Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Deceased: Fraser, Simon (Maj.)
Date Sworn: 1814-12-08
Appraisers: Daniel Stewart, Andrew Walthour, William Fraser
Estate Executors: John E. Fraser, Donald Fraser
Court Officer: Saml [Samuel] Harville, J.P.
Date Recorded: 1815-01-04
Recording Official: E. Baker, C.S.C.L.C.
Total Value of Property Appraised: $49089.44
Value of enslaved persons: $27025
Comments: Division done so that John E. Fraser could take the ⅓ of the estate to which he was entitled. He drew lot #2. Inventory also listed notes of hand with the names of the debtors and land, worth a total of $8952.50. See the digitized inventory (at the link below) for the division of the land and notes. [NOTE: The abbreviation DRGRS in the inventory may stand for “Dregor’s”.]
Description | Acres | Value |
Woodville Plantation | 743 | 3715 |
1 tract on Satilla | 410 | 1000 |
1 tract on Mill Creek with mill & dwelling house | 262 1/2 | 1092.50 |
1 tract on Mill Creek adjoining the mill tract | 24 | 211 |
1 tract on the south side of Taylor’s Creek with dwelling house et. | 305 6/10 | 405 |
Orchard Plantation, provements, etc | 158 7/10 | 474 |
1 tract on Little Canouchie, granted to Robertson | 134 | 134 |
1 tract on Little Canouchie granted to Robertson | 286 | 300 |
1 tract on Little Canouchie (Mount Tract) | 162 | 324 |
1 tract on Taylor’s Creek (schoolhouse tract) | 92 1/2 | 40 |
1 tract granted Samuel Bacon | 278 | 556 |
1 tract on Horse Creek (Wolf pit tract) | 160 | 80 |
2 tracts 100 acres each granted S. Fraser | 200 | 100 |
1 tract called ? Mr. Girt’s ? Cowpen | 50 | 50 |
1 adjoining the above tract, bought of L. Townsend | 200 | 100 |
1 tract called Baggs’ Cowpen | 100 | 100 |
1 wharf and lot at Riceborough | 300 |
Enslaved | Value | Desc. | Lot |
Ness | 150 | 1 | |
Sue | 150 | “Old” | 1 |
Jim | 75 | 1 | |
Robin | 450 | 1 | |
Sylvia | 400 | 1 | |
Rose | 350 | 3 | |
Somerset | 450 | 2 | |
John | 400 | 1 | |
Sandy | 300 | 1 | |
Sam | 400 | 1 | |
Sukey | 150 | [alt: Suckey] | 1 |
Flora | 175 | 1 | |
Sue | 100 | “Girl” | 2 |
Salina | 125 | [alt: Selina] [Selina & Elizabeth listed together at division] | 1 |
Elizabeth | 50 | [Selina & Elizabeth listed together at division] | 1 |
Ned | 100 | 3 | |
Will | 60 | “Child” | 3 |
Dinah | 25 | “Child” | 3 |
Lancaster | 175 | “Old” | 2 |
Affy | 175 | “Old” [alt: Affee] | 2 |
Bess | 350 | “Drgrs Bess” | 2 |
Eve | 350 | 2 | |
Sally | 350 | 2 | |
Handy | 400 | 2 | |
Lancaster | 250 | “Little” | 2 |
Matilda | 150 | 2 | |
Ben | 50 | “Child” | 2 |
Bess | 300 | “Sallett’s Bess” | 1 |
Sambo | 400 | 2 | |
March | 350 | 3 | |
Dennis | 325 | 1 | |
Phebe | 350 | [alt: Phoebe] | 2 |
Toney | 250 | 2 | |
Patty | 175 | 3 | |
Nancy | 150 | 2 | |
Milly | 125 | [alt: Miley] | 1 |
Cupid | 100 | 1 | |
Niger | 50 | 1 | |
Dianah | 150 | “Old” [alt: Diannah] [Listed as Dinah in division] | 1 |
Will | 400 | “Fellow” | 3 |
Sarah | 500 | “Drgrs Sarah” [not found in division] | |
Exeter | 175 | 1 | |
Phillida | 125 | [alt: Phyllida] | 3 |
George | 80 | 3 | |
Miley | 225 | [alt: Milly] | 3 |
