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

Jacob Bradwell – Liberty County Estate Inventory

Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Deceased: Bradwell, Jacob
Date Sworn: 1787-02-27
Appraisers: Frances Brown, John Bradwell, William G. Bradwell
Estate Administrator: Bradwell, Thomas
Court Officer: Wood, James
Date Recorded: unknown (see comments)
Recording Official: unknown (see comments)
Total Value of Property Appraised: 116 pounds
Value of enslaved persons: 85 pounds
Comments: “late of Liberty County, planter”

This inventory and associated court documents found in Liberty County Probate Court loose files, not in the probate record book.

Inventory warrant dated January 23, 1787.

NameValuationDescription
Cuffy85“Negroe Fellow”

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:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QW-23F2 : accessed 7 Jun 2026), “Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990 -> Liberty -> Estates 1775-1892 Blackwell, Lee-Burton, Robert P, image 651-652.