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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Liberty County Estate Inventory & Division – Thomas Baker, Sr.

Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Deceased: Baker, Thomas Senr [Senior]
Date Sworn: 1826-01-23
Appraisers: William Wilson, Samuel Spencer, John Dunwody
Estate Administrator: Called the “executrix” [meaning, female] but not named
Court Officer: Joshua Sanford, J.P.
Date Recorded: 1827-03-30
Recording Official: E. Baker, Clk.
Total Value of Property Appraised: $12175
Value of enslaved persons: $12175
Comments: “The above we certify to be correct Jany 23d 1827 & that Thos. [Thomas] Baker drew Lot No. 1.”

EnslavedValueDesc.Lot
Nanny325
1
Titus300
1
Pharoah225[alt: Pharaoh]1
Anna150
1
Clarinda100
1
Maria75
1
Isaac50
1
Venus290
1
Diana350
1
James275
1
June160“Little”1
Jack120
1
Rachel350
1
Sam120
1
Mary75
1
Phoebe350
1
William60
1
Will400
1
Sandy400
1
John400
1
Cupid380
1
June350
1
Dinah100
1
Katy350
1
Peter325
1
Rose310

Harry300

Ned275

Bob210

Charlotte160

Titus125

Nelly80

Daphne50

Celia300

Die330[alt: Dye]
Candace210

Peggy140

Xerxes50

Harry800“Carpenter”
Jacob400

George400

Sam370

Affy150[alt: Affey, Affee]
Chloe350[alt: Cloe]
Lydia350

Lucy350

Betty225

Ishmael100[alt: Ismael, Ismail]

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. H-I 1816-1831,” Record Book I, p. 218-9. Image #411 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSBW-D?cat=292358)