They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Colonial Georgia Estate Inventory – Matthew Smallwood

Parish: St. John
Deceased: Smallwood, Matthew
Notification Date: 1773-07-08
Date Sworn: 1773-08-24
Official: John Mitchell, J.P.
Appraisers: John Stevens, John Bacon, Robert Quarterman [John Stacy, William Baker named as alternates]
Estate Executor: Josiah Bacon
Inventory Date (if given): 1773-08-24
Total Value of Property Appraised: 1313.5.11 pounds
Value of enslaved persons: 652.0.0 pounds
Comments: 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
Main75.0.0“Negro Man”
Summer65.0.0“Negro Man”
Pichiun50.0.0“Negro Man” [or possibly Pickrun, hard to read]
Tom60.0.0“Negro Man”
London45.0.0“Negro Man”
SylviaTarter65.0.0“Negro Wench & Child”
VenusFlag55.0.0“Negro Wench & Child”[Name may be wrong, very difficult to read]
FillisTenor50.0.0“Negro Wench & Child” [Alt: Phyllis]
Flora5.0.0“Negro Wench”
Sam50.0.0“Negro Boy”
Hagar45.0.0“Negro Girl”
Jenney40.0.0“Negro Girl” [Alt: Jenny]
Lucy27.0.0“Negro Girl”
Pegg20.0.0“Negro Girl” [Alt: Peg; Peggy]

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/3039/rec/311.