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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Liberty County Estate Inventory – Enoch Daniel

Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Deceased: Enoch Daniel
Date Sworn: 1864-02-01
Appraisers: Eli McFail, Newman Bradley, Jesse Futch, James R. Bird, Benjamin Darsey
Estate Administrators: A.B. Daniel and Mrs. A.E. Daniel
Court Officer: Benjamin Darsey, J.P.
Date Recorded: 1864-03-29
Recording Official: W.P. Girardeau, O.L.C.
Total Value of Property Appraised: $31785
Value of enslaved persons: $21550
Comments: Also listed: 6000 acres of land in Liberty County, appraised at $8000.00 and 202 ½ cres of land in Sumpter County, appraised at $400.00, Confederate money $885.00. An attached document regarding 12 months support for Enoch Daniel’s widow, named as Mrs. A.E. Daniel, and four minor children listed him as dying on August 26, 1863, and named his children as J.W. C.E. C.C. and T.S. Daniel.

Dick 300 “man”
Elick 300
“man”, [alt: Ellick, Allick, Alleck]
Cyrus 350 “man”, “Cyrus Sr”
Andrew 700 “man”
John 800 “man”
Nero 1000 “man”
Dennis 1100 “man, with tools”
Cyrus 1000 “man”
Czar 1000 “man”
Will 1000 “man”
Laurence 1000 “man”, [alt: Lawrence]
Richard 700 “man”
George 700 “man”
Peny 300 “woman”, [alt: Penny]
Margaret 1000
“Margaret and child, Negro woman”
Nancy 400 “woman”
Jim 800 “boy”
Isah 600 “boy”, [alt: Isaiah]
March 400 “boy”
Jonas 300 “boy”
Julian 550 “girl”
Caty 700 “Caty & child”
May 650 “boy”
Pery 550 “boy” [alt: Perry]
Columbus 450 “boy”
Alfred 350 “boy”
Lydia 300 “girl”
Rachel 600 “woman”
Diana 750 “woman”
Sarah 650 “woman”
Worick 450 “boy”, [alt: Warwick]
Amand 350 “girl”; [alt: Amanda?]
Hetty 550 “girl”
Doll 450 “girl”
Stephen 450 “boy”

Find the digitized original at: “Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990,” images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-893L-RJFQ?cc=1999178&wc=9SYY-ZNP%3A267679901%2C268025701 : 20 May 2014), Liberty > Wills 1863-1942 vol C-D > image 36 of 430; 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).