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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Deed of Gift (Bacon/Way)

Enslaved Persons Named: Willoughby, Jenny, Murriah, Patty

On October 21, 1829, John Bacon, Liberty County, gifted the following people to his children by transferring them to Moses W. Way, also of Liberty County, in trust for them:

To his son Joseph Richard Bacon: “a negro woman slave named Willoughby, about eighteen years old”;

To his daughter Mary William Bacon: “a negro girl slave named Jenny, about fourteen years old”; 

To his son James Wilson Bacon: “my negro girl slave named Murriah, about fourteen years old”; and 

To his son Alfred Roderick Bacon: “a negro girl slave named Patty, about twelve years old.”

Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on October 29, 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. 370. Image #493  (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSTB-V?i=492&cat=292358)