Deeds Involving Enslaved Persons
in Liberty County Georgia
Bill of Sale (Wilkinson/Wainright)
Enslaved People Named: Nelly, Jack On May 31, 1805, James Wilkinson, tailor of Liberty County, sold to Eli Wainright for $800 “two certain negro slaves named Nelly, and Jack the son of the said Nelly.” Witnessed by John Ross. Recorded
Bill of Sale (McGowen/McGowen)
Enslaved People Named: Nellon On April 22, 1805, William McGowen, planter of Liberty County, sold to his daughter Amarintha Elliott McGowen for $300 “one Negro boy slave named Nellon…” Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on April 22, 1805. Source:
Bill of Sale (Stewart/Caldwell)
Enslaved People Named: Nanny On April 20, 1805, Daniel Stewart, planter of Liberty County, sold for $229 to John Caldwell “for the sold use benifit [SIC] and behoof of his children John George Caldwell, Isabella Maria Caldwell, Sarah Carney Caldwell,
Marriage Contract
Enslaved People Named: None On March 1795, Mary Dawson, spinster of the City of Savannah, entered into a marriage contract with Stephen Timmons, mariner of Savannah, naming Joseph Welscher, attorney at law of Savannah, as her trustee. Mary Dawson, being
Bill of Sale (Anderson/Anderson)
Enslaved People Named: Farmer, Peter, Beck, Celia, Damon, Diannah, Hannah, Daphney, Dinah, Toney, Miley, Dye [alt: Die], little Hannah, old Bob, old Tamer, little Bob, Venus, Ben, Toby, Lucy, Nanny, Tyrone, Neo, Pharoah, Sampson, Big Venus, Guine [alt: Guinea] Jack,
Bill of Sale (Parrott/Pigot)
Enslaved People Named: Till On January 6, 1803, Nathaniel and James Parrott, of Hancock County, sold “one negro woman called [name hard to read – possibly Till] for $220 to John Pigot. Witnessed by John McKiver, On March 23, 1805,
Marriage Contract (Harford/Fabian)
Enslaved People Named: None On February 5, 1805, Henry Harford, merchant of Darien, and Esther Dean Fabian, of Sunbury, entered into a marriage contract, naming John Elliott, planter of Liberty County as her trustee. Put into trust for her was
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
Used as Collateral (White/Harden)
Enslaved People Named: August, Yellow Elsey [alt: Elsy], Black Elsey, Tamur [alt: Tamer], George On January 9, 1805, James White, planter of Liberty County and Sarah D., his wife, used as collateral on a promissory note of $1355.48 to Edward
Used as Collateral (McIntosh/Holmes)
Enslaved People Named: Aberdeen, Diana, Cato, Dick, Billy, Jenny, Betty, Auba [alt: Auber], Nancy, Little Cato, Ben, Bob, Sunbury, Sampson On October 1, 1804, Lachlan McIntosh, planter of Liberty County, used as collateral on a promissory note of $3489 to
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
Bill of Sale (Holmes/Christie)
Enslaved People Named: Nero, Jack, Isaac On November 5, 1804, James Holmes, planter of Liberty County, sold to Mary Christie, widow of Sunbury, for $1000 “all those three negros to wit, Nero, Jack, and Isaac, the two first being negro
Used as Collateral (McIntosh/Jones)
Enslaved People Named: Dick, Beck, Fanny, Sandy, Galbo, Carolina, Clarissa On September 24, 1804, Lachlan McIntosh of Liberty County made an agreement to mortgage a number of “negro slaves” as surety for repayment of a debt of $1350. In 1801,
Bill of Sale (Odum/Poppell)
Enslaved People Named: Lissa On February 14, 1804, Mary Odum sold to Sophia Poppell for $380 “a negro girl named [looks like Lesha, but could be Lissa or Sepha] of a black complexion about thirteen or fourteen years of age.”
