They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Used as Collateral (Hart/Wilcox)

Enslaved Persons Named: Hagar

On March 10, 1827, Odingsell W. Hart, Liberty County, used as collateral on promissory notes totalling $165 to Uriah Wilcox, also of Liberty County, “a certain female slave named Hagar about eighteen years of age, together with her future increase.” Witnessed by Wm. [William] P. McConnell, Rodney Pease. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on March 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. 216. Image #410  (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSBM-D?i=409&cat=292358)