Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Deceased: Bacon, Joseph R.
Date Sworn: 1860-12-12
Appraisers: Peter W. Fleming, William S. Baker, Leander J. Varnedoe
Estate Executors: Thomas W. Fleming, L.J. Mallard
Court Officer: W.P. Girardeau O.L.C.
Date Recorded: 1864-04-29
Recording Official: W.P. Girardeau, O.L.C.
Total Value of Property Appraised: $17,921.00
Value of enslaved persons: $17,801.00
Comments: Joseph Madison Bacon, one of Joseph R. Bacon’s heirs, had turned 21, so the estate was appraised and divided so that he might take his share “according to his father’s will.” Following was part of the inventory and division: “The undersigned being requested by Thomas W. Fleming and L. J. Mallard qualified executors on the estate of Joseph R. Bacon to appraise & divide the personal & perishable property of the said Estate of Joseph R. Bacon so as Joseph M. Bacon according to the will of his deceased father may receive one third of his mother’s personal claims on his father’s estate and also one eighth of his father’s individual personal & perishable estate do certify that in accordance with the directions & specifications of the will of the said Joseph R. Bacon we proceeded to divide the property known as belonging to Mrs. Oliver [S or L] Bacon into three equal portions as designated by Lots nos. 1 & 2 & 3, viz: “
| Enslaved Person Named | Value | Desc. | Lot # |
| Caesar (Ceasar) | 550 | “Old Ceasar” | 1 |
| Peg | 400 | 1 | |
| Binah | 700 | 1 | |
| Henry | 700 | 1 | |
| Doll | 200 | 1 | |
| Sammie | 800 | 1 | |
| Jane | 450 | 2 | |
| Edmund | 800 | 2 | |
| Flora | 550 | 2 | |
| Rebecca | 700 | 2 | |
| Benjamin | 100 | 2 | |
| Mary | 650 | or May | 2 |
| Mary | 1 | “Old Mary” | 3 |
| Billy | 800 | 3 | |
| Rachel | 700 | 3 | |
| Peter | 150 | 3 | |
| Brister | 500 | 3 | |
| William | 650 | 3 | |
| Sam | 450 | 3 |
“And that Lot No 1 was drawn by Joseph Madison Bacon the remaining two lots reverted to Estate as will be seen by Will of Joseph R. Bacon now on record. We also further certify that we divided Joseph R. Bacon’s individual personal & perishable Estate as explained by will into eight portions as designated in Lots Nos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 as follows:”
| Enslaved Person Named | Value | Desc. | Lot # |
| Anthony | 1000 | “carpenter” | 1 |
| Patty | 550 | 2 | |
| Rose | 75 | 2 | |
| Andrew | 350 | 2 | |
| Frank | 800 | 3 | |
| Willoughby | 300 | 3 | |
| Sampson | 325 | “Driver” | 4 |
| Peggy | 0 | “Old Peggy” | 4 |
| George | 700 | 4 | |
| Dinah | 700 | 5 | |
| Mary | 300 | “Little Mary” | 5 |
| Lindy | 650 | 6 | |
| Catherine | 125 | 6 | |
| Ellen | 175 | 6 | |
| Chloe | 650 | 7 | |
| Nanny | 300 | 7 | |
| Simeon | 250 | 7 | |
| Charlotte | 650 | 8 | |
| Solomon | 220 | 8 |
Joseph Madison Bacon drew lot no. 4. The remainder reverted to the estate.
Find the digitized original at: “Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G93T-XYTZ?cc=1999178&wc=9SB7-6T5%3A267679901%2C268014801 : 20 May 2014), Liberty > Miscellaneous probate records 1850-1863 vol C and L > image 256 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).