They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Used as Collateral (Spencer/Wilcox)

Enslaved Persons Named: Titus, Hetty, Rakey, Washington, Jack

On December 28, 1829, Samuel Spencer, Liberty County, used as collateral on a promissory note of $591.90 to Uriah Wilcox, Liberty County, “a male slave named Titus, & his wife named Hetty, & her two children Rakey & Washington, & a male slave named Jack, together with the future issue & increase of the females..” Witnessed by Wm. [William] N. Way. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on January 6, 1830. 

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. 373. Image #494  (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSTT-S?cat=292358)