Below is a list of 464 homestead exemption petitions filed in Liberty County, Georgia, between 1868 and 1900.
NOTE: You’re going to be tempted to scroll immediately to the list of names to see if your ancestor is there. After you do that, please come back and read the explanation below, which is important for understanding the record!
Why should you care about these records?
The 1890 U.S. federal census burned, so we have no census records between 1880 and 1900 to tell us the names of families who lived in the area during that period.
These local homestead exemption petitions fill that gap for your ancestors who filed them. Who filed them? According to the homestead exemptions law, they were poor families who were in debt. In Liberty County, it was a mixture of black and white families.
Farmers often had to take out a loan from a local merchant every year to buy seed and other farming supplies before the growing season started. The merchants put a lien on their property to secure the loan. If it was a bad year, and the crop failed, the farming family could lose everything. The Sheriff would come to seize their property and put it up for auction to pay the debt.
In 1868, the Georgia legislature stepped in and provided a list of basic items needed for living that the debtor could exempt from seizure and sale. This is the basic list:
1. Fifty acres of land, and five additional acres for each of his or her children under the age of sixteen years. This land shall include the dwelling house, if the value of such house and improvements does not exceed the sum of two hundred dollars: Provided, that none of the above land be within the limits of a city, town, or village, and does not include any cotton or wool factory, saw or grist mill, or any other machinery propelled by water or steam, the value of which exceeds the sum of two hundred dollars: and provided, also, that such land shall not derive its chief value from other causes than its adaption to agricultural purposes; or, in lieu of the above land, real estate in a city, town, or village, not exceeding five hundred dollars in value.
2. One farm horse or mule.
3. One cow and calf.
4. Ten head of hogs and fifty dollars’ worth of provisions, and five dollars’ worth additional for each child.
5. Beds, bedding, and common bedsteads sufficient for the family.
6. One loom, one spinning-wheel, and two pairs of cards, and one hundred pounds of lint cotton.
7. Common tools of trade of himself and his wife.
8. Equipment and arms of a militia soldier, and trooper’s horse.
9. Ordinary cooking utensils and table crockery.
10. Wearing apparel of himself and family.
11. Family Bible, religious works, and school books.
12. Family portraits
13. The library of a professional man, in actual practice or business, not exceeding three hundred dollars in value, and to be selected by himself.
Other items were added to the exemptions list with subsequent amendments. For example, in 1877, the amendment added “50 bushels of corn, 1000 lbs of fodder and a one-horse wagon.”
The head of the family (or his wife, if he refused to file) had to go to the Courthouse and meet with the Ordinary (later called the probate judge) to file the petition. The Ordinary was supposed to copy the petition into a separate Exemptions book.
The petitions themselves changed over time. As you look at the alphabetized list below, if you find your ancestor, note the year the petition was filed and come back to this list to understand it better:
1868-1880(ish):
- Usually only the name of the filer was given and described as “head of a family” (no names of wife or children). If the man refused to file and his wife filed for him, then both his and her names would be given.
- The list of property was normally very generic and often matched the above list exactly. This may mean that your ancestor did not actually own those items; this would just be the maximum he or she could exempt from seizure and sale in case of default on the loan. For example, many of the lists include: “Equipment and arms of a militia soldier, and trooper’s horse.” It is unlikely that many of these poor farmers owned a trooper’s horse.
- If you see an exact description of a piece of property (a horse’s name, for example), your ancestor certainly owned it.
- By 1877, the wives’ names started to be included more often.
1880-1900:
- By 1880, the petitions almost always named the wife and gave the names of all the children under the age of 16, sometimes including ages.
- Lists of property came to be much more detailed. With a detailed description of property, you can be sure your ancestor actually owned the property listed.
- Land came to be described in detail – how many acres and who the neighbors were.
Important notes:
- If your ancestor claimed the maximum amount of property allowed (50 acres plus 5 additional acres for each child under 16), then he or she could have owned more than that. The only property listed in these petitions would have been the amount under the maximum allowances.
- If your ancestor claimed less than 50 acres of land, that is likely all he or she owned. If they claimed 50 acres of land, that was the maximum and they very well could have owned more than that.
- If they owned less than 50 acres, it did not have to be surveyed, but if they owned more than 50 acres, and claimed 50 acres, a survey had to be done and there should be a plat somewhere in court records. (“Should” is the operative word; of course, things didn’t always happen the way they were supposed to.)
- The law changed over time, which is the reason for noting which law the petition claimed. I have only listed the petitions between 1868-1900. The law continues in effect today.
- If the wife filed the petition, you’ll often also see the name of a “next friend.” This did not mean she was having an affair! That was the term for an adult man who was prepared to sign his name to the record, acting on her behalf.
If your ancestor claimed…
“50 acres of land, with five additional for each child under 16” – your ancestor may or may not have owned this much land. It was the maximum allowed.
“Two acres of land in said County of Liberty, State of Georgia, bounded on the north by lands of James B. Fraser, on the east by lands of James B. Fraser and on the south by lands of Silas Sapp and on the west by lands of Parker being the place on which W.H. Parker now resides” – W.H. Parker definitely owned this land
“One sewing machine” – your ancestor may or may not have owned a sewing machine. Sewing machines were added to the exempted list in 1876.
“One Singer New Home sewing machine” – your ancestor owned this sewing machine.
“one cow, two axes, four hoes, one hatchet, one drawing knife, one spade, three rice hooks, four cooking pots, two dozen plates, one dozen cups and saucers, one tub, two buckets, one piggin, two buckets, two pans, five bed quilts, two mattresses, two beds, five suits of clothing for self, seven dresses for wife & underclothing, five dresses for one daughter & three every day dresses, seven dresses for another daughter & three every day ones, five Sunday dresses & four every day ones for another daughter. “Additional schedule filed Feby 24th 1881: Half interest in Thirty two acres of land, in Liberty County, bounded by lands of T.Q. Cassels, Est. Hines and Est. Lambert, 1 red ox with [two words], 1 dun ox, 1 wagon” – your ancestor (George James) owned all this property
“One mare, bay with some gray hairs, and a white blaze in her forehead and three white feet, about five years old; one cow and calf, marked three slits in one ear and smooth crop in the other ear; two head of hogs, marked [word] hole in one ear and slit in the other; fifty dollars worth of provisions; three straw mattresses, one feather pillow and one cotton pillow and one feather bolster, thirteen quilts, two sheets and common bedsteads; one lot of farming tools, consisting of saws, hatchets, hoes, ploughs, pitch fork and rake etc the tools of trade of James Stacy who is a farmer; one musket gun; table crocker; wearing apparel of family; one Bible, lot of religious works and school books; one lot of family pictures; fifty bushels of corn, one thousand pounds of fodder, one one horse wagon, one table and a set of chairs; one morrow [sic], one bureau, one trunk, six water buckets, and book case; five bee-gums, the same being a part of the provisions to be included in the Fifty dollars worth of provisions.” – James Stacy most likely owned all of these items, even though some (“one thousand pounds of fodder”) are more generic.
List of Homestead Exemption Petitions for
Liberty County, Georgia
1869-1900
The list below does NOT include the property claimed by the petitioner. To see that property, click on the link. It will take you to a digital copy of the actual record on FamilySearch.org. If you haven’t used FamilySearch before, you will need to create a (completely free) account the first time. The records are in the handwriting of the court clerks. If you have trouble reading the handwriting, feel free to email me (jnscole@yahoo.com) and I will transcribe the record for you.
Name: Alvin, Titus
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 11
Year: 1881
Law Claimed Under: allowed by the Laws of Georgia
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Rachel Alvin, and four children under sixteen years of age, to wit: Eliza, Ben, Samuel and Dean Alvin”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 11; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VCZ : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 133; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Anderson, Cain
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 192-3
Year: 1891
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife Corrine Anderson and five minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Isabella Anderson, John Anderson, Nila Anderson, Henry William Anderson and Richard Anderson”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 192-3; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VQ9 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 229; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Anderson, Edward
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 374-5
Year: 1898
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882, (section 2866 of the Code of 1895) and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “One tract of land in Liberty County, Georgia, bounded by lands of the Estate of Andrews, and Hall, and Roxie Carter, and containing two acres, being the land on which said Edward Anderson now resides”
Description of Family: “his wife Minnie Anderson and one child under sixteen years of age, Edward Anderson”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 374-5; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V78 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 320; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Anderson, July E.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 279-80
Year: 1894
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “One tract or parcel of land, situate lying and being in the 1476th Dist. G.M. of said County containing Seventy acres, and bounded as follows, to wit: on the north by lands of James Williams; on the east by lands of Henry Anderson, on the south by lands of July E. Anderson and on the West by lands of Neger Anderson”
Description of Family: “his wife, Elsie Anderson, and four minor children, all under sixteen years of age, to wit: Floyd Anderson, Annie Bell Anderson, Lola Anderson and George Anderson”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 279-80; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VSZ : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 272; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Anderson, Robert
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 133
Year: 1877
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873 and acts amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: None listed
Description of Family: “his wife Adeline Anderson and two children under sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 133; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VCW : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 76; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Andrews, Edward
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 104
Year: 1877
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: wife and four children under 16
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 104; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JF8 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 61; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Armstrong, Thomas
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 92-3
Year: 1883
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife, Hager [alt: Hagar] Armstrong, and four children under the age of sixteen years, to wit, Henry, Charlie, Thomas and Prophet Armstrong”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 92-3; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V3R : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 176; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Artson, W.H.
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 27
Year: 1873
Law Claimed Under: Section 2013 of Irwin’s Revised Code of Georgia and also an act approved Oct 27th 1870
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: Not mentioned
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 27; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VQ7 : 26 Jun 2025), image(s) 21; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Axson, Benjamin
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 214
Year: 1881
Law Claimed Under: “Honest Debtor” act as embodied in section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendatory acts in reference to the same”
Description of Land Claimed: “Fifty acres of land, and five additional acres for each child, said land lying in the 15th Dist. G.M. of said County, and bounded by lands of Samuel Law, Jack Law, Jack Anderson and the Darien and Savannah ROad”
Description of Family: “his wife, Venus Axson, and his minor children under sixteen years of age to wit: James, John, Willis, Jonas, and Benjamin Axson, and other children to be born”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 214; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V77 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 116; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Axson, Toney
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 95-6
Year: 1885
Law Claimed Under: “desires to avail himself of the short homestead as provided under section 2040 of the Code of 1882”
Description of Land Claimed: “Eleven acres of land at Riceboro, in the 15th Georgia Malitia [sic] District of Liberty County bounded by lands of Lewis Jones, and B.F. Allen and known as the place on which Toney Axson now resides, of the value of two hundred dollars”
Description of Family: “his wife, Nelly aged seventy years, and a grandson Pulaski Fraser, aged eight years”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “one set blacksmith tools”; “Photographs of petitioner his wife, and mother, and son”
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 95-6; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JF1 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 177; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Axson, Toney
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 31
Year: 1874
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 11-acre tract of land in Riceboro, bounded by Darien public stage road, Walthourville and Riceboro public road
Description of Family:
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): formerly the property of R. Lyons; Toney Axson was a blacksmith; being sued by S.W. Broughton
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 31; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JLT : 26 Jun 2025), image(s) 23; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Bacon, Alex
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 91
Year: 1884
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882
Description of Land Claimed: “Twenty one acres of land, situate lying and being in Liberty County Georgia and bounded on the north by lands of Est. T.S. Mallard, east by lands of Est. E.D. Thomson; West by lands of J.T.H. Waite & Sunbury Road; South by Est. E. D. Thomson & J.T.H. Waite, being the land upon which the said Alex Bacon now resides.”
