They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Goulding/Stacy)

Enslaved Persons Named: Booby, Ned, Major

On January 10, 1792, Margaret Goulding, widow of Liberty County, sold to John Stacy and James Stacy, planters of the same county, for 131 pounds sterling “three negroes viz one fellow named Booby, one ditto named Ned, and one boy named Major.” Witnessed by Peter Winn. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on March 2, 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. 446. Image #504 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLZ-FLY2?i=503)