They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Used as Collateral (Dunham/Maxwell)

Enslaved Persons Named: Joe, March

On May 5, 1825, Jacob H. Dunham, Liberty County, used as collateral on a promissory note of $199.72 to James A. Maxwell “two negro slaves, to wit, Joe, aged about 18 years, and March, aged about eleven years.” Witnessed by Chs [Charles] M. King, Jas. [or Jos.] McHenry Junr. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on January 24, 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. 157-8. Image #380-1  (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSBG-3?i=380&cat=292358)