They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Stevens/Bacon)

Enslaved Persons Named: Major

On June 29, 1827, Oliver Stevens, Liberty County, sold to Jonathan Bacon, Liberty County, for $350 “a negro man named Major, about twenty one or two years of age.” Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on February 4, 1830.

Source: Family Search.org. Liberty County Superior Court “Deeds and mortgages, 1777-1920; general index to deeds and mortgages, 1777-1958,” Film: Deeds & Mortgages, v. H-I 1816-1831,” Record Book  I, 1822-1831, p. 382. Image #499  (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSTT-X?i=498&cat=292358)