They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale(Thorp/Dean)

Enslaved People Named: Nancy

On February 21, 1827, Charles J.W. Thorp and Jane Thorp sold to G.B. Dean for $350 “a negro woman slave named Nancy…” Recorded on August 29, 1851, by J.S. Bradwell, C.S.C.L.C.

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. 384. Image #613 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-5Z8W?i=612&cat=292358)