They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Used as Collateral (Way/Wilcox)

Enslaved Persons Named: Nanny, Jenny, Patty, Peter, Adam, George, Tom, Rose, Agnes, Belfast

On June 5, 1833, Thomas G. Way, planter of Liberty County, used as collateral on a promissory note of $942.52 to Uriah Wilcox, trader of Liberty County, “the ten following negro slaves named Nanny, Jenny, Patty, Peter, Adam, George, Tom, Rose, Agnes & Belfast, together with the future issue & increase of the females…” in addition to a 75-acre plot of land in Liberty County on the North Newport river about one mile from Riceborough, bounded on the east and south by the estate of William Osgood, west by the estate of John Lambert, and north by Richard S. Baker. Witnessed by Felix Elon and George W. Dunham, J.P. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on June 6, 1833. 

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, pp. 89. Image #82 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-T9K7-3?i=81&cat=292358)