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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Law/Jones)

Enslaved Persons Named: Sibby, Venus, Scipio, Mima, Sary, Rose

On September 7, 1830, John S. Law, executor of the estate of Jos. [Joseph] Law and executor of the estate of James Lambright, Liberty County, sold to Joseph Jones, Liberty County, for $1251 “six negroes, named Sibby, Venus, Scipio, Mima, Sary and Rose.” They had been sold at public auction by order of the Justices of the Inferior Court of Liberty County, “as the property of James Lambright deceased for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said estate.” Jones was the highest bidder. Witnessed by Wm. [William] Jones, W.M. Maxwell, Thomas McL. Stone. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on February 16, 1831.

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. 443. Image #529  (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSTJ-X?i=528&cat=292358)