They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (LeConte/LeConte)

Enslaved Persons Named: Bristol, Fanny, Hester, Cassy, Paris, Peggy, Lydia, Charles, Phyllis, Dick, Billy, Jenny, Sophy, Rachel, Philip, Hagar, Bob, Hetty, Pompey, Louisa, Belfast, Binah, Tenah, Matty, Delia, June, Affy, Monday, Milly, London, Moses, Rose, Eliza, Sue, Stephen, Dinah, Peggy, Jane, Jack, Sarah, Bristol, ISaac, Rinah, Polly, Tamar, Scipio, Rachel, Hannibal, Angeline, Jolly, Tamerlane, Silla, Grace, Chloe, Matilda, Hercules, Dick, John, Bella, Will, Hector, Beck, Simon, Lizzy, Sue, Nancy, Belah [alt: Bellah], Jacob, Peter, Adam, Diana, Kojeh [or Kojch], Sylvy, Elsy, Prince, Leah, Ned, Cassy, Nelly, Cinda, Moses, Somerset, Eve, Sandy, Sukey, Penda, Phebe, Abram, Priam, Charlotte, George, Joe, Hamlet, Charles, Lucy, Fortune, Morris, Amey, Caesar, Celia, Fancy, July, Hannah, Selina, Ben, Anthony, Andrew, Daniel, Alick [alt: Ellick], Henry, Robin, Belfast, Lydia, Clarissa, Molly, Solomon, Harriet, Niger, Toney, Billy, Amarynta [alt: Amarinta], Cato, Harry, Abigail, Binah, Kitty, Rakey, Hester, Affy, Delia, Pompey

On March 23, 1825, John LeConte, of New York City, sold to Louis LeConte, Liberty County, for $30,000 “the following negro slaves, being in number one hundred and thirty one, to wit, Bristol, Fanny, Hester, Cassy, Paris, Peggy, Lydia, Charles, Phyllis, Dick, Billy, Jenny, Sophy, Rachel, Philip, Hagar, Bob, Hetty, Pompey, Louisa, Belfast, Binah, Tenah, Matty, Delia, June, Affy, Monday, Milly, London, Moses, Rose, Eliza, Sue, Stephen, Dinah, Peggy, Jane, Jack, Sarah, Bristol, ISaac, Rinah, Polly, Tamar, Scipio, Rachel, Hannibal, Angeline, Jolly, Tamerlane, Silla, Grace, Chloe, Matilda, Hercules, Dick, John, Bella, Will, Hector, Beck, Simon, Lizzy, Sue, Nancy, Belah [alt: Bellah], Jacob, Peter, Adam, Diana, Kojeh [or Kojch], Sylvy, Elsy, Prince, Leah, Ned, Cassy, Nelly, Cinda, Moses, Somerset, Eve, Sandy, Sukey, Penda, Phebe, Abram, Priam, Charlotte, George, Joe, Hamlet, Charles, Lucy, Fortune, Morris, Amey, Caesar, Celia, Fancy, July, Hannah, Selina, Ben, Anthony, Andrew, Daniel, Alick [alt: Ellick], Henry, Robin, Belfast, Lydia, Clarissa, Molly, Solomon, Harriet, Niger, Toney, Billy, Amarynta [alt: Amarinta], Cato, Harry, Abigail, Binah, Kitty, Rakey, Hester, Affy, Delia and Pompey. Witnessed by Wm. [William] Jones. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on February 12, 1827. 

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. 211-2. Image #407-8  (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSBH-C?i=406&cat=292358)