They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Stevens/Baker)

Enslaved Persons Named: Abby

On April 11, 1828, Oliver Stevens, Liberty County, sold to Elijah Baker, Liberty County, for $300 “a negro girl slave named Abby, about eleven or twelve years old…” Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on May 19, 1829.

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. 351. Image #483  (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSTY-R?i=482&cat=292358)