Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Deceased: Hardy, John
Date Sworn: not listed
Appraisers: Lac. [Lachlan] McIntosh, Wm [Alt: William] Maxwell H.B., John Couper
Estate Administrator: Mary Hardy, Joseph T. Hardy, John Graves
Court Officer: not listed
Date Recorded: not listed
Recording Official: not listed
Total Value of Property Appraised: 440 pounds, 10 shillings
Value of enslaved persons: 257 pounds, 10 shillings
Comments: Amounts in pounds, not dollars; date of inventory not listed but likely in early 1790’s, based on inventories before and after. [NOTE: After the list of enslaved people in the inventory, the following words are written, which appear to be directed at enslaved man Joe: “Condemned by Jury & by the order [of] the Judges to be committed untill Transported which Sentence has been complied with.”]
| Enslaved Person Named | Value | Description |
| John | 20 | |
| Gloster | 25 | |
| Jack | 50 | |
| Porter | 37 pounds, 10 shillings | |
| Sam | 40 | |
| Guy | 20 | |
| Phillis | 15 | [Alt: Phyllis] |
| Fanny | 40 | |
| Joe | 10 |
Find the digitized original at: “Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G93L-P99T?cc=1999178&wc=9SYT-PT5%3A267679901%2C268032901 : 20 May 2014), Liberty > Wills, appraisements and bonds 1790-1850 vol B > image 183 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).