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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Jones/Jones)

Enslaved Persons Named: Isreal

On July 11, 1853, James N. Jones sold to Andrew M. Jones, both of Liberty County, for $800 “the following property to wit a certain negro fellow named Isreal [alt: Israel], about twenty six years of age of dark complexion, which negro fellow I warrant to be sound and well in body and mind and to be a slave for life.” Witnessed by W.P. Girardeau, S.A. Fraser, C.S.C. Recorded on July 12, 1853, by S.A. Fraser, Clerk.

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. 572. Image #712 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-5H19?i=711&cat=292358)