They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Law/Bettis)

Enslaved Persons Named: Judah

On February 2, 1791, Thomas E. Law sold to John Bettis for 60 pounds sterling “a negroe Wench named Judah, her son Isaac and her future issue.” Witnessed by Stephen Files. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on March 22, 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. 360. Image #461 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLZ-F5K9?i=460&cat=292358)