They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Used as Collateral (Burton/Low & Co)

Enslaved Persons Named: Charles, Henry, Hannah, Jack, London, Hester, Rose, Allen

On May 12, 1827, Robert P. Burton, Liberty County, used as collateral on various promissory notes to Andrew Low & Company, A & C Wood, John B. Gandry and C.W. Rockwell & Company “the following negro slaves, eight in number, viz, Charles, Henry, Hannah, Jack, London, Hester, Rose & Allen.” Witnessed by Thomas G. Miller, James Taylor. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on May 14, 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. 229. Image #422  (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSB9-5?i=421&cat=292358)