They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Way/Robarts)

Enslaved Persons Named: Charles

On February 18, 1823, John Way Senior sold to William Robarts at Riceboro, Liberty County, for $800 “a negro man Charles, a carpenter by trade…” Witnessed by J.O. Baker, Thos. [Thomas] J. Shepard. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on February 26, 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. 30. Image #316 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSRH-5?i=315&cat=292358)