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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Baker/Baker)

Enslaved Persons Named: Malissa, Georgeanna

On April 12, 1836, John O. Baker, his wife Frances A. Baker, and John Dunwoody, trustee for Frances A. Baker and her children, sold for $1200 to Artemas Baker, planter, “two negro slaves Malissa [alt: Melissa] and her daughter Georgeanna [alt: Georgianna]…” Witnessed by E.W. Russell. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on December 3, 1836. 

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. 343. Image #223 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-T92M-2?i=222&cat=292358)