They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bryan County Bill of Sale (Powers/Smith)

Enslaved People Named: August

On March 1, 1849, Ann E. Powers, Effingham County, sold to Joshua Smith, Bryan County, for $450 “one certain negro man named August about forty seven or eight years old.” Witnessed by William Cooper, Valeria Cooper. Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on March 13, 1849.

Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. E-G 1830-1853, Book G (1846-53), page 139-40; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-VS29-D : 12 Jan 2025), image 562-3 of 682; microfilm #007899047, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.