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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Graves/Graves)

Enslaved Persons Named: Patty, Isaac, Peter, Murriah

On January 6, 1785, William Graves, planter of Liberty County, sold to Thomas Graves, planter of the same place for 350 pounds sterling , “the following Negroes Viz. Patty, Isaac, Peter and Murriah.” Witnessed by William Girardeau. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on April 22, 1790. 

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. 276. Image #411 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLZ-F5FM?i=410&cat=292358)