Deeds Involving Enslaved Persons
in Liberty County Georgia
Bill of Sale (Graves/Graves)
Enslaved Persons Named: Patty, Isaac, Peter, Murriah On January 6, 1785, William Graves, planter of Liberty County, sold to Thomas Graves, planter of the same place for 350 pounds sterling , “the following Negroes Viz. Patty, Isaac, Peter and Murriah.”
Used as Collateral (West/Munro)
Enslaved Persons Named: Scipio, Old Ben, New Negroe Ben, Jupiter, James, Wiltshire, Cyrus, Jacob, Little Joe, Big Joe, Sam, Abraham, Tony, Bacchus, Peggy, Beck, Young Silvia, Old Silvia, Old Phillis, Young Phillis, Belinda, Maria, Phoebe, Delia, Tenor [alt: Tenah], Byna
Marriage Contract (Burnley/Stevens)
Enslaved Persons Named: None named On January 19, 1786, Samuel Burnley, planter of Liberty County, entered into a contract with Thomas Baker and John Winn to pay 1000 guineas out of his estate at his decease in trust for the
Deed of Gift (Carter/McLean)
Enslaved Persons Named: Tener, Amey, Hester, Fanny, Will, Choley [alt: Chloe], Guy, Jack, Toney On October 26, 1789, Hepworth Carter appeared before an Assistant Justice of Liberty County to swear that on September 29, 1783, he had gifted to Mrs.
Deed of Gift (Carter/McLean)
Enslaved Persons Named: Tenar, Toney, Esther, Fanny, Will, Chloey, Guy, Jack, Toney On November 5, 1783 at Little Ogeeche [Ogeechee], Hepworth Carter, Chatham County, gifted to Rebekah McLean, wife of John McLean, of Chatham County “the following Negroes viz: One
Deed of Gift (Baker/Baker)
Enslaved Persons Named: Ceasar [alt: Caesar], Jimmy, Toby, Will, Bram, Sampson, Casar [alt: Caesar], Jeffry, ? Simon ?, [name not legible – starts with J], Ned, Dick, Isaac, Peter, Dick (2), Cuffee, Frank, Mingo, Captain, Prince, Jack, Joe, Charles, Scipio,
Bill of Sale (Donworth/Alexander)
Enslaved Persons Named: Mentor On April 13, 1789, Liberty County Sheriff John Dollar sold to Adam Alexander, “practitioner of physic in the said county,” for 110 pounds sterling “a Negroe Boy slave named Mentor.” Mentor, who had belonged to Peter
Used as Collateral (Powell/Powell)
Enslaved Persons Named: Will, Scipio, Cuffy, Jack, O’Kelley, Allick [alt: Ellick], Cato, Simon, Toby, Dick, Pompey, Plenty, Fanny, Sue, Patty, Rose, Peter, Charlotte, Sandy, Sarah, Abraham, Jeanny, Elsey, Isaac, Venus, Milley, Pheby [alt: Phoebe], Doll On November 15, 1787, Josiah
Marriage Contract (McCleland/Stone)
Enslaved Persons Named: Isaac, Jack, Bess, Cumber [alt: Cumba], Amia, Hannah, Affee, Prince, Adam, Joe On November 11, 1788, Susannah McCleland, spinster under the age of 21, and Henry Dassex Stone, a gentleman also under 21, entered into a marriage
Estate Settlement (Low/Baker)
Enslaved Persons Named: Johnny, Harriet, Hannah On March 18, 1788, Euphemia Baker, wife of Artemas Baker, gentleman of Liberty County acknowledged receipt from Elizabeth and Josiah Powell of a bequest from her mother Jean Low’s will: “three Negroes, namely Johnny,
Estate Settlement (Low/Irvine)
Enslaved Persons Named: Bob, Rachel, Snow On March 18, 1788, Elizabeth Irvine, formerly Elizabeth Darling, and her husband Charles Irvine of Liberty County, acknowledged receipt from Elizabeth and Josiah Powell of a bequest from her mother Jean Low’s will: “three
Marriage Contract (Baker/Darling)
