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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Law/Jones)

Enslaved Persons Named: Phillis, Israel, Juno

On June 1, 1830, Sheriff James Law, Liberty County, sold to Joseph Jones, Liberty County, for $601 “the following three negroes, to wit, Phillis [alt: Phyllis], and her two children named Israel & Juno.” Following a lawsuit by James Anderson & Co against John B. Bacon and Samuel S. Law, executors of Thomas F. Bacon’s estate, Sheriff Law seized Phillis, Israel and Juno from their own to satisfy the judgment. He put them up for public auction on June 1st at the courthouse at Riceboro, and Jones was the highest bidder. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on June 3, 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. 416. Image #516  (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSTN-2?i=515&cat=292358)