They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Used as Collateral (McCollough/Wilcox)

Enslaved Persons Named: Tenah, Jack, Toney, Phebe, William, Chloe, Mary, Francis

On April 1, 1834, James S. McCollough, Liberty County, used as collateral for a promissory note of $890.47 to Uriah Wilcox, also of Liberty County, “a certain female slave named Tenah and her two children Jack & Toney, another female slave named Phebe [alt: Phoebe] and her four children, William Chloe Mary & Francis and the male slaves named Prince & Washington together with the future issue and increase of the females.” Witnessed by George W. Dunham, J.P. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on April 1, 1834.

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. 144-5. Image #111 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-T9KJ-S?i=110&cat=292358)