Hello. You guys have been so helpful from my prior post. Thank you! Here's my original post: https://old.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/itcs8y/i_think_there_is_a_slave_grave_on_my_property_ga/
I wanted to give you an update and some more help with the next step of determining if there were slaves on this property. I got a lot of great contacts that you guys provided in the comments. I did hear from Justin at the Society of Black Archaeologists. He was very informative and helpful and pointed me in a few directions.
I was subsequently contacted by a reddit user that works for the GA department of Archaeology that works directly for the GA State Archaeologist, Rachel Black. As I was writing this comment Ms. Black called me so we had a great discussion and she has connected me to a resource at UGA that she believes can help me further.
I went to the Greensboro Historical Society, but sadly it is closed (COVID?) and the phone number is disconnected.
I subsequently started doing some google searches as recommended on census and slaver owner lists. I have found some pretty detailed genealogy of the family and think I've actually found Sarah but the research has a different birth date (1839 vs. 1840 - Ms. Black said that date mistakes in research of this era frequently have errors like this). Here's the link: http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/site/p550.htm#i54978 and the entry I found says:
Sarah Jane Moore F, b. circa 1839, d. circa 1859
Pedigree Last Edited 8 Sep 2006 Birth* circa 1839 Sarah was born circa 1839. Marriage* 22 September 1857 She married James Robert Housand Mapp, son of James Mapp and Mary 'Polly' Wright, on 22 September 1857 at Greene Co, GA. Married Name 22 September 1857 As of 22 September 1857,her married name was Mapp. Death* circa 1859 Sarah died circa 1859. Family James Robert Housand Mapp b. 20 Nov 1836, d. 28 Feb 1900
Child 1. Sarah Mapp b. c 1859
I also found genealogy research that seems to tie on these links as well: https://everyonehasafamilystorytotell.wordpress.com/2015/03/09/slave-name-roll-littleton-mapp-virginia-north-carolina-south-carolina-georgia/amp/
Other unsubstantiated finding - My neighbor who's family has lived here for many generations said that he "thinks" that our land used to be part of "Sunnyside Plantation". I found a small reference to Sunnyside (as a prominent house but not a plantation) in this link: https://www.whiteplainsgeorgia.com/about/history/
Things have dried out a bit now that Hurricane Sally has passed on through and I was able to take some pictures attached here: https://imgur.com/a/Cn8nBTI I've included written comments in the pictures to help add context.
So, a lot to digest. It would really help me if someone could point me at a resource that would identify if J H Mapp owned slaves.
I do apologize, I ought to have read a little closer on your question. While you do have one, as written it is more appropriate for the SASQ thread as it isn't something particularly in-depth that you are looking for. That said, I don't want to keep jerking you around with where to submit your question, so as I had a few minutes free, I was able to check the resource that you would want to use, namely the 1860 Census. The Slave Schedules include an entry for J.H. Mapp. They should be available on several sites, but with a free Ancesrtry.com account, you will be able to access the version I found here.
The record there shows that at the time of the 1860 census, J H Mapp of Greene, Georgia was the enslaver of 25 persons, six of them adults all in their thirties, six teenagers ranging from age 13 to age 18, and thirteen children ranging from age 2 to 12. Names don't appear for any of them on the record, but that is, sadly, to be expected.
He doesn't appear on the 1850 Slave Schedules, which would be expected as he seems to be only 14 at that time, but there are two Mapps listed as enslavers in Greene County, Lucretia, an enslaver of 5 people and Mary, an enslaver of 51 people.. The latter was possibly JH's mother, as the 1850 census lists a John Mapp, age 14, living with her at the time (although James / John? innaucracy there isn't uncommon, and the age and location is enough to seem not a coincidence).
This is really interesting! Thank you for the updates, and I look forward to reading more as you find out more!
Edit: You may also want to check with the local Masonic Lodges, the older ones (the ones with smaller Lodge numbers usually) have written local historical information.