They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Mara/Bevan)

Enslaved People Named: Joe

On April 6, 1808, Morgan Mara, Liberty County, sold to Joseph Bevan for $400 “a Negro Slave called Joe.” Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on April 12, 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. 197. Image #264 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QL-J9DY-2?i=263)