They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Used as Collateral (Hart/Wilcox)

Enslaved Persons Named: Mary, Jacob

On April 13, 1830, O.W. Hart, planter, Liberty County, used as collateral on a promissory note of $269.56 to Uriah Wilcox, trader, Liberty County, “a certain female slave named Mary, and her son named Jacob, together with the future issue & increase of the said Mary..” Witnessed by G.W. Dunham. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on April 17, 1830. [NOTE: O.W. Hart is probably Odingsell W. Hart.] [NOTE: Marked as satisfied in Book I, p. 463.]

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. 406. Image #511  (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSTB-F?i=510&cat=292358)