They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Deed of Gift (Cochran/Cochran)

Enslaved Persons Named: Isaac

On February 26, 1777, Jonathan Cochran, planter of St. Andrew’s Parish, gifted to “my brother James Cochran” “one Mustee Man Slave named Isaac.” Witnessed by William Huntingford. Recorded on May 21, 1778. 

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. A-B 1777-1793,” Record Book  A, 1777-1783, p. 71. Image #46 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLZ-FGRH?i=45&cat=292358)