They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Used as Collateral (Miller, Thiess)

Enslaved Persons Named: Abram, Bob, Moses, Affee, Tom, Bess, Rose

On March 2, 1857, David A. Miller and Jacob Thiess, Liberty County, used as collateral on a promissory note of $1070 to the executors of John Lambert’s estate (Thomas Mallard, Ezra Stacy, William Q. Baker, William Jones, John B. Mallard) the following named negro Slaves with the increase of the females – Abram about twenty four years old, Bob about twenty two years old, Moses about thirteen years old, Affee about eleven years old, Tom about nine years old, Bess about seven years old, and Rose about five years old. Witnessed by Albert Mobley, H.C. Parker, J.O. Recorded on June 1, 1857, by S.A. Fraser, Clerk. 

Source: Family Search.org. Liberty County Superior Court “Deeds and mortgages, 1777-1920; general index to deeds and mortgages, 1777-1958,” Film: Deeds & Mortgages, v. O-P 1854-1870,” Record Book O, p 304. Image #196. (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-RS57-4?i=195&cat=292358)