Georgia, Liberty County } Schedule of Exempted Property by the Laws of Georgia
The undersigned Lewis Bird, a colored citizen of said County, would respectfully file his Schedule or property exempted by the laws of Georgia, he being the head of a family of minor children – said property being exempt from levy and sale by virtue of any process or any fi fa emanating from any court of law or Equity.
1st. Fifty acres of land and five additional acres for each of his children under the age of sixteen years, to wit, three children Peggy, George & Sam.
2nd. One farm horse or mule
3rd. One cow and calf
4th. Ten head of hogs and fifty dollars worth of provisions, and five dollars worth additional for each child.
5th. Beds, bedding and common bedsteads sufficient for the family.
6th. One loom, one spinning wheel and two pairs of cards, and one hundred pounds of lint cotton.
7th. Common tools of trade of himself, and his wife, being farmers, to wit: axes, hoes, steel mill and Jersey wagon.
8th. Equipment and arms of a militia soldier, and trooper’s horse.
9th. Ordinary cooking utensils and table crockery
10th. Wearing apparel of himself and family.
11th. Family Bible, religious works and school books
12th. Family portraits etc.
[Signed by mark] Lewis Bird
Recorded
February 8th 1869.
Attest
W.S. Norman, N.P. & J.P., Liberty County, Ga
Liberty County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, 1860-1870, Book P, page 538; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-RSPG-C : accessed 14 Jan 2024), Family History Library microfilm 008564333, “Deeds & Mortgages, v. O-P 1854-1870,” image 646 of 699, item 2 of 2; citing original records of Liberty County Superior Court, Georgia.