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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Somarsall/Field)

Enslaved People Named: China, Diana

On March 25, 1815, at Sunbury, John Somarsall sold to Jedidiah Field for $450 “a wench by the name of China (or possibly Rhina) and child Diana.” Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on June 5, 1817.  

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. H-I 1816-1831,” Record Book H (1816-1822), p. 85. Image #72 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSYD-M?i=71&cat=292358)