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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Liberty County Estate Inventory & Division – Martha Baker

Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Deceased: Baker, Martha
Date Sworn: 1809-03-22
Appraisers: Sampson E. Ball, Jesse Cooper, Jesse Warren, Charles Dicks, Noble Hayns
Estate Administrator: John & Richard Baker [not named as executors or administrators but showed the estate to the appraisers and named as children of Martha Baker who were “now of age”]
Court Officer: John Stacy, J.P.
Date Recorded: 1810-01-29
Recording Official: A. Forrester
Total Value of Property Appraised: $16660
Value of enslaved persons: $15780
Comments: Lots divided as follows:
3 — John Baker
4 — Richard Baker

EnslavedValueDesc.Lot
Jack550
1
?nger450[First letter looks like K but that doesn’t make sense]1
Charles400
1
Ceasar300[alt: Caesar] “Old”1
Lizza350
1
Hannah400
1
Miley350“O Miley” [“O” presumably stands for “Old”] [alt: Milly]1
Leah300
1
Miley250“Little” [alt: Milly]1
Minder200[alt: Minda]1
Will175
1
Venus150“O Venus” [“O” presumably stands for “Old”]1
Dyannah150[alt: Diana, Dianna]1
Bram500
2
Bob450
2
Ceasar450[alt: Caesar] “L Ceasar” [“L” presumably stands for Little]2
Cudjo275[alt: Cudjoe]2
Tenah400
2
Nanny400“L Nanny” [“L” presumably stands for Little]2
Moll350
2
Hager275[alt: Hagar] “L Hager” [“L” presumably stands for Little]2
Peggy350
2
Saky?10[maybe means Sucky or Sukey]2
Doll200
2
Lydia100
2
Hager150[alt: Hagar] “O Hager” [“O” presumably stands for “Old”] 2
Joe500
3
Scipio450
3
Peter450
3
Dick250
3
Nanny450“B Nanny” [“B” presumably stands for “Big”]3
Livey400or Levey [maybe short for Lavinia?]3
Murriah300
3
Nancy325
3
Frank300“O Frank” [“O” presumably stands for “Old”]3
Frank125“L Frank” [“L” presumably stands for Little]3
Chloe150[alt: Cloe]3
Judy300
3
Peter75“L Peter” [“L” presumably stands for Little]3
Frank300

Moris450[alt: Morris]
Scipio300“L Scipio” [“L” presumably stands for Little]
January325

Mary350

Sary350

Venus350

Clarinder350[alt: Clarinda]
Sue300

Binah325

Charlott90[alt: Charlotte]
Violet100

Jack50“L Jack” [“L” presumably stands for Little]
Mol50[alt: Moll] [“L” presumably stands for Little]
Lary150“O Lary” [“O” presumably stands for “Old”] [Looks like Lary but Sary would make more sense]

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. E-G 1801-1816,” Record Book G, p. 53. Image #326 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QL-J96C-9?i=325&cat=292358)