They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Deed of Gift (Davis)

Enslaved Persons Named: Mary

On November 21, 1848, Josiah Davis, McIntosh County, gifted to his grandchildren Rainy, Joseph, Patsey, Ephraim and Sarah Davis, “the children of Little Davis,” “one certain negro woman named Mary about twenty seven years of age,” in addition to the plantation on which he was living. Witnessed by John Girardeau, Simon A. Fraser, J.I.C.L.C. Recorded on December 26, 1848, by J.S. Bradwell, Clk. 

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. M-N 1842-1854,” Record Book N, pp. 103. Image #462 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-5361?i=461&cat=292358)