They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Law/Broughton)

Enslaved Persons Named: Jack

On July 15, 1822, Charles Law, Liberty County, sold to John C. Broughton for $450 “a certain negro man named Jack.” Witnessed by Nath’l [Nathaniel] Law. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on October 7, 1822.

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. H-I 1816-1831,” Record Book I, 1822-1831, p. 10. Image #306 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSRF-9?i=305&cat=292358)