They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (McGowen/McGowen)

Enslaved People Named: Nellon

On April 22, 1805, William McGowen, planter of Liberty County, sold to his daughter Amarintha Elliott McGowen for $300 “one Negro boy slave named Nellon…” Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on April 22, 1805. 

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. 65. Image #198 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QL-J96C-N?i=197)