They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Patterson/Plummer)

Enslaved Persons Named: Paul

On October 29, 1791, John Patterson, of Chatham County, sold for 50 pounds sterling to Joseph Plummer, of Liberty County, “a certain Negroe fellow named Paul about eighteen years old, slim made and tall.” Witnessed by Robert Oswald, Francis Well. Probated by Francis Well of Liberty County before a Liberty County Justice of the Peace on January 7, 1793. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on January ?, 1793. 

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. 574. Image #571 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLZ-FL5P?i=570)