They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bryan County Bill of Sale (Maxwell/Sanford)

Enslaved People Named: Hagar, Judy, Andrew

On December 8, 1842, John J. Maxwell, Chatham County, sold to Alexander M. Sanford, Bryan County, for $750 “a certain negro woman slave named Hagar, aged about fifty two years, and her two children, Judy aged about eighteen years and Andrew aged about eleven years together with the future issue and increase of the female slaves.” Witnessed by Edward J. Harden, N.P.. Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on January 20, 1843.

Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. E-G 1830-1853, Book F (1840-46), page 184-5; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-VSL7-T : 10 Sep 2024), image 346 of 682; microfilm #007899047, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.