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

William Gwin Bradwell – Liberty County Estate Inventory

Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Deceased: Bradwell, William Gwin
Date Sworn: 1789-03-13
Appraisers: William West, Joel Walker, Samuel Lines
Estate Administrator: Thomas Bradwell
Court Officer: James Wood
Date Recorded: unknown (see comments)
Recording Official: unknown (see comments)
Total Value of Property Appraised: 258.17 pounds
Value of enslaved persons: 225 pounds
Comments: “late of Liberty County, planter”

This inventory and associated court documents found in Liberty County Probate Court loose files, not in the probate record book.

Inventory warrant dated January 28, 1789.

NameValuationDescription
Jack80“A negro fellow”
Natt20“Old Natt”
Jacob40
March15“Old March”
Rose25
Abel45

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-23QB : accessed 7 Jun 2026), “Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990 -> Liberty -> Estates 1775-1892 Blackwell, Lee-Burton, Robert P, image 702-705.