Description of Family: “his wife Catherine Bacon, and five children under the age of sixteen years, to wit: James, Grace, Alex, Edward and Lawrence, Bacon”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 91; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V3R : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 175; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Bacon, Daniel
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 294-5
Year: 1894
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “One tract of land in Liberty County, State of Georgia containing fifty four acres and bounded by lands of Peacock tract, Burke, Israel Bacon and other lands unknown, being a part of the “Farm tract,” said land bought from Gregg Jones and Wood.
Description of Family: “his wife Clara Bacon, and three minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Elizabeth Bacon, Oliver Collins Bacon, and John Henry Bacon”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 294-5; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J58 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 280; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Bacon, Edmund
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 213
Year: 1881
Law Claimed Under: “Honest Debtor” act as embodied in section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendatory acts in reference to the same”
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Ruth Ann Bacon and his minor children under sixteen years of age to wit: Fennier, Eddie, and Andrew Williams, Bacon” [as in text]
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 213; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V43 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 116; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Bacon, Henry H.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 51-2
Year: 1883
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of Georgia of 1882
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Delia Bacon, and seven minor children, to wit Affy, John, July, Edward, Hettie Esther Henry Newton & Janie Rachel, and two other minor children of his said wife, Delia Bacon by a former husband (who is now dead) and who are living with & depende
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 51-2; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VSF : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 153; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Bacon, Jacob
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 312-3
Year: 1895
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “one tract of land in said County of Liberty, containing twelve acres, more or less, and bounded North by N.J. Norman, East by Stephen Fleming, South by Bacon tract and West by Geo Loyd. One tract of land in said County of Liberty containing two acres, more or less, and bounded by Henry Steven’s tract, Oakland tract, and Jones tract and Sam Bacon, being the land on which the said Jacob Bacon now resides: both tracts together contining fourteen acres more or less”
Description of Family: “his wife, Jane Bacon, and four minor children, all under sixteen years of age, to wit: Benj. Abraham Bacon, Jacob Bacon, Evalina Bacon and Rosa Bacon”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 312-3; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JLM : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 289; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Bacon, Joseph
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 210
Year: 1881
Law Claimed Under: “Honest Debtor” act as embodied in section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendatory acts in reference to the same”
Description of Land Claimed: “Forty acres of land in the fifteenth (15th) District G.M. of Liberty County and bounded by the lands of John Bacon and Crawford Monroe.”
Description of Family: “his wife Eliza Bacon, and his minor children, to wit: Eliza, Diana, Robert, Walton, Sumner, and Josephine Bacon, all under sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 210; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VM1 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 115; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Bacon, March
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 85-6
Year: 1884
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife, Rachel Bacon, and four minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Hannah S., Abraham, Susan, and Edward Bacon”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 85-6; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V7P : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 172; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Bacon, Peter
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 292-3
Year: 1894
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “One tract of land containing five acres situate lying and being in Liberty County, Ga, and bounded by lands of John T. Roanan on the North, on the East by lands of the Estate of G.W. Walthour, on the South by lands of Miss E. C. Daniels and on the west by lands of E.P. Miller; and also one other tract in Liberty County, Ga, containing three acres, more or less, and bounded by lands of Will Bacon, Flanders Pray and Sackey Bacon, said three acre tract being the place upon which said Peter Bacon now resides”
Description of Family: “his wife Isabell Bacon and one minor child under sixteen years of age, to wit: Joseph Bacon”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 292-3; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JYX : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 279; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Bacon, Richard
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 186-7
Year: 1880
Law Claimed Under: “Honest Debtor” act as embodied in section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendatory acts in reference to the same”
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: “his wife Corine Bacon and his minor children, Alfred, Anna Lou, Tyra, Augustus, Caesar, and Patsey Bacon, all under sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 186-7; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JGY : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 104; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Bacon, Shadrack
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 82-3
Year: 1884
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife Silvia Bacon, and seven minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Caroline, Shadrack, Peggy, Lula, Lawrence, Charlie and Baby Bacon”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 82-3; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VMV : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 170; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Bacon, Stephen
Court Book: Court of Ordinary Exemptions Register (1872-1884)
Page(s): 37
Year: 1881
Law Claimed Under: he laws of Georgia
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Ellen Bacon and six minor children under sixteen years of age, to wit Fanny, Samuel, Rachel, Lula, Anna & Emma, Bacon”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Register (1872-1884), page(s) 37; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C34P-NWJP-V : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 184; citing Family History Library film #008623299.
Name: Bacon, Stephen
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 192-3
Year: 1880
Law Claimed Under: “Honest Debtor” act as embodied in section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendatory acts in reference to the same”
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: “his wife Susan Bacon, and his minor children to wit: John, Peter, Annie, Peggy, Lester and Stephen Bacon, all under the age of sixteen”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 192-3; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JRT : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 106; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Bacon, WIlcher
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 258-9
Year: 1893
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “One tract of land in said County of Liberty and State of Georgia, containing sixteen acres more or less, and bounded north by lands of T.Q. Cassels; south by Est. Hines; West by Est. Hines and East by lands of Lambert”
Description of Family: “his wife, Hannah Bacon, and six minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Albert Bacon, Dollie Bacon, Matilda Bacon, Johnny Bacon, Joe Henry Bacon and Tena Bacon”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 258-9; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VZY : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 262; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Bady, Lucy [or Body]
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 320
Year: 1895
Law Claimed Under: not listed
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “Lucy Body, person of color and wife of Wm. Body, out of his property”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 320; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JGR : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 293; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Bady, Lucy wife of William Bady
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 201-4
Year: 1881
Law Claimed Under:
Description of Land Claimed: “certain tract of land situate lying and being in said County and State, and constituting a part of what has formerly been known as the Hutchinson place, and located within three miles of No. 3 McIntosh Station on the Savannah, Florida & Western R.R. and containing thirty acres in said tract and bounded all round on the different sides by lands of Toney Quarterman, Niger Law, Betty Jackson, and Flora Roberts”
Description of Family: “a person of color” “the lawful wife of William Bady, also a person of color, who is a resident of said County and State, and the head of a family now living in said County and State, the same consisting of himself, his said wife Lucy (your present Petiti
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “Your Petitioner further sheweth that her said husband, William Bady is the owner of a certain tract of land situate lying and being in said County and State, and constituting a part of what has formerly been known as the Hutchinson place, and located wit
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 201-3; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JNZ : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 110; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Baggs, Moses
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 26
Year: 1882
Law Claimed Under: Code section 2040
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Dafney Baggs, and four minor children under sixteen years of age, to wit: Foreman, Joseph Lane, Monroe & Ada Baggs”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 26; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JGS : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 141; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Baggs, Moses
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 388
Year: 1899
Law Claimed Under: not listed
Description of Land Claimed: “One tract of land in said State and County in the 16th Dist. G.M. of said County, bounded North by lands of J.J. Horne, East by lands of Dafney Baggs, South by lands of Miley E. Fletcher and West by lands of Nat Horne, containing fifty acres”
Description of Family: “Amended schedule of Moses Baggs who is a resident of said County and who files this his amended schedule not only on behalf of his family, but for his own use and benefit as an aged person”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): No personal property listed; original exemption said to be on page 26 of this book
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 388; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V3K : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 327; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Baker, Alfred
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 135-6
Year: 1888
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Twelve & a half acres of Land in said County and bounded on the West by lands of O.C. Shuptrine, on the East by lands of C.G. Johnson, on the South by lands of Anthony Brooks and on the North by lands of Est. J. Bryant and being the place whereon said Alfred Baker now resides, also twenty two & one half acres of land in said County, bounded West by lands of July Johnson, on the North by lands of Anthony Brooks, South by lands of Cyrus Smiley and East by lands of C.G. Johnson, making thirty five acres in all”
Description of Family: “his wife, Frances Baker and six minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Calvin Baker, Minnie Baker, Ann L. Baker, William Baker, Fred Baker and Emma Jane Baker”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 135-6; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JTW : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 199; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Baker, Andrew
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 250-1
Year: 1893
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Twenty acres of land situate, lying and being in the 17th G.M. of said County and bounded as follows, to wit: South East by George Roberts and on all other sides by Lewis Hook”
Description of Family: “his wife Betsy Baker”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 250-1; digital database, FamilySearch.org (http://w.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V7C : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 258; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Baker, Bill
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 63
Year: 1884
Law Claimed Under: “the laws of this State”
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Flora Baker and three minor children, to wit: Nathan Baker, Georgia Baker, and Rosa Baker, all under sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 63; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VS6 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 159; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Baker, Daniel
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 382
Year: 1899
Law Claimed Under: Section 2866 of the Code of Georgia of 1895
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife, Caroline Baker and two minor children, to wit: Sarah Baker and Tom Baker, both under sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “…by said Caroline Baker, her said husband Daniel Baker refusing to file his schedule” Signed by “Will Way next friend of Caroline Baker” Only property claimed was one medium sized mare, about eight years old and named “Pet”
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 382; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JXL : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 324; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Baker, Hansford
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 393
Year: 1900
Law Claimed Under: Section 2866 of Code of 1895 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “one acre of land with improvements situated and being in the 24th G.M. District of said County of Liberty, State of Georgia, about three quarters of a mile from Johnston Station S.F. & W.R.R. and bounded by lands of Bob Reeves Mary McQueen and Jacob Kemp and on which said Hansford Baker now lives”
Description of Family: “his wife, Eugenia Baker and two minor children under sixteen years of age, to wit: John Clarence Baker and E.S. Esmore Baker”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 393; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JTF : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 329; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Baker, Henry
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 148
Year: 1878
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873 and acts amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: wife and two children under 16
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 148; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JKV : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 84; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Baker, Israel
Court Book: Court of Ordinary Exemptions Register (1872-1884)
Page(s): 29
Year: 1881
Law Claimed Under: under the laws of Georgia
Description of Land Claimed: “Twenty acres of land in said County, bounded on the northeast by the old Sunbury Road and on the Southwest by L.B. Henry’s land”
Description of Family: “his wife Mary Ann Baker and two minor children under sixteen years of age, to wit: Mary Jane and Irine Matilda”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Register (1872-1884), page(s) 29; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C34P-NWJT-5 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 183; citing Family History Library film #008623299.
