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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Fraser/Various)

Enslaved Persons Named: Cinder, Jack, Tom, Luke, Ansil, Adam, July, Sally, Matilda, Frank, Jenny, Harriet, Rose, Sue

On May 5, 1824, enslaved people belonging to the estate of John E. Fraser were sold to the following purchasers:

Cinder & Jack her child: James Smylie Jun – $405

Tom: Eli Bradley – $350

Luke: D.M. Stewart – $360

Ansil: D.R. King – $330 [alt: Ansel, Anselm]

Adam: D.R. King – $360

July: D.R. King – $375

Sally & Matilda her daughter: D.R. King – $405

Frank, Jenny & Harriet & Rose, their children, in Lot: Robt. [Robert] McIntosh for the estate of Fraser – $350

Sue: Jos. [Joseph] Jones – $200

Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on May 10, 1824. 

[*See John E. Fraser’s 1822 estate inventory at https://theyhadnames.net/2019/07/14/liberty-county-estate-inventory-john-e-fraser/; his 1819 estate inventory at https://theyhadnames.net/2019/07/04/liberty-county-estate-inventory-john-e-fraser-esquire/, which lists the plantation locations of the enslaved people; and his 1819 will at https://theyhadnames.net/2018/04/06/liberty-county-will-john-e-fraser/.]

 

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. 93. Image #348  (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSRH-L?i=347&cat=292358)