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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Long/Ham)

Enslaved People Named: Toney

On November 4, 1821, in Chatham County, Michael Long sold to Jesse Ham for $400 “a certain male slave named Toney about thirty years of age.” Witnessed by William Brownejohn. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on January 3, 1822. 

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. 431-2. Image #248-9 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSR5-N?i=247&cat=292358)