Deeds Involving Enslaved Persons
in Liberty County Georgia
Bill of Sale (Stevens to Walthour)
Enslaved Person Mentioned: Amey “$350. Savannah. Received from W. Lowndes Walthour three hundred and fifty dollars, being in full for the purchase of a negro slave named Amey aged about thirty years…” Signed H. M. Stevens. Recorded on 12 November
Bill of Sale (Jones to Walthour)
Enslaved Person Mentioned: Stephen M.S. Jones sold to Wm. L. Walthour for $1200 “a certain negro man Slave, named Stephen” on 13 July 1858. Witnessed by Thomas King, Jos. A. Anderson. Recorded on 12 November 1860 by Jesse Brewer, Clerk.
Bill of Sale (Jones to Walthour)
Enslaved Person Mentioned: September By virtue of an order from the Judge of the Superior Court of the Eastern District authorizing Susan M. Jones, administrator of the estate of Charles B. Jones, to sell either publicly or privately “a certain
Gift (Turner to Turner)
Enslaved Person Mentioned: Rosella “Georgia, Liberty Co. Know all men by these presents that I J. W. Turner of the County and State aforesaid, do, on this the fourth day of January, Eighteen Hundred and Sixty, give, grant & convey
Marriage Settlement (Bacon)
Enslaved Persons Named: Charles, Wesley, Nancy, Anna, Mary, Jenny, Samuel “State of Georgia, Liberty County } Know all men by these presents that whereas the marriage relations heretofore and for many years existing between Henry W. Bacon and Julia A.C.
Used As Collateral (McKinne)
Enslaved Persons Named: Simon C.S. McKinne, Liberty County, used as collateral for a $635.30 note to Mrs. Harriet S. Handley on June 12, 1860: “the following named negro slaves to wit – Charlotte and Kate.” Mrs. Handley endorsed the note
Marriage Settlement (Butler/Smith)
Enslaved People Mentioned: Milie [Miley], Abner On November 22, 1860, William Henry Butler, Liberty County, and Nancy Jennette Smith, Liberty County, with John S. Andrews, same County, as the Trustee, stated that William Henry Butler, as part of his marriage
Used as Collateral (Winn to Fleming for Walthour)
Enslaved Persons Named: Frank, Sophy. Abial Winn, Liberty County, used as collateral for a bond of $900 to Peter W. Fleming, guardian of Robert H. Walthour, both of Liberty County, on June 15, 1860, “the following negro slaves, with the
Used as Collateral (Winn to Fleming for Walthour)
Enslaved Persons Named: Toney, Betty. Abial Winn, Liberty County, used as collateral on a bond of $900 to Peter W. Fleming, guardian of Alice G. Walthour, both of Liberty County, on June 15, 1860: “the following negro slaves with the
Used as Collateral (Winn to Walthour)
Enslaved Persons Named: Jenny, Affee. Abial Winn, Liberty County, used as collateral for a bond of $900 to Peter W. Fleming, guardian of Taylor Walthour, both of Liberty County, on June 15, 1860: “the following negro slaves with the issue
Used as Collateral (Winn to Winn)
Edmund, Joseph, Richard, James, Andrew, Johnson, Ann, Sophy, Rose, Lucy, Venus, Ellen, Eva, Patty, Peggy, Diana, Fanny, Sally, John, Tom, Young, Phillis, and Rachel, Tirah, John, Ida and Mary. Edward Lawrence Winn used as collateral on an $18,000 bond to
Used as Collateral (Winn to Fleming for Walthour)
Enslaved Persons Named: Young Rose, Phillis. Edward Lawrence Winn, Chatham County, used as collateral on a debt to Peter W. Fleming, guardian of Alice G. Walthour, both of Liberty County, on March 1, 1860 “the following negro slaves, with the
Used as Collateral (Screven to Fleming for Walthour)
Enslaved Persons Named: Beck, David, Lizzie. Benjamin S. Screven, of Liberty County, used as collateral on a debt to Peter W. Fleming, guardian of Alice G. Walthour, both of Liberty County, on March 1, 1860: “the following negro slaves, with
Used as Collateral (Fleming to Fleming)
Enslaved Persons Named: Jack, Caesar, Eliza, John, Will, Gilbert, Hannah, Augustus. Thomas W. Fleming, Liberty County, used eight slaves as security for a bond to Peter W. Fleming, guardian of Robert Walthour, both of Liberty County, on March 1, 1860:
Used as Collateral (Fleming to Fleming)
Enslaved Persons Named: Big Sam, Little Sam, Tenah, Phoe [possibly Phoebe], Hetty. Thomas W. Fleming, of Liberty County, used slaves as security for a bond to Peter W. Fleming, guardian of Taylor Walthour, also of Liberty County, on March 1,
Used as Collateral (Fleming to Mallard)
