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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Wyly/Gaulden)

Enslaved Persons Named: Paul, Louissa [alt: Louisa], Simon, Leah, Nathan

On January 23, 1851, George W. Wyly of Savannah, Chatham County, sold to Wm. [William] B. Gaulden for $1850 “five negro slaves to wit Paul a mulatto aged about thirty years and Louissa a black woman aged about twenty six years Simon a boy aged about eight years & Leah a girl aged about five years and Nathan a boy aged about two years these three last the children of said Louissa and Paul…” Witnessed by Elisha Wyly, Notary Public of Chatham County. Recorded on May 12, 1852, by S.A. Fraser, C.S.C. [Clerk of the Liberty County Superior Court].

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. 462-3. Image #653 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-5WBG?i=652&cat=292358)