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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Liberty County Estate Inventory & Division – Samuel Lewis

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.]

EnslavedValueDesc.Lot
Abram600“(Isaac) Abram”1
Jacob600
1
Lavinia500
1
Linda375
1
Lucy400
1
John175
1
Chloe450
1
Candice400[alt: Candace]1
Will450
1
Harry375
1
Wallace225
1
Bruce175
1
Sophia150
1
Isaac500
2
Pender400[alt: Penda]2
Sike600[writing seems clear, possibly misspelling of Psyche?] 2
Miley500[alt: Milly]2
Easter400
2
Julia300
2
Dick250“O Dick” [“O” presumed to stand for “Old”2
Phillis350[alt: Phyllis]2
Clarrinda400[alt: Clarinda]2
Delia300
2
Grace250
2
Isaac175
2
Doll100
2
Mike700“Mike (Driver)”3
Jack600
3
Peggy500
3
Nanny50
3
Phoebe450
3
Louisa450
3
Silvia350[alt: Sylvia]3
Abby250
3
May200
3
Besoon175[based on earlier inventory, could possibly be ‘as heard’ for Absalom]3
Juba325“Old Juba”3
Daphney400[alt: Daphne]3
Mary500
3
Abram400“(Dicks) Abram”
Nero600

Dinah400

Toby50“Old”
Betty500

Jenney450[alt: Jenny]
Venus75

Peggy500

Toby450

Lonnon475probably should be London
Rose400

Paul150

Yorick75

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)