They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

BRyan County Sheriff’s Sale (Bond/Hardee)

Enslaved People Named: Sambo, Bob, Sally, Daphne, Moses

On March 1, 1842, Noble A. Hardee, Savannah, purchased a 1/6th interest in an undivided tract of land in Bryan County known as Fancy Hall, a 1/6th interest in an undivided tract of land in Bryan County known as the Park, 25 acres of the Seringo tract also in Bryan County, the “following named negroes, slaves, Sambo, Bob, Sally, Daphne, and Moses,” as well as other miscellaneous property (described in the deed) at a Sheriff’s Sale in Bryan County for $463.37. They had originally been seized from Thomas P. Bond based on a court order.

Witnessed by John H. Hull. Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on March 8, 1842.

Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. E-G 1830-1853, Book F (1840-46), page 92-4; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-VSLP-B : 9 Sep 2024), image 296-7 of 682; microfilm #007899047, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.