They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Law/Gaulden)

Enslaved People Named: Elsey

On March 13, 1811, Nathaniel Law sold to Jonathan Gaulden for $325 “a negro girl named Elsey, about thirteen years old.” Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on December 9, 1816. 

Source: Family Search.org. Liberty County Superior Court “Deeds and ortgages, 1777-1920; general index to deeds and mortgages, 1777-1958,” Film: Deeds & Mortgages, v. H-I 1816-1831,” Record Book H (1816-1822), p. 45. Image #44 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSB8-K?i=43&cat=292358)