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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Baker/Cecil)

Enslaved Persons Named: Charlotte, Hagar, William ?Henry?, Leonora

On July 25, 1791, John Baker Senior, merchant of Liberty County, sold to Leonard Cecil, merchant of Chatham County, for 120 pounds sterling “the following Negroe and Coloured Slaves to Wit, Charlotte, Hagar, Mulatto Boy William ? Henry ? And Mulatto Girl Leonora together with the issue of the females amongst them.” Witnessed by John Blackstock, John Baker Junior. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on August 16, 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. 411. Image #486 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLZ-FL5B?i=485)