They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Baker/Martin)

Enslaved Persons Named: Rachel

Transcription: “Received of Mr. Richard F. Baker a Negro Woman named Rachel it being in full of all demands whatsoever this fifteenth day of June 1836.” Signed by Mary ?J? Martin. Witnessed by Charlton Hines, W.E.W. Quarterman, David Zoucks, J.P. Recorded on March 12, 1840, by Edward Way, 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. K-L 1831-1842,” Record Book L, 1838-1842, pp. 166. Image #411 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-T9KN-H?i=410&cat=292358)