Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Deceased: Gilliland, Mary M.
Date Sworn: 1859-08-30 (see comments)
Appraisers: See comments
Estate Administrator: Gaulden, William B (see comments)
Court Officer: W.P. Girardeau, O.L.C.
Date Recorded: 1863-10-12
Recording Official: W.P. Girardeau, O.L.C.
Total Value of Property Appraised: $5241.00
Value of enslaved persons: $3000.00
Comments: The estate was apparently first inventoried in 1857, according to this document: “Inventory of the Estate of Mary M. Gilliland deceased, as conveyed to Wm. B. Gaulden by Trust deed of Susan R. Dudley dated sixteenth (16th) of January 1857, and which was received by him as Trustee about the last of January 1857. After the inventory appears this document: “Personally appeared Wm. B. Gaulden and Susan R. Dudley and Virginia C. Dudley, who being duly sworn saith on oath that the above is a just and true and full return of the property of Mary M. Gilliland deceased, conveyed to Wm. B. Gaulden Trustee, and by him taken possession of the first (1st) February 1857.” Sworn to before W.P. Girardeau, Ordinary, Liberty County, on 30 August 1859, and all not recorded until October 1863.
| Enslaved Person Named | Value | Desc. |
| Cyrus | 1500 | “a mulatto man aged about 24 years” |
| Lucy | 500 | “a mulatto woman aged about 50 years” |
| Laura | 1000 | “a mulatto woman aged about 20 years” |
Find the digitized original at: “Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L93T-XYY4?cc=1999178&wc=9SB7-6T5%3A267679901%2C268014801 : 20 May 2014), Liberty > Miscellaneous probate records 1850-1863 vol C and L > image 257 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).