They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Used as Collateral (Baker/Wilcox)

Enslaved Persons Named: Mary, Ben, Cato, Maria, Celia, Chloe

On June 2, 1829, Uriah Wilcox reported that a “mortgage of slaves,” recorded in Book I page 124 on March 10, 1825, by Richard S. Baker had been paid in full. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on June 8, 1829. [NOTE: Although not specified in this deed, the mortgage recorded in Book I, page 124, named the enslaved people involved as Mary, Ben, Cato, Maria, Celia, Chloe.]

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. 357. Image #486  (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSYQ-S?i=485&cat=292358)