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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Used as Collateral (Andrew/Corker)

Enslaved People Named: Charlotte, Sam

On April 1, 1796, Saunders [alt: Sanders] Andrew, planter of Liberty County, used as collateral on a promissory note of $200 to Stephen Corker, same place, a “negro wench Charlotte & her son Sam now in the possession of the said Stpehen Corker.” Andrew said he had previously given Corker “the use of” Charlotte & her son Sam “as a compensation for the interest of the money mentioned in the said bond.” Andrew and Corker also agreed that the $200 did not have to be paid until April 1, 1798. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on January 14, 1797. 

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. 75. Image #213 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-5TL5?i=212)