They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bryan County Bill of Sale (Hines/Hines)

Enslaved People Named: Tom, Mary, Daniel

April 14, 1856, Euterpe [or Euterpia] A. Hines, Carroll County, sold to John P. Hines, Bryan County, for $1600 “the following property to wit Tom a slave aged fifteen years Mary a slave aged twenty two years and her child Daniel aged six months all of dark complexion and sound in health.”

Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on April 30, 1856.

[NOTE: Part of this deed record was left out when originally recorded. It was re-recorded with the whole record later in the same book, hence the two citations below.]

Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. H-J 1853-1874, Book H (1853-1860), page 215; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLZ-19WM-7 : 30 Mar 2025), image 112 of 682; microfilm #007899047, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.

Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. H-J 1853-1874, Book H (1853-1860), page 232; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLZ-197B-J : 30 Mar 2025), image 131 of 682; microfilm #007899047, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.