Location: Dougherty County, Georgia
Deceased: Barnard, John B. of Liberty County
Date Sworn: 1862-05-01
Appraisers: H.T Allen, Hamlin J. Cook, A. Hemphill
Estate Executor: N.L. Barnard
Court Officer: D.P.H. Mitchel, J.P.
Date Recorded: 1862-07-12
Recording Official: W.P. Girardeau, O.L.C.
Total Value of Property Appraised:
Value of enslaved persons:
Comments: “Inventory & appraisement of the property belonging to Estate of John B. Barnard late of Liberty County deceased located in Dougherty County”
| Enslaved Person Named | Value | Desc. |
| Jim | 600 | “negro man” |
| Eve | 150 | “negro woman” “Deceased” |
| France | 800 | “negro man” |
| Charity (?) & infant | 250 | word looks like “filefied” |
| Elsey | 100 | “scrofulous” |
| Nativa (?) | 750 | “negro man” |
| Adam | 250 | “negro boy” “fingers hand cut off one” |
| Flanders | 400 | “negro boy” |
| Smart | 600 | “negro man” |
| Lucy | 50 | “negro woman” “Defective Eye” |
| Julia | 450 | “negro girl” |
| Toney | 300 | “negro man” |
| Hannah | 150 | “negro woman” |
| Catey | 600 | “negro woman” |
| Allick | 600 | “negro boy” |
| Elizabeth | 600 | “negro woman” |
| Sophy | 650 | “negro woman” |
| Harriet | 200 | “negro child” |
| Ruffin | 150 | “negro child” |
| Rannus | 600 | “negro boy” |
| Woman & Infant | 700 | no names given |
| Charlotte | 200 | “negro child” |
| Mitchell | 400 | “negro man” |
| Dorcas | 200 | “negro woman” “scrofulous” |
| Betty | 1 | “old” |
Find the digitized original at: “Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G93T-XYPC?cc=1999178&wc=9SB7-6T5%3A267679901%2C268014801 : 20 May 2014), Liberty > Miscellaneous probate records 1850-1863 vol C and L > image 288 of 703.
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).