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

Philip Good – Liberty County Estate Inventory

Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Deceased: Good, Philip, carpenter (or Goode)
Date Sworn: 1786-11-15
Appraisers: Edward Sumner, Joseph Quarterman, Joseph Way Jr
Estate Administrator: Adam Alexander
Court Officer: Baker, Thomas
Date Recorded: unknown (see comments)
Recording Official: unknown (see comments)
Total Value of Property Appraised: 227.5.4 pounds
Value of enslaved persons: 175 pounds
Comments: This inventory and related court documents were found in the Liberty County Probate Court’s loose files, not in the probate record book.

Inventory dated January, 13, 1787.

NameValuationDescription
Tom100
Nell75

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:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89QW-YNTR : accessed 7 Jun 2026), “Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990 -> Liberty -> Estate records 1775-1892 Fraser, Andrew – Goulding, Palmer, images 979-984.