They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Baker/Law)

Enslaved People Named: Frank, Sarah, Chloe, Molly, Venus, Rachel, Adam, Eve, Jacob

On February 24, 1813, Artemus M. Baker, of Chatham County, sold to Col. Joseph Law, Liberty County, for $2000 “the following negro slaves viz. Frank, Sarah, Chloe, Molly, Venus, Rachel, Adam, Eve, and Jacob, with one infant child, name unknown…” Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on March 9, 1813. 

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. 216. Image #413 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QL-J96W-M?i=412)