Name: Baker, James
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 186-7
Year: 1890
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife, Laura Baker, and two minor children, both under sixteen years of age, to wit: Janie Baker and Minnie Baker”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): Witnessed by Ben A. Way
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 186-7; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J18 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 226; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Baker, Kata
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 364
Year: 1898
Law Claimed Under:
Description of Land Claimed:
Description of Family:
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): plat of her land (65 acres)
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 364; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VWQ : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 315; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Baker, Katie
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 347-8
Year: 1896
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Sixty five acres of land situate in said County and State and bounded North by lands of estate of H.R. Mooney, East by “Daniel Mill Pond,” South by lands of Sam Baker and West by lands of Joe Hendry, said sixty five acres of land including the dwellingi house and improvements”
Description of Family: “Katie Baker, an aged person about seventy years old, and the head of a family consisting of three minor children under sixteen years of age, to wit: Samuel Martin, Lizie Martin and Willie Jones, being her grandchildren and orphans, their parents being de
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “See plat on page 364”
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 347-8; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JKN : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 306; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Baker, Neger
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 375-6
Year: 1898
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto (section 2866 of the Code of 1895)
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife, Clarissa Baker”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 375-6; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V78 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 320; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Baker, Sam
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 275-6
Year: 1893
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “One tract of land in said County of Liberty State of Georgia, containing sixty acres and bounded by lands of C.J. Hendry, Capt. Hendry, Joe Hendry and V.A. Mooney, being the place upon which said Sam Baker is now building”
Description of Family: “his wife Victoria Baker and two minor children under sixteen years of age, to wit: Eddie Baker and Emma Baker”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 275-6; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VHD : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 270; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Baker, Shedrack
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 49
Year: 1875
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land and five additional for each child
Description of Family: “his wife and four children under sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 49; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JXK : 26 Jun 2025), image(s) 32; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Baker, Spencer
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 274
Year: 1893
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “One tract of land in Liberty County, Georgia, containing fifty acres, more or less, and bounded by lands of J.E. Stafford, Tillman Hendry Arthur Floyd, Alfred Thomas and estate of Martin being the land on which said Spencer Baker now resides”
Description of Family: “his wife, Eliza Baker, and one minor child under the age of sixteen years, to wit: Willie Baker”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 274; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VHD : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 270; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Baker, Washington
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 151-2
Year: 1888
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife Eliza Baker, and two minor children both under sixteen years of age, to wit: Nellie Baker and Bessie Baker”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 151-2; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JFL : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 208; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Baker, William (Jr)
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 357-8
Year: 1897
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and the amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Five acres of land situate, lying and being in Liberty County Georgia, bounded by lands of Cy Roberts, Lawrence Baker, Benjamin Dryer, Adam Wilson, Robert Johnson, Jim Williams, Peter Lambright and Stephen Bennett – said William Baker Jr now resides on said five acres of land”
Description of Family: “his wife Ophelia Baker and four minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Arthur Baker, Eward Baker, Rufus Baker, and infant not yet named”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 357-8; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VQB : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 311; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Barrow, M.E.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 212
Year: 1891
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family:
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “The petition of John C. Barrow acting as next friend for M.E. Barrow”
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 212; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JBQ : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 239; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Baxter, R.G.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 309-10
Year: 1895
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Eighty five acres of land with improvements thereon, the place whereon said R.G. Baxter now resides”
Description of Family: “his wife Julia A. and seven minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Mackey, Eva, Nora, May Belle, Anna and Wallace, Sallie”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 309-10; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VZ5 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 287; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Bell, D.H.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 293-4
Year: 1894
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of Georgia and the amendatory acts thereof
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Laura M. Bell”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): filed by John L. Harden, attorney for D.H. Bell
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 293-4; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JYX : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 280; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Bell, Green
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 226
Year: 1892
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: Non
Description of Family: “his wife Sarah Bell, and three minor children under the age of sixteen years, to wit: Emma, Eddie and Bessie Bell”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 226; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JB3 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 246; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Bennett, Isaac
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 105
Year: 1877
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 55
Description of Family: wife and one child under 16
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 105; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JF8 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 61; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Bennett, Stephen
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 127
Year: 1888
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and the Act of the General Assembly approved October the 24th 1887
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife, Hester Bennett, and two minor children both under sixteen years of age, to wit: [possibly Givena] Bennett and James Bennett”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 127; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JJW : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 195; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Bird, Frances
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 194-5
Year: 1880
Law Claimed Under: “Honest Debtor” act as embodied in section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendatory acts in reference to the same”
Description of Land Claimed: “10 Ten acres of land on which she now resides”
Description of Family: “herself and her daughter Laura Williams, and her two grand children Eliza Boggs and Willie Boggs, who are living with her and dependent on her for a support, said children being under sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 194-5; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VZN : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 107; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Bird, Lewis
Court Book: P
Page(s): 538
Year: 1869
Law Claimed Under: laws of Georgia
Description of Land Claimed: Fifty acres of land and five additional acres for each of his children under the age of sixteen years, to wit, three children Peggy, George & Sam.
Description of Family: “head of a family of minor children…Peggy, George & Sam” also mention of his wife
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): https://theyhadnames.net/2024/01/14/personal-property-of-lewis-bird-1869/
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, 1860-1870, Book P, page 538; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-RSPG-C : accessed 14 Jan 2024), Family History Library microfilm 008564333, “Deeds & Mortgages, v. O-P 1854-1870,” image 646 of 699, item 2 of 2; citing original records of Liberty County Superior Court, Georgia.
Name: Bird, Sam
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 278-9
Year: 1894
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Forty one acres of land in said County of Liberty and State of Georgia, and being in two tracts, one tract containing thirty five acres and bounded north by lands of Mrs. Stewart; East by lands of Mary McNeil; South by lands of Lizie Floyd and West by lands of Ben Carter, the other tract containing six acres and bounded North by lands of Lucy Moody; East and South by lands of George Fraser, and West by lands of Julian Whitely”
Description of Family: “his wife Rhina Bird”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 278-9; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VSZ : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 272; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Blackman, Reuben
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 41
Year: 1883
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife Louisa Blackman and three minor children under sixteen years of age, to wit: Snider Blackman, George Baker, and Leola Baker”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 41; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V9D : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 148; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Blake, Joe
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 394
Year: 1900
Law Claimed Under: Section 2866 of Code of 1895 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife, Ellen Blake and two minor children, both under sixteens years of age to wit: Eva Blake and Barbara Blake”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 394; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J53 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 330; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Blake, John
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 56
Year: 1883
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of Georgia of 1882
Description of Land Claimed: “Seven acres of land in said County, adjoining lands of I.L. Bird, Wm. Bradly, Wm. Floyd, Sallie Baker, and Wm. Blake, being the land on which said John Blake now resides.
Description of Family: “his wife, Martha Blake, and one minor child two years old, to wit, Julia L.O. Blake”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 56; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J5H : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 156; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Blake, Kate
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 298
Year: 1894
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “head of a family, consisting of herself and two minor children under sixteen years of age, to wit: Rosana Blake and Isaiah Blake”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 298; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JTQ : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 282; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Blake, William
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 55
Year: 1883
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of Georgia of 1882
Description of Land Claimed: “Forty one acres of land in said County, adjoining lands of Wm. Floyd, Sallie Baker, Ben Carter, Francis Williams, I.L. Bird, and John Blake, and whereon said William Blake now resides”
Description of Family: “his wife Nancy Blake, and four minor children all under sixteen years of age, to wit: Daisy Blake, Rosa Blake, Alfred Blake, and Champie Blake”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 55; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VQ3 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 155; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Blount, E.H.
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 43
Year: 1874
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 73.5 acres land
Description of Family: “head of a family”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): Plat attached delineating a “re-survey of 73 5/10 acres of land being a portion of a tract granted originall to Wm. Shave. It appears that Joseph Andrews conveyed 100 acres of this tract to Est. Lambert and recently sold by Rev. Buttolph to John W. Clark,
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 43; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VMY : 26 Jun 2025), image(s) 29; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Boggs, Jack
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 313
Year: 1895
Law Claimed Under: not listed
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “head of a family as set forth in his Schedule of Property filed, approved and recorded in Exemptions Book B Page 112, Feb 1st 1887”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 313; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JLM : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 289; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Boggs, Jacob
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 112
Year: 1887
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife Cynthia Boggs”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 112; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V7K : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 188; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Boyd, Lewis
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 244
Year: 1892
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Christina Boyd, and three minor children all under sixteen years of age, to wit Lewis Boyd Jr., Charity Boyd and Lonza Boyd”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 244; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JK7 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 255; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Bradley, Harrison
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 77
Year: 1884
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife Thamar Bradley, and two minor children, both under sixteen years of age, to wit: Ophelia Bradley and Richard Harry Bradley”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 77; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VQK : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 167; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Bradley, John S.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 108-9
Year: 1886
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882
Description of Land Claimed: “Sixty acres of the tract of land lying in said State and County adjoining land of C.C. Daniel on the North; and land of Beverly Wilson on the East; and lands of James H. Alexander and Richard Quarterman on the South; and land of A.B. Daniel on the West; which said tract of land contains one hundred and twenty five acres more or less; said sixty acres to be laid off so as to include the improvements thereon, which said improvements do not exceed in value the sum of two hundred dollars”
Description of Family: “his wife, Sarah E. Bradley, and two minor children both under the age of sixteen years, to wit, Joseph B. Bradley and Birtie Lee Bradley”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 108-9; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VHW : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 186; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Bradwell, Robert
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 198
Year: 1891
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of Ga. 1873 and the acts of the General Assembly amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Rosina Bradwell”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 198; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V8F : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 232; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Bragg, Amos
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 74
Year: 1884
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife, Martha Bragg, and six minor children under sixteen years of age, to wit: Marietta, Horton, Ellen, Louisa, Manning, Moses Bragg”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 74; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VW8 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 166; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Branch, Jerry
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 25
Year: 1874
Law Claimed Under: Section 2013 of Irwin’s Revised Code of Georgia
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres
Description of Family: Not mentioned
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “Fishing tools tackle etc implements used in course of business”
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 25; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JT5 : 26 Jun 2025), image(s) 20; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Brewer, James H.
