They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Deed of Gift (Osgood/Baker)

Enslaved People Named: Middy

On November 5, 1817, Rebecca Osgood, Liberty County widow, gifted to her nephew William Quarterman Baker “my negro girl Middy.”  Witnessed by Mary Osgood. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on November 6, 1817. 

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 H (1816-1822), p. 103. Image #81 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSYX-9?i=80&cat=292358)