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
Deed of Gift (Dryer/Dryer)
Enslaved People Named: Adam, Louisa On July 14, 1804, Nathan Dryer, of Sunbury, Liberty County, gifted to his son John Edmund Hext Dryer “a certain negro boy named Adam…[and] a certain negro female slave named Louisa with her future issue
Bill of Sale (Bacon/Goulding)
Enslaved People Named: Nancy [Begin transcript] Received this 17th day of September 1804 of James Goulding the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars which is in full for one of his children named Nancy about six years old which
Marriage Contract (Robarts/Walker)
Enslaved People Named: Mingo, Robinson, Jacob, Saul, Jack, Pensacola, Joe, Judy, Lucy, Hector, Black Beck, Yellow Beck, Harriet, Sue, Will, Ned, Jim, Sam, Size, Clarissa, Venus On March 1, 1804, James Robarts, merchant of Liberty County, entered into a marriage
Deed of Gift (Jones/Jones)
Enslaved People Named: Murria, Pulaskie On March 31, 1804, John Jones, planter of Liberty County, gifted to his daughter Elizabeth Jones, via her trustees Daniel Stewart and Joseph Jones, also planters of Liberty County, “two negro slaves named Murria aged
Deed of Gift (Jones/Jones)
Enslaved People Named: Elvira, Marcus On March 31, 1804, John Jones, planter of Liberty County, gifted to his daughter Susannah Mary Jones, via trustees Andrew Maybank and Joseph Jones, both planters of Liberty County, “two negro slaves named Elvira, aged
Deed of Gift (Jones/Jones)
Enslaved People Named: Sampson, Rachel On March 30, 1804, John Jones, planter of Liberty County, gifted to his son John Jones the younger, via trustees Colonel Daniel Stewart and Joseph Jones, both planters of Liberty County, “two certain negroe slaves,
Used as Collateral (Timmons/Holmes)
Enslaved People Named: Darcus On January 1, 1804, Stephen Timmons, mariner of Liberty County, used as collateral on a promissory note of $542.54 to James Holmes, merchant of Liberty County, “a certain Negroe girl named Darcus [or Dorcas]…” Witnessed by
Used as Collateral (Jones/Holmes)
Enslaved People Named: Hector, Lucy, Jack, Sanco [Sancho?], July, Sinah, Sarah, Sandy On May 9, 1803, John Jones, planter of Liberty County, used as collateral on a promissory note of $5826.21 to James Holmes, merchant of Liberty County, “all those
Marriage Contract (Sandiford/Shepard)
Enslaved People Named: None On January 12, 1804, James Sandiford and Sarah Shepard, daughter of Thomas Shepard, deceased, entered into a marriage contract, naming Francis Shepard and Thomas Shepard, also of Georgia, as her trustees. The contract was designed to
Used as Collateral (Jones/Fraser)
Enslaved People Named: Jacob, Sandy, Charles, Monday On June 19, 1801, John Jones, Liberty County, used as collateral on a promissory note of $1104 to Simon Fraser “the following negro slaves, viz, Jacob, Sandy, Charles and Monday.” Witnessed by Lac.
Manumission (Madalone)
Enslaved People Named: Madalone On February 21, 1798, at Sunbury, John Couper, planter of St. Simons Island, Glynn County, set free “a certain Mulatoe Girl named Madalone…at the special request of Mrs. Mary Cristie of Sunbury, widow…the said Madalone being
Bill of Sale (Patterson/Plummer)
Enslaved Persons Named: Paul On October 29, 1791, John Patterson, of Chatham County, sold for 50 pounds sterling to Joseph Plummer, of Liberty County, “a certain Negroe fellow named Paul about eighteen years old, slim made and tall.” Witnessed by
Deed of Gift (Baker/Baker)
Enslaved Persons Named: Casar [alt: Caesar], Jemmy, Toby, Will, Bram, Sampson, Casar [alt: Caesar], Jeffery, Limus, January, Ned, Dick, Isaac, Peter, Dick, Cuffee, Frank, Mingo, Captain, Prince, Jack, Joe, Scipio, Charles, Bob, Maurice, Frank, Somerset, Charles, Diana, Tenah, Bess, Mary,
Deed of Gift (Bacon/Graves)
Enslaved Persons Named: Naro, Cuffy, Patty On October 9, 1783, John Bacon and Thomas Bacon, planters of Liberty County, gifted to their sister Rebecca Graves, same place, “two Negro boys named Naro [alt: Nero] and Cuffy [alt: Cuffee] and one
Used as Collateral (Rees/Schmidt)
Enslaved Persons Named: Lucinda On December 6, 1792, David Rees, gentleman of Liberty County, used as collateral on a promissory note of 55 pounds to Egidius Henry Schmidt, merchant of Liberty County, “one Negroe wench named ? Lucinda ? [text
Bill of Sale (Girardeau/Couper)
Enslaved Persons Named: Harry, Sinah, Neger, Nancy, Fanny, Nanny, Tenar, Elvira, July, Solomon, Rose, Pluto, Dick, Abram, Hannah, Mingo, Lizy, Pompy, Sarah, Paul On October 6, 1792, Liberty County Sheriff Henry Wood sold to John Couper for 264 pounds sterling
Bill of Sale (West/Munro)
Enslaved Persons Named: Old Ben, Phillis, James, Delia, Robin, Abraham, Byna, Wiltshire, Joe, Tony, Little Joe, Jupiter, Young Sylvia, Chloe, Sella, Old Phillis, Sam, Beck, Belinda, Abba, Sinar, George, Maria, Jacob, Phebe, Tenar, Bob, Rhina, Tenar, Robin, Peggy, Phillis, Sue,
Deed of Gift (Harrison/Harrison)
