They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Baker/Graham)

Enslaved Persons Named: Jack

On January 25, 1792, Stephen and Martha Baker wold to William Graham for 65 pounds sterling “a Young Negroe Fellow call’d Jack.” Witnessed by George Beard, Henry Johnson. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on March 28, 1792. 

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. 462. Image #512 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLZ-FGQT?i=511)