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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Liberty County Estate Inventory – Jacob Sims

Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Deceased: Sims, Jacob
Date Sworn: 1853-11-26
Appraisers: Zenus L. Boggs, Micajah Stevens, Wm [William] A. Baggs, William Rustin
Estate Executor: Wm [William] Grice & Charles Knight
Court Officer: David B. M. Sheppard, J.P.
Date Recorded: 1854-02-28
Recording Official: W. P. Girardeau, O.L.C.
Total Value of Property Appraised: $3680.87
Value of enslaved persons: $1000.00
Comments: Inventory included three tracts of land containing 960 acres, valued at $960 [location not specified].

Enslaved Person NamedValueDescription
Rose
Hetty
1000“Woman”
“Child”

Find the digitized original at:”Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G93T-XBV2?cc=1999178&wc=9SB7-6T5%3A267679901%2C268014801 : 20 May 2014), Liberty > Miscellaneous probate records 1850-1863 vol C and L > image 82 of 703

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).