Peggy | 350 | 3 | |
Nancy | 350 | 1 | |
Posy | 250 | 3 | |
Anselm | 275 | [appears to be called Arrel in the division – but maybe Ansel?] | 2 |
Rantor | 200 | 1 | |
Jacob | 175 | 3 | |
Bob | 400 | 1 | |
Charlotte | 350 | 3 | |
Abram | 200 | “Old” | 1 |
Mary | 150 | 3 | |
Charles | 200 | “Old” | 1 |
Harriet | 300 | [not found in division] | |
Tom | 400 | 2 | |
Charles | 300 | “Fellow” | 2 |
July | 300 | 2 | |
Adam | 250 | 2 | |
Violet | 100 | 2 | |
Monday | 80 | 2 | |
Cuff | 250 | 1 | |
Tamar | 250 | 1 | |
Peter | 300 | 2 | |
Caelia | 325 | [alt: Celia] | 1 |
Harry | 250 | 1 | |
Bella | 225 | 1 | |
Delia | 175 | 2 | |
Dye | 200 | [alt: Die] | 1 |
Dembo | 175 | 3 | |
Rachel | 250 | “Old” | 3 |
Charles | 200 | “Little” | 3 |
Sylvia | 200 | “Little” | 3 |
Nanny | 75 | 1 | |
Rachel | 350 | [Listed as “Rachel Th. W.” in division] | 3 |
Doll | 200 | 3 | |
Frank | 200 | 2 | |
Jenny | 250 | 2 | |
Hannah | 25 | 2 | |
Becky | 300 | [Becky & Titus listed together in division] | 3 |
Titus | 40 | [Becky & Titus listed together in division] | 3 |
Chloe | 125 | 2 | |
Lucy | 200 | ||
Sarah | 225 | [Listed as “New Neg. Sarah”] at division | 1 |
Affee | 225 | “Young” [alt: Affy] | 2 |
Jack | 250 | 2 | |
May | 200 | [Listed as “New Neg. May” and valued at $100 in division] | 1 |
Boston | 150 | 3 | |
Sampson | 350 | “Young” | 1 |
Sampson | 75 | “Old” [Listed both in Lot 2 and 3] | 3 or 2 |
June | 200 | 2 | |
Louis | 250 | 2 | |
Dispatch | 300 | 1 | |
Hamlet | 300 | 3 | |
Pompey | 400 | 3 | |
Phillis | 350 | 3 | |
Tenah | 25 | “Child” | 3 |
Judy | 150 | 2 | |
Betty | 150 | 3 | |
Tenah | 350 | “Wench” | 1 |
Tom | 250 | “Ross’s Tom” | 1 |
Abram | 150 | “Ross’s Abram” | 1 |
Fortune | 350 | 2 | |
Tilla | 150 | 2 | |
Casey | 225 | 2 | |
Caesar | 300 | 3 | |
Tamar | 300 | “Ross’s Tamar” | 3 |
Louis | 200 | “Ross’s Louis” | 3 |
Lydia | 150 | “Ross’s Lydia” | 1 |
Bella | 75 | 2 | |
Daphne | 100 | 3 | |
Amey | 40 | [alt: Amy] | 3 |
Rachel | 150 | “Child” | 1 |
Abraham | 375 | “Big” | 3 |
Rachel | 350 | “Drgrs Rachel” | 3 |
Delia | 125 | [listed as $225 in division] | 3 |
Taylor | 225 | 3 | |
Selina | 175 | “Drgrs Selina” | 3 |
Below individuals were listed as “A division of a family of negroes, willed to John E. Fraser & Simon Fraser Jun. Lot No. 1 of this family drawn by Simon Fraser. Lot No 2 of this family drawn by John E. Fraser.”
Name | Value | Description | Lot |
Daphne | 300 | “willed to John E. & Simon Fraser” | 2 |
Grace | 350 | “willed to John E. & Simon Fraser” | 1 |
Dick | 300 | “willed to John E. & Simon Fraser” | 1 |
Agrippa | 275 | “willed to John E. & Simon Fraser” | 2 |
Keziah | 250 | “willed to John E. & Simon Fraser” | 2 |
Cato | 100 | “willed to John E. & Simon Fraser” | 2 |
Sarah | 40 | “willed to John E. & Simon Fraser” | 1 |
Archibald | 60 | “willed to John E. & Simon Fraser” | 1 |
Priam | 125 | “willed to John E. & Simon Fraser” | 1 |
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. 327-32. Image #468-71 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QL-J983-7?i=467&cat=292358)