Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Deceased: Law, Joseph Senr [Senior] Esquire
Date Sworn: 1804-01-28
Appraisers: John Jones, Thomas Bradwell, Travis George
Estate Administrator: Joseph Law Junr [Junior], Benjm [Benjamin] Law, Samuel S. Law Esquire
Court Officer: not listed
Date Recorded: not listed
Recording Official: not listed
Total Value of Property Appraised: $14821.75
Value of enslaved persons: $14105.00
Comments: Note added by the appraisers: “We are informed by the administrators of this estate that there are in the possession of Mr. Abram Jones who married one of the heirs of the said estate nine negroes belonging to the same which are not included in this appraisement.”
Enslaved Person Named | Value | Description |
Jubahan | 150 | “Wench; Old” |
Will | 150 | “Boy, Ediot” (Alt: Idiot] |
Leah | 450 | |
Florah | 450 | |
Amy | 150 | |
Patty | 160 | |
Elsy | 100 | |
Casander | 160 | |
Cinder | 200 | |
May | 80 | |
Rose | 50 | |
Derry | 500 | |
Gibb | 550 | |
RachelNanicer [?]January | 450 | “Wench and her children”“January Ediot” [Alt: Idiot] |
Nelly | 50 | |
Marian | 280 | |
Essex | 300 | |
Gibb | 300 | |
Sarah | 450 | |
Sawny | 400 | |
BellahPeggy | 400 | “And her child” |
Nancy | 50 | |
Tinah | 400 | |
Junney | 580 | [of possibly Jimney] |
Michael | 125 | |
Galloway | 470 | |
Betty | 450 | |
Harriot | 50 | “And child” |
George | 10 | |
Hagar | 20 | |
Primus | 350 | |
Jacob | 410 | |
Anthony | 580 | |
Bess | 200 | |
Balam | 550 | [alt: Balaam] |
Venus | 425 | |
Peter | 550 | |
Hannah | 450 | |
Muriah | 280 | [alt: Murriah] |
Naro | 280 | |
Ameliah | 125 | |
Bess | 125 | |
Boston | 75 | |
Sambo | 450 | |
Patty | 50 | |
George | 450 | |
Moses | 350 | |
Carolina | 280 | |
Charles | 100 |
Find the digitized original at: “Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G93L-P5H?cc=1999178&wc=9SYT-PT5%3A267679901%2C268032901 : 20 May 2014), Liberty > Wills, appraisements and bonds 1790-1850 vol B > image 264 of 689
These antebellum estate inventories and appraisals generally included all the deceased person’s “property,” including enslaved persons. Only those names are documented here for historical and genealogical purposes. Anyone interested in the actual property owned by the deceased may find it at the link at the bottom of the page. Names are listed in the original order, as this often gives very valuable information about family groupings or the age of children (who may be listed in age order).