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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Liberty County Estate Inventory & Division – Josiah Osgood

Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Deceased: Osgood, Josiah
Date Sworn: 1807-04-06
Appraisers: Thomas Baker Senr [Senior], Benjamin Mell, Wm. [William] N. Way
Estate Administrator: John Osgood Jun [Junior], William Fleming
Court Officer: John Stacy, J.P.
Date Recorded: 1807-06-1
Recording Official: A. Forrester
Total Value of Property Appraised: $3208.62
Value of enslaved persons: $2955
Comments: Estate divided in order that the estate of Ann Osgood, deceased, might receive its part.

EnslavedValueDesc.Lot
Sam500
1
Billy450
2
Nelly400
2
Peggy400
3
Rose400
3
Daphney175“Old” [alt: Daphny or Daphne]1
Summer125
2
Venus135
3
Judy70
3
Frank125
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 F, p. 168. Image #250 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QL-J98G-5?cat=292358