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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Robarts/Robarts)

Enslaved People Named: Yellow Beck, Size

On February 3, 1807, in Riceborough, James Robarts sold to William Robarts for $600 “Yellow Beck, about twenty two years of age and Size a boy about thirteen years of age. Robarts noted that he sold them “for the purpose of raising money to pay Virgil H. G[name] a suit brought against the estate of Charles Walker.” Noted as “sanctioned by Joseph Jones, trustee for Eliza G. Robarts. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on February 25, 1807.

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. 154. Image #243 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QL-J9DH-D?i=242)