They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Deed of Gift (Perry/Perry)

Enslaved Persons Named: Ephraim

On June 1, 1847, John Perry, Liberty County, gifted to his daughter Mary Ann and her husband Flournoy Sapp, also of Liberty County, “one negro slave named Nancy and her male child named Sam.” Witnessed by D. Zoucks, J.P., R.Q. Andrews, J.P. Recorded on June 9, 1847, 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. 624. Image #363 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-5ZKB?i=362&cat=292358)