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 161-2
Year: 1879
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873 and acts amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: “his wife M.M. Brewer and four children under sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “…and whereas the said James H. Brewer refuses to avail himself of the Exemptions allowed under Section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and Acts of the General Assembly Amendatory thereof I therefore M.M. Brewer wife of the said James H. Brewer do file the fol
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 161-2; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V3Q : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 90; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Brooks, Anthony
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 131-2
Year: 1888
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Eighty acres of land in said County, and bounded as follows, North by lands of Alfred Baker, East by lands of C.G. Johnson, South by Cyrus Smiley & July Johnson, and on the West by lands Henry Baker; being the place on which said Anthony Brooks now resides”
Description of Family: “his wife, Catherine C. Brooks, and six minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Maggie Brooks, James Brooks, Lizzie Brooks, Andrew J. Brooks, Morenda Brooks, and Mathew Brooks”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 131-2; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JPK : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 197; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Brown, C.R.
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 23
Year: 1874
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: wife mentioned, not named
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 23; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VS9 : 26 Jun 2025), image(s) 19; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Brown, Edward
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 79
Year: 1884
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882
Description of Land Claimed: “Fifty acres of land in said County adjoining lands of Hamilton Brown and Thomas Wright, and being the land on which said Edward Brown now resides”
Description of Family: “his wife, Matilda Brown, and four minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Braddy [or Bradely] Brown, Ida Brown, Luther Brown and Eddie Brown”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 79; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JG1 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 168; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Brown, Hattie
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 166
Year: 1889
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “head of a family consisting of four minor children all under sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 166; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JX5 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 216; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Brown, Jacob W.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 152-4
Year: 1889
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Twelve acres of land situate lying and being in the 1359th Dist. G.M. of Liberty County Georgia, and bounded on the North by John S. Andrews, on the East by Abram Houston, on the South by Grant Wilkins, and on the West by Joseph Baker, together with the improvements thereon, said place being the place upon which said Jacob W. Brown now resides”
Description of Family: “his wife Jane Clifford Brown and two minor children both under the age of sixteen years, to wit Elizabeth Brown and Mary A. Brown”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 152-4; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V3C : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 209; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Brown, Roddy
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 61
Year: 1875
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 85 acres or land
Description of Family: wife and seven children under 16
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 61; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VCN : 26 Jun 2025), image(s) 38; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Brown, Stephen
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 49
Year: 1883
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Elsy Brown, and four minor children, all under sixteen years of age, to wit: William E. Brown, Maurice Brown, Lellie A. Brown, Charley Brown”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 49; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V8W : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 152; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Bryant, James B.
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 29
Year: 1874
Law Claimed Under: The Act of Oct. 1870
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “self and family”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 29; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J5Y : 26 Jun 2025), image(s) 22; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Bryant, John
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 181
Year: 1879
Law Claimed Under: “…the exemtpion acts under the Constitution and laws of the State of Georgia found in the Code of 1873, section 2040, and also in the acts of 1877, page 19”
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “one wife and four children, ages as follows, the oldest 8 – 6 – 4 and the youngest one year old”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “of the 15th Dist. G.M.”
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 181; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JPX : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 100; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Buchanan, Green
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 143
Year: 1878
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873 and acts amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: wife and four children under 16
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 143; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JT6 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 81; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Butler, F.W.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 395-6
Year: 1901
Law Claimed Under: Section 2866 of the civil code
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife and himself”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): Description of household items includes every piece of clothing they own
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 395-6; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J53 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 330; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Cambell, Jacob
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 68
Year: 1876
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land
Description of Family: “himself and family” (not otherwise specified, probably just him and his wife, based on only 50 acres of land claimed)
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 67; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JF4 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 42; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Carrier, Susan
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 37
Year: 1882
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Forty acres of land in said County, with improvements thereon, the place where upon said Susan Carrier now resides and bounded on the north by the Sunbury Road, on the East by the Savannah and Darien Road, on the South by Edward E. Jones, and on the west by Est. E.B. Way; and of the value of two hundred dollars”
Description of Family: “head of a family consisting of a niece and a granddaughter both under sixteen years of age, to wit: Sarah Boyd, and Isabel Goldfinch”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 37; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JKC : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 147; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Carter, Ben
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 176
Year: 1879
Law Claimed Under: “Honest Debtor” act as embodied in section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendatory acts in reference to the same”
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land
Description of Family: “his wife, Jane Carter and his minor children Roxie and Lila Carter, both under sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 176; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JPY : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 98; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Carter, Cato
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 247-8
Year: 1892
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Fifteen acres of land lying in the 17th District, G.M. of said County, and bounded as follows, to wit North by lands Virgil Mooney, East by lands of Joe Hendry, South by lands of Virgil Mooney and West by lands of J.G. Martin, including the dwelling house, buildings and improvements”
Description of Family: “his wife, Ellen Carter, and two minor children, both under sixteen years of age, to wit: Elisha Carter and Annie Carter”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 247-8; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VZG : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 256; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Carter, Samson
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 207
Year: 1881
Law Claimed Under: “Honest Debtor” act as embodied in section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendatory acts in reference to the same”
Description of Land Claimed: “one acre of land with improvements, said land situate in the fifteenth Dist. of said County, and bounded by lands of Samuel Maxwell, Dublin Miller, et al”
Description of Family: “his wife Eliza Carter & his minor children, to wit: Isabel, Eva, Samson, Henrietta & Sissie, all under the age of sixteen years”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 207; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JGD : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 113; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Carter, Samson
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 211
Year: 1881
Law Claimed Under:
Description of Land Claimed: “Eighty four acres of land lying and being in 15th Dist. G.M. of said Liberty County, State of Georgia, being a part of what was formerly known as the “Bacon Tract” and bounded on the North and West by lands of the Estate of E.B. Way, dec’d, on the East by lands of David James, and on the South by lands of Est. W.B. Fleming”
Description of Family: Amended schedule to show that “he has now seven minor children, to wit, Henrietta, Samson, Fredie, Michael, John, Bertha and Loyd [alt: Lloyd]”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 211; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VM1 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 116; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Carter, Simon
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 142
Year: 1888
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife, Rosa Carter, and four minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: James Carter, Isaac Carter, Margaret Carter and Tyra Carter”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 142; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JRP : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 204; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Cassels, Crawford C.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 121-2
Year: 1887
Law Claimed Under: “the Honest Debtors act as embodied in section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendatory acts in reference to the same”
Description of Land Claimed: “Sixty acres of land on which he now resides in the 1359 District of said County and bounded as follows North by lands of Thomas Way and Estate of Thomas Mallard, East by lands [of] George Gould, South by lands of Cash Couley, West by lands Harry Stevens”
Description of Family: “his wife Emmeline Cassels and his two minor children, Rosa R. Brown 14 years old, Henritta O. Brown 13 years old”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 121-2; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J5W : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 192; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Cassels, Henry
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 320-1
Year: 1895
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “one tract of land in said County of Liberty and State of Georgia, containing fifty acres and bounded East by lands of Isaac Stewart and Nancy Stewart; north by lands of H.A. Swindle and Frank Moody; South by lands of Bill Caswell [or Cassels] and John Martin and West by lands of Roseta [or Rosela] Cassels, with improvements thereon, being the place on which said Henry Cassels now resides”
Description of Family: “his wife, Mary M. Cassels”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “…by said Mary M. Cassels, her said husband Henry Cassels, refusing to file his schedule”
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 320-1; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JGR : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 293; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Castean, John
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 354-5
Year: 1897
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Forty acres of land situate in Liberty County Georgia, bounded on the North by lands of Mrs. Beasley widow of Joshua Beasley, on the East by lands of Riachard Barrett, on the West by lands of P.B. [or R.] Smith”
Description of Family: “his wife Irean Castean, and five minor children, all under sixteen years of age, to wit: Samuel, Willie, Matty, Charley and Katy Castean”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “…by said Irean Castean, her husband John Castean refusing to file his schedule”
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 354-5; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V3Y : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 310; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Chavers, P.H.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 334-5
Year: 1896
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Ten acres of land lying in the Fifteenth District G.M. of Liberty County, Georgia, bounded on the North by lands of James Cassels, on the East by lands of Est. Venus Elliott, on the South by lands of Caroline McIver and on the West by lands of J.W. Parker said land being the place upon which said P.H. Chavers now resides”
Description of Family: “his wife Phillis Chavers and three minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: George Chavers, Henry Chavers and Gertrude Chavers”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 334-5; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J2V : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 300; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Clark, John W.
