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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Liberty County Estate Inventory & Division – Mrs. Mary Maxwell

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.

EnslavedValueDesc.Lot
Quash70

Betty55

Kingston30

Silvia[no value listed][alt: Sylvia]
Bella55

Joe[no value listed]

Dina35

Bob70

Peter65

Bristol70

Nelly36

Christian100

Bess45“Glover’s Bess”
Harry30

March65

James50

Bosrvain40[looks like this – but probably something else]
Titus40

Button40

Charles40

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)