They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (West/Munro)

Enslaved Persons Named: Sidney, Daphne, Dido

On December 19, 1789, Samuel West, planter, Liberty County, sold to Simon Munro, Liberty County, for 60 pounds sterling  “a negroe wench named Sidney, with her two children named Daphne and Dido…” Witnessed by Robert Ford, Alexander McIver. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on August 20, 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. 312. Image #436 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLZ-FGW7?i=435&cat=292358)