They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Mongin/Gaulden)

Enslaved Persons Named: Billy, Charles

On January 3, 1853, Joseph J. Staney [or Stoney], executor of the estate of William Henry Mongin, sold for $1450 to Wm. [William] B. Gaulden “the following Negro Slaves, Billy & Charles.” Witnessed in ?Gillesonville,” South Carolina, by C.E. Davant, B. Raiford, J.P. Recorded in Liberty County on October 10, 1853, by S.A. Fraser, [Liberty County Superior Court] 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. 597-8. Image #725 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-54W6?i=724&cat=292358)