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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Liberty County Estate Inventory – Edmund Bacon

Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Deceased: Edmund Bacon
Date Sworn: 1816-05-17
Appraisers: James Girardeau, John Bacon, Wm. [William] N. Way
Estate Administrator: Thomas Bacon, Esq.
Court Official: Oliver Stevens, J.J.C.L.C.
Date Recorded: 1816-06-22
Total Value of Estate: $4402.87
Value of enslaved persons: $3730

Celia 450 wench
George 250 boy
Frank 200 boy
Frank 350 fellow
Marlborough 700
fellow [alt: Malboro, Marlboro]
Charles 700 fellow
Dinah 400 wench
Jacob 400 boy
Scipio 280 boy


Find the digitized original at
: “Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990,” images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-893L-P2D?cc=1999178&wc=9SYT-PT5%3A267679901%2C268032901 : 20 May 2014), Liberty > Wills, appraisements and bonds 1790-1850 vol B > image 366 of 689; county probate courthouses, Georgia.

These antebellum estate inventories and appraisals generally included all the deceased person’s “property,” including enslaved persons. Only those names are documented here for historical and genealogical purposes. Anyone interested in the actual property owned by the deceased may find it at the link at the bottom of the page. Names are listed in the original order, as this often gives very valuable information about family groupings or the age of children (who may be listed in age order).