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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Liberty County Estate Inventory – Joseph Hargreaves

Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Deceased: Joseph Hargreaves
Date Sworn: 1828-10-16
Appraisers: Wm. [William] Quarterman Baker, Quarterman Way, Thomas Baker
Estate Executor: Thomas Mallard
Court Officer: John Dunwody
Date Recorded: 1828-12-18
Recording Official: E. Baker
Total Value of Estate: $33473
Value of enslaved persons: $31815

Anthony 550  
Rinah 200
[alt: Rhinah, Rhenah], “Old”
Peter 450  
Nanny 400 “young”
Jack 200 “carpenter”
July 300 “Big”
Patty 200  
Charles 450  
Ben 450  
Patsy 300 [alt: Patsey]
Adam 200  
Sary 180  
Cudjoe 350 “Big”
Bella 350 “Big”
Phillis 150 “Little” [alt: Phyllis]
Hetty 400  
John 150  
Ben 75 “Little”
Abram 350 “Big”
Abram 300 “Little”
Phillis 350 “Old” [alt: Phyllis]
Moses 0 Phillis’ Moses idiot
Limerick 150  
Bristol 50 [alt: Brister]
Binkey 50  
Joe 450 Nanny’s Joe
Toney 450  
Binah 400  
Nanny 100 “Old”
Shadrach 200 [alt: Shadrack]
Toney 100 “Little”
Kate 50 “Little”
Bob 425 “Liverpool Bob”
Judy 400  
Will 225  
Joe 350  
Ellick 180 [alt: Allick, Alleck]
Mary 180 “Little”
Ann 150  
Andrew 125  
Grace 75  
William 125 “Little”
Frank 425  
Scipio 50  
Minda 25 “Old”
Wilcher 425  
Rinah 350 [alt: Rhinah, Rhenah]
William 225 “Big”
Edwin 125  
Priam 50 “Little”
Cyrus 225 “diseased”
Abner 450  
Sibby 350 “Little”
Phoebe 300 [alt: Phebe]
Jane 200  
Mingo 200  
Abner 175 “Little”
Staffy 125 [alt: Stafford?]
Rakey 50  
Flora 300  
Tirah 250  
Caesar 450 [alt: Ceasar]
Titus 300  
Joshua 200  
Daphne 175 [alt: Daphny]
Lucy 175  
Tenah 300  
James 250  
Bella 400 “Little”
Doll 200  
Betty 175  
Joe 25  
Century 100  
Isaac 300  
Bobby 400  
Peggy 400  
Walley 300 “big”, [alt: Whalley]
Walley 450 “Little”, [alt: Whalley]
Eve 200  
Rachel 350  
Bob 150 “Little”
Tyrone 150 “Little”
Sandy 150  
Louisa 75  
Priam 450  
Selina 400  
Jenny 125 “Little”
Betsy 100 [alt: Betsey]
Polly 50  
Tyrone 500 “carpenter”
Kate 200  
Anthony 250 “Little”
Lizzy 200  
Binah 200 “Little”
Israel 125  
Balaam 100  
Cudjoe 450 “Little”
Sue 400  
Molly 50  
Cuffee 450 [alt: Cuffy]
Abby 400  
Cuffee 50 [alt: Cuffy], “infant”
Lydia 175  
Linda 100  
Lydia 400 “Big”
????ford 450
hard to read, #106 on list, possibly L. Guilford
June 200 “Old”
June 450 “Young”
March 350  
Tom 350  
Mary 200 “Old”
Sibby 100 “Old”
Harry 400  
Die 400 [alt: Dye]
July 450 “Little”
Rose 250  
Scipio 450  
Jenny 350  
Moses 300  
Dick 225  
Isaac 200 “Little”
Charity 200  
Katy 150  
Sary 100  
Sam 500  
March  
“Big” “absent”, [no value listed]

Find the digitized original at: “Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990,” images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L93L-GC6G?cc=1999178&wc=9SYT-PT5%3A267679901%2C268032901 : 20 May 2014), Liberty > Wills, appraisements and bonds 1790-1850 vol B > image 465 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).