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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Child Sworn to Jesse Easterling by Mary Oneill, 1868

State of Georgia, Liberty County } This is to certify that I have received from Jesse Easterling twenty five dollars for a full settlement for a child that I have sworn to him and I authorize the constable to deliver up the warrant that is against said Jesse Easterling for said child.Mary Oneill [signed by […]

Possible Apprenticeship (Kerby to Easterling) (1866)

[Begin Transcript] State of Georgia, Liberty County } This May the 1st 1867 I do hereby acknowledge that I have received $25.00 twenty five dollars from Wm. [William] Easterling of said County, it being in full satisfaction to me for a child sworn to him by me in teh year 1866. [Signed by mark]Lamandy Kerby […]

Post-War Labor Contract – Russel Walthour & Jacob (1867)

People Named: Russel Walthour, Jacob (freed) Following is a labor contract found in the U.S. Freedmen’s Bureau records of Liberty County, Georgia. (See citation at the end for full details of source.) [Begin Transcript] Triplicate Georgia, Liberty County } This indenture made this the twenty first (21st) day of March one thousand eight hundred & […]

Apprenticed: Warren Fraser to Mrs. Laura Gleen Winn (1884)

Names of Orphan and Parents: Warren Fraser (parents not named) Bound to: Mrs. Laura Glenn Winn Date: 1884-01-16 In Duplicate Georgia, Liberty County } This Indenture made and entered into by the Ordinary of said County and Mrs. Laura Gleen* Winn both of said county and State witnesseth that the said Joseph Ashmore as aforesaid […]

Apprenticed: Sampson Gaulden and Prince Pray to Jackson Williams (1879)

Names of Orphan and Parents: Sampson Gaulden and Prince Pray, sons of Mintie Thompson Bound to: Jackson Williams Date: 1879-12-02 State of Georgia, Liberty County } This Indenture of apprenticeship made and entered into this second day of December Eighteen Hundred and seventy nine A.D. Between Mintie Thompson and Jackson Williams both of said State […]

Apprenticed: Lula Miller to Richard D. Miller (1879)

Names of Orphan and Parents: Lula Miller, daughter of Edie Miller Bound to: Richard D. Miller Date: 1879-08-13 “State of Georgia, Liberty County } This Indenture made this 13th August 1879 between Edie Miller an unmarried woman the mother of the child hereinafter apprenticed, of the one part and Richard D. Miller of the second […]

Apprenticed: Hannah Stewart to Mary W. Whatley (1878)

Names of Orphan and Parents: Hannah Stewart, daughter of John Stewart Bound to: Mary W. Whatley Date: 1878-08-06 Apprenticeship Record Georgia, Liberty County } This Indenture made the sixth day of August 1878 between John Stewart of Walthourville said state and county of the one part and Mary W. Whatley of the same place of […]

Apprenticed: John N. Haymans to John W. Haymans (1869)

Names of Orphan and Parents: John N. Haymans son of Stouten Haymans Bound to: John W. Haymans Date: 1869-10-07 Apprenticeship “State of Georgia, Liberty County } This indenture made and entered into by and between William P. Girardeau Ordinary of the County aforesaid of the one part and John W.. Haymans of the said county […]

Apprenticed: Joseph Haymans to Joseph S. Haymans (1869)

Names of Orphan and Parents: Joseph Haymans son of Stouten Haymans Bound to: Joseph S.Haymans Date: 1869-10-07 Apprenticeship “State of Georgia, Liberty County } This indenture made and entered into by and between William P. Girardeau Ordinary of the County aforesaid of the one part and Joseph S. Haymans of the said county of the […]

Apprenticed: Stouten C. Haymans to George H. Haymans (1869)

Names of Orphan and Parents: Stouten C. Hayman son of Stouten Haymans Bound to: George H. Haymans Date: 1869-10-07 Apprenticeship “State of Georgia, Liberty County } This indenture made and entered into by and between tWilliam P. Girardeau Ordinary of the County aforesaid of the one part and George H. Haymans of the same place […]