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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty and Bryan Counties, Georgia

Isaac Girardeau – Liberty County Estate Inventory

Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Deceased: Girardeau, Isaac
Date Sworn: 1783-06-17
Appraisers: Samuel West, Daniel Sillivant, Thomas Graves
Estate Administrator: William Girardeau
Court Officer: Baker, John
Date Recorded: unknown (see comments)
Recording Official: unknown (see comments)
Total Value of Property Appraised: 800 pounds
Value of enslaved persons: 800 pounds
Comments: Only enslaved people included in the inventory. This inventory and associated court documents found in Liberty County Probate Court loose files, not in the probate record book.

NameValuationDescription
Agrippa80“Negroe man slave”
Andrew60“Negro boy slave”
Charlot50“Negroe wench”
Tom45“Negroe boy”
Rachell45“Negroe wench”
Elsey60“Negroe wench”
Betty40“Negroe girl”
Titus40“Negroe boy”
Sam40“Negroe boy”
Dary30“Negroe girl”
Will15“Negroe boy”
Will30“Negroe man”
Pegg60“Negroe wench”
Bess40“Negroe girl”
Abraham40“Negroe boy”
Tom40“Negroe boy”
Child of Pegg15No name given
Cudgo80“Negro man”

Find the digitized original at: Loose Papers in folders by surname, Liberty County, Georgia, Probate Court; digitized images with typewritten indexes, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9QW-YFV4 : accessed 7 Jun 2026), “Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990 -> Liberty -> Estate records 1775-1892 Fraser, Andrew – Goulding, Palmer, image 1195-6.