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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Liberty County Estate Inventory – Miss Mary Tallulah Cassels (minor)

Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Deceased: Cassels, Mary Tallulah also spelled Talulah
Date Sworn: not listed
Appraisers: B. A. Busby, W. Q. Baker, G. W. Walthour
Estate Executor: William W. Winn, executor of last will and testament of Eliza Winn dec’d.
Court Officer: not listed
Date Recorded: 1854-06-17
Recording Official: W, P, Girardeau, O.L.C.
Total Value of Property Appraised: $1850.00
Value of enslaved persons: $1850.00
Comments: See the will of Eliza Winn, which specified that if Mary Tellula Cassels [as spelled in the will] did not reach 21, her portion of the estate would revert to her surviving brothers and sisters: Eliza Cassels, Samuel Cassels, and Walker Cassels. [https://theyhadnames.net/2018/06/08/liberty-county-will-eliza-winn/]

Enslaved Person NamedValueDescription
MariahCinda750“And child”
Abram500
William600

Find the digitized original at:”Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-993T-XT1Y?cc=1999178&wc=9SB7-6T5%3A267679901%2C268014801 : 20 May 2014), Liberty > Miscellaneous probate records 1850-1863 vol C and L > image 95 of 703

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).