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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Liberty County Estate Inventory – Mrs. E. Dryer, late Mrs. Ward

Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Deceased: Dryer, E. (Mrs) (“late Mrs. Ward”)
Date Sworn: 1823-03-31
Appraisers: not listed
Estate Administrator: not listed
Court Officer: not listed
Date Recorded: not listed
Recording Official: not listed
Total Value of Property Appraised:$2675
Value of enslaved persons: $2675
Comments: Listed as done in Sunbury. “The estate of Mrs. Ward being divided between her husband & children, viz. Mr. Wm. [William] Ward, Edmund Dryer & Elizabeth Broadmax.”

EnslavedValueDesc.Lot
Jim250
1
Jacob450
1
Billy450
2
Phillis400[alt: Phyllis]3
Lanchester400
3
Stephen250
2
Affy225[alt: Affee]2
Eliza150
1
Charles100
3
June450“This negro left to Edmund Dryer & Elizabeth his sister by Mr. Richard B. Law, as per bill of sale”

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. 35. Image #319 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSRC-Y?i=319&cat=292358)