Camden County GA

Camden County, Georgia Marriages 1787-1850

Camden County, Georgia – Marriage Records 1787-1850. Georgia marriage records which comprise a period of years between 1787-1850 for Camden County, Georgia. There are many missing years, including a block of years between 1797-1814, and the year 1840. We are unsure if marriages just did not occur during this time period, or if the records were lost, or just not recorded. This is a transcript of the marriage books, and only contains the groom, bride, and date of marriage.

Slave Narrative of Irene Coates

Interviewer: Viola B. Muse Person Interviewed: Irene Coates Location: Jacksonville, Florida Immediately after slavery in the United States, the southern white people found themselves without servants. Women who were accustomed to having a nurse, maid, cook and laundress found themselves without sufficient money to pay wages to all these. There was a great amount of work to be done and the great problem confronting married women who had not been taught to work and who thought it beneath their standing to soil their hands, found it very difficult. There were on the other hand many Negro women who needed work … Read more