Work Contract (Luck Jones, David Anderson, Diana Gaulden)
On April 13, 1867, William B. Gaulden used as collateral on unpaid promissory notes to Abraham Hargraves, Coffee County; John A. Mattox of Tattnall County; Rev. C.S. Gaulden, Brooks County; Luck Jones, David Anderson and Diana Gaulden, of probably Liberty County* “three tracts of land lying and being in Liberty County, to wit the plantation […]
Other (Rachel & Judy Goulding)
Enslaved People Named: Rachel (free), Bob, Judy On an unstated day in July, 1816, James Hamilton, of St. Simons Island, Glynn County, Georgia, sold to John Elliott, Liberty County, for $140 Lot #11 in the town of Gravesend [alt: Graves End], contiguous to the town of Riceboro, in trust for “Rachel, a free woman of […]
Other (McGowen/McGowen)
Enslaved People Named: Binah, Penny, Swallow, Kneller, Peter, Ned, Russel, Jack On January 14, 1811, John McGowen and Joseph McGowen, parties of the first part, and William McGowen and Amarintha McGowen of the second part, requested arbitration over a dispute as to who should own “the negroes now in possession of William McGowen, namely, Binah, […]
Other (Monroe/Children)
Enslaved People Named: Carpenter Bob, Old Tenah, Young Sylvia, Young Bob, Joeter, Daphney, Rachel, Sylla, Old Phoebe, Old Maria, Jack, Dembo, Peggy, Luke, Grace, Little Sam, Jacob, Isaac, Toney, Toney’s Chloey, Little Sarah, Sandy, Saul, Elsy, Robin, Young Beck, Esther, Sarah, Flora, Charles, Nancy, Young Toney, Chloey, Moses, Kate, Old Phillis, Jim, Deliah, Jacob, Binah, […]
Other (Grimball/Johnson)
Enslaved People Named: Isaac On January 27, 1806, Paul Grimball relinquished his claim to “the fellow Isaac” to Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson, relict of Doctor George Johnson, late of Liberty County, in return for her dower claim to a tract of land purchased of John Robarts. Grimball noted that he had had a mortgage on Isaac […]
Other (Oswald/McTair)
Enslaved People Named: Lilly, Phillis Begin Transcript: Georgia, Liberty County } Personally appeared before me John Mell Esquire one of the Justices of the said County Mrs. Ann Oswald who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that a certain Negro wench by the name of Lilly about twenty four years of age having two children […]
Other (Holmes/Kell)
Enslaved People Named: Cyrus, Lettice, Luke, Old Affy, July On February 1, 1803, at Sunbury, James Holmes, merchant of Liberty County, relinquished his claim to certain debts and judgments against the estate of John Kell. He said he had purchased the debts with the intent of having the property sold, and after repaying an amount […]
Other (Brown/Smith)
Enslaved People Named: None On October 8, 1804, a dispute between William Brown, an overseer in Liberty County, and James Smith, a planter of Liberty County, was resolved by arbitrators. James Smith had hired William Brown as an overseer “for the purpose of managing the Slaves on the plantation called Westfield,” but Smith objected to […]
Other (Miller/Burford)
Enslaved People Named: Violet, Jem, Hester, Hercules, Syke, Rosetta, Mary, Little Violet, Paul, Satira Representatives of Samuel Miller, deceased, and Amelia Burford, widow of Richard Burford, agreed to arbitration to settle a dispute as to the “right of property in certain negroes as follows viz Violet & Jem in possession of A. Burford & Hester, […]
Other (McIntosh/Warren)
Enslaved People Named: Cooper On April 23, 1802, a letter from Alexander McIntosh to W. Elias Warren, dated November 29, 1801, was recorded in Liberty County Superior Court. The letter stated that Mr.. Oneall had asked him to write it because Oneall had sold “a Negro man named Cooper” to Mr. Fielder, who had heard […]