Enslaved Persons Named: Jenny On January 35, 1791, Gilbert Harrison, inn keeper of Liberty County, gifted to his daughter Mary Harrison, a minor, “one certain negroe wench named Jenny,” via her trustee, Charles Irvine, planter of Liberty County. Harrison specified
Bill of Sale (Mallard/Schmidt)
Enslaved Persons Named: Sindar On May 15, 1792, Liberty County Sheriff Henry Wood sold to Phillip Jacob Schmidt for 48 pounds “a negroe woman slave called Sindar [alt: Cinder] and her child [not named].” Wood had seized Sindar and her
Deed of Gift (Hardy/Hardy)
Enslaved Persons Named: Porter, Polidore [alt: Polydore], Fanny, Flora On June 10, 1792, Mary Hardy, widow of Liberty County, gifted to her son John Alexander Hardy, a minor, “the four following named Negro Slaves that is to say Porter, Polidore
Bill of Sale (McIntosh/Fulton)
Enslaved Persons Named: Sampson, Jame, Nimrod, Nero, Prince, Cloe, Bella, Bell On January 2, 1792, George McIntosh, planter of Liberty County, sold to Samuel Fulton, also a planter of Liberty County, for 450 pounds sterling “eight Negroes men and women
Marriage Contract (Sandiford/Taylor)
Enslaved Persons Named: Nancy, Betty On June 29, 1792, Audly Sandiford, Liberty County, renounced his claim to “one Negroe woman named Nancy and her two children named [left blank] and Belly [possibly meant Betty],” who had been gifted to his
Bill of Sale (McIntosh/McIntosh)
Enslaved Persons Named: Sampson, Jane, Cloe, Binna, Bett, Prince On January 4, 1790, Georgina McIntosh, “seamster” of Liberty County, sold to George McIntosh Junior, same place, for 400 pounds sterling “Six Negroes men and women slaves named Sampson, Jane, Cloe,
Used as Collateral (Miller/Leger-Greenwood)
Enslaved Persons Named: Pompey, Dick, Prince, Jacob, Jemmy, Jenny, Lilly, Judy, Venus, Betty On May 10, 1774, David Miller of Colleton County, South Carolina, used as collateral on a promissory note of 566 pounds South Carolina money to Peter Leger
Deed of Gift (Baker/Baker)
Enslaved Persons Named: None named On September 22, 1787, Whitmarsh Baker, planter of Liberty County, gifted to his “loving wife Ann Baker” “all my Estate both real and personal consisting of Lands Negroes Horses Cattle Hogs etc and both moveable
Bill of Sale (Powell/Fabian)
Enslaved Persons Named: Will, Scipio, Cuffy, Jack, OKelly, Allick, Cato, Simon, Toby, Dick, Pompey, Plenty, Fanny, Sue, Polly, Rose, Peter, Charlotte, Sandy, Sarah, Abraham, Jenny, Elsey, Isaac, Venus, Millay [alt: Milley], Phebe, Doll On June 29, 1792, James Powell, gentleman
Deed of Gift (West/West)
Enslaved Persons Named: Mary On February 25, 1790, William West, Liberty County, gifted to his daughter Hannah West “a certain Negroe Girl Slave named Mary about eight years old with her increase from this day forward.” Witnessed by John Jones,
Deed of Gift (West/West)
Enslaved Persons Named: Phillis On February 26, 1790, WIlliam West, of Liberty County, gifted to his daughter Mary Sharp West “a certain Negroe Girl named Phillis about five years old with her increase from this day forward.” Witnessed by John
Marriage Contract (Stone/Oswald)
Enslaved Persons Named: Tola, Dorcass, Phillis, Flora, Isaac On September 15, 1791, Henry D. Stone, Liberty County, entered into a marriage contract with Ann Oswald, daughter of Thomas Maxwell, deceased of Liberty County, with William Maxwell H.B. and John Graves
Bill of Sale (Condy/McIver)
Enslaved Persons Named: None named On May 4, 1792, Jeremiah Condy, of Charleston, South Carolina, sold to John MacIver [also spelled McIver within this document], Chatham County, Georgia, for 96 pounds sterling “a Negro Fellow and a Wench being two
Bill of Sale (Andrew/Andrew)
Enslaved Persons Named: Satirah On May 2, 1764, Joseph Andrew, planter of St. Johns Parish in the Province of Georgia, sold to James Andrew, same place for 30 pounds sterling in trust for his daughter Mary Andrew, minor, “a negro
Other (Myddelton/Lawson)
Enslaved Persons Named: None named [NOTE: The quotes below were transcribed as seen, including spelling and punctuation errors.] On May 29, 1791, a letter from Charles S. Myddelton was recorded in Liberty County Superior Court. The letter was addressed from
Bill of Sale (Hardy/Cecil)
Enslaved Persons Named: Guy On August 15, 1791, Liberty County Sheriff Lachlan McIntosh, sold to Leonard Cecil, merchant of Chatham County, for 30 pounds sterling “a certain negro man Slave named Guy.” Guy had been the property of John Hardy,
Used as Collateral (Way-Weatherspoon/Baker-Winn)
Enslaved Persons Named: Joe On March 5, 1792, Joseph Way Junior and James Weatherspoon used as collateral on a promissory note of 80 pounds sterling to William Baker and Peter Winn, executors of the last will and testament of Samuel
Used as Collateral (Walthour-Fraser/Winn-Baker)
Enslaved Persons Named: Betty, Tom On March 5, 1792, Andrew Walthour and Simon Fraser used as collateral on a promissory note of 164 pounds sterling to Peter Winn and William Baker, executors of the last will and testament of Samuel