They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Mell/Brown)

Enslaved People Named: Sary, Abraham

On February 1, 1807, Thomas Mell sold to William Brown for $535 “a Negro Wench Sary and Child Abraham…” Witnessed by Francis Ross, Thomas Ard. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on August 31, 1807. 

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. E-G 1801-1816,” Record Book F (1804-1809), p. 179. Image #255 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QL-J9DC-7?i=254)