They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Legal Settlement (Clark/Haymonds)

Enslaved Persons Named: Aron [alt: Aaron], Lizetta, Muriah [alt: Murriah]

On December 13, 1859, Stanton Haymonds Junr, Bryan County, acknowledged receipt of “three negro slaves to wit Aron, Lizetta, and Muriah” from John and Richard Clark, executors of Nicholas J. Clark’s estate “which said negro slaves was rewarded to me by a decree and verdict of the Superior Court in Liberty County Georgia at the December Term 1859.” Witnessed by E. Daniel, J.I.C.L.C. Recorded on January 10, 1860.

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 568. Image #334. (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-RSPG-D?i=333&cat=292358)