They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Used as Collateral (Mell/Law)

Enslaved People Named: Fortune, Bacchus, Toney, Tennessee, Abram, Diana, Cinder [alt: Cinda], Dinah, Diana, Jack, Abram, Isaac, Sue, Dorcas

On September 6, 1820, Benjamin Mell, planter of Liberty County, used as collateral on a promissory note of $5341 to Nathaniel Law, Liberty County “the following negro slaves; viz. Fortune, Bacchus, Toney, Tennessee, Abram, Diana, Cinder [alt: Cinda], Dinah, also another Diana, Jack, another Abram, Isaac, Sue, Dorcas.” Witnessed by Joseph Law, Jr. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on September 18, 1820. 

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. 353. Image #209 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSTQ-F?i=208&cat=292358)