Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Deceased: Baker, William Samuel
Date Sworn: 1862-11-19
Appraisers: Peter W. Fleming, Valentine Grest, Simon A. Fraser
Estate Executor: Thomas S. Mallard
Court Officer: L.L. Varnedoe, Not. Pub.
Date Recorded: 1863-02-10 (Book C. C of O. pages 485-492)
Recording Official: Wm. P. Girardeau O.L.C.
Total Value of Property Appraised: $25,160.45
Value of enslaved persons: $23,350.00
Comments: Five legatees: Wm. Jas. Mallard, Wm. S. Mallard, Rebecca Laura Mallard, Sarah M. Quarterman, Thomas Sumner Mallard. Nine distributees: Thomas S. Mallard, Mary Elizabeth Baker, Cyrus Stevens Mallard’s children and their mother, Lazarus John Mallard, Harriet Newel Bacon, Rebecca Louisa Mallard, Ann E. Varnadoe [alt: Varnedoe], Robert Mallard & Mary Emeline Busby. Following were authorized to make the distribution: P.W. Fleming, S.A. Fraser, Valentine Grest, E.J. Delegal, Wm. Q. Baker. [Transcriber’s Note: The inventory and division were written out separately, and the names varied between the two lists. Noted in the list below where there are differences. The list below is in the order listed in the inventory; it appears from the division that many of the people may have been in family groups. Dublin, listed in the inventory as “Dublin…legacy”, was not included in the division; he was given in William S. Baker’s will to “my sister in law Sarah M. Quarterman,” along with Dublin’s carpenter tools.]
The estate was divided into lots and the lots were distributed as follows:
1 — Mrs. H.N. Bacon
2 — Thomas S. Mallard
3 — John E. Baker
4 — Estate C.S. Mallard
5 — Miss. R. L. Mallard
6 — L. John Mallard
7 — Rev’d Robert Q. Mallard
8 — L.L. Varnedoe
9 — B.A. Busby
| Enslaved Person Named | Value | Desc. | Lot # |
| Jacob | 250 | “Big” age 58 | 1 |
| Chloe | 250 | age 55 | 1 |
| Jacob | 800 | “Young Jacob” also “Little Jacob” | 1 |
| Hannah | 700 | 4 | |
| Jack | 650 | 1 | |
| Diannah | 400 | 1 | |
| Ned Lambert | 500 | also “L. Ned” | 2 |
| Die | 300 | also “Dye” | 2 |
| Richard | 750 | 7 | |
| Sandy | 600 | 4 | |
| Xerxes | 450 | 2 | |
| Peter | 400 | 2 | |
| Peggy | 250 | 2 | |
| Harry | 800 | 2 | |
| Robert | 800 | 3 | |
| Hagar | 700 | 3 | |
| Henrietta | 400 | 3 | |
| Affee | 300 | 3 | |
| Celia | -50 | also “Old Coele” | 2 |
| Prince | 800 | 6 | |
| Negar | 700 | also “Niger” | 4 |
| Edmond | 800 | also “Edmund” | 5 |
| Daphne | 250 | 4 | |
| Israel | 500 | 4 | |
| Bob | 550 | 8 | |
| Ned | 400 | “Brick Ned” also “Big Ned” | 3 |
| Harry | 300 | “Old Harry” | 1 |
| Charlotte | 150 | 5 | |
| Caty | 700 | 5 | |
| Georgia Ann | 225 | also “Georgian” | 5 |
| March | 175 | 5 | |
| Gabe | 125 | 5 | |
| Eliza | 700 | 9 | |
| John | 700 | 9 | |
| Harriet | 700 | “Old Harriet” | 6 |
| Lucy | 200 | 6 | |
| Lydia | 100 | 6 | |
| Ishmael | 600 | 6 | |
| Nelly | 375 | 9 | |
| Toby | 400 | 9 | |
| Harriet | 275 | “Young Harriet” | 9 |
| Rose | 700 | 7 | |
| Washington | 200 | 7 | |
| Cato | 300 | 7 | |
| Chloe | 200 | “Little Chloe” | 7 |
| Rosey | 175 | also “Rosy” | 7 |
| William | 125 | 7 | |
| Nancy | 700 | 8 | |
| Rachael | 550 | 8 | |
| Luke | 275 | 8 | |
| Philice | 175 | also “Phylis” (alt: Phillis) | 8 |
| George | 125 | 8 | |
| Titus | 350 | 6 | |
| Dublin | 500 | “Dublin Legacy” |
Find the digitized original at: “Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L93T-XY2Z?cc=1999178&wc=9SB7-6T5%3A267679901%2C268014801 : 20 May 2014), Liberty > Miscellaneous probate records 1850-1863 vol C and L > image 292 of 703.
These antebellum estate inventories and appraisals generally included all the deceased person’s “property,” including enslaved persons. Only those names are documented here for historical and genealogical purposes. Anyone interested in the actual property owned by the deceased may find it at the link at the bottom of the page. Names are listed in the original order, as this often gives very valuable information about family groupings or the age of children (who may be listed in age order).