They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Stone/Walker)

Enslaved People Named: Charles

On March 12, 1796, Henry D. Stone, planter of McIntosh County, sold for $200 to Joel Walker, planter of Liberty County, “a Negro boy about 17 years of age named Charles, being the joint property of myself and my sister Susannah Stone willed to us by our Grandfather, Mathew Guerin of South Carolina, deceased.” Witnessed by Eliza Jones, Daniel Johnson. S. [presumably Susannah] Stone also recorded her agreement to the sale. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on March 30, 1796. 

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. C-D 1793-1801,” Record Book DD, p. 26. Image #162 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-5BF7?i=161&cat=292358)