They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bryan County Chattel Mortgage (Hart/Porter)

Enslaved People Named: Patience, Adam, Peggy, Maria, Edmond, Dianna, Ginny, Rinah, Hagar, Israel, Grace, Billy, Little Rinah, Tom, Sunday

On March 18, 1845, Odingsell W. Hart, planter, Bryan County, used as collateral on a promissory note to A. Porter, Chatham County, for $$2000 “certain negro slaves, named Patience, Adam, Peggy, Maria, Edmond, Dianna, Ginny, Rinah, Hagar, Israel, Grace, Billy, Little Rinah, Tom, Sunday, fifteen in number.” Witnessed by S.B. Williams. Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on May 14, 1845.

Marked as satisfied as of March 15, 1850.

Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. E-G 1830-1853, Book F (1840-46), page 347-8; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-VSLS-G : 4 Oct 2024), image 431-3 of 682; microfilm #007899047, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.