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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Colonial Georgia Estate Inventory – John Stewart

Parish: St. John Deceased: Stewart, John Notification Date: 1765-10-30 Date Sworn: 1765-11-06 Official: John Irvine, J.P. Appraisers: John Winn, Joseph Way, Thomas Quarterman Estate Executor: John Stewart, James Stewart Inventory Date (if given): 1765-11-14 Total Value of Property Appraised: 2001.01.6 1⁄2 pounds Value of enslaved persons: 1395.10.0 pounds Comments: Noted as being recorded in Book […]

Colonial Georgia Estate Inventory – Matthew Smallwood

Parish: St. John Deceased: Smallwood, Matthew Notification Date: 1773-07-08 Date Sworn: 1773-08-24 Official: John Mitchell, J.P. Appraisers: John Stevens, John Bacon, Robert Quarterman [John Stacy, William Baker named as alternates] Estate Executor: Josiah Bacon Inventory Date (if given): 1773-08-24 Total Value of Property Appraised: 1313.5.11 pounds Value of enslaved persons: 652.0.0 pounds Comments: All value […]

Colonial Georgia Estate Inventory – John Quarterman

Parish: St. John Deceased: Quarterman, John Notification Date: 1769-12-20 Date Sworn: 1770-01-20 Official: James Forrester, J.P. Appraisers: John Stacy, John Bacon, Edward Sumner Estate Executor: Sarah Quarterman [named as Widow], Thomas Quarterman, Robert Quarterman, William Quarterman Inventory Date (if given): 1770-01-23 Total Value of Property Appraised: not listed Value of enslaved persons: 672.0.0 pounds Comments: […]

Colonial Georgia Estate Inventory – John Quarterman

Parish: St. John Deceased: Quarterman, John Notification Date: 1765-02-28 Date Sworn: 1765-03-05 Official: John Elliott Appraisers: John Stuart [Alt: Stewart], Parmenas Way, Joseph Way [John Lupton named as alternate] Estate Executor: John Quarterman Junr [Junior], Thomas Quarterman Inventory Date (if given): 1765-03-05 Total Value of Property Appraised: 855.12.4 pounds Value of enslaved persons: 578.0.0 pounds […]

Colonial Georgia Estate Inventory – William Norman

Parish: St. John Deceased: Norman, William Notification Date: 1773-06-09 Date Sworn: 1773-07-29 Official: Parmenus Way, J.P. Appraisers: Samuel Saltus, Samuel Stevens, John Winn Junr [Junior] [James Stuart, William Baker Jun. named as alternates] Estate Executor: Mary Norman, John Elliott, Joseph Way Inventory Date (if given): 1773-09-06 Total Value of Property Appraised: 2657.9.3 pounds Value of […]

Colonial Georgia Estate Inventory – Barak Norman

Parish: St. John Deceased: Norman, Barak Notification Date: 1765-02-28 Date Sworn: 1765-03-06 Official: John Elliott Appraisers: William Graves, Thomas Quarterman, John Bacon [Richa’d (Richard) Girardeau also mentioned as alternate] Estate Executor: John Stewart Junior, Richard Spencer Inventory Date (if given): 1765-03-16 Total Value of Property Appraised: 125.07.3 pounds Value of enslaved persons: 50.0.0 pounds Comments: […]

Colonial Georgia Estate Inventory – Robert Nichols

Parish: St. John Deceased: Nichols, Robert [also spelled Nicholls] Notification Date: 1768-12-20 Date Sworn: 1769-01-14 Official: R. Kelsall, J.P. Appraisers: John Graves, John Lawson, Samuel Miller Estate Executor: Andrew Darling, John Irvine Inventory Date (if given): 1769-01-13 Total Value of Property Appraised: 1138.13.5 pounds Value of enslaved persons: 766.10.0 pounds Comments: Inventory performed at Sunbury. […]

Colonial Georgia Estate Inventory – Francis Mitchell

Parish: St. John Deceased: Mitchell, Francis Notification Date: 1768-02-26 Date Sworn: 1768-03-02 Official: John Irvine Appraisers: John Baker, William Baker Senr [Senior], John Stevins [alt: Stevens] Estate Administrator: John Mitchell Inventory Date (if given): 1768-03-02 Total Value of Property Appraised: 475.8.9 pounds Value of enslaved persons: 130.0.0 pounds Comments: All value amounts are in pounds. […]

Colonial Georgia Estate Inventory – Edward McGuire

Parish: Midway Deceased: McGuire, Edward Notification Date: 1762-02-04 Date Sworn: 1762-03-01 Official: John Elliott, J.P. St. Johns Parish Appraisers: Benjamin Baker, Samuel Burley, Daniel Sullivant [also listed as alternates were Stephen Clark, Samuel C. Bacon] Estate Executors: Mary McGuire, Andrew Way Inventory Date (if given): 1762-03-01 Total Value of Property Appraised: not listed Value of […]

Colonial Georgia Estate Inventory – George McDonald

Parish: St. Andrew Deceased: McDonald, George Notification Date: 1775-05-04 Date Sworn: 1775-06-20 Official: Robert Baillie Appraisers: John Witherspoon, Charles McDonald, John Sutherland, Archibald McDonald Estate Administrator: William McDonald Inventory Date (if given): 1775-11-20 Total Value of Property Appraised: 285.0.0 pounds Value of enslaved persons: 115.0.0 pounds Comments: All value amounts are in pounds. Only the […]