GEORGE J. KOLLOCK PLANTATION JOURNALS, #467, 1837- 1861
Papers of this lawyer and cotton planter of Savannah, Ossabaw Island, and Clarkesville,
Georgia, consist of plantation journals recording information about Retreat and Rosedew
plantations and land holdings on Ossabaw Island. The journals contain detailed information on
plantation management and refer specifically to overseers and slaves. Entries include
descriptions of the daily work of slaves; lists of purchased and hired slaves; lists of slave
births, deaths, and illnesses; records of allowances and goods distributed to slaves; rules
concerning slave management, especially the prescribed number of lashings; and reference to a
runaway slave. Microfilm available.