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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Liberty County Estate Inventory – John Osgood Senr [Senior]

Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Deceased: Osgood, John Senr [Senior]
Date Sworn: 1804-06-02
Appraisers: Lazarus Mallard, Benjamin Mell, William N. Way
Estate Executor: John Osgood Junr [Junior]
Court Officer: William Fleming J.I.C.L.C.
Date Recorded: not listed
Recording Official: not listed
Total Value of Property Appraised: $10075.25
Value of enslaved persons: $8525.00
Comments:

Enslaved Person NamedValueDescription
Toney250[Alt: Tony]
Dinah150
Flora450
Jacob200“Old”
Jacob500“Young”
Jacob150“L” [Presumed to stand for Little]
Nanney450“B” [Presumed to stand for Big]
Nanney400“L” [Presumed to stand for Little]
Nanny45“Child”
Dafney450[Alt: Daphney]
Ned500
Binah350
Rose225
Cinder200
Adam180
Sam225
Dianna145
Betty125
Nelly75
Will250
Moriah200[alt: Murriah]
Salenah130[alt: Salinah]
Middy450
Patty50
June450
Dublin125
March350
Plato400
Dick525
Tom400
Ceasar125[Alt: Caesar]

Find the digitized original at: “Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-893L-PB9?cc=1999178&wc=9SYT-PT5%3A267679901%2C268032901 : 20 May 2014), Liberty > Wills, appraisements and bonds 1790-1850 vol B > image 287 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).