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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Deed of Gift (Law/Law)

Enslaved People Named: Shem, Sarah, Fortune, Rose

On October 15, 1811, Nathaniel Law, planter of Liberty County, gifted to his wife Sarah M. Law “the following named Slaves, that is, Shem, Sarah, Fortune, [2 or 3 names illegible] and Rose.” Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on October 26, 1811. 

[Note: Mrs. Sarah M. Law’s 1851 estate inventory names a Shem and a Rose. It is possible that the illegible names are on the inventory as well. See: https://theyhadnames.net/2019/09/08/liberty-county-estate-inventory-mrs-sarah-m-law/. 

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 G (1809-1816), p. 152. Image #377 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QL-J9DH-N?i=376&cat=292358)