Read-GA-Inventory-1862

In recording some information on ancestors from Newton Co., GA I ran across these folk's names and ages in wills. If there is another forum to which I should also post these, please let me know. I'm also posting this to slaveinfo.com   I can imagine how difficult it must be to search without information such as this...
Julie O'Neil Perkins

Slave Information

Newton County, GA Estate Records  Vol II  1822-1900
pp 74-77
1862

SAMUEL PARKS READ
... wife: Caroline Elizabeth READ ... [she either remarried or died before 1864, as there is an inventory of his estate done, with William T. as administrator] ... 300 acres in Newton County, GA

slave inventory:
... JOHN (mulatto) - age 6
... GEORGE - age 11
... FRANK - age 13
... JULIA - age 10
... MELINDA - age 18
... MARTHA - age 16
... CATHERINE - age 26, and "with a child"

Contributed by: "Julie O. Perkins" jperkins@orwell.coweta.k12.ga.us