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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Child Sworn to Jesse Easterling by Mary Oneill, 1868

State of Georgia, Liberty County } This is to certify that I have received from Jesse Easterling twenty five dollars for a full settlement for a child that I have sworn to him and I authorize the constable to deliver up the warrant that is against said Jesse Easterling for said child.
Mary Oneill [signed by mark]
Signed in presence of
W.W. Standley, Test.

Recorded April 27th 1868

Liberty County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, 1860-1870, Book P, page 500; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-RSTF-J : accessed 6 Jan 2024), Family History Library microfilm 008564333, “Deeds & Mortgages, v. O-P 1854-1870,” image 627 of 699, item 2 of 2; citing original records of Liberty County Superior Court, Georgia.