Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Deceased: Lewis, Saml [Samuel]
Date Sworn: 1838-01-15
Appraisers: George W. Walthour, Edward W. Russell, Joseph Way
Estate Administrator: not listed
Court Officer: E.H. Bacon, J.I.C.L.C.
Date Recorded: 1838-05-05
Recording Official: E. Way, Clerk
Total Value of Property Appraised: $32539.88
Value of enslaved persons: $18875
Comments: Lots drawn as follows:
1 — Miss Ann D. Lewis
2 — E.E. Pynchon & Sarah H. his wife
3 — Mary E. Parsons
4 — Caroline R. Lewis
[NOTE: Land was also included in the inventory & division. See digitized original for details.]
Enslaved | Value | Desc. | Lot |
Abram | 600 | “(Isaac) Abram” | 1 |
Jacob | 600 | 1 | |
Lavinia | 500 | 1 | |
Linda | 375 | 1 | |
Lucy | 400 | 1 | |
John | 175 | 1 | |
Chloe | 450 | 1 | |
Candice | 400 | [alt: Candace] | 1 |
Will | 450 | 1 | |
Harry | 375 | 1 | |
Wallace | 225 | 1 | |
Bruce | 175 | 1 | |
Sophia | 150 | 1 | |
Isaac | 500 | 2 | |
Pender | 400 | [alt: Penda] | 2 |
Sike | 600 | [writing seems clear, possibly misspelling of Psyche?] | 2 |
Miley | 500 | [alt: Milly] | 2 |
Easter | 400 | 2 | |
Julia | 300 | 2 | |
Dick | 250 | “O Dick” [“O” presumed to stand for “Old” | 2 |
Phillis | 350 | [alt: Phyllis] | 2 |
Clarrinda | 400 | [alt: Clarinda] | 2 |
Delia | 300 | 2 | |
Grace | 250 | 2 | |
Isaac | 175 | 2 | |
Doll | 100 | 2 | |
Mike | 700 | “Mike (Driver)” | 3 |
Jack | 600 | 3 | |
Peggy | 500 | 3 | |
Nanny | 50 | 3 | |
Phoebe | 450 | 3 | |
Louisa | 450 | 3 | |
Silvia | 350 | [alt: Sylvia] | 3 |
Abby | 250 | 3 | |
May | 200 | 3 | |
Besoon | 175 | [based on earlier inventory, could possibly be ‘as heard’ for Absalom] | 3 |
Juba | 325 | “Old Juba” | 3 |
Daphney | 400 | [alt: Daphne] | 3 |
Mary | 500 | 3 | |
Abram | 400 | “(Dicks) Abram” | |
Nero | 600 | ||
Dinah | 400 | ||
Toby | 50 | “Old” | |
Betty | 500 | ||
Jenney | 450 | [alt: Jenny] | |
Venus | 75 | ||
Peggy | 500 | ||
Toby | 450 | ||
Lonnon | 475 | probably should be London | |
Rose | 400 | ||
Paul | 150 | ||
Yorick | 75 |
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. 499-501. Image #305-6 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-T9KT-L?i=304&cat=292358)