They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bryan County Bill of Sale (Clay/Hines)

Enslaved People Named: Clarinda

On April 1, 1856, Eliza C. Clay, executrix of Thomas S. Clay, Bryan County, sold to Euterpia A. Hines, Carol [Carroll] County, for $650 “the following property – to wit a negro woman slave named Clarinda thirty two years of age and of dark complexion and of sound health.” Witnessed by Wm. [William] F. Law, Jno. [John] P. Hines. Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on May 1, 1856.

Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. H-J 1853-1874, Book H (1853-1860), page 233; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLZ-197B-J : 3 Apr 2025), image 131 of 682; microfilm #007899047, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.