They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (West/Munro)

Enslaved Persons Named: Old Ben, Phillis, James, Delia, Robin, Abraham, Byna, Wiltshire, Joe, Tony, Little Joe, Jupiter, Young Sylvia, Chloe, Sella, Old Phillis, Sam, Beck, Belinda, Abba, Sinar, George, Maria, Jacob, Phebe, Tenar, Bob, Rhina, Tenar, Robin, Peggy, Phillis, Sue, Else, Dembo, Ned, Sam, Ben, Old Sylvia

On October 20, 1792, Liberty County Sheriff Henry Wood sold 39 “Negroe Slaves” to Elizabeth Munro at public auction for a total of 544 pounds ten shillings, based on a writ of fieri facias initiated due to cases brought against Samuel West by Samuel Jack, surviving copartner of Jack and Douglas; John Baker, surviving copartner of Baker and Troup; and Elizabeth Munro. The people seized and sold, and the prices for which they were sold, were identified as follows:

 

Old Ben and his wife Phillis — 30 pounds

James, his wife Delia and their child Robin — 51 pounds

Abraham, his wife Byna [also Binah], with their sons Wiltshire and Joe — 80 pounds

Tony and Little Joe — 60 pounds

Jupiter — 15 pounds

Young Sylvia and her two children Chloe and Sella [or Silla] — 31 pounds

Old Phillis and her children Sam and Beck — 76 pounds

Belinda and her three children Abba, Sinar and George — 25 pounds

Maria and her two children Jacob and Phebe — 30 pounds

Tenar [alt: Tenah] and her son Bob — 31 pounds

Rhina and her child Tenar — 26 pounds

Robin, his wife Peggy, and their children Phillis, Sue, Else, Dembo, Ned and Sam — 54 pounds

“New Negroe” Ben and his wife Old Sylvia — 35 pounds

 Witnessed by Alexander McIver. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on October 20, 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. 548. Image #556 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLZ-FL52?i=555)