They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Deed of Gift (McConnell/McConnell)

Enslaved Persons Named: Joe, Ben, Hastings, Tom, Sary, Sylvia, Tenah, Hannah, Kate, Little Kate, Clarinda, Phoebe, Little Phoebe

On April 10, 1826, William P. McConnell, Liberty County, “practitioner of physic,” gifted to his wife Ann A. McConnell, through her trustee Robert C. McConnell, “the following negro slaves, namely, Joe, Ben, Hastings, Tom, Sary, Sylvia, Tenah, Hannah, Kate, Little Kate, Clarinda, Phoebe and Little Phoebe, together with the future issue of the females slaves.” Witnessed by W.B. Fleming. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on April 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.182. Image #393  (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSBD-5?i=392&cat=292358)