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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Court Case: Cuffy seized from Simon A. Fraser to settle debt (1826)

Enslaved People Named: Cuffy [alt: Cuffee]
Slaveowner involved: Simon A. Fraser, John E. McCall
Dates: 1822, 1826

In the November 1822 term of the Liberty County Superior Court, Lester Thompson won a judgment against Simon A. Fraser and John E. McCall. As a result of the judgment, the Liberty County Sheriff used a writ of fieri fascias to seize “one negro man named Cuffy and one bay horse” on September 4, 1826. This note was marked “Satisfied 9 Nov 1826.”


Loose Papers in folders by surname, Liberty County Court of Ordinary; digitized images with typewritten indexes, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QW-Y295 : accessed 31 July 2023), “Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990 -> Liberty -> Estates 1775-1892 Fraser, Andrew-Goulding, Palmer, images 233-4 of 1211.