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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Marriage Contract (Robarts/Burton)

Enslaved Persons Named: None

On May 17, 1825, Amarintha Elizabeth Robarts, spinster, and Robert P. Burton, merchant, both of Liberty County, entered into a marriage contract, with Joseph Quarterman and William Jones as her trustees. Put into trust for Amarintha were all the property she was to receive from “the estate of her late father John Robarts” and any other property she might obtain in the future.  Witnessed by Mary E. Robarts, Robert Quarterman, Robert Laing. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on August 8, 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. 148. Image #376  (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSBT-4?i=375&cat=292358)