They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Used as Collateral (Varnedoe-Walthour/James)

Enslaved Persons Named: Plenty, Nelly, Juno, William, Toby, Little Plenty, Violet, George, Jenny, Amy, Isaac, Stephen, Matthew, Stepney, Charlotte, Caesar, Bina, Darcas, Jenny, Elsy, Mary, John, Clarinda, Ned, John, Gashem, Dinah, Nanny, Cuffy, Cudjoe, Lucy, Joshua, Leah, Rachel, Charlotte, Mary, Die, Phebe [alt: Phoebe], Jesse, Joe, Stephen, Bess, Ellick, Becky, Jim, Tom,

On May 9, 1831, Nathaniel Varnedoe, planter of Liberty County, and George W. Walthour, also a planter of Liberty County, used as collateral on promissory notes totalling $14260 to James James of Morristown in the State of New Jersey “the following named negro slaves, to wit, Plenty, Nelly, Juno, William, Toby, Little Plenty, Violet, George, Jenny, Amy, Isaac, Stephen, Matthew, Stepney, Charlotte, Caesar, Bina, Darcas, Jenny, Elsy, Mary, John, Clarinda, Ned, John, Gashem, Dinah, Nanny, Cuffy, Cudjoe, Lucy, Joshua, Leah, Rachel, Charlotte, Mary, Die, Phebe [alt: Phoebe], Jesse, Joe, Stephen, Bess, Ellick, Becky, Jim and Tom, numbering forty six in all.” Witnessed by John Bacon. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on May 24, 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. 464-5. Image #540-1  (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSTD-D?i=539&cat=292358)