They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Hart to Walthour)

Enslaved People Mentioned: Doll

Smith S. Hart sold to Wm. L. Walthour on December 23, 1859 for $700 “a negro woman named Doll, aged about thirty seven years.” Witnessed by ?S? J. Walsh, N.P. Recorded on 12 December 1860 by Jesse Brewer, Clerk.

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. O-P 1854-1870,” Record Book P, p. 114-5 (images #429-30). (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-RS5L-7?i=428&cat=292358)