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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Coleman)

Enslaved Persons Named: Henry, Delia

On February 6, 1858, William J. Coleman, Liberty County, sold to Enoch Daniel and John S. Bradley, “trustees for my wife Sarah C. Coleman and children,” for $650 “the following negro slaves namely Delia a girl aged ten years and a boy Henry age about nine years old.” Witnessed by Eli Bradley, L.B. Henry. Recorded on March 5, 1858, by S.A. Fraser, Clerk.

Source: Family Search.org. Liberty County Superior Court “Deeds and mortgages, 1777-1920; general index to deeds and mortgages, 1777-1958,” Film: Deeds & Mortgages, v. O-P 1854-1870,” Record Book O, p 377. Image #234. (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-RSRJ-Q?i=233&cat=292358)