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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Liberty County Estate Inventory – William Anderson

Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Deceased: William Anderson
Date Sworn: 1825-05-09
Appraisers: Geo. [George] W. Walthour, Thos. [Thomas] Quarterman, William N. Way
Estate Administrator: Capt. Joseph Jones
Court Officer: John Dunwody, J.I.C.
Date Recorded: 1825-06-13 by E. Baker
Total Value of Estate: $16,385
Value of enslaved persons: $14155
Comments: One group of enslaved persons was listed separately as being at “Sand Hills.”

Bob 500
“driver at lower plantation”
Dinah 200  
Hannah 300  
Bob 150 “Hannah’s child”
James 75 “Hannah’s child”
Ben 500 “jobbing carpenter”
June 450  
Ned 450  
Cain 400 [alt: Cane]
George 400  
Daniel 450  
Toby 400  
Tyone 450 [alt: Tyrone?]
Kneller 450  
Billy 200 “invalid”
Pharoah 300  
Venus 250  
Bella 250 “Venus’s child”
July 200 “Venus’s child”
Farmer 150 “Venus’s child”
Beck 300  
Diana 350 “Beck’s daughter”
Agrippa 50 “Diana’s child”
Phillis 250 [alt: Phyllis]
Charlotte 175  
Rina 200
“Charlotte’s child” [alt: Rhina, Rhena]
Joe 200 “Charlotte’s child”
Celia 275  
Miley 300 “Negroes at Sand Hills”, [alt: Milly]
Anne 325 “Negroes at Sand Hills”
Die 275
[alt: Dye] “Negroes at Sand Hills”
Lucy 200 “Negroes at Sand Hills”
Kate 250 “Negroes at Sand Hills”
Jupiter 200
“Charlotte’s child” “Negroes at Sand Hills”
Rose 150
“Charlotte’s child” “Negroes at Sand Hills”
Tamar 250
“Venus’s child” “Negroes at Sand Hills”
Harriet 75
“Venus’s child” “Negroes at Sand Hills”
John 150
“Beck’s child” “Negroes at Sand Hills”
Rose 250
“Beck’s child” “Negroes at Sand Hills”
Jim 250
“Beck’s child” “Negroes at Sand Hills”
Will 200 “Negroes at Sand Hills”
Rinah 125
[alt: Rhina, Rhena, Rina] “Negroes at Sand Hills”
Sampson 50
“Old” “Negroes at Sand Hills”
Toney 200
“Driver” “crippled” “Negroes at Sand Hills” [alt: Tony]
Toney 250
“Little” “Negroes at Sand Hills” [alt: Tony]
Phib 300
“Big” [alt: Phoebe, Phebe] “Negroes at Sand Hills”
Mary 300 “Negroes at Sand Hills”
Dinah 125
“Mary’s child” “Negroes at Sand Hills”
Shadrach 75
“Mary’s child” “Negroes at Sand Hills” [alt: Shadrack]
Alfred 350 “Negroes at Sand Hills”
Phib 250
“Little” [alt: Phoebe, Phebe] “Negroes at Sand Hills”
Sylvia 200
[alt: Silvia] “Negroes at Sand Hills”
Jim 200 “Negroes at Sand Hills”
Elvira 150
“Phillis’s child” “Negroes at Sand Hills”
Venus 30
“Old” “Negroes at Sand Hills”
Sam 350 “Negroes at Sand Hills”

Find the digitized original at: “Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990,” images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-893L-GCQ1?cc=1999178&wc=9SYT-PT5%3A267679901%2C268032901 : 20 May 2014), Liberty > Wills, appraisements and bonds 1790-1850 vol B > image 447 of 689; county probate courthouses, Georgia.

These antebellum estate inventories and appraisals generally included all the deceased person’s “property,” including enslaved persons. Only those names are documented here for historical and genealogical purposes. Anyone interested in the actual property owned by the deceased may find it at the link at the bottom of the page. Names are listed in the original order, as this often gives very valuable information about family groupings or the age of children (who may be listed in age order).