They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Used as Collateral (King/Way & King)

Enslaved Persons Named: Pompey, Willoughby, Judy, Sarah, Lucy, Pender, Nancy, Stephen

On May 3, 1845, Benjamin B. King and his wife Elizabeth S. King, formerly Elizabeth S. McIver, and her trustees Samuel Spencer and Edward J. Delegal, agreed to use as collateral on a promissory note to Way & King of Savannah “the following slaves with the issue and increase of the female to wit Pompey, Willoughby, Judy, Sarah, Lucy, Pender, Nancy, Stephen…” Witnessed by R. Cay, W.B. Fleming, Not. Pub. J.C. Wilkins, N.P. Recorded on May 14, 1845, by J.S. Bradwell, Clerk. [NOTE: Written on this deed was “Satisfied 26 April 1849 Way & King. Recorded 7 May 1849, J.S. Bradwell, 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 M, pp. 339-42. Image #201-9 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-53DW?i=200&cat=292358)