Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Deceased: Jones, James N.
Date Sworn: 1854-12-04
Appraisers: William Maxwell, Bartholomew A. Busby, Odingsell W. Hart
Estate Administrator: Henry H. Jones attorney for Mrs. Sarah Jane Jones
Court Officer: Samuel M. Varnedoe, J.I.C.L.C.
Date Recorded: 1855-03-12
Recording Official: W. P. Girardeau, O.L.C.
Total Value of Property Appraised: $19923.28
Value of enslaved persons: $14000.00
Comments: Included in the inventory were “Lands”:
-½ Retreat Plantation containing 2500 acres
-1/11 of 546 acres known as Cherry Hill
-1/11 of Lots & Houses in Sunbury
| Enslaved Person Named | Value | Description |
| Pulaski | 1000 | “Driver; aged 35” |
| Cimon Louisa David Washington Renah | 1000 600 300 200 50 | [Alt: Simon]“Carpenter; aged 31” “His wife; aged 32” “There [Their] child, aged 8” “There [Their] child, aged 5” “There [Their] child; aged 1” [alt: Rinah] |
| Wiltshire Fancy | 150 600 | “Aged 68” “Her daughter; aged 24” |
| William | 700 | “Aged 31” |
| Doll | 600 | “Aged 22” |
| Jenny | 600 | “Aged 34” |
| Cudjo | 300 | “Aged 7” |
| Venus | 400 | “Aged 53” |
| Cynthia | 600 | “Aged 18” |
| Andrew | 500 | “Aged 14” |
| Vanburen | 700 | “Aged 18” [Alt: Van Buren] |
| Lilly | 600 | “Aged 35” |
| Snow | 500 | “Aged 13” |
| Lymus | 600 | “Aged 15” |
| Jacob | 150 | “Doll’s child; aged 4” |
| Sue | 600 | “Aged 37” |
| Aaron | 500 | “Aged 14” |
| Sally | 500 | “Aged 16” |
| Sylvia | 600 | “Aged 25” |
| Margaret | 50 | “Aged 6 mo” |
| Cora | 600 | “Aged 34” |
| Henry | 350 | “Aged 10” |
| Cornelious | 300 | [Alt: Cornelius]“Aged 8” |
| Flora | 200 | “Aged 5” |
| Robert | 150 | “Aged 3” |
Find the digitized original at:”Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G93T-XBDY?cc=1999178&wc=9SB7-6T5%3A267679901%2C268014801 : 20 May 2014), Liberty > Miscellaneous probate records 1850-1863 vol C and L > image 122 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).