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This site has a large variety of documents. The most obvious issue for searching is that antebellum records (before the Civil War) only include the first names of enslaved people. So, while you might be searching for James Stacy in records from after the Civil War, you will be searching for James (or Jim) in the antebellum records. For that reason, there are special-purpose searches scattered throughout the site.
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Has your family research led you to an African-American ancestor in Liberty County, Georgia…maybe on the 1870 federal census? If it is, you may have discovered two obstacles to extending your research farther back in time: 1) lack of last names in records preceding the Civil War, and 2) lack of named African-Americans in online […]
Liberty County Will — Edward Sumner (1789)
African-Americans Mentioned: Arandan, Jack, Lucy, Mariam, possibly Prime
Liberty County Will — Gideon Dowse (1789)
African-Americans Mentioned: Dick, Jemima, Joe, Maria, Nanny, Yellow Mag
Liberty County Will — John Foster (1790)
African-Americans Mentioned: Amey, possibly Cuter, Dinah, possibly Letof, Stephen
Liberty County Will — Samuel Burnley (1790)
African-Americans Mentioned: Dick, Hannah, Rachel
Liberty County Will — John Lawson, Sr. (1790)
African-Americans Mentioned: Suckey [or Sukey]
Liberty County Will — Thomas Quarterman (1790)
African-Americans Mentioned: Bellar, Bess, Nanny [2]
Liberty County Will — Richard Box (1791)
African-Americans Mentioned: Nancy [or Nanny], Melley [or Milley or Milly]
Liberty County Will — John Baker (1789)
African-Americans Mentioned: Abraham, Ameritta, Baron [or Boron], Bob, Bruto, Cudjo, Cumba, Flora, George, Grippa, Guinea, little Hannah, Hannah [2], Harry, Isaac, old Isaac, [Kifee or Kissee], Murriah [2], Nanny, November, Patty, Peggy, Phebe, Prince, Rachel, Sam, Scipio, Subina, Sue, Tenah, Tira, Toney, Will
Liberty County Will — John Lambright (1791)
African-Americans Mentioned: Binah, Charles, Chloe, Culy, Cyrus, Frank, Hary [or Harry], Jenny, Lily [or Sily], Lucy, Miley [or Wiley], Rose, Sary
Liberty County Will — William Woodward (1791)
African-Americans Mentioned: Cuffee, Dick, Gosport, Isaac, Judy, Lirby, Lucy, Phebus, Pheby, Sally
Liberty County Will – Thomas Shepard (1792)
African-Americans Mentioned: Abram, Cuffy, Gritta, Peter, Phebe, Primos, Silvia, Yellow Rose
Liberty County Will — Artemas Baker (1792)
African-Americans Mentioned: Andrew, Bess, little Bob, Cain, Charlot, Cooter, Dick, old Elsy, Harry, Lilly [alt: Lily], Sam, Sandy, ? Vilot ?
