Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Deceased: Dowse, Gideon
Date Sworn: not listed
Appraisers: Francis Brown, William West, Joseph Law
Estate Executors: Gideon Dowse, John Elliott, Thomas Bradwell
Court Officer: not listed
Date Recorded: not listed
Recording Official: Frances Brown, William West, Joseph Law
Total Value of Property Appraised: 1999 pounds, 9 shillings, 2 pence
Value of enslaved persons: 1725 pounds as written [1785 sum of amounts]
Comments: Amounts in pounds, not dollars; date of inventory not given but most likely in 1790 (based on inventories before and after it in the record book)
| Enslaved Person Named | Value | Description |
| Dandy | 70 | Negro man |
| Cuffy | 70 | Negro man |
| Bram | 60 | Negro man; alt: Abram |
| May | 40 | Negro man |
| Titus | 45 | Negro man |
| Sandy | 50 | Negro man |
| Sampson | 50 | Negro man |
| Prince | 45 | Negro man |
| Lymas | 60 | Negro man; alt: Lymus |
| Maurice | 5 | Negro man |
| Simon | 5 | Negro man |
| Peg | 50 | Wench |
| Nelly | 55 | Wench |
| Charlotte | 50 | Wench |
| Mag | 50 | Wench; “House Mag” |
| Mag | 55 | Wench; “Field Mag” |
| Betty | 50 | Wench |
| Tenah | 55 | Wench |
| Hannah | 55 | Wench |
| Bella | 45 | Wench |
| Lucy | 55 | Wench |
| Sylvia | 37 | Wench |
| Chloe | 30 | Wench |
| Dinah | 5 | Wench |
| Judith | 5 | Wench |
| Toby | 45 | Negro boy |
| Joe | 40 | Negro boy |
| Goliah | 40 | Negro boy; possibly meant Goliath |
| Cyfax | 30 | Negro boy; alt: Syphax |
| Peter | 30 | Negro boy |
| Joe | 28 | Negro boy |
| Dick | 20 | Negro boy |
| Salem | 16 | Negro boy |
| Scipio | 16 | Negro boy |
| March | 12 | Negro boy |
| Harry | 12 | Negro boy |
| Charles | 12 | Negro boy |
| George | 10 | Negro boy |
| Toney | 10 | Negro boy |
| Willoby | 50 | Negro girl; alt Willoughby |
| Hagar | 90 | Negro girl |
| Tenah | 25 | Negro girl |
| Murriah | 27 | Negro girl |
| Sarah | 20 | Negro girl |
| Phebe | 25 | Negro girl; alt Phoebe |
| Juno | 20 | Negro girl |
| Patty | 18 | Negro girl |
| Nanny | 18 | Negro girl |
| Delia | 15 | Negro girl |
| Jemima | 15 | Negro girl |
| Rachel | 12 | Negro girl |
| Esther | 12 | Negro girl |
| Sylvia | 10 | Negro girl |
| Phillis | 10 | Negro girl |
Find the digitized original at: “Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G93L-P98Z?cc=1999178&wc=9SYT-PT5%3A267679901%2C268032901 : 20 May 2014), Liberty > Wills, appraisements and bonds 1790-1850 vol B > image 173 of 689.
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).