They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Stevens/Ham)

Enslaved Persons Named: Hagar, Willoughby, Rose

On April 16, 1825, William B. Stevens, Liberty County, sold to Jesse Ham, same county, for $475 “a certain female slave named Hagar, and her two children Willoughby and Rose.” Witnessed by Raymond Harris. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on June 9, 1825. 

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. 139. Image #371  (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSBK-G?i=370&cat=292358)