They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Compton/Foster)

Enslaved People Named: Stepney

On February 3, 1809, William H. Compton, administrator of the estate of John Wooderson, deceased, sold to William Foster, Liberty County, “a negro man named Stepney the property of estate of John Wooderson.” Witnessed by Samuel Jones. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on April 31, 1810. 

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 G (1809-1816), p. 76. Image #338 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QL-J98R-P?i=337&cat=292358)