same people. Two of Jeremiah's siblings, Mary and Robert, were among the hirers this time. Abram was hired by Graybill and Butts jointly, perhaps to work on the plantation Jeremiah set aside in his will for the benefit of the seven slaves he hoped to see freed within five years? There's no mention of Tom, described as "insane" on the 1833 list but it could be that the $10 coffin bought from John H. Breedlove in the previous year's accounting was for him. John Arnold was also a resident of Hancock County but I've not been able to find any mention of P. Equals in census records.

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John Graybill & Jesse G. Butts Exor's 
1834        In acc't. current with the Est of Jere'h. Warren dec'd
Aug't. 26 To balance pr. acc't rend'd.                                         $ 1974.02-3/4
                " am't. rec''d. upon a final distribution of the assets of }
                  A. Slaughter & C. Labuzan                                        }  75.94
                " " rec'd. J. choice note $24. In't. on do 6.27                    30.27
               " Hire of Negroes for 1834 per acc't rend'd.                    790.00
                                                                                                   $2870.23-3/4
                                                        Cr
               By Cash paid Epps W. Warren                              1          20.34
               "    Eliz'th. Warren                                                 2          21.62-1/2
               "     do  paid   William Warren                               3          31.26
               "      do   "      George Amoss                                 4            3.14
               "      do   " Cha's. Jenkins Atty Com'n collecting   5            3.75
               "      do  " for recording this acc't, & acc't. hiring negroes  1.75
               "  Com'n. on 896.21 am't. rec'd.                           22.40
               "      "        "  81.86-1/2 " paid acct                         2.04     24.44
               " am't. Bal'ce' due                                                           2763.93-1/4
                                                                                                     $2870.23-3/4
Georgia Hancock County
      John Graybill & Jesse G. Butts Exoc's of &c. of Jerem-
iah Warren dec'd being duly sworn says the above acct
current is just & true                                                        
Sworn to & subscribed before               John Graybill
this 26th day of Jan'y 1835                   Jesse G. Butts       
     Henry Rogers C.C.O.    

Census records show that George Amos and Charles Jenkins were residents of Hancock County too.



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From the Probate files: Jeremiah Warren Part 13, Account Current - August 26, 1834

As required, Great Uncle Jeremiah Warren's executors John Graybill and Jesse G. Butts filed an accounting with the Probate Court for 1833 and part of 1834.

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Dr. John Graybill & Jesse G. Butts
     1833     In acct. current with the Estate of J. Warren dec'd.
May 29 To bal[an]ce. due Est for acct. rendered                                  5582.44
       1834
Feb 12   "  amt. collected on a note due by A. Slaughter & C       }
                  Labuzan* in part -- bal[an]ce.not considered desperate}       573.75
Jan 31   "  cash rec'd. Fred'k. Scotts note $27 In't. $3 due dec'd.             30.00
              "    do      "    John I Berrys note 76.50 do 6.81 due dec'd           83.31
Aug't 12 "   do      "   John Ropers note 20,00    do 3.86 due to dec'd.      23.86
               "  Gross sale  3 Bales Cotton in Augusta                                 142.44
                                                                                                            $6435.80
                                            Cr

              By Cash paid Henry Rogers C.C. O.                                   #1      4.56-1/4

               "      do    "  Prince & Ragland 2/Bills $6.75 & &               2&3   13.75

                                                                Forwarded                             $    18.31-1/4

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404                                                          

                                                               Am't. bro't. over                    $       18.31-1/4

            By Cash paid John H. Breedlove making Coffin                    #4     10.--

               "      do    "  Wm Warren services as overseer                        5     27.--   

               "      do    "   A.G. Breedlove                do                              6     75.29

               "      do    "  Jas. H. Burnet acc't proved                                 7     10.79

               "      do    "  Taxes 1832 & 1833  $14.34 & 4.41                 8&9   18.75          

               "      do    "  Chas. J. Jenkins prof'n services                          10    28.65

               "      do    "  Wyatt Harper proved acc't.                                 11    17.86

               "      do    "  Francis H. Cone prof'n services                          12  100.--

               "      do    "  A.C. Layre               do 2 receipts                       13  100.--

               "      do    "  postage, travelling expenses to sell Land etc.    14    10.92

               "      am't paid to Jho. Graybill for ginning 3 Bales Cotton            10.00

               "      am't retained by J. Graybill & Jesse G. Butts under the}

                        will of Jeremiah Warren**                                             }  4000.00

               "      am't paid H. Rogers C.C.O.                                           #15     2.12-1/2

               "      Com p. on $823.36 rec?                                 (21.33) 21.33 }

               "   do " 429.70-1/4 am't. paid out exclusive of the $4000(10.74) 10.74}  32.07

1834

26 Aug's " Balance on hand carried down                                                1974.02-3/4

                                                                                                                 $6435.80                                     Georgia Hancock County

      John Graybill & Jesse G. Butts Exer's of etc. of Jeremiah

Warren dec'd. being duly sworn says that the within acc't. current

is just & true.

Sworn to & subscribed before}                         John Graybill

me this 26th August 1834      }                          Jesse G. Butts

     Henry Rogers C.C.O.

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Georgia Hancock County
     Know all men by these presents that we the undersigned
legatees of Jeremiah Warren later of said County dec'd. in conseque-
ence of the recent failure of Messrs. A Slaughter & C Labuzan who
were indebted to said dec'd. at the time of his death to the amount
of seventeen hundred dollars and upwards, the claim upon them
due the estate of said Warren being in jeopardy we authorise
and consent that the Executors shall adapt such measures as
they may deem expedient to secure said debt or any part of it
by compromise or otherwise other than a suit at Law for the
recovery of the money and we do hereby acquit & forever bare harmless
the said Exrs. from any liability on account of the above nam-
ed debt this 5th March 1834                          Lott Harton
                                                                       William Warren
                                                                       Robert Warren


*Augustine Slaughter and Charles Labuzan were businessmen active in Augusta for many years. Here's a listing for them in an 1823 Commercial Directory:

**In Item 10th in Jeremiah's will.

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