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

David Duncan – Liberty County Estate Inventory

Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Deceased: Duncan, David, merchant
Date Sworn: 1790-02-20
Appraisers: Francis Coddington, David Rees, John Graves, James Powell and John Lawson [Coddington, Rees, and Graves served]
Estate Administrator: Leonard Cecil
Court Officer: Adam Alexander
Date Recorded: unknown (see comments)
Recording Official: unknown (see comments)
Total Value of Property Appraised: 81.13.10 pounds
Value of enslaved persons: 75 pounds
Comments: The inventory and court documents found in Liberty County Probate Court loose records, not in the probate record book.

Document stated “returned 24th March 1790”

NameValuationDescription
Sarah50wench
George25boy

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:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9Q4-CNBD : accessed 7 Jun 2026), “Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990 -> Liberty -> Estate records 1775-1892 Busby, Bartholomew – Butler, Henry Dean, Ernest – Dunham, Thomas, images 890-894.