They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Other (Grimball/Johnson)

Enslaved People Named: Isaac

On January 27, 1806, Paul Grimball relinquished his claim to “the fellow Isaac” to Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson, relict of Doctor George Johnson, late of Liberty County, in return for her dower claim to a tract of land purchased of John Robarts. Grimball noted that he had had a mortgage on Isaac given to him by Dr. Johnson during his lifetime to secure a payment for the purchase of that tract of land from Robarts. Witnessed by John Winn. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on July 24, 1806. 

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. 136. Image #234 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QL-J9D2-K?i=233)