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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Fitzpatrick/Broughton)

Enslaved People Named: Pendar, Hagar, Aaron

On March 11, 1805, Liberty County Sheriff William E. Stuart sold to John H. Broughton for $500 “three Negro Slaves named Pendar [alt: Penda, Pender] and children Hagar & Aaron. Dorcus Lines, administrator of the estate of Mary Fitzpatrick, had authorized Stuart to sell them, and he had put them up for public auction, with Broughton being the highest bidder. Witnessed by Joseph Jones. That same day John Broughton  sold “the property within named” to Mrs. Dorcas Lines for $575.  

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. E-G 1801-1816,” Record Book F (1804-1809), p. 100. Image #216 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QL-J9D9-7?i=215)