Enslaved Persons Named: Juno, Johnny, Harriett, Hannah, Big Juno On September 25, 1787, Artemas Baker and Euphemia Darling, daughter of the late Andrew Darling, Esquire, of Sunbury, entered into a marriage contract. John Graves, Charles Irvine, and John Mitchell Jr
Marriage Contract (Irvine/Darling)
Enslaved Persons Named: Charity, Charlotte, Peggy, Creese, Friday, Bob, Rachel, Jupiter On September 13, 1787, Charles Irvine entered into a marriage contract with Elizabeth Darling, seamstress, daughter of the late Andrew Darling of Sunbury. Her trustees were James Dunwoody, Artemas
Marriage Contract (Irvine/Baillie)
Enslaved Persons Named: Doll, Moll, Dafney, Morah, Flora, ? Cuff ?, Jamey On March 1, 1770, Elizabeth Powell and James MacKay, trustees, acknowledged receipt of property inherited by Ann Elizabeth Irvine, formerly Ann Elizabeth Baillie, from her father Kenneth Baillie’s
Estate Settlement (Baillie/Baillie)
Enslaved Persons Named: Juno, Jupiter, Cloe, Bristol, Lowhill, Joe On March 1, 1770, Elizabeth Powell and James McKay acknowledged receipt as trustees for the use of Mrs. Jean Darling, formerly Jean Baillie, from her father Kenneth Baillie’s last will and
Bill of Sale (Allen/Cole)
Enslaved Persons Named: Tom On February 21, 1788, James Allen, Glynn County, sold to James Cole, of Glynn County, for 40 pounds sterling “one negro boy named Tom formerly the property of Miss Catharine Collehorn.” Allen was making the sale
Marriage Contract (Rees/Kell)
Enslaved Persons Named: Adam, Jack, Tom, Abram, Billy, ? Slim ?, Quamino, Joe, Mercer, Julie, Lucy, Jenny, Mary On October 15, 1787, David Rees, attorney at law, Caermarthen, Chatham County, Georgia, entered into a marriage contract with Elizabeth Kell, of
Deed of Gift (Mitchell/Mitchell)
Enslaved Persons Named: Seasar On August 9, 1777, John Mitchell, St. John’s Parish in the Georgia Province [now Liberty County], gifted to “my son John Mitchell of said Province” “one Negroe boy named Seasar [alt: Caesar].” Witnessed by Robert Sallett,
Bill of Sale (Duncan/Lawson)
Enslaved Persons Named: Syke, Warrick, Hannah On April 7, 1788, Liberty County Sheriff John Dollar sold to John Lawson Senior, of Sunbury, Liberty County, for 151 pounds sterling “Syke a tall middle aged fellow, Warrick a fellow middle aged and
Deed of Gift (Brack/Anderson)
Enslaved Persons Named: Sarah, Diner On August 15, 1787, Eleazar Brack, planter of Liberty County, gifted to “my loving granddaughter, Elizabeth Anderson, daughter of Elisha Anderson of the same State and County” “a little Negro Girl about Two years old
Marriage Contract (Donworth/Anderson)
Enslaved Persons Named: None named On October 10, 1785, Peter Donworth [alt: Dunworth], merchant of Sunbury, entered into a marriage contract with Mrs. Mary Anderson, widow of Captain David Anderson. Dunworth agreed that Mary Anderson was to retain all her
Bill of Sale (McIntosh/Lockerman)
Enslaved Persons Named: Tom, Solomon, Robin, Pompey, Bess, Rose, Mariah, Plimouth [alt: Plymouth], Cate, Ned, Hagar, Agnis [alt: Agnes], Juliet, Romeo On March 7, 1787, John McIntosh, Liberty County, sold to Persiana Lockerman, same place, for 700 pounds “the following
Bill of Sale (Cuthbert/Lockerman)
Enslaved Persons Named: Jack, Cate, Joe, Carolina, Cinder On April 16, 1787, A.D. Cuthbert sold to Persianna Lockerman for 300 pounds sterling “the five following Negroe Slaves viz. Jack, Cate, Joe, Carolina & Cinder [alt: Cinda].” Witnessed by John McIntosh.
