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

Rebecca McLain (or McLean) – Liberty County Estate Inventory

Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Deceased: McLain, Rebecca [also spelled: McLean]
Date Sworn: 1789-11-21
Appraisers: Joseph Law, Frances Brown, William Way Jun’r
Estate Administrator: Samuel Lines
Court Officer: James Wood, J.P.
Date Recorded: unknown (see comments)
Recording Official: unknown (see comments)
Total Value of Property Appraised: 337.11.0 pounds
Value of enslaved persons: 295 pounds
Comments: This inventory and associated court documents found in Liberty County Probate Court loose files, not in the probate record book.

Warrant dated November 1, 1789. Inventory dated November 21, 1789.

NameValuationDescription
Guy45“A Negro fellow”
Jack40“A Negro fellow”
Will30“A boy”
Tenah50“A wench”
Hesther20“A girl”
Tom20“A boy”
Fenny45“A wench”
Cloe [alt: Chloe]25“A girl”
George20“A boy”

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:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89QM-V7DL : accessed 7 Jun 2026), “Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990 -> Liberty -> Estate records 1775-1892 McCall, Stephen – Mell, Eliz, image 761-764.