They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Deed of Gift (Munro/Bettis)

Enslaved People Named: Venus

On August 4, 1796, Elizabeth Munro, Liberty County, gifted to her daughter Elizabeth Bettis, same place, “one negro girl named Venus.” Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on October 21, 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 (1795-1798), p. 72. Image #210 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-51QW?i=209)