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 43-5
Year: 1875
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 140 acres of land
Description of Family: “head of a family”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 43-5; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VMY : 26 Jun 2025), image(s) 29-30; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Clay, Robert
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 60
Year: 1883
Law Claimed Under: “Laws of the State of Georgia now in force”
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife, Peggy Clay, and three minor children, all under sixteen years of age, to wit: Willie Clay, Rosa Clay, and Sentitia Clay”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 60; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JKS : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 158; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Clency, Moses
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 57
Year: 1883
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of Georgia of 1882
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife Margaret Clency and three minor children under sixteen years of age, to wit: Ellen A.M. Clency, Mary Clency and [left blank] Clency”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 57; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J5H : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 156; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Clency, Stephen
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 94
Year: 1876
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 60
Description of Family: wife and two children under 16
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 94; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VQG : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 56; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Cohen, Henry
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 202-3
Year: 1891
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Margaret Cohen, and five minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: James A. Cohen, John R. Cohen, William E. Cohen, Charles H. Cohen and Joseph Cohen”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 202-3; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JY7 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 234; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Cohen, James
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 201-2
Year: 1891
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Corrinne Cohen, and five minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Lewis Cohen, Willie Cohen, Jesse Cohen, Dolphus Cohen and Essie Cohen”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 201-2; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VWX : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 233; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Coleman, Israel
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 200
Year: 1881
Law Claimed Under: “Honest Debtor” act as embodied in section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendatory acts in reference to the same”
Description of Land Claimed: “Twenty acres of land, on which he now resides, situate in the 17th Dist. G.M. of said County, and bounded by lands of Reppard and Thos. J. Mattox”
Description of Family: “his wife Annie Coleman”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 200; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JNZ : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 110; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Collins, Nelson
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 150
Year: 1888
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Seventy acres of land in said County of Liberty lying on the waters of little Cannoochee [sic] Creek, and bounded by lands of Perry Moore, Arthur Floyd, J.S. Warnell and Lucy Moody”
Description of Family: “his wife Hellie [Hettie] Collins and six minor children, all under sixteen years of age, to wit: Eddie Collins, Della Collins, Clifton Collins, Ada Collins, Retta Collins and Osco Collins” “by said Hellit [Hettle] Collins, her husband Nelson Collins Jr r
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 150; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JFL : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 208; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Collins, Nelson
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 17
Year: 1873
Law Claimed Under: Section 2013 of Irwin’s Revised Code of Georgia
Description of Land Claimed: 25.5 acres of land, valued at $60
Description of Family: “head of a family”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 17; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JJ6 : 26 Jun 2025), image(s) 16; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Cooper, Ben
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 324-5
Year: 1895
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife, Mary Cooper, and two minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Jim Cooper and Bill Cooper”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “…by said Mary Cooper, her said husband Ben Cooper refusing to file his schedule”
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 324-5; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JFP : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 295; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Cooper, Haywood
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 72-3
Year: 1884
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882
Description of Land Claimed: “Fifty acres of land situate, lying and being on the waters of the Vinzant Swamp, in Liberty County, in State of Georgia, being the place on which the said Haywood Cooper now resides and bounded on the north by the lands of Jacob Howard East by lands of Harrington and Howard, south by the lands of Haywood Cooper and West by the lands of Jacob Howard, and the interest of the said Haywood Cooper in the lands of Fanny Cooper (wife of said Haywood Cooper) now deceased”
Description of Family: “head of a family, consisting of four minor children under sixteen years of age, to wit: Fanny Cooper, Denis Cooper, Minnie Cooper, and David Cooper”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 72-3; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JBN : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 165; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Cooper, James
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 242-3
Year: 1892
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Eighty-five acres of land to be cut off of a one hundred and fifty acre tract of land situate, lying and being in the 1132d Dist. G.M. of Liberty Co Ga, bounded on the north by Hansford McDonald, on the East by Cuyler Kirkland and George Johnson on the South by said James Cooper and on the West by John Deloach, and to include the dwelling house, and houses and improvements, the same being the place upon which said James Cooper now lives”
Description of Family: “his wife, Phoebe Cooper, and seven minor children, all under sixteen years of age, to wit: Martin Cooper, Rosa Cooper, Anthony Cooper, Joe Cooper, Eddie Cooper, Harry Cooper and Sammie Cooper”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “claimed to be exempt…by said Phoebe Cooper, her said husband James Cooper refusing to file his schedule”
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 242-3; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JPF : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 254; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Cooper, Willis
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 208-9
Year: 1881
Law Claimed Under: “Honest Debtor” act as embodied in section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendatory acts in reference to the same”
Description of Land Claimed: “Sixty five acres of land, situated in the 16th District G.M. of said County and bounded by Lands of Wm. Harrison, John Leloach, John Johnston, Jim Cooper, and Jesse Kicklighter”
Description of Family: “his wife Harriet Cooper and his minor children, Laura, General Lee, and Lela Cooper, all under the age of sixteen”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 208-9; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VM4 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 114; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Craig, J.W.
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 88
Year: 1876
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: “50 acres of land upon which the house is now situated”
Description of Family: head of a family
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 87; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JN1 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 53; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Crawford, John
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 140-41
Year: 1878
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of Georgia of 1873 + Acts of the General Assembly State of Georgia page 19 passed 1877
Description of Land Claimed: 11 acres of land
Description of Family: “wife and four children the oldest is sixteen years of age the others is under sixteen”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 140-1; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VZ2 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 80; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Cummings, John
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 365
Year: 1898
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and the amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Sarah Cummings and eight minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Benjamin Cummings, John Cummings Jr, Estella Cummings, Joseph W. Cummings, Elijah Cummings, Ezekiel Phillip Cummings, Willie Cummings and Mary Matilda Cummings”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 365; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VWQ : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 315; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Curvin, J.C.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 285-6
Year: 1894
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Fifty acres of land in the 16th District G.M. of Liberty County, Georgia, and bounded by lands of Charlie Curvin, George Russ, Clarence Fraser and Joe Richardson”
Description of Family: “his wife Nancy Curvin, and four minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Lula Curvin, Johnnie Curvin, Minnie Suler Curvin and Fanny Curvin”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 285-6; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V4F : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 275; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Daniel, Stephen
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 178
Year: 1879
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873 and acts amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: “his wife Nancy Daniel and his minor children Ceaser, Sumner and Ida (and any other to be born) under sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 178; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VQT : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 99; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Darsey, WIlliam T.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 87
Year: 1884
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife, Mary Jane Darsey, and one minor child under sixteen years of age, to wit: James Edward Darsey”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 87; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VWR : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 173; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Davis, William
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 72
Year: 1876
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “head of a family living and residing with him at the time of this application” (no further details given)
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 72; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VS2 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 45; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Delegal, J.R.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 195-6
Year: 1891
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Sixty three acres of land situate lying and being in the 1359th Dist. G.M. of Liberty County Georgia and bounded as follows to wit: on the north by lands of Harry G. Waite, East by lands of Gilbert A. Bailey and Sunbury public road, South by lands of Maria Crawford and W.A. Jones, on the West by lands of Richard Anderson, being the place whereon J.R. Delegal and family now reside”
Description of Family: “his wife Georgia A. Delegal and three minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Lafayette Delegal, John A. Delegal, Mary Helen Delegal”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 195-6; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VC7 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 230; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Delegal, Lafayette
Court Book: P
Page(s): 553
Year: 1869
Law Claimed Under: an act of the Legislature of Georgia entitled “an act to provide for setting apart a Homestead of realty and personalty etc”
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “head of a family”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “The petition of Lafayette DeLegal colored of Liberty County respectfully sheweth that he desires to avail himself of the benefit of an act of the Legislature of Georgia entitled “an act to provide for setting apart a Homestead of realty and personalty et
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, 1860-1870, Book P, page 553; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-RSRN-B : accessed 14 Jan 2024), Family History Library microfilm 008564333, “Deeds & Mortgages, v. O-P 1854-1870,” image 653 of 699, item 2 of 2; citing original records of Liberty County Superior Court, Georgia.
Name: Delegal, T.W.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 254-5
Year: 1893
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Eighty acres of land situate, lying and being in the 1359th District G.M. of Liberty County Georgia and founded as follows: north by land of Joseph Jones & J. Baker, south by land of William & James Campbell, east by land of H.G. Waite, west by land of Israel Bacon”
Description of Family: “his wife Harriet Delegal and six minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Phillis Delegal, Lilla Delegal, Georgia Delegal, Jacob Delegal, Christiana Delegal, Kate Delegal”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 254-5; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J1Q : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 260; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: DeLette, U.A. [or DeLettre]
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 336
Year: 1896
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code and the Amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Laura J. and five children under sixteen years of age, to wit: Albert, Sam, George, Bennie [or Bernie], and Laura Belle”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 336; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V8Q : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 301; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Delk, A.J.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 356
Year: 1897
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Sixty acres of land situated lying and being in the 24 District said County bounded on the North by N.S. Delk, East by Estate of Tom Barrett and on all other sides by McDuffie & Sons”
Description of Family: “his wife E.A. Delk, 2 minor children under sixteen years of age, to wit Cloe Delk and Matilda Delk”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “one Winchester rifle” [no other property listed]
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 356; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VQB : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 311; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Devero, James M.
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 77
Year: 1876
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 50
Description of Family: “head of a family”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 77; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J2T : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 47; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Drigors, Artemas
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 171-2
Year: 1889
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife Elizabeth Drigors”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 171-2; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V7Q : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 218; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Dryer, Benjamin W.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 173-4
Year: 1889
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Ten acres of land, including the improvements situate, lying and being in the 1359th Dist. G.M. of Liberty County, Georgia, bounded on the North & East by lands of the Est. of Joseph Dryer, on the South by lands of Ben Bacon and on the West by the public road leading from Savannah Ga. to Darien Ga and upon which land said Benjamin W. Dryer now resides”
Description of Family: “his wife, Sarah E. Dryer, and five minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Joseph E. Dryer, Mosselle Dryer, Addell Dryer, William B. Dryer and Viola Dryer”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 173-4; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JYJ : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 219; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Dryer, Henry
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 175-6
Year: 1889
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife, Phyllis Dryer, and one minor child under sixteen years of age, to wit: a girl baby three weeks old, unnamed”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 175-6; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JTG : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 221; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Dryer, Ned
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 191-2
Year: 1891
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife, Rose Dryer, and two minor children under sixteen years to wit, Emeline Dryer and Henry Dryer and Josephine Dryer and Molsey Dryer aged respectively 20 & 19 years”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 191-2; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VMZ : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 228; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Dryer, Simeon D.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 164
Year: 1889
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Forty-five and one-half acres of land, lying and being in said County and bounded on the North by lands of John Axtell, and Richard Stevens, on the East by lands of T. S. Mallard, on the South by lands of William Baker and on the West by lands of William Holmes, said land being the land purchased by said Simeon D. Dryer from Miss R.L. Mallard”
Description of Family: “his wife Sarah A. Dryer and three minor children under sixteen years of age to wit: Jasper J.W. Dryer, Margaret E. Dryer and Frederick J. Dryer”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 164; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JV5 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 215; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Dunham, H.F.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 196-7
Year: 1891
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of Ga. 1873 and the acts of the General Assembly amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: “Fifty acres & five additional for the child being an undivided sixth interest in the estate of Geo. T. Dunham”
Description of Family: “his wife, Alice A. Dunham and one child under the age of sixteen namely George W. Dunham”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 196-7; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VZD : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 231; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Dunham, Pompey
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 102
Year: 1877
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 65
Description of Family: wife and three children under 16
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 102; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J12 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 60; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Dunham, Sharper
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 27
Year: 1882
Law Claimed Under: “Exemption Laws of Georgia”
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “head of a family composed of Diana, Maria, Ellen, Doll, Prime and Margaret, children of a former marriage and whose surname is Elliot, and Boston and Ned, children of the present marriage, and his wife Mintie Dunham, the mother of the afore mentioned chi
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 27; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JGS : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 141; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Dunwoody, Isaac
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 217
Year:
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the Amendatory Acts of the Legislature in reference to the same
Description of Land Claimed: “One acre of land in the 15th Dist G.M. of said County adjoining lands of John Golding and the ‘Congregation Church,’ lot in Snelsonville”
Description of Family: “head of a family consisting of two minor children under sixteen years old, to wit: Elizabeth and Amanda Dunwoody”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 217-8; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JXG : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 118-9; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Elliott, James
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 128-9
Year: 1877
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873 and acts amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: “head of a family consisting of two children under sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 128-9; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V7M : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 74; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Elliott, Toney
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 190-1
Year: 1891
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Ten acres of land lying in said County of Liberty, and bounded North, South and West by lands of Lyman Mallard, and East by lands of W.A. Jones, being the place on which said Toney Elliott now resides”
Description of Family: “his wife, Sallie Elliott”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 190-1; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VMZ : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 228; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Evans, Sarah
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 235
Year: 1892
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “An old and infirm person, who is the head of a family consisting of three of her grandchildren under sixteen years of age (and dependent upon said Sarah Evans) to wit Nathan Baker, Georgia Baker & Roland Baker”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 235; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V74 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 250; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Faulkner, Hugh
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 139
Year: 1878
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873 and acts amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: wife and five children under sixteen years of age
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 139; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JY9 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 79; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Fleming, Thomas
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 337-8
Year: 1896
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Sixty-two acres of land, more or less, situate lying and being in the 15th Dist. G.M. of Liberty County, Georgia, composed of two tracts of land, to wit: one tract containing fifty eight acres more or less, bounded by lands of Edmund Fleming, Q. Fleming, Est. Sambo Osgood and Est. of Way said being the main plantation of said Thomas Fleming, the other tract containing four acres, more or less, bounded by lands of Est. Osgood, lands of Roland, Trone Hargraves, and the public road leading from Riceboro Ga to McIntosh Station and Savannah, Florida and Western Railway Company, and being the place upon which said Thomas Fleming now resides”
Description of Family: “wife Diana Fleming, and four minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Margaret Fleming, Kleah Fleming, and Rina Fleming his own children, and Rebecca Fleming his grand-daughter who is dependent on said Thomas Fleming for her support and living
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 337-8; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V8Q : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 301; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Flowers, Daniel
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 45-6
Year: 1883
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “one house and tract of land situated in the 16th Dist. G.M. of Liberty County, containing fifty acres, bounded on the north, south and west by lands of James M. Smith, and on the east by lands of James F. Terrell, the place whereon the said David Flowers now resides, of the value of one hundred and fifty dollars, there being improvements on said place.”