Liberty County Will — Rebecca Bennet (1791)
African-Americans Mentioned: Elcy [or Elsy], July
Liberty County Will — James A. Cole (1794)
African-Americans Mentioned: Chessor [or Chessos], Eady, Ginney, Hester, Rachel, Saul
Liberty County Will — John N. Wood (1786)
African-Americans Mentioned: Jack, Phoebe [alt: Phebe], Sylva [or Sylvia, Sylvea]
Liberty County Will — William Quarterman (1792)
African-Americans Mentioned: Harriet, ? Minervah ?, Nero, Sativa
Liberty County Will — John Hext (1787)
African-Americans Mentioned: George, Nanny, Phillis, Sarah, Venice
Liberty County Will — Joseph Stevens (1800)
African-Americans Mentioned: Jean Slaveholder: Joseph Stevens
Liberty County Will — Richard Cooper (1802)
African-Americans Mentioned: Betty, Bram, Cain, Lucy, Phebee, Phillis
Liberty County Will — Elizabeth Bennet (1802)
African-Americans Mentioned: Affey, Mary, Nanney, Willoby
Liberty County Will — Josiah Osgood (1802)
African-Americans Mentioned: Dorcas, Flora, Isaac, July, Nancy, Peggy [or Peg], Rachel, Sucky
Liberty County Will — John Bohun Girardeau (1800)
African-Americans Mentioned: Abram, Alphonso, Clarra, Dick, Fanny, old Florah, Frank, Harry, Jain [Jane?], July, Nancy, Paul, Rose, Sary, Sinah, Solomon, Tenah, Tom
Liberty County Will — Elizabeth Fickling (early 1800s)
African-Americans Mentioned: Chloe, London, Luck, little Nancy, Nancy, Nat, Winter
Liberty County Will — John Spears (1804)
African-Americans Mentioned: Bunch, Cato, Cyrus, Deliah, Jane, Scippio
Liberty County Will — Mary E. Law (1803)
African-Americans Mentioned: Amy, Beck, Betty, Cate, Champion, Diner, Moses, Nimrood, Rose, Sillah
Liberty County Will — Ann Norman (1804)
African-Americans Mentioned: Hagar, Nanny, Stephen
Liberty County Will — Thomas Singleton (1803)
African-Americans Mentioned: Abraham, Affee, Balinda [alt: Belinda], Billy, Caron, Ceasar [alt: Caesar], Celia, Chloe, Clara, Elcy [or Elsy], Hagar, Isaac, young Hannah, Hannah, Lucey [or Lucy], Mariah, Martia Young, Martia, Mary, Morris, Peggy, Sam, Stephen, Suckey, Tom
Liberty County Will — Alexander Daniel Cuthbert (1802)
African-Americans Mentioned: William, Betsy, Will, Maria, Binah
Liberty County Will — John Osgood Senior (1806)
African-Americans Mentioned: Binah, Dafney, Flora, little Nanny, Big Nanny, Neddy, Phillis, Rose, Salenah, Will
Liberty County Will — Sarah Ann Austin (1806)
African-Americans Mentioned: Ben, Billy, Fillis [alt: Phillis or Phyllis], Jacob, Jane, Jenny, Jim, big Lanchester, Louiser [alt: Louisa], Ned, Sylvey, Titus, Willy [alt: Willie, Wiley]
Liberty County Will — Elizabeth Munroe (1807)
African-Americans Mentioned: Rinah, Tena
Liberty County Will — William Way (1806)
African-Americans Mentioned: Adam, Billy, Delia, old Delia, Dublin, Isaac, Jim, Judith, Julia or Juba, Maria, Rachel, ? Roxanna ?, Sam, Sophia, Tenah, Will [2]
Liberty County Will — Hugh McCullough (or McCollough) (1808)
African-Americans Mentioned: Anthony
Liberty County Will — Elijah Lewis (1804)
African-Americans Mentioned: Toby, Phebe, Sofey
Liberty County Will — Kerenhappuch James (1808)
African-Americans Mentioned: Charlotte, Cracker, ? Creamen ?, Cudjoe [alt: Cudjo], Cuffee, Delia, Diana, Flora, George, John, Jupiter, Lilly, Nanney [alt: Nanny], Plenty, ?Tub, or? Toby, Violet
Liberty County Will — Thomas H. Smith (1806)
African-Americans Mentioned: Anthony, Betty, Bob, Elcy [or Elsy], Johney [alt: Jonny or Johnny], Nancy, Ned
Liberty County Will — John Goulding (1789)
African-Americans Mentioned: Joe, Pegg [alt: Peg or Peggy], Sally, Jammy [or Jamey], Satira
Liberty County Will — Daniel Robert Elliott (1810)
African-Americans Mentioned: Ben, Will, Bess
Liberty County Will — Sarah Persiana Maxwell (1809)
African-Americans Mentioned: December, Christina, Betty, Peggy, Nancy, Flora, Stephen, Dorcas
Liberty County Will — Isaac Cuthbert (1809)
African-Americans Mentioned: Chloe, Halbrook [or Dalbrook], Jesse, Mary, Molly, Sapho [alt: Sappho]; ? Tora ?