Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Deceased: Clark, James
Date Sworn: 1842-08-13
Appraisers: Gordon S. Goodson, Isaac Perry, Benjamin Stiles
Estate Administrator: N. J. Clark, John Clark
Court Officer: Edward Q. Andrews, J.P.
Date Recorded: 1843-05-17
Recording Official: J. S. Bradwell, Clerk
Total Value of Property Appraised: $10375.25
Value of enslaved persons: $6655.00
Comments: Unusually, this estate inventory contains land: “3505 acres of land @ 75 c [=] 2628.7; 150 acres pine [land] @ 40 c [=] 60.00; 110 acres land @ .25 = 27.50.”
| Enslaved Person Named | Value | Description |
| Nero | 25 | “Man” [could also be Ned] |
| Primus | 250 | “Man” |
| Peter | 350 | “Man” |
| Isaac | 400 | “Man” |
| Simon | 425 | “Man” |
| Bathus | 300 | “Man” |
| Sam | 100 | “Man” |
| Jim | 450 | “Boy” |
| Betsy | 250 | “Woman” |
| Lucy | 350 | “Woman” |
| Minty | 300 | “Woman” |
| Eady | 375 | “Woman” [alt: Edie] |
| Ann | 300 | “Woman” |
| Mariah | 300 | “Woman” |
| Betsy | 200 | “Woman” |
| Amy | 250 | “Girl” |
| Dorcus | 250 | “Girl” |
| Lyssy | 200 | “Girl” |
| Emily | 150 | “Girl” |
| Nanny | 130 | “Girl” |
| Eliza | 110 | “Girl” |
| Fibby | 110 | “Girl” |
| Jane | 100 | “Girl” |
| Easter | 100 | “Girl” |
| Sarah | 90 | ‘Girl” |
| Matilda | 50 | “Girl” |
| Leonard | 50 | “Girl” |
| Cloe | 50 | “Girl”[Alt: Chloe] |
| Harry | 200 | “Boy” |
| London | 175 | “Boy” |
| Moses | 125 | “Boy” |
| Aaron | 90 | “Boy” |
| Ivan | 50 | “Boy” |
Find the digitized original at:”Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L93L-GHGB?cc=1999178&wc=9SYT-PT5%3A267679901%2C268032901 : 20 May 2014), Liberty > Wills, appraisements and bonds 1790-1850 vol B > image 609 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).