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State of Georgia, Liberty County } The following is a schedule of the personalty of Ben Howard, p.c., the head of a family claimed under the Homestead laws of this state, and filed with Ordinary of said County, for exemption under said laws, this 4th day of October 1872: to wit,
One hundred & ninety bus. Corn val. at @1.00 pr bu 190.00
Thirty five bu rice val. at 1.00 pr bu. 35.00
Growing crop of cane & syrup from the same val. at 6.00
Five hundred & fifty lbs seed cotton short 04 pr lb 22.00
Household & kitchen furniture val at. 50.00
Ninety bus. Potatoes val at .50 pr bu 45.00
Two head of stock cattle @ 40.00 & 15.00 55.00
One marked with spade handle in each ear
Other unmarked, both but headed with red color and red spot
One sow val at. 5.00
Twelve head of Poultry of all kinds @ .50 6.00
[Total] $414.00
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Approved on October 18, 1872. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on October 25, 1872.
Liberty County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, 1870-1874, Book Q, page 187-8; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-5157 : accessed 4 Apr 2024), Family History Library microfilm 008564334, “Deeds & Mortgages, v. Q-R, 1870-1877,” image 123-4 of 607, item 1 of 2; citing original records of Liberty County Superior Court, Georgia.