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GILLIAM MILLER & COMPANY
My GGM Dorcas Smathers and son Jefferson were bought July 1863 per oral hx directly off auction block in Charleston Sc. by Levi Smathers of Haywood Co NC. Trying to find previous slave owner.Need no info on Levi Smathers. Gilliam Miller & CPO is the name at the bottom of the document.. Made trips to Charleston and Columbia SC looking for info buthave found nothing yet.Any idea how I can ascertain who this Company is. Thank you. Maybe this is not the name!!
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Permalink Reply by Quan Pruitt on
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I'm not sure of the courts in SC but my suggestion is that you check the circuit court records for court cases against the company. It is most likely two people with names Gullium and Miller. Also look for disolution of the partnership of the company. They could also be from a diffrent state with the rights to trade in that state so you might want to check that also. If you are lucky you might find a record of the first sell to them. But if they traveled from one state to another and bought slaves sometime the only record of the sale is in there pocket and never registered with a court.
I found a disolution of partnership in MO at first glance it just look like a compnay fighting over shares because one guy died as you read there agreement they traded in all merchandise including slaves in 4 states including the territory of Mexico. So they had been tradeing for years.
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