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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Liberty County Estate Inventory – William Williams Senr [Senior]

Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Deceased: Williams, William
Date Sworn: 1794-01-18
Appraisers: Saml [Samuel] Fulton, Peter Colman, Henry Maynor
Estate Administrator: not listed
Court Officer: not listed
Date Recorded: 1794-03-28
Recording Official: not listed
Total Value of Property Appraised: 219 pounds, 3 shillings, 8 pence
Value of enslaved persons: 215 pounds
Comments: Amounts in pounds, not dollars. “Warrant dated 18th day of January 1794 and received 28th March 1794.”

Enslaved Person NamedValueDescription
Sanders75“Fellow”
Warrick65“Fellow”
Ress55“Wench Ress of child”
Cloe10“Wench” [Alt: Chloe]
Jack10“Boy”

Find the digitized original at: “Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G93L-P97B?cc=1999178&wc=9SYT-PT5%3A267679901%2C268032901 : 20 May 2014), Liberty > Wills, appraisements and bonds 1790-1850 vol B > image 207 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).