Bill of Sale (McIntosh/McIntosh)
Enslaved Persons Named: Gibb, Cohalon, Rose, Darmit [slip of the hand for Daniel?], Patty, Cillah, Dick, Belah [alt: Bellah], Sukey, Simon, London, Dye [alt: Die], Tinker, Sarah, Hickory, Dick, Simpson, Peggy, Hannah, James, Abraham, Binah, Sam, Nelly, Fergus, Simon, Fortune,
Marriage Contract (Belcher/Carr)
Enslaved Persons Named: Prince, Dick, Ned, Harry, Boston, Dublin, Toney, Cork, Newton, Buck, York, Affy [alt: Affee], Tenah, Dinah, Jenny, Cornelia, [hard to read, looks like ?enah but first letter is not T], D???y [looks like Dosey but faded], Candace,
Bill of Sale (Wright/Wood)
Enslaved Persons Named: Harry On September 24, 1787, Elizabeth Wright, Savannah, Chatham County, sold to Henry Wood, Liberty County for 10 pounds sterling “a Certain Negroe Boy named Harry, about Eleven years of age…” Witnessed by Jacob Wood. Recorded in
Bill of Sale (Lockerman/Dunwoody)
Enslaved Persons Named: Tom, Solomon, Robin, Pompey, Rose, Bess, Mariah, Plimouth [alt: Plymouth], Cate, Ned, Hagar, Agnes, Juliet, Romeo, Jack, Cate, Joe On May 22, 1787, Persianna Lockerman, Liberty County, sold to James Dunwoody, physician of Liberty County, and James
Marriage Contract (Bird/Elliott)
Enslaved Persons Named: George, Tom, Toby, Harry, Scipio, Harry, Fanny, Priscilla On March 30, 1786, Samuel Bird and Ann Elliott, relict and widow of Thomas Elliott of Georgia, entered into a marriage contract. William Jeans Baker and Artemas Baker were
Deed of Gift (Arthur/Bilney)
Enslaved Persons Named: Peter, Jemmy [or Jimmy], Pompey, Scylla, Handy On November 15, 1780, Mary Arthur, spinster of St. John’s Parish in the Georgia Province [now Liberty County], gifted to her daughter Mary Bilney, spinster of same place, “the five
Court Action (John McQueen and Sapelo Island)
Enslaved Persons Named: Rosannah, Bacchus, Fanny, Nancey [alt: Nancy], Jack, Middlesex, Penda, Elsey [alt: Elsy], Lucey In 1787, attorneys for John McQueen, against whom a judgement for 400 pounds had been obtained in Chatham County Inferior Court, cited a Georgia
Estate Settlement (Maxwell/Young)
Enslaved Persons Named: Quash, Betty, Kingston, Silvia, Bella, Joe, Dina, Bob, Peter, Bristol, Nelly, Christian, Glover’s Bess, Harry, March, James, Boswain, Titus, Button, Charles, Doublin “Negroes given by Will of Mrs. Mary Maxwell to Mrs. Elizabeth Young” 1. Quash, 70
Marriage Contract (Roberts/Elliott)
Enslaved Persons Named: Frank, Will, Tobey, Scipio, Harry, Charles, Pattey [alt: Patty], Phobe [alt: Phoebe], Sary, Daphney, Little Charles On Mary 12, 1774, Daniel Roberts, formerly of Wales but then a gentleman of St. John’s Parish in Georgia [now Liberty
Deed of Gift (Darling/Darling)
Enslaved Persons Named: Cloe On October 16, 1778, Mrs. Jean Darling, St. John’s Parish and relict of Andrew Darling, deceased, of St. John’s Parish, gifted to “her beloved daughter” Uphemia [alt: Euphemia] Darling “one Negro Girl or Woman called Cloe
Deed of Gift (Darling/Darling)
Enslaved Persons Named: Sue On October 16, 1778, Mrs. Jean Darling, of St. John’s Parish in the County of Liberty, relict of Andrew Darling, deceased, of the same Parish, gifted to “her beloved daughter” Elizabeth Darling “one Mulatto Girl, or
Deed of Gift (Powell/Darling)
Enslaved Persons Named: Charitty On August 10, 1774, in St. John’s Parish, Josiah Powell gifted to Elizabeth Darling “one Negroe Girl named Charitty [alt: Charity]”. Witnessed by Rebeccah Powell, Mary Lynn. Rebeccah Powell swore on August 31, 1774 that she
Deed of Gift (Baillie/Darling)
Enslaved Persons Named: Creese On May 6, 1775, Robert Carnibe Baillie, planter of St. John’s Parish in Georgia [now Liberty County], gifted to Elizabeth Darling “one Negro girl named Creese.” Witnessed by Eliz. [Elizabeth] Powell, Mary Lynn. On October 10,
Deed of Gift (Baillie/Darling)