Enslaved Persons Named: Daniel, Bob, George, Billy, William, Lindy, Betsey, Elizabeth, Mary, Chloe, Adaline, Brister, Sandy, Hannah, Louisa, Eddy, Susan, Carsine, Isaac, Bellinger, Rasine, Peter, Eliza, Martha, Tamar, Silvey, Georgiann, Scipio, Cate, Stephen, ? Balina ?, Charles, Toney, Lucy, Hannah,
Marriage Settlement (Anderson/Dunham)
Enslaved Persons Named: Joe, Ned, Agrippa, Pompey, Jim, Sam (carpenter), Taymor, Patience, May (Mary?), Ben, Prince, and Matilda. Transferred from Joseph A. Anderson and Charles Berrien Jones to Thomas R. Dunham, husband of the late Sarah A. Anderson (Dunham), for
Power of Attorney (Girardeau)
Enslaved Persons Named: Abram, Robert. W.O. Girardeau, of Liberty County, appointed John E. Girardeau, same county, as his agent on December 13, 1859 to sell “the following negroes (now in the possession of the said John E. Girardeau, and belonging
Bill of Sale (Ashmore/Coleman to Grest)
Enslaved Persons Named: Celia, Simon, Edy, Hardie, Hettie. In May 1859, Joseph Ashmore, trustee for Caroline Coleman, both of Liberty County, sold to Valentine Grest, also of Liberty County, for $2005.00, “negro woman slave named Celia, and her three children,
Used as Collateral (Handley to Burroughs/Maxwell)
Enslaved Persons Named: Sharper, Jack, Isaac, Charles and Katy, Richard, Sam, Daphne, Laurence, Nat, Moses, William, Susan, Jane, Rachael, Affi [alt: Affee, Affy], Prince, Chatham, Prophet, Livia [or Linia]. Harriet S. Handley, of Liberty County, owed $6350.10, not including interest,
Deed of Gift (Perry to son David)
Enslaved Persons Named: Peter, Dick, Hannah. John Perry gave to his son David Allen Perry “in consideration of the love and affection that I have [for him]” on March 10, 1860, “three negro slaves namely Peter a man worth one
Deed of Gift (Perry to son Daniel)
Enslaved Persons Named: Peter, Harriet, Queen, Fanny, Georgia. John Perry gave to his son Daniel Franklin Perry “in consideration of the love and affection that I have [for him]” on March 10, 1860, “five negro slaves named: Peter a man
Used as Collateral: (Horne to Farmer)
Enslaved Persons Named: Abe, Charles. H. F. Horne, of Liberty County, on March 5, 1860 used as collateral for a promissory note to J.W. Farmer, trustee or guardian of John Alfred Jordan, also of Liberty County, “a certain negro
Marriage Settlement (Johnson/Baggs)
Enslaved Persons Named: Stepney, Augusta. Indenture dated January 5, 1860, between Joseph N. Johnson, McIntosh County, Nancy Baggs, also of McIntosh County, and James N. Smith of Liberty County. Joseph Johnson, given the upcoming marriage between him and Nancy Baggs,
Bill of Sale (Thomas to Harrison)
Enslaved Persons Named: Simon. Andrew H. Thomas, Appling County, sold for $1000 to William Harrison, Liberty County, on April 24, 1856 “the following property to wit: A certain negro fellow, named Simon about [left blank] years old, about six feet
Bill of Sale (Michael/Mikell to Coates/Coats)
Enslaved Persons Named: Charles. James S. Michael, of Liberty County, for the sum of $5 and the “love and affection which he the said James S. Michael has and bears to his wife Mary J. Michael” sold to John W.
Bill of Sale (Mallard to Fleming)
Enslaved Persons Named: Patrick, Daniel, Bob, George, Billy, William, Lindy, Betsey, Elizabeth, Mary, Chloe, Adaline, Brister, Hannah, Sandy, Louisa, Eddy, Corrinne, Susan, Isaac, Bellinger, Rosena, Peter and Eliza. “Received February 3, 1860, from Captain Peter W. Fleming his bond and
Bill of Sale (Walthour to Barnard)
Enslaved Persons Named: Mary, Chance. On April 16, 1860, an indenture was made between W. Lowndes Walthour and Andrew Walthour, administrators of the estate of George W. Walthour, on one hand, and John B. Barnard, on the other, following a
Bill of Sale (Sheppard to Girardeau)
Enslaved Persons Named: Robert Shelman. Receipt dated March 23, 1860 for $800 from David B.N. Sheppard for “one certain negro boy named Robert Shelman aged about ten years, said boy being sold by me to John E. Girardeau under and
Bill of Sale (Stevens to Fraser)
Enslaved Persons Named: Judy, Emerline [possibly Emmeline]: Eliza S. Stevens sold to Simon A. Fraser, both of Liberty County, “the servant woman Judy and her child Emerline” on February 8, 1860. Witnesses J.P. Stevens, ?T? S. Stevens. Sworn before W.E.W.