They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Flint/Munro)

Enslaved Persons Named: Sarah

On June 29, 1789, James F. Flint, planter of Chatham County, sold to Elizabeth Munro, planter of Liberty County, for 40 pounds sterling “a Negroe Girl named Sarah together with her future issue…” Witnessed by Benj. [Benjamin] Wall, Duncan Manson. Probated by Duncan Manson on April 6, 1792, in Liberty County. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on April 7, 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. 469. Image #515 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLZ-FG99?i=514)