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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Estate Settlement (Peter Winn)

Enslaved Persons Named: Ned, Judy, Joshua, Annie, Emeline, March, Charlotte, Joe, Abram

On September 7, 1859, E.S. Stevens received of A. [Abial] Winn, administrator of the estate of Peter Winn “the following negroes Viz. Ned, Judy, Josehua, Annie, Emeline, March, Charlotte, Joe, Abram, in full for his share of said estate. Witnessed 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)