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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Liberty County Estate Inventory & Division – Martha McIver

Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Deceased: McIver, Martha
Date Sworn: 1834-05-22
Appraisers: Nathaniel Law, Joseph Law, Gideon B. Dean (John Ashmore, James Corker as part of the original pool from which to choose)
Estate Administrator: William Robarts, administrator of Alexander McIver’s estate
Court Officer: John Dunwody, J.I.C.L.C.
Date Recorded: 1834-06-19
Recording Official: Thos. [Thomas] J. Shepard, Clk.
Total Value of Property Appraised: $1500
Value of enslaved persons: $1500
Comments: Division performed on June 12, 1834. #1 drawn by Augustus Munroe McIver, #2 by James Edwin Lambright, and #3 by Estate Alex. McIver.

EnslavedValueDesc.Lot
Tom500
1
Abram500
2
Lucy
Pendorah
500“Lucy & her child Pendorah”3

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. 162. Image #122 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-T9KC-9?cat=292358)