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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Liberty County Will – Eliza Quarterman Mallard

Will Summary:

Testator: Eliza Quarterman Mallard, Liberty County, State of Georgia

Bequests:

  • To her beloved mother Lydia Mallard she gives her “negro woman slave Hagar.”

  • Gives remainder of her estate both real and personal to her mother Lydia, her brother John, and her sisters Ann & Mary to be equally divided between them, share and share alike.

Executors: mother Lydia Mallard and friend William Quarterman Baker

Date signed 1 June 1821

Witnesses: Elizabeth Quarterman, Rebecca E. Mallard, Thos. [Thomas] Mallard

Probated by Thomas Mallard on 8 May 1840

Recorded 14 July 1840

See original will at: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L93L-GCVY?i=580&wc=9SYT-PT5%3A267679901%2C268032901&cc=1999178