Enslaved People Named: Katy
On April 7, 1818, John R. Burke, of Savannah, sold to John Adams, also of Savannah, for $500 “a negro named Katy, about twenty seven years old, black complexion, to have and to hold the said negro woman named Katy.” Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on April 16, 1818.
[NOTE: Not clear why this was recorded in Liberty County as well as, presumably, Chatham County.]
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. 142-3. Image #101 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSYQ-4?i=100&cat=292358)