They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (James/Way)

Enslaved People Named: Joe

On February 22, 1806, James James, Liberty County, sold to Moses Way for $412 “one Negro man named Joe about forty five years of age…” Witnessed by R. Beard. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on April 26, 1808. 

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. 199. Image #265 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QL-J9ZL-B)