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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Schedule of Personal Property of Jacob Monroe

[Begin Transcript] Schedule of Personal Property of Jacob Monroe 2 head of stock cattle valued at $20.001 ox valued at $15.005 head of Turkey valued at 1.50 each 7.505 head of ducks valued at 2.5012 head of fowls valued at 3.00Household furniture valued at 5.00Kitchen furniture valued at 3.0010 head stock hogs valued at 20.00Farming […]

Friday James Personal Property (1870)

Application of Friday James col’d for exemption of Personalty & Schedule of same Filed in office this 29th day of September 1870 To the ordinary of Liberty CountyThe petition of Friday James sheweth that he applies for an exemption of personalty under the constitution of Georgia and under the act of 1868 for the setting […]

Personal Property of Peter Smith (1870)

Georgia, Liberty County } To the Honorable the Ordinary of said County The petition of Peter Smith a person of color of said State and County respectfully sheweth that your Petitioner is the head of a family, residing with him in said County and State: that he is desirous of securing the benefit of the […]

Property of Lafayette Delegal, 1869

State of Georgia, Liberty County } To the Honorable the Court of Ordinary for said County The petition of Lafayette DeLegal colored of Liberty County respectfully sheweth that he desires to avail himself of the benefit of an act of the Legislature of Georgia entitled “an act to provide for setting apart a Homestead of […]

Personal Property of Julia A. James, 1869

State of Georgia, Liberty County } To the Honorable the Court of Ordinary for Liberty County State aforesaid. The petition of Julia A. James, colored, wife of W. James, colored, who has left the County, respectfully sheweth that she desires the benefit of an act of the General Assembly of Georgia, entited an Act to […]

Personal Property of Lewis Bird, 1869

Georgia, Liberty County } Schedule of Exempted Property by the Laws of Georgia The undersigned Lewis Bird, a colored citizen of said County, would respectfully file his Schedule or property exempted by the laws of Georgia, he being the head of a family of minor children – said property being exempt from levy and sale […]