Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Deceased: Screven, C.O. [probably Charles Odingsell Screven]
Date Sworn: Not listed
Appraisers: O.W. Hart, Jos. E. Maxwell, R.W. Gould
Estate Administrator: Not listed
Court Officer: Not listed
Date Recorded: 1838-06-28
Recording Official: E. Way, Clerk
Total Value of Property Appraised: $39,225
Value of enslaved persons: $39,225
Comments: Appraisal (and apparently division) performed on May 13, 1838. This inventory & division included in the Liberty County Superior Court deed records. Lot #3 was drawn by “Mr. Mallard” and #4 by “Mrs N N Scriven”. “The whole amount of Negro property as appraised above is $39,225.”
See also an estate appraisal in 1830 and a division in 1844:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-893L-GHJC?cc=1999178&wc=9SYT-PT5%3A267679901%2C268032901
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L93L-GCK1?cc=1999178&wc=9SYT-PT5%3A267679901%2C268032901
| Enslaved | Value | Desc. | Lot |
| Scipio | 300 | 1 | |
| Lissy | 25 | “O. Lissy” [“O” presumably stands for “Old”] [there was a Lizzy in the 1830 inventory] [alt: Lyssy] | 1 |
| Scipio | 800 | 1 | |
| Stephen | 500 | 1 | |
| Joe | 800 | 1 | |
| Prince | 800 | 1 | |
| Lissy | 300 | 1 | |
| Ben | 800 | 1 | |
| Peggy | 700 | 1 | |
| Molly | 100 | 1 | |
| Lonon | 1000 | probably a “typo” for London | 1 |
| Nancy | 500 | 1 | |
| John | 300 | 1 | |
| Smart | 700 | 1 | |
| James | 150 | 1 | |
| Owin | 800 | [alt: Owen] | 1 |
| John | 400 | 1 | |
| Ben | 150 | 1 | |
| Toby | 150 | 1 | |
| Andrew | 150 | 1 | |
| Rachel | 150 | 1 | |
| Pleasant | 0 | 1 | |
| Doublin | 150 | [Alt: Dublin] | 2 |
| Charlotte | 150 | 2 | |
| Pompey | 800 | 2 | |
| Doublin | 700 | [Alt: Dublin] | 2 |
| Beck | 400 | 2 | |
| Jim | 400 | 2 | |
| Abram | 350 | 2 | |
| Daniel | 800 | 2 | |
| Patience | 700 | 2 | |
| David | 800 | 2 | |
| Moses | 800 | 2 | |
| Paul | 300 | 2 | |
| Buck | 700 | 2 | |
| Cloe | 700 | [alt: Chloe] | 2 |
| June | 500 | [clearly written as June, but there was a Juno in the 1830 inventory] | 2 |
| Lucy | 350 | 2 | |
| Margaret | 150 | 2 | |
| Moses | 175 | 2 | |
| Raky | 100 | [alt: Raca, Raka] | 2 |
| Elcy | 75 | [alt: Elsy, Elsey] | 2 |
| Peter | 150 | 2 | |
| Isaac | 150 | 2 | |
| Cumbo | 100 | [clearly written as Cumbo but there was a Cumba in the 1830 inventory] | 2 |
| Coco | 150 | 2 | |
| Barrak | 800 | [alt: Barack, Barak] | 3 |
| Charles | 600 | 3 | |
| Venus | 450 | 3 | |
| Judy | 700 | 3 | |
| Mariah | 700 | 3 | |
| Hagar | 700 | 3 | |
| Cate | 300 | 3 | |
| Philip | 100 | 3 | |
| Liah ??? | 200 | 3 | |
| Jack | 0 | “O Jack” [“O” presumably stands for “Old”] | 3 |
| Amy | 350 | 3 | |
| Amy | 700 | 3 | |
| Clitas | 200 | [alt: Cletus, Clytus] | 3 |
| Hagar | 700 | 3 | |
| Ginny | 400 | 3 | |
| Cinda | 175 | 3 | |
| Elcy | 150 | [alt: Elsy, Elsey] | 3 |
| Joe | 800 | 3 | |
| Ruth | 700 | 3 | |
| Jack | 150 | 3 | |
| Cely | 0 | “O Cely” [“O” presumably stands for “Old”; alt: Celie] [there was an “Old Callia” in the 1830 inventory] | 3 |
| Nanny | 150 | 4 | |
| Hector | 750 | 4 | |
| Jinny | 800 | [alt: Jenny] | 4 |
| Harry | 550 | 4 | |
| Caesar | 800 | 4 | |
| Sarah | 700 | 4 | |
| Charity | 100 | 4 | |
| Bachus | 800 | [alt: Bacchus] | 4 |
| Nanny | 700 | 4 | |
| Matilda | 0 | 4 | |
| Matilda | 100 | 4 | |
| Cato | 900 | 4 | |
| Cato | 50 | 4 | |
| Trim | 800 | 4 | |
| Betty | 700 | [looked like Belty] | 4 |
| John | 500 | 4 | |
| Jim | 200 | 4 | |
| Tamar | 275 | 4 | |
| Robert | 75 | 4 | |
| William | 150 | 4 |
Find the digitized original at: Family Search.org. Liberty County Superior Court “Deeds and mortgages, 1777-1920; general index to deeds and mortgages, 1777-1958,” Film: Deeds & Mortgages, v. K-L 1831-1842,” Record Book L, 1838-1842, pp. 12-3. Image #332-3 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-T9KK-3?i=331&cat=292358)
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).