They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (King/Way)

Enslaved People Named: Peggy

On January 1, 1808, William King, planter of Franklin County, sold to Moses Way for $450 “a certain Negro wench by the name of Peggy…” Witnessed by John ? White. 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)