They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bryan County Chattel Mortgage (Hines/Hines)

Enslaved People Named: Sulpher, Charlotte, John, Ferdy

On February 11, 1852, Benjamin T. Hines, Bryan County, used as collateral on a promissory note to Charlton Hines, Liberty County, for $1000 “the following property to wit Sulpher a negro man about 35 years of age, Charlotte a negro woman about 40 years of age, John about 17 years of age, Ferdy aged two years.” Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on April 29, 1852.

Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. E-G 1830-1853, Book G (1846-53), page 297-8; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-VSKF-L : 23 Jan 2025), image 646-7 of 682; microfilm #007899047, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court. “