They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bryan County Bill of Sale (Ash/Stephen)

Enslaved People Named: Lizzy

On November 29, 1836, George A. Ash, Chatham Count, sold to Cleminia J. Stephen for $700 “a certain negro wench slave named Lizzy aged thirty four years.” Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on April 21, 1837.

Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. E-G 1830-1853, Book E (1830-40), page 242-3; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-VSGN-Z : 22 Jul 2024), image 140-1 of 682; microfilm #007899047, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.