They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Deed of Gift (Lawson/Webb)

Enslaved People Named: Lucy, John

On May 9, 1805, John Lawson gifted to his daughter Elizabeth Webb, wife of John Webb of Sunbury, “one Negro Wench named Lucy with her child a boy called John…” Witnessed by John Bunkley, Mary Ann Bunkley. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on August 26, 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. 86. Image #209 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QL-J9ZL-M?i=208)