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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Colonial Georgia Estate Inventory – Edward Way

Parish: St. John
Deceased: Way, Edward
Notification Date: 1763-02-25
Date Sworn: 1763-04-19
Official: John Elliott
Appraisers: William Baker, John Lupton, John Quarterman Junr [Junior] [John Golding named as alternate]
Estate Executor: John Elliott, John Stewart, Joseph Way, Ann Way
Inventory Date (if given): 1763-04-19
Total Value of Property Appraised: 808.15.0 pounds
Value of enslaved persons: 607.0.0 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
Peter60.0.0“Negro Man”
Tobey60.0.0“Negro Man” [Alt: Toby]
Cojoe60.0.0“Negro Man” [alt: Cudjoe]
Toney40.0.0“Negro Man” [Alt: Tony]
Peter40.0.0“Negro Man; Little”
Fortune20.0.0“Old Man”
Jack20.0.0“Old Man”
Scipio45.0.0“Lad”
Hannah50.0.0“Negro Woman”
Bess45.0.0“Negro Woman”
Dianna43.0.0“Woman”
Cloey28.0.0“Woman” [Alt: Chloe]
Tener45.0.0“Young Woman” [alt: Tenah]
Rose20.0.0“Girl”
Hannah15.0.0“Girl”
Pattey16.0.0“Girl” [Alt: Patty]

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/3183/rec/350.

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).