They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bryan County Bill of Sale (Smith/Sims)

Enslaved People Named: Handy

On March 24, 1851, H.A. Smith, Bryan County, sold to Jacob Sims, Bryan County, for $1000 “a certain negro boy named Handy aged nineteen years.” Witnessed by Simon Smith. Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on August 20, 1854.

Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. E-G 1830-1853, Book G (1846-53), page 99; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLZ-197W-Y : 3 Feb 2025), image 55 of 682; microfilm #007899047, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.