They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Stevens to Walthour)

Enslaved Person Mentioned: Amey

“$350. Savannah. Received from W. Lowndes Walthour three hundred and fifty dollars, being in full for the purchase of a negro slave named Amey aged about thirty years…” Signed H. M. Stevens. Recorded on 12 November 1860 by Jesse Brewer, Clerk. 

Source: Family Search.org. Liberty County Superior Court “Deeds and mortgages, 1777-1920; general index to deeds and mortgages, 1777-1958,” Film: Deeds & Mortgages, v. O-P 1854-1870,” Record Book P, p. 114 (images #429). (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-RS5L-7?i=428&cat=292358)