They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Estate Settlement (Peter Winn)

Enslaved Persons Named: July, Old Joe, Old Tenah, Margaret, Young Tenah, Tiara, Phebe [alt: Phoebe], Hetty, Sammy

On September 7, 1859, P.W. Fleming “for heirs of Anna Fleming” received of Abial Winn, administrator of Peter Winn’s estate, “the following negroes Viz. July, Old Joe, Old Tenah, Margaret, Young Tenah, Tiara, Phebe [alt: Phoebe], Hetty, Sammy, also one hundred & eighty three dollars 33/100 cents in full for the portion of said estate coming to the heirs of Mrs. Ann Fleming.” Witnessec by Joseph Ashmore, J.P. Recorded on September 27, 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 543. Image #321. (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-RSR4-9?i=320&cat=292358)