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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Gould/Gould)

Enslaved Persons Named: Emma

On August 4, 1859, Sarah M. Gould sold for $773 to Geo. [George] W. Walthour, trustee of Mary C. Gould, “a certain negro woman named Emma about seventeen years old and warranted sound.” Witnessed at Walthourville, Liberty County, by Jos. Quarterman, Jas. S. McCollough. Probated by Jas. S. McCollough. Recorded on September 6, 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 541. Image #320. (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-RSPJ-Y?i=319&cat=292358)