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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty and Bryan Counties, Georgia

David Dicks – Liberty County Estate Inventory

Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Deceased: Dicks, David (“late of Chatham County”)
Date Sworn: 1786-07-05
Appraisers: Luke Mann, Joseph Lewis, Elijah Lewis, John Robarts
Estate Administrators: Susannah Dicks, Andrew Dicks, Thomas Shepard
Court Officer: Elliott, John
Date Recorded: unknown (see comment)
Recording Official: unknown (see comment)
Total Value of Property Appraised: 808.4.10 pounds
Value of enslaved persons: 760 pounds
Comments: Inventory dated July 7, 1786. Inventory and court documents found in loose papers, not in probate record book.

NameValuationDescription
Bob50
Isac50[alt: Isaac]
Cate40
Pegg30
Sarey b.40B for Big?
Nann45
Tenah45Could be Sarah
Sary L.45L for little?
Steppny50[alt: Stepney]
Tomm [?]50
Peter50
April40
Smart40
Jo35
Sylva25[alt: Silva]
Ryner25
Benn30
Quamino25
Nelly20
Lizy20

Find the digitized original at: Loose Papers in folders by surname, Liberty County, Georgia, Probate Court; digitized images with typewritten indexes, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9Q4-C2QT : accessed 7 Jun 2026), “Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990 -> Liberty -> Estate records 1775-1892 Busby, Bartholomew – Butler, Henry Dean, Ernest – Dunham, Thomas, images 296-298.