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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Colonial Georgia Estate Inventory – John Mackintosh, Capt [Captain]

Parish: Darien (St. Andrews)
Deceased: Mackintosh, John
Notification Date: 1763-09-27
Date Sworn: 1763-11-16
Officer: Alexander McDonald, J.P.
Appraisers: Rod. McKintosh [Mackintosh], Donald Clark, Hugh Clark, Hugh Morison, Donald McDonald, Junr [Junior]
Estate Administrator: George Mackintosh
Inventory Date (if given): 1763-09-27
Total Value of Property Appraised: 47.15.6 pounds
Value of enslaved persons: 15.0.0 pounds
Comments: All value amounts are in pounds. Only the enslaved people in the inventory are listed below. Please see the original for other parts of the inventory. Written on document was “Recorded in Book F fo. 139.” Also: “five hundred acres land belonging to the deceased Capt. John Mackintosh not appraised.”

Enslaved Person NamedValueDescription
Charles15.0.0“Old Negroe”

Source: “Colonial Government, Estate Records, RG 49-1-1, Georgia Archives,” Colonial Estate Records, held by Georgia Archives Virtual Vault; accessed online at: https://vault.georgiaarchives.org/digital/collection/corp/id/2732/rec/222.