They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Used as Collateral (Way/Wilcox)

Enslaved Persons Named: Peter, Adam, George, Tom, Rose, Agnes

On April 16, 1832, Thomas G. Way, planter of Liberty County, noted that he had secured a promissory note of $120 dated March 9, 1829, to Moses Way, and that Moses Way had transferred the note to Uriah Wilcox “for a valuable consideration.” Way said he now was also giving Wilcox a another promissory note for $438.29, for which he used as collateral a 75-acre tract of land in Liberty County on the North Newport River about one mile from Riceboro, bounded on the east and south by land owned by William Osbood’s estate, west by land owned by John Lambert’s estate, and north by Richard S. Baker’s land, “likewise four male slaves named Peter, Adam, George & Tom, & two female slaves named Rose & Agnes, together with the future issue & increase of the females.” Witnessed by Ezra Stacy, John Dunwody, J.I.C.L.C. Recorded on April 16, 1832, in Liberty County Superior Court. 

On April 16, 1832, a mortgage between Thomas G. Way and Uriah Wilcox was marked satisfied. It was said to have been recorded in Book I, page 462 on May 5, 1831. The satisfaction of the mortgage was recorded in the Liberty County Superior Court record book on April 16, 1832. Wilcox released “the within mentioned land & negroes from the within mortgage.”

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, 1831-1838, p. 35-6. Image #52-3 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-T9V5-T?i=51&cat=292358)