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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Marriage Contract (Dicks/Axson)

Enslaved People Named: Joe, Sary, ?? Hannah ??, Peter, Sylvia, Harry, Lucy, Charles, Stepney, Old Lydia, Young Lydia, Jack, Sibby, Peggy, Nan, Frank, ?? Natt ??

On December 24, 1806, Ann Dicks, widow of Liberty County, entered into a marriage contract with Samuel J. Axson, physician of Liberty County, with Joseph Law, John Stevens and James Lambright as her trustees. Put into trust for her were “Seventeen Negro Slaves, named Joe, Sary, ?? Hannah ??, Peter, Sylvia, Harry, Lucy, Charles, Stepney, Old Lydia, Young Lydia, Jack, Sibby, Peggy, Nan, Frank and ?? Natt ??. Other personal property was also specified. Witnessed by A. Porter, Charles Dicks. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on February 2, 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. 149-50. Image #240-1 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QL-J969-X?i=239)