They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Deed of Gift (Bacon/Graves)

Enslaved Persons Named: Naro, Cuffy, Patty

On October 9, 1783, John Bacon and Thomas Bacon, planters of Liberty County, gifted to their sister Rebecca Graves, same place, “two Negro boys named Naro [alt: Nero] and Cuffy [alt: Cuffee] and one negro girl named Patty.” Witnessed by William Quarterman, Rebecca Girardeau. Probated by William Quarterman on December 14, 1792. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on December 18, 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. 572. Image #570 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLZ-FLRC?i=569)