Description of Family: “his wife, Mary E. Flowers, and six minor children, all under the age of sixteen years, to wit: Charles Flowers, Nancy Flowers, America Flowers, Alice Flowers, David H. Flowers, and Mary Flowers”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): He refused to make the application so his wife did, for property “owned and possessed by her in her own right and title”
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 45-6; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V99 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 150; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Flowers, Daniel G.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 115
Year: 1887
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882
Description of Land Claimed: “Fifty acres of land situate lying and being in the 16th Dist. G.M. of said County and state and bounded on the north by lands of James M. Smiley, on the East by lands of James H. Pinholster, on the South by lands of James H. Pinholster, and on the west by lands of Jacob N. Flowers”
Description of Family: “his wife, Mary Ann FLowers, and one minor child under sixteen years old, to wit: babe not yet named”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 115; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JTM : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 189; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Fraser, Abram
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 51
Year: 1875
Law Claimed Under: Act of Oct 1870 and Sec 2040 Code Geo
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: None mentioned
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 51; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V9J : 26 Jun 2025), image(s) 33; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Fraser, Cuffee
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 133
Year: 1888
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Fifteen acres of land situate lying and being in said County and bounded North and West by lands of J.H. Alexander, South and East by lands of Estate of W.J. Coleman, and being the land on which said Cuffee Fraser now resides”
Description of Family: “his wife Dianna Fraser”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 133; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V31 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 198; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Fraser, Delia
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 20-1
Year: 1882
Law Claimed Under: “Exemption Law, now of force in this state”
Description of Land Claimed: “Fifty acres of land and five additional acres for each of above named children, said land lying and being in said County and State and bounded by lands of Nancy Wells, J. Kicklighter Fash Long and Evan Wells”
Description of Family: “she is the wife of Hamilton Fraser of said County and the mother of six minor children, to wit, James Whitfield, William Turner, Mary Low, Julia, Hamilton, and Moddie [Maddie?], all under the age of sixteen years and all children of the said Hamilton Fra
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “further that the said Hamilton Fraser, husband of your petitioner refuses to avail himself of the Exemption Laws of this State now in force; further that your petitioner desires to avail herself of the Exemption Laws now of force in this State”
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 20-1; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J1K : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 138; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Fraser, Enoch
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 140-1
Year: 1888
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife, Susan Fraser, and nine (9) minor children, all under sixteen years of age, to wit: James Fraser, Enoch Fraser, Walter Fraser, Alice Fraser, Gussie Fraser, Lizzie Fraser, Eliza Fraser, Katie Fraser and infant not named”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 140-1; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V7J : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 202; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Fraser, George
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 346
Year: 1896
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “one tract of land in 17th Dist. G.M. of said County, containing fifty acres, more or less, and bounded by lands of I.L. Bird, Bram Baker, Hicks Moody, Bill Blake and Sam Bird; being the place on which said George Fraser now resides”
Description of Family: “his wife Lyda Fraser”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 346; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JKN : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 306; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Fraser, J.B.
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 20
Year: 1873
Law Claimed Under: Section 2013 of Irwin’s Revised Code of Georgia and also an act approved Oct 27th 1870
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: Not mentioned
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 19; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V7W : 26 Jun 2025), image(s) 18; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Fraser, Neger
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 59
Year: 1883
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of Georgia of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife, Tener Fraser, and six minor children all under sixteen years of age, to wit: Grace Fraser, Tener Fraser, Lilla Fraser, Ellen Fraser, Alice Fraser & Louisa Fraser”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 59; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VWM : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 157; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Fraser, Spencer
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 68
Year: 1884
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code and other laws now of force in this State
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife, Ida Fraser, and one minor child five months old, to wit: Viola Fraser”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 68; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JLX : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 162; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Fraser, William
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 32
Year: 1882
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Fifty acres of land in the 1359th Dist. G.M. of said County, and bounded on the North by Lewis Denard and Andrew Stewart, East by lands of Joseph Jones [or James] and John Crawford, on the South by lands of Wm. [William] C. Stevens, and West by lands of S.W. Allen, the place on which the said William Fraser now resides”
Description of Family: “his wife Rose Fraser”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 32; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JLN : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 144; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Frasier, Charles
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 41
Year: 1874
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres + 5 additional for each child under 16
Description of Family: “head of a family”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 41; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VW7 : 26 Jun 2025), image(s) 28; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Frink, W.J.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 317-8
Year: 1895
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife, Eliza Jane Frink and three minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Luther Frink, James Frink and Sarah Frink”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 317-8; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JND : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 291; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Futch, Abram H.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 329
Year: 1895
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereof and sections 5212 and 5214 of said Code
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Lottie Futch, and eight minor children to wit, Alpheria Futch, Isaac Futch over sixteen years of age; and Lilla Futch, Samuel Futch, Lloyd Futch, Lee Futch, Nathan Futch and Gordon Futch under sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 329; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J2Z : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 297; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Gaulden, Samuel
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 92
Year: 1876
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 65
Description of Family: wife and three children under 16
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 92; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JXT : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 55; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Geoghagan, Joshua J.
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 127-8
Year: 1877
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873 and acts amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: “his wife M.V.R. Geoghagan and six children under sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 127-8; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V7F : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 73; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Gibson, Moses
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 286-7
Year: 1894
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “One tract of land situate, lying and being in said County of Liberty, State of Georgia, and bounded North by lands of Thomas Gibson, East by lands of Mells Sandiford, South by lands of Thomas Gibson and West by lands of O.c. Smith
Description of Family: “his wife Delia Gibson, and two minor children under sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 286-7; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JNQ : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 276; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Gibson, Thomas
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 96
Year: 1876
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 75
Description of Family: wife and five children under 16
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 96; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JP3 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 57; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Gilmore, William
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 132
Year: 1877
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873 and acts amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: wife and three children under 16
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 132; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VCW : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 76; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Golden, Jessee
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 71
Year: 1876
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: Wife and six children under 16
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 71; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V75 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 43; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Golden, W.A.
