They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Stevens/Ham)

Enslaved Persons Named: Morris

On January 3, 1826, Samuel Stevens sold to Jesse Ham for $100 “a negro boy named Morris.” Witnessed by Uriah Wilcox, C. [Charlton] Hines. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on February 10, 1826. 

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. 164. Image #384  (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSBJ-V?i=383&cat=292358)