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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Keating/Ham)

Enslaved Persons Named: Binah, May

On November 15, 1823, Richard Thorp Keating in Bryan County sold to Jesse Ham for $500 “Binah, a woman about twenty eight years of age; and May, her son, about ten years.” Witnessed by Wm. [William] Hill and Thomas Gray [signed by mark]. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on November 24, 1823. 

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. 56. Image #330 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSR4-K?i=329&cat=292358)