They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Delegal/Delegal)

Enslaved Persons Named: Venter [also spelled Vinter in this deed], Brutas [alt: Brutus], Peter, Hannah, Cate

On January 1, 1791, Philip Andrew Noble Delegal, planter of Liberty County, sold to David Delegal for 387 pounds sterling “the following negroe slaves viz. Venter [also spelled Vinter in this deed], Brutas [alt: Brutus], Peter, Hannah, Cate, a child,” along with some horses. Witnessed by Charles Abernethey, John Harris. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on January 3, 1791. 

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 B, 1787-1793, p. 335. Image #447 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLZ-FGHS?i=446&cat=292358)