Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Deceased: Lanchester, Thomas
Date Sworn: 1805-07-01
Appraisers: George Foster, John Ross, Samuel Lewis
Estate Executor: John Couper [Alt: Cooper]
Court Officer: Thomas Bradwell J.P.
Date Recorded: not listed
Recording Official: not listed
Total Value of Property Appraised: $2324.57
Value of enslaved persons: $900.00
Comments: Inventory started out listing items in pounds, then switched to dollars notating an Act of Congress. Inventory also listed details of a very large library.
| Enslaved Person Named | Value |
| Dick | 500 |
| Joe | 400 |
Find the digitized original at: “Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-893L-PPZ?cc=1999178&wc=9SYT-PT5%3A267679901%2C268032901 : 20 May 2014), Liberty > Wills, appraisements and bonds 1790-1850 vol B > image 276 of 689
These antebellum estate inventories and appraisals generally included all the deceased person’s “property,” including enslaved persons. Only those names are documented here for historical and genealogical purposes. Anyone interested in the actual property owned by the deceased may find it at the link at the bottom of the page. Names are listed in the original order, as this often gives very valuable information about family groupings or the age of children (who may be listed in age order).