They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Cuthbert/Rogers)

Enslaved People Named: Harrington, Flora, Ben

On June 6, 1814, at Sunbury, John A. Cuthbert, Liberty County, sold to Dr. Charles William Rogers for $800 “the following three negro slaves; viz. Harrington, Flora & her male child Ben.” Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on July 28, 1814. 

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. 320. Image #465 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QL-J966-Z?i=464)