They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Baker/Baker)

Enslaved Persons Named: Rachel, Murriah, Hannah, Phebe [alt: Phoebe], Mary, Peggy, Will, Abram, Affy, Sue

On August 1, 1791, Colonel John Baker, Liberty County, and his wife Mary Baker, sold to Stephen Baker, planter of the same county, for 800 pounds “the following ten Negro Slaves, to wit, Rachel, Murriah, Hannah, Phebe [alt: Phoebe], Mary, Peggy, Will, Abram, Affy and Sue,” as well as lots 25, 26, 32, and 61 in Sunbury. Witnessed by John Baker Junior. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on December 23, 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. 426. Image #494 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLZ-FGJN?i=493)