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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Liberty County Estate Inventory & Division – John Currie

Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Deceased: Currie, John
Date Sworn: 1840-06-18
Appraisers: William G. Martin, David Zoucks, John W. Stacy
Estate Executor: William Elliott Way Quarterman
Court Officer: E. Stacy, J.I.C.L.C.
Date Recorded: 1840-12-11
Recording Official: Edward Way, Clerk.
Total Value of Property Appraised: $1799.50
Value of enslaved persons: $1000
Comments: Lot #1 was assigned to Mr. Jno. [John] A. Butler, “heir by marriage,” and Lot #2 to Miss Flora Currie. Four cows and calves were set apart for the orphans of Silas Perry, “left them as a legacy by John Currie.”

EnslavedValueDesc.Lot
March500“Fellow”1
Cherry500“Wench”2

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, p. 244-5. Image #450 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-T9LZ-X?i=449&cat=292358)