Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Deceased: Wilkins, Joseph C.
Date Sworn: 1860-05-17
Appraisers: W.W. Winn, Benjamin S. Screven, L.J. Mallard, E.B. Way
Estate Administrator: Valentine Grest
Court Officer: Joseph Ashmore, J.P.
Date Recorded: 1861-04-12
Recording Official: W.P. Girardeau, O.L.C.
Total Value of Property Appraised: $35,971.30
Value of enslaved persons: $33,750.00
Comments: “Hall’s Knowl, Liberty Co. Ga December 1st 1860. We, the undersigned being requested by Valentine Grest administrator of estate of J.C. Wilkins to appraise the property of said estate last spring and now being called upon to assess the sum necessary to the support and maintenance of the widow and children of said deceased do assess the amount of five thousand dollars to the support and maintenance….” Same appraisers.
| Enslaved Person Named | Value | Desc. |
| Dick | 1300 | carpenter” |
| Dick | 650 | “shoe maker” |
| Sampson | 500 | |
| Caesar | 400 | “Old Ceaser” |
| John | 1000 | |
| George | 300 | |
| Jacob | 300 | “Driver” |
| Clem | 1000 | |
| Stephen | 800 | |
| Isaac | 1000 | |
| Hazzard | 1000 | |
| Jim | 1000 | “Jim (?ack)” |
| Ned | 1000 | |
| Jim | 1000 | “Jim (Sara)? |
| Nella | 1000 | |
| Harry | 500 | |
| Cyrus | 800 | |
| Peter | 750 | |
| Mingo | 700 | |
| Samuel | 500 | |
| Guy | 500 | |
| George | 500 | “Little George” |
| Henry | 100 | |
| Lucy | 50 | “Lucy (old)” |
| Maria | 300 | |
| Matilda | 400 | |
| Sara | 300 | alt: Sarah |
| Eliza | 400 | |
| Bama | 350 | |
| Franky | 400 | |
| Dianna | 650 | alt: Diana |
| Flora | 800 | |
| Bama | 150 | |
| Penda | 800 | |
| Nelly | 800 | |
| Charlotte | 800 | |
| Affie | 800 | alt: Affee |
| Nelly | 800 | |
| Silla | 800 | alt: Cilla, Scylla |
| Nancy | 300 | |
| Fanny | 800 | |
| Bina | 800 | alt: Binah |
| Fanny | 700 | “Little Fanny” |
| Mary | 650 | |
| Susan | 600 | |
| Sallie | 400 | alt: Sally |
| Rose | 325 | |
| Bedford | 250 | |
| William | 250 | |
| Stepney | 300 | “Little Stepney” |
| Arthur | 300 | |
| Stepney | 1000 | “Big Stepney” |
| Sarah | 800 | “(house ser)” |
| Alie | 275 | |
| Frank | 800 |
Find the digitized original at: “Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L93T-XYYM?cc=1999178&wc=9SB7-6T5%3A267679901%2C268014801 : 20 May 2014), Liberty > Miscellaneous probate records 1850-1863 vol C and L > image 254 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).