They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Used as Collateral (McCollough/Wilcox)

Enslaved Persons Named: Tenah, Jack, Toney, Phoebe, William, Chloe, Mary, Francis, Chany, Prince, Washington

On April 20, 1835, James S. McCollough, planter of Liberty County, used as collateral on a promissory note of $1381.50 to Uriah Wilcox, trader of Liberty County, “a certain female slave named Tenah and her two children Jack & Toney, another female Slave named Phoebe & her five children, William, Chloe, Mary, Francis & Chany [or Chary, alt: Chaney] & two male Slaves named Prince & Washington together with the future issue and increase of the females…” Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on April 21, 1835. 

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 K, 1831-1838, pp. 228-9. Image #155 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-T9KZ-X?i=154&cat=292358)