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

Leonard Jurdine – Liberty County Estate Inventory

Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Deceased: Jurdine, Leonard
Date Sworn: 1784-11-02
Appraisers: Nathaniel Saxton, Thomas King, Nathaniel Bacon
Estate Administrator: Charles Thorp
Court Officer: Saltus, Samuel
Date Recorded: unknown (see comments)
Recording Official: unknown (see comments)
Total Value of Property Appraised: not totalled
Value of enslaved persons:
Comments: This inventory and associated court documents found in Liberty County Probate Court loose files, not in probate record book.

NameValuationDescription
Ned80
Rachel60
Adam35“boy”
Dye [alt: Die]22“girl”
Robbin [alt: Robin]15“boy”
Sarey [alt: Sary]30“Old Sarey”
Venus45“girl”
Phebe [alt: Phoebe]30“girl”
Toney [alt: Tony]85
Moriah [alt: Muriah]55
Bellar [alt: Bella]60
Cate60
Dye65“Old Dye”
Sike [alt: Psyche]90
Hagar12.10.00
Tom50
Dubblin [alt: Dublin]2“Old Dubblin”

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-WXWX : accessed 7 Jun 2026), “Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990 -> Liberty -> Estate records 1775-1892 Jones, Joseph – Law, John, image 217-9.