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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Lambert/Fleming)

Enslaved Persons Named: Nanny, Sharper, Hercules

On February 1, 1840, the executors of John Lambert’s estate (Thomas Mallard, John Dunwody, Wm. Q. Baker, Ezra Stacy and William Jones) sold to William B. Fleming for $1000 “the following named Slaves with the issue of the females Nanny Sharper and Hercules,” pursuant to the authorization granted them by an Act of the Georgia Assembly to sell John Lambert’s estate. Witnessed by M.L. Jones, S. Spencer, J.I.C.L.C. Recorded on April 10, 1840, by E. Way, 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. K-L 1831-1842,” Record Book L, 1838-1842, pp. 197-8. Image #427 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-T92F-8?i=426&cat=292358)