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

Thomas Sillivant – Liberty County Estate Inventory

Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Deceased: Sillivant, Thomas
Date Sworn: 1783-06-16
Appraisers: Samuel West, William Girardeau, Thomas Graves
Estate Administrator: Daniel Sillivant
Court Officer: John Baker, J.P.
Date Recorded: unknown (see comments)
Recording Official: unknown (see comments)
Total Value of Property Appraised: 561.7.8 pounds
Value of enslaved persons: 520 pounds
Comments: “late of Saint Johns Parish in Liberty County”

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

Estate warrant dated May 26, 1783. Inventory dated July 22, 1783.

NameValuationDescription
Charles90“Negroe fellow”
Isaac70“Negroe fellow”
Welcome70“Negroe fellow”
Pollydore [alt: Polydore, Polidore]20“Negroe fellow”
Andrew60“Negroe fellow”
Judith60“Negroe wench”
Kate50“Negro wench”
Abraham55“Negro boy”
Antony45“Negro 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:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9QM-JB1B : accessed 7 Jun 2026), “Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990 -> Liberty -> Estate records 1775-1892 Shumatt, William – Stevens, Joseph, image 36-39.