They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Deed of Gift (Carter/Bowler)

Enslaved Persons Named: Sampson

On January 23, 1782, James Carter of St. Johns Parish in the Province of Georgia [now Liberty County] gifted to his “loving wife” Martha Carter “all my Estate both real and personal consisting of lands Negroes horses cattle hoggs and household furniture…excepting one negroe boy named Sampson which I give and bequeath unto James Carter Bowler and his heirs and assigns forever.” Witnessed by Thomas Harn, Major Samuel West. Probated by Samuel West on March 28, 1792. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on April 3, 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. 464. Image #513 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLZ-FLYK?i=512)