Enslaved Persons Named: Juno On May 6, 1775, Robert Carnibe Baillie, planter of St. John’s Parish in Georgia [now Liberty County], gifted to Uphemiah Darling [alt: Euphemia] “one Negro girl named Juno.” Witnessed by Eliz. [Elizabeth] Powell, Mary Lynn. On
Bill of Sale (Watts/Andrew)
Enslaved Persons Named: No names given On September 26, 1778, Charles Watts, of St. John’s Parish in Georgia [now Liberty County], sold a 200-acre tract of land on Bermuda Island [now Colonel’s Island] to Benjamin Andrew in return for “one
Deed of Gift (Cochran/Cochran)
Enslaved Persons Named: Isaac On February 26, 1777, Jonathan Cochran, planter of St. Andrew’s Parish, gifted to “my brother James Cochran” “one Mustee Man Slave named Isaac.” Witnessed by William Huntingford. Recorded on May 21, 1778. Source: Family Search.org. Liberty
Marriage Contract (Munro/West)
Enslaved Persons Named: None On March 7, 1768, Simon Munro, merchant of St. John’s Parish in Georgia [now Liberty County], entered into a marriage covenant with Elizabeth West, of St. Andrew’s Parish, Province of Georgia. They agreed that any property
Marriage Contract (Young/Bosomworth)
Enslaved Persons Named: Tom, Satira, Sarah, Moll, Gloster, Punch, Dick, Kate, Jane, Young Gloster, Bettie, Jame, Sawney, Joan, Lucy, Fanny, Patty, Peter, Cloe, Beenah, Old Harry, Sabina, Cron, Celia, New Harry, Charlotte, Jeffrey, Peter, Frank, Sam, Jack, Limerick, Doublin [alt:
Used as Collateral (Dunham/Reid)
Enslaved Persons Named: Mary, Moses On January 10, 1831, in Savannah, Elias Reid, survivor of the firm Tufts & Reid, reported that a “mortgage of negroes” from Jacob H. Dunham to Tufts & Reid had been paid in full. The
Marriage Contract (Way/Shepard)
Enslaved Persons Named: None On April 14, 1831, Serena Way, spinster of Liberty County, and Thomas J. Shepard, merchant of Liberty County, entered into a marriage contract with William Jones and Samuel Way, both of Liberty County, as her trustees.
Marriage Contract (Jones/JOnes
Enslaved Persons Named: Robin, Jack, Lizzy, Elsey, Stepney, Patience, Dick, Clarissa, John, Flora, Phoebe, Phillis, Sue, Eve, Jackson, Bella, Little Betty, Daphne, Evelina, Toney, Little Caesar, and Adam On December 20, 1830, Mary Jones, Liberty County, and Charles Colcock Jones,
Used as Collateral (Holmes/Austin)
Enslaved Persons Named: Jacob, Affy On May 18, 1831, Adam T. Holmes, teacher, Liberty County, used as collateral on a promissory note of $504.83 to Joseph Austin, planter, Liberty County, “a male slave named Jacob & a female slave named
Used as Collateral (Varnedoe-Walthour/James)
Enslaved Persons Named: Plenty, Nelly, Juno, William, Toby, Little Plenty, Violet, George, Jenny, Amy, Isaac, Stephen, Matthew, Stepney, Charlotte, Caesar, Bina, Darcas, Jenny, Elsy, Mary, John, Clarinda, Ned, John, Gashem, Dinah, Nanny, Cuffy, Cudjoe, Lucy, Joshua, Leah, Rachel, Charlotte, Mary,
Used as Collateral (Way/Wilcox)
Enslaved Persons Named: Adam, George On May 2, 1831, Thomas G. Way, planter of Liberty County, used as collateral on a promissory note of $120 to Uriah Wilcox, trader of Liberty County, “two certain male slaves, named Adam & George,
Used as Collateral (Stewart/Wilcox)
Enslaved Persons Named: Jim, Nancy On April 28, 1831, Alexander Stewart, Liberty County, used as collateral on a promissory note of $120 to Uriah Wilcox, Liberty County, “a certain male slave named Jim, & a female slave named Nancy.” Witnessed
Used as Collateral (Axson/Axson)
Enslaved Persons Named: July, Bess, Judy, Dick, Solomon, Rose, John, Lucy, Joe On March 3, 1831, Ann Axson, Liberty County, used as collateral on a promissory note of $2500 to Richard F. S. Axson, Liberty County, “all and singular the
Importation (Jesse Ham)
Enslaved Persons Named: Tom, Trecia, Mary, Jack, Tom, Bill, Dolly, Maum, Fanny, George, Jane, Dolly, Joan, Mary, Jane, Bill, Provy, Bill, Phebe, Mary, Rachel, Luke, Dolly, Barbara, Reuben, Silla, Phebe, Margaret, Ruth “State of Georgia, Liberty County } Jesse Ham,