They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Mallard/Maxwell-Waters)

Enslaved Persons Named: Ishmael

On June 24, 1822, Thomas Mallard, Liberty County, sold to John J. Maxwell and George M. Waters, trustees for Mrs. Mann and her children, for $500 “a certain negro fellow called Ishmael about thirty years of age…” Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on July 4, 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. 1. Image #276 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSRX-8?i=275&cat=292358)