This sale notice appeared in the Georgia Messenger in Nov 1828. Elisha Farnell had died intestate (no will) in Spring 1823, in Pulaski County, Georgia. William, his eldest son, was appointed estate administrator, but he was not a very good one. He was eventually replaced as administrator. He had won a land lottery in Houston County and thus had land and other property, including slaves, there. Despite this sale notice, Maria was still with his family at the close of the Civil War. By that time they lived in Columbia County, Florida. Maria was found only one time after 1865 in the 1870 census with her husband, Frank Green. Since she would have been about 60 years of age, it is assumed she died after that, possibly around 1876, because the following year, her son, Randel Farnell, moved his family, including my grandmother, Lela, to neighboring Suwannee County, FL (Live Oak) where his wife’s (Sallie Jacobs Farnell) family lived. #slavesale #slavery #africanamericangenealogy #houstoncountyga #liveoakfl #blackhistory #womenshistory #slavewomen https://www.instagram.com/p/BvW5K49gAUN/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1786zjjqpilcv