Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Deceased: Maxwell, Mary (Mrs)
Date Sworn: 1775-03-24
Appraisers: not listed
Estate Administrator: not listed
Court Officer: not listed
Date Recorded: 1778-11-02
Recording Official: Benj’n [Benjamin] Baker, C.C.C.L.
Total Value of Property Appraised: 936 pounds
Value of enslaved persons: 936 pounds
Comments: “Belfast 24th March 1775 the above are the names of such Negroes as fell to the Lott of Elizabeth Young, conform to the Will of Mrs. Mary Maxwell deceased. [Signed] James Maxwell, Wm. [William] Maxwell”. Values listed in pounds, not dollars.
Enslaved | Value | Desc. | Lot |
Quash | 70 | ||
Betty | 55 | ||
Kingston | 30 | ||
Silvia | [no value listed] | [alt: Sylvia] | |
Bella | 55 | ||
Joe | [no value listed] | ||
Dina | 35 | ||
Bob | 70 | ||
Peter | 65 | ||
Bristol | 70 | ||
Nelly | 36 | ||
Christian | 100 | ||
Bess | 45 | “Glover’s Bess” | |
Harry | 30 | ||
March | 65 | ||
James | 50 | ||
Bosrvain | 40 | [looks like this – but probably something else] | |
Titus | 40 | ||
Button | 40 | ||
Charles | 40 | ||
Doublin | [value illegible] [alt: Dublin] |
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. A-B 1777-1793,” Record Book A. Image #77 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLZ-FPR6?i=76&cat=292358)