Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Deceased: Baker, John [listed as “John Baker B. deceased”] [see note in comment section]
Date Sworn: not listed
Appraisers: Jas [Alt: James] McCollugh [Alt: McCullough], Thos [Alt: Thomas] Sumner, John Osgood
Estate Administrator: Thomas Stevens, William Baker Senr [Alt: Senior]
Court Officer: not listed
Date Recorded: not listed
Recording Official: not listed
Total Value of Property Appraised: 193 pounds 14 shillings 7 pence
Value of enslaved persons: 172 pounds
Comments: Amounts in pounds, not dollars; date of inventory not listed but likely in early 1790’s, based on inventories before and after. [NOTE: According to the History and Published Records of Midway Congregational Church, Liberty County, Georgia, by James Stacy, p. 30, “we frequently meet in the Records of the church and even of the county courts, with the letters B and R after the name of John and William Baker. As there were two of these names, one John, the son of John, and another the son of Benjamin; and one William, the son of Benjamin, and another the son of Richard, these letters were used to distinguish them. Thus John Baker B, or William Baker B, was the son of Benjamin, whilst William Baker R was the son of Richard Baker.”]
| Enslaved Person Named | Value | Description |
| Joe | 40 | “Negro man Joe” |
| Silvia [Alt: Sylvia] | 20 | “Woman Silvia” |
| Tenah | 45 | “Woman Tenah” |
| Jacob | 30 | “Boy Jacob” |
| Patty | 22 | “Girl Patty” |
| Tenah | 15 | “Girl Tenah” |
Find the digitized original at: “Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G93L-P12?cc=1999178&wc=9SYT-PT5%3A267679901%2C268032901 : 20 May 2014), Liberty > Wills, appraisements and bonds 1790-1850 vol B > image 181 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).