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 35
Year: 1874
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres land
Description of Family: “head of a family”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): claimed five acres of land for one child (meaning he had one child under 16); record gave his name as W.A. Golden, but he signed his name as W.A. Golding
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 35; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JPD : 26 Jun 2025), image(s) 25; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Golding, Augustus F.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 176-7
Year: 1889
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife, Anna L. Golding and two minor children, both under sixteen years of age, to wit: Benjamin Golding and Abram Golding”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 176-7; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VCG : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 221; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Golding, Joe
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 304-5
Year: 1894
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “One tract of land in said Liberty County Ga containing seventy acres and bounded by lands of Edmund Monroe, Isaac Morrison, Samuel Quarterman and public road leading from McIntosh Station through Snelsonville to Midway, being the land on which said Joe Golden now resides”
Description of Family: “his wife Emily Golden [as in text] and four minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Mary Jane Golden, Vicey Vianna Golden, ? Chudice? Golden and Henry Golden”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 304-5; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V91 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 285; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Golding, Stephen
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 57
Year: 1875
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: not clear if there were any children
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 57; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V76 : 26 Jun 2025), image(s) 36; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Gould, George
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 62
Year: 1875
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 75 acres of land
Description of Family: wife and four children under age 16
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 62; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JPR : 26 Jun 2025), image(s) 39; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Gould, S.P.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 204
Year: 1891
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Eighteen acres of land lying in said County Bounded on the North by land of Alfred C. Stevens, West by lands of Isaac Simpson, East Thomas Way, south by lands of Phillis Cassels, whereon said S.P. Gould resides”
Description of Family: “his wife Josephine R. Gould and one minor child under sixteen years of age, to wit: Frances Gould”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 204; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VC2 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 235; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Graham, July
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 89
Year: 1876
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 65
Description of Family: wife and three children under 16
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 89; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JN1 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 53; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Green, Daniel
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 221
Year: 1892
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code 1873 and the amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife, Phebe Green, and six minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Martha Green, Hessie Green, Lizzie Green, Aikens Green, Wallie Green and Florence Green”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 221; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V7B : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 243; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Green, Josh
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 283-5
Year: 1894
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Twenty three acres of land in Liberty County, Ga and bounded by lands of Andrew Stacy and Jim Stacy Miss Katie Mallard and Mrs. Buzbee, being the land on which said Josh Green now resides, the value of said land with house and all improvements does not exceed the sum of two hundred dollars”
Description of Family: “his wife Rosa Green, and six minor children, all under sixteen years of age, to wit: Kate Ann Elizabeth Green, Susiann Green, Prince Albert Green, Dolphus Green, Sisyann Green and infant un-named”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 283-5; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VHV : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 274; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Griffin, Ben
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 214-5
Year: 1892
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code 1873 and the amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife and two children under the age of sixteen to wit Pete Turner, Ofelyer [alt: Ophelia] Grffin” [wife not named]
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 214-5; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V7Z : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 240; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Griffin, Lewis
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 134-5
Year: 1888
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Thirty five acres of land in said County and bounded at this time as follows, to wit: North and West by lands of James H. Alexander, on the East by ? Emma J ? and Eliot C. Colllins, and south by Allen Phabian [alt: Fabian], being the place on which said Lewis Griffin now resides”
Description of Family: “his wife, Leonora Griffin and one minor child under sixteen years of age to wit: Lula Griffin”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 134-5; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JTW : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 199; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Guest, Allen W.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 38-39
Year: 1882
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Fifty acres of land and five additional acres for each child under sixteen years of age, said land in Liberty County, the place on which I now reside”
Description of Family: “his wife, Nancy P. Guest, and four children under sixteen years of age” [not named]
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 38-9; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J1H : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 147; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Hall, Eli
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 210
Year: 1891
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Sinah Hall, and seven minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Lavina Hall, Rulerford Hall, Arthur Hall, Cleaveland Hall, Ellen Hall, Estelle Hall, and a boy, an infant unnamed”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 210; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JR3 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 238; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Hall, Newton
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 211
Year: 1891
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife, Amercia Hall, and three minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Laura E. Hall, Essie V. Hall and James H. Hall”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 211; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JR3 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 238; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Hammond, Toney
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 14-16
Year: 1873
Law Claimed Under: Section 2013 of Irwin’s Revised Code of Georgia
Description of Land Claimed: Became possessed of 20 acres of land in Walthourville, valued at $100, on June 14, 1872; bounded by lands of Daniel Stewart and William Anderson; deeded to him by W.Q. Baker
Description of Family: head of a family consisting of a wife and minor children”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): Was amending his original schedule because he became possessed of land on June 14, 1870
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 14-16; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V3S : 26 Jun 2025), image(s) 15-6; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Hampton, Hardee
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 88
Year: 1884
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882
Description of Land Claimed: “Ten acres of land in said State and County being the land on which petitioner now resides, bounded by lands of J.T.H. Waite and Dunwoody Jones”
Description of Family: “his wife Elsy Hampton, and one minor child, to wit: John Screven”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 88; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JLS : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 174; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Hampton, Philip
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 171
Year: 1879
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873 and acts amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: “his wife Bittie Hampton and Smith, Cesar [alt: Caesar], Patsy, Mary Lou, Hardee, Esau and Jacob minor children of your Petitioner under sixteen years old”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 171; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VCT : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 95; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Hargraves, Edward
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 310-11
Year: 1895
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “One tract of land situate in said County of Liberty, State of Georgia, containing two and one half acres, more or less, and bounded by lands of John B. Mattox on the East, by lands of Jim Jones on the North, by lands of Eddie Screven on the South, and by lands of Edie Homes on the West, being the place on which said Edward Hargraves now lives”
Description of Family: “his wife, Mary Hargraves, and four minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Emma Hargraves, Mack Hargraves, Lizzie Hargraves and Caesar Hargraves”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 310-11; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J1G : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 288; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Hargraves, Ned
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 249-50
Year: 1893
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “One tract of land in Liberty County, Georgia, containing sixty acres, more or less, and bounded west by Trone Hargraves’ land, South by Q. Fleming’s land, north by Q. Baker’s land, East by land of est. Bristoe Fleming, being the place on which I now reside”
Description of Family: “his wife, Sarah Hargraves and seven minor children, all under sixteen years of age, to wit: Ned, Joseph, Sarah, Simon, Samuel, William and David”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 249-50; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VCB : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 257; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Harper, Isom
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 229-30
Year: 1892
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Alice Harper and two minor children under sixteen years of age, to wit: Hettie Harper and Louvinia Harper”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “…by said Alice Harper, her said husband Isom Harper refusing to file his schedule”
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 229-30; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JBL : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 247; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Harris, Amos
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 13
Year: 1882
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1873, and the Acts of the General Assembly in reference to the same
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Chloe Harris, and six minor children under sixteen years of age, to wit: Mary, July, Lydia, Billy, Jimmy, and John Harris”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 13; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V3P : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 134; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Harris, Amos
Court Book: Q
Page(s): 185-6
Year: 1872
Law Claimed Under: under the laws of Georgia
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “head of a family”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “All of said property now in possession of petitioner and being the crop raised in the present year in said county, on the place of J. LeConte, called Syphax, in said County.”; https://theyhadnames.net/2024/04/04/personal-property-of-amos-harris-1872/
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, 1870-1874, Book Q, page 185-6; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-5BP4 : accessed 4 Apr 2024), Family History Library microfilm 008564334, “Deeds & Mortgages, v. Q-R, 1870-1877,” image 122-3 of 607, item 1 of 2; citing original records of Liberty County Superior Court, Georgia.
Name: Harris, Henry
Court Book: Court of Ordinary Exemptions Register (1872-1884)
Page(s): 27
Year: 1881
Law Claimed Under: under the laws of Georgia
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “His wife, Ann Harris, and three minor children under sixteen years of age, to wit: Eliza, Grace, and Francis, Harris”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Register (1872-1884), page(s) 27; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C34P-NWXR-Q : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 182; citing Family History Library film #008623299.
Name: Harris, Jack
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 290-1
Year: 1894
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “One tract of land in Liberty Count, Ga, containing sixty acres, more or less, and bounded by lands of Sam Harris, Jake Hires [or Hines], and Clarence Fraser”
Description of Family: “his wife, Frances Harris, and two minor children, both under sixteen years of age, to wit: Frances Lucretia Harris, Charity Lophelia Harris”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “…by said Frances Harris, her said husband Jack Harris refusing to file his schedule”
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 290-1; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V7L : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 278; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Harris, Samuel
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 93
Year: 1876
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 50
Description of Family: head of a family (no further details)
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 93; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JXT : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 55; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Hart, Toney
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 53
Year: 1875
Law Claimed Under: Not specified
Description of Land Claimed: “Fifty acres of land, Ten acres of land for Nelly 14 years and William 12 years”
Description of Family: “head of a family” Nelly 14 years and William 12 years
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 53; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JJK : 26 Jun 2025), image(s) 34; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Hendry, Alfred I.
Court Book: Superior Court Deed Book S
Page(s): 323
Year: 1877
Law Claimed Under: an Act of the General Assembly enetitled an Act to provide for setting apart Homestead of Realty and Personalty and for the valuation of said property & approved October 30, 1868 and teh amendatory act approved February 26, 1876
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Alethea Hendry aged thirty eight and of his eleven children Lizzie aged eighteen (18) Clara aged seventeen (17) Ida aged Fifteen (15) Eva aged Fourteen (14) Charles aged Twelve (12) Mollie aged Ten (10) Winnifred aged eight (8) Sidney aged Seven
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): This record also noted “notes and accounts” and had the following names listed underneath: Mack Brewer Dec, Mack Brewer, ond Stewart, Hector Clay, Ogden Olmstead, William LeCounte, Chalt Driggors, William Busby, Stephen McGillis, Charles Law, Mrs. Mixon,
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Superior Court Deed Book S, page 323-5; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-RSVV-Z : 29 July 2025), images(s) 204-5; citing Family History Library film #008564335.
Name: Hendry, Charles
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 45
Year: 1875
Law Claimed Under: Not specified
Description of Land Claimed: 60 acres of land
Description of Family: “his wife and four children” [not named]
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 45; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JRV : 26 Jun 2025), image(s) 30; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Hendry, G.N.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 239
Year: 1892
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Fannie D. Hendry and two minor children, both under sixteen years of age, to wit: Georgia P. Hendry and George E. Hendry”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 239; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JYF : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 252; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Hendry, Guy
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 137-8
Year: 1888
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Thirteen and one half acres of land in said County, bought from F. Sapp and bounded on the North and East by lands estate of A. Sauls, on the South by lands of D.A. Perry and on the West by lands of F. Sapp and being the place on which said Guy Hendry now resides”
Description of Family: “his wife, Phillis Hendry and three (3) minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Frank Hendry, Fleming Hendry and Mary Hendry”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 137-8; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V7N : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 200; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Henry, Leceand by her next friend J.B. Fraser (“her husband refusing to make the application”)
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 67
Year: 1875
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 70 acres of land
Description of Family: four children under age 16
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “her husband refusing to make the application”
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 67; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JKM : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 41; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Hill, Moses
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 265-6
Year: 1893
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife Mattie Hill and one minor child, under sixteen years of age, to wit, Jinnie [or Jimie] Hill”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 265-6; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JKQ : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 265; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Hills, Charlotte
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 33
Year: 1882
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “head of a family consisting of three minor children all under sixteen years of age, to wit: Gilbert Hills, Harman Hills, and Sam Hills
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 33; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JLN : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 144; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Hollis, George
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 21
Year: 1874
Law Claimed Under: Section 2013 of Irwin’s Revised Code of Georgia and also an act approved Oct 27th 1870
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: wife mentioned, not named
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 21; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V7W : 26 Jun 2025), image(s) 18; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Holmes, Bill
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 260
Year: 1893
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “One tract of land in said County of Liberty and State of Georgia containing twenty four and one fourth acres, more or less, adjoining lands of William Holmes Jr and Lewis Johnson on the North; Caesar Holmes on the South; and Georgia A. Cassels on the East and West.”
Description of Family: “his wife Clarinda Holmes and two minor children under sixteen years of age, to wit, Lavina Holmes and Tink Holmes”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 260; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JBZ : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 263; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Howard, Ben
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 212
Year: 1881
Law Claimed Under: “Honest Debtor” act as embodied in section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendatory acts in reference to the same”
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Cilla Howard, and his minor children, to wit: Marlbro, William, Alonzo, Rachel, & Julian Howard, all under sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 212; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V43 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 116; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Howard, Ben
Court Book: Superior Court Book Q
Page(s): 187-8
Year: 1872
Law Claimed Under: “under the Homestead laws of this state”
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “head of a family”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): https://theyhadnames.net/2024/04/05/personal-property-of-ben-howard-1872/
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, 1870-1874, Book Q, page 187-8; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-5157 : accessed 4 Apr 2024), Family History Library microfilm 008564334, “Deeds & Mortgages, v. Q-R, 1870-1877,” image 123-4 of 607, item 1 of 2; citing original records of Liberty County Superior Court, Georgia.
