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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Colonial Georgia Estate Inventory – Barak Norman

Parish: St. John
Deceased: Norman, Barak
Notification Date: 1765-02-28
Date Sworn: 1765-03-06
Official: John Elliott
Appraisers: William Graves, Thomas Quarterman, John Bacon [Richa’d (Richard) Girardeau also mentioned as alternate]
Estate Executor: John Stewart Junior, Richard Spencer
Inventory Date (if given): 1765-03-16
Total Value of Property Appraised: 125.07.3 pounds
Value of enslaved persons: 50.0.0 pounds
Comments: Occupation given as carpenter. All value amounts are in pounds. Only the enslaved people in the inventory are listed below. Please see the original for other parts of the inventory.

Enslaved Person NamedValueDescription
Tom50.0.0“Fellow”

Source: “Colonial Government, Estate Records, RG 49-1-1, Georgia Archives,” Colonial Estate Records, held by Georgia Archives Virtual Vault; accessed online at: https://vault.georgiaarchives.org/digital/collection/corp/id/2916/rec/269.

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).