They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Bacon/Jones)

Enslaved Persons Named: Sarah Ann

On December 6, 1859, Oliver T. Bacon sold to Miss Laura C. Jones for $500 “one negro girl Slave named Sarah Ann about eight or nine years of age.” Witnessed by T.R. McConnell, W.P. Girardeau Not. Pub. Recorded on December 20, 1859, 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 559. Image #329. (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-RSTW-B?i=328&cat=292358)