Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Deceased: Wilson, Josiah
Date Sworn: 1836-01-04
Appraisers: Thos. [Thomas] J. Shepard, Thomas W. Quarterman, Wilson Wilson
Estate Administrator: Elias Fort
Court Officer: John Dunwody
Date Recorded: 1836-12-03
Recording Official: Thomas J. Shepard, Clk
Total Value of Property Appraised: $7825
Value of enslaved persons: $7825
Comments: Appraisal and division ordered by the Liberty County Inferior Court to meet the estate’s debts and “the residue” to be divided into five lots to go to the following heirs: Sarah E. Wilson, Lucilla M. Wilson, Daniel S. Wilson, Robert Wilson, Mary Wilson. Lots allotted as follows:
1 — Mary Wilson
2 — Mary Wilson ($900.21 toward the debts to be paid from Lots #1 and 2
3 — Lucilla M. Wilson
4 — Daniel S. Wilson
5 — Robert Wilson
6 — Sarah E. Wilson
[NOTE: The following enslaved people from the estate of Josiah Wilson had previously been sold at public auction before the Courthouse in Riceboro on February 5, 1833. Name of purchaser listed in parentheses beside each name:
Peter, $72 (D. [David] Stetson); Bella, $60 (Moses Jones); Cato, $305 (Moses Jones); Boutrus [alt: Butrus] & Diana, $665 (Alex. McDonald); Friday, $265 (J.S. Bulloch); Sue, $146 (J.S. Bulloch). Wm. [William] Maxwell purchased a plantation for $1000 from the estate. The document also noted the following enslaved people as being hired out to J.S. Bulloch: Cuffy [alt: Cuffee] and family, Sandy, Annetta, Bristol, Flora, Diana, and Child. This sale documented on p. 22 of Liberty County Deed Book K (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-T9L4-5?cat=292358).
| Enslaved | Value | Desc. | Lot |
| Brister | 400 | [alt: Bristol] | |
| Flora | 250 | ||
| Leah | 550 | ||
| Hetty | 400 | ||
| Cuffe | 375 | [alt: Cuffee] | |
| Hannah | 325 | ||
| Sandy | 450 | 3 | |
| Charlotte | 100 | 3 | |
| Ben | 200 | 3 | |
| Peggy | 500 | 3 | |
| Toby | 400 | 4 | |
| Tony | 350 | [alt: Toney] | 4 |
| Moll | 250 | [alt: Mall] | |
| Lucy | 250 | 4 | |
| Jane | 550 | 5 | |
| Peter | 300 | 5 | |
| Renchey | 250 | [alt: Renchie] | 5 |
| Amarintha | 450 | 5 | |
| Judy | 375 | 6 | |
| Sandy | 375 | 6 | |
| Dinah | 425 | 6 | |
| Daphny | 300 | [alt: Daphne] | 6 |
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. K-L 1831-1842,” Record Book K, p. 345-6. Image #224 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-T92J-7?cat=292358)