Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Deceased: Bennet, Matthew
Date Sworn: 1817-03-14
Appraisers: John Way, Jesse Cooper, William Fleming
Estate Administrator: Jesse Ham
Court Officer: John Stewart, J.P.
Date Recorded: 1819-04-15
Recording Official: E. Baker, Clk
Total Value of Property Appraised: $8198
Value of enslaved persons: $8151
Comments: The lots were drawn from a hat, as follows:
1 — left in the hat for Sarah Bennet, the other heir
2 — Matthew Bennet
Enslaved | Value | Desc. | Lot |
March | 850 | 1 | |
Ellick | 650 | [alt: Allick] | 1 |
Sue Nanny | 600 | “Sue & child Nanny” | 1 |
Binah Abner | 675 | “Binah & child Abner” | 1 |
Lucy | 550 | 1 | |
Maria | 375 | 1 | |
Billy | 400 | 1 | |
Tenah | 1 | “Old” | 1 |
Tom | 600 | 2 | |
Hackey | 650 | 2 | |
Jim | 650 | 2 | |
Hannah | 500 | 2 | |
Lissa Minder | 675 | “Lissa & child Minder” [alt: Minda] | 2 |
Betsey | 550 | [alt: Betsy] | 2 |
Washington | 250 | 2 | |
Robert | 175 | 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. H-I 1816-1831,” Record Book H, p. 252. Image #151 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSTN-6?cat=292358)