Name: Hughes, March
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 123
Year: 1887
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: “Fifty acres of land, including dwelling house and premises, said land being in the 24th District G.M. in Liberty Co, Ga, bounded by lands belonging Charles Tutty, Ben Stevens, and Watson Cooper”
Description of Family: “his wife Peggy M. Hughes”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 123; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V9K : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 193; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Humphrey, H.B.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 306
Year: 1894
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife, Della A. Humphrey and one minor child under sixteen years of age, to wit: Charlie Humphrey”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “…by said Della A. Humphrey, her said husband H.B. Humphrey, refusing to file his schedule”
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 306; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V36 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 286; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Hutchinson, William R.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 379-80
Year: 1899
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto (section 2866 of the Code of 1895)
Description of Land Claimed: “One tract of land in said County of Liberty, bounded on the North, East and South by the lands of Walton Hendry and West by the lands of Bird Stafford and containing thirty acres”
Description of Family: “his wife Julia E. Hutchinson, and three minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Quincy Hutchinson, Marion Hutchinson and infant unnamed”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 379-80; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VSB : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 322; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: James, Crawford
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 158
Year: 1879
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873 and acts amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: “his wife Sarah James, and four children under sixteen years of age to viz. Alice, Johnie [corrected to Johniy], Lousia [possibly meant Louisa] and Oliver”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 158; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J22 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 89; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: James, Frank
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 59
Year: 0
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: See Notes
Description of Family: two children
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): two children mentioned in original 1875 application; in 1893 supplemental schedule (same page) mentioned “head of a family consisting of his wife, Eliza James,” said in 1875 he did not own land and now claimed as exempt a 50-acre tract of land in Liberty
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 59; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JLZ : 26 Jun 2025), image(s) 37; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: James, Friday
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 30
Year: 1874
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family:
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 30; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://theyhadnames.net/2024/03/06/friday-james-application-for-exemption-of-personalty-1870/ : 26 Jun 2025), image(s) 23; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: James, George
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 205-6
Year: 0
Law Claimed Under: “Act of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia passed and approved October 27th 1870 & declaring “that all the property mentioned in the 2013th Section of Irwin’s Code of every Debtor who is the head of a family shall be exempt from levy & sale by v
Description of Land Claimed: “Half interest in Thirty two acres of land, in Liberty County, bounded by lands of T.Q. Cassels, Est. Hines and Est. Lambert”
Description of Family: “his wife and three minor children”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 205-6; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JNL : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 112-3; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: James, Israel
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 288
Year: 1894
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife Jennie James, and seven minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Martha James, Lula James, Ulyses James, Abitha James, Corral Collins James, Nancy Rosa James and Marcus James”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 288; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JT1 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 277; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: James, John
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 277-8
Year: 1894
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Anna James and five minor children, all under sixteen years of age, to wit: Gasion [alt: Gation] James, Lester James, Mag Nora James, John James and Gracie James”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 277-8; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JNY : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 271; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: James, Julia A.
Court Book: P
Page(s): 542
Year: 1869
Law Claimed Under: act of the General Assembly of Georgia, entitled an Act to provide for setting apart a Homestead of realty and personalty etc
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “wife of W. James, who has left the County”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): filed by her attorney, W.B. Gaulden; https://theyhadnames.net/2024/01/14/personal-property-of-julia-a-james-1869/
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, 1860-1870, Book P, page 542; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-RSPX-6 : accessed 14 Jan 2024), Family History Library microfilm 008564333, “Deeds & Mortgages, v. O-P 1854-1870,” image 648 of 699, item 2 of 2; citing original records of Liberty County Superior Court, Georgia.
Name: James, Patrick
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 308-9
Year: 1895
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife, Susan James and seven minor children, all under sixteen years of age, to wit: Pernellipe James, Pompey James, William James, Sipra James, Sarah Ann James, Venus James and girl baby not named”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 308-9; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VZ5 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 287; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: James, Simion
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 257-8
Year: 1893
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Sixteen acres of land in said County and State, being one tract of land in said County of Liberty and State of Georgia, bounded North by lands of Cassels, East by lands of Ben Lambert; South by lands of Fraser, formerly Hines; and West by lands of Titus Quarterman, being the tract of land on which said Simion James now resides”
Description of Family: “his wife, Louisa James, and seven minor children under sixteen years of age, to wit: Jemmie James, Linda James, Isaac James, Simion James, Charley James, Fannie James and Lizie [alt: Lizzie] James”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 257-8; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VCD : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 261; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: James, Warren
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 345
Year: 1896
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “head of a family consisting of his wife Sarah James and one minor child under sixteen years of age, to wit: Matilda Hattie Augusta James”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 345; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JFY : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 305; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Jenkins, Albert
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 61
Year: 1883
Law Claimed Under: “Laws of the State of Georgia now in force”
Description of Land Claimed: “Three and one half acres of land lying in said County, and bounded on the north by Frances Bird’s land, on the South by George Fraser’s land, on the east by J.G. Ryon’s land, and on the West by George Moody’s land”
Description of Family: “his wife, Jane Jenkins, and two minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: James Jenkins, and Lee Jenkins”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 61; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JKS : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 158; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Jenkins, Isaac
Court Book: Superior Court Deed Book Q
Page(s): 184
Year: 1872
Law Claimed Under: “exemption of personalty under the laws of Georgia”
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “head of a family”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): The corn, rice, cotton being the crop raised by the Petitioner during the present year 1872, on the plantation of Joseph LeConte, known as Syphax, and now in possession of petitioner; and the cattle now in his possession on said place”; filed by “his atto
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, 1870-1874, Book Q, page 184; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-5BP4 : accessed 4 Apr 2024), Family History Library microfilm 008564334, “Deeds & Mortgages, v. Q-R, 1870-1877,” image 122 of 607, item 1 of 2; citing original records of Liberty County Superior Court, Georgia.
Name: Johns, James R.
Court Book: Court of Ordinary Exemptions Register (1872-1884)
Page(s): 15
Year: 1872
Law Claimed Under: Exemption laws of said State from levy and sale to satisfy an of his creditors and for the use and benefit of his family
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land, more or less, situate in the 24th district of Liberty County and bounded by lands belonging to Daniel Driggors, Est. David Allen and Jos. [or Jas.] Middleton, the same being the residence of said Jas. R. Johns”
Description of Family: “head of a family”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Register (1872-1884), page(s) 15; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C34P-NWFN-K : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 177; citing Family History Library film #008623299.
Name: Johnson, Boson
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 196
Year: 1880
Law Claimed Under: “Honest Debtor” act as embodied in section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendatory acts in reference to the same”
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Nancy Johnson, and his grand children Brantly Wilson, Wallace Wilson and Henry Hendry, all minors under sixteen years of age, living with Petitioner and dependent on him for a living”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 196; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JBX : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 108; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Johnson, Castella
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 228
Year: 1892
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Sallie Johnson”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 228; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JBL : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 247; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Johnson, Charles
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 351-2
Year: 1897
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “One tract of land situate, lying and being in said County of Liberty, State of Georgia, containing sixty acres and bounded by lands of General Hendry, Jim Bryan Martin Long and C.L. Jones being the place on which said Charles Johnson now resides”
Description of Family: “his wife Lydia Caroline Johnson and three minor children to wit: Wm. Ellis Johnson aged eighteen years and Dora Johnson and Joe Johnson under sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 351-2; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JPC : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 308; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Johnson, Georgia
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 232
Year: 1892
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “One tract of land in said County and State containing Fifteen (15) acres, and bounded North by lands of Dublin Porter, East by lands of Moses Miller, South by lands of F.J. Delk, West by lands of Moses Miller, being the place on which said Georgia Johnson now resides”
Description of Family: “head of a family consisting of herself and two minor children both under sixteen years of age, to wit: Maimie Estella Miller and Henry Willie Johnson”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 232; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JNM : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 249; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Johnson, John
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 174-5
Year: 1879
Law Claimed Under: “Honest Debtor” act as embodied in section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendatory acts in reference to the same”
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: “his wife Bina Johnson and his minor children, Cornelia, Mary Ann, Josephine, and Ruth Ann Johnson, all under the age of sixteen”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 174-5; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VCX : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 97; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Johnson, John (Sr)
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 14-5
Year: 1882
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1873, and the Acts of the General Assembly in reference to the same
Description of Land Claimed: “Fifty acres of land, and five additional acres for each child under sixteen years of age, lands butting and binding Ciler Kirkland N.W. S.E. by lands of Henry Swindle, and on all other sides by lands of said Johnson, originally granted to John N. Tatom, lying and being in the said County of Liberty in District 1132”
Description of Family: “his wife Ann Johnson and six children under sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “…whereas the said John Johnson Senr refuses to avail himself of the Exemption allowed…I therefore, Ann Johnson, the wife of the said John Johnson Senr do file the following schedule…”
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 14-5; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JJJ : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 135; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Johnson, Joseph
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 272-3
Year: 1893
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “one tract of land in said County of Liberty and State of Georgia, containing Forty (40) acres more or less, and bounded by lands of D.B.M. Sheppard’s Estate, Wm. Warnell and Miles Johnson, being the places on which said Joseph Johnson Jr Now resides”
Description of Family: “his wife, Lucy Johnson, and five minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Joe David Johnson, Elizabeth Johnson, Samie Johnson, Henry Loyd Johnson and Rossie Johnson”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 272-3; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JGQ : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 269; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Johnson, July
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 117
Year: 1877
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873 and acts amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land
Description of Family: “wife Josephine Johnson and one child Charlie Johson aged one years”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 117; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JLQ : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 68; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Johnson, Lewis
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 28
Year: 1882
Law Claimed Under: “Honest Debtors Act, embodied in the section of the Code of 1873, 2040 and the following, together with all the amendatory acts in reference thereto”
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife, Flora Johnson, and nine children, to wit: Harry, Sallie, Tommy, Martha, Rhody, Lucy, Emily, Jacob, & Lou Johnson, aged respectively, twenty one, nineteen,. seventeen, fourteen, twelve, eight, six, five, & one year old”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): Only property listed was “one bay farm horse, blind in both eyes, and about eighteen years of age”
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 28; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JFC : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 142; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Johnson, M.C.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 213-4
Year: 1891
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family:
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “The petition of Henry Johnson acting as the next friend of M.C. Johnson”
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 213-4; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JBQ : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 239; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Johnson, Miles
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 322
Year: 1895
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife, Annie Johnson, and three minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Anna E. Johnson, Bessie Johnson and Isam Johnson”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “…by said Annie Johnson, her said husband, Miles Johnson, refusing to file his schedule”
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 322; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JLW : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 294; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Johnson, Robert
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 154-5
Year: 1878
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873 and acts amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: wife and seven children under 16
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 154-5; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V4J : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 87; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Johnson, Samuel
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 177
Year: 1879
Law Claimed Under: “Honest Debtