They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Baker/Chapman)

Enslaved Persons Named: Israel

On February 21, 1838, Richard S. Baker, Liberty County, sold to Francis J. Chapman for $700 “a certain negro man eighteen years of age…named Israel…” Recorded on June 1, 1846, by 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. 477. Image #286 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-5CWJ?i=285&cat=292358)