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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Baker/Varnedoe)

Enslaved Persons Named: Dick

On February 4, 1823, “a certain negro, the property of the said Estate of Thos. [Thomas] Baker Jun[ior] named Dick” was taken from his home by Liberty County sheriff John Stewart, put up for sale at the county courthouse and sold to the highest bidder, Nathaniel Varnedoe, for $238. The seizure was based on a judgment obtained by William W. Baker, guardian of Mary C. Winn, and Uriah Wilcox in the Liberty County Superior and Inferior Courts against William H. Cassels, administrator of the estate of  Thomas Baker, Jr. The sale was Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on May 8, 1824.

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. H-I 1816-1831,” Record Book  I, 1822-1831, p. 92. Image #348  (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSRH-L?i=347&cat=292358)