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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Deed of Gift (Nolen/Noulen)

Enslaved People Named: Abram

On July 21, 1810, Dennis Nolen [or Nowlan], Liberty County, gifted to his children Amy, John, Dennis and Nathaniel Noulen “the negro slaves by the name of Abram,” in addition to a horse, two feather beds and the associated furniture. Witnessed by Samuel Harville. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on August 3, 1810. 

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. 97. Image #349 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QL-J9DD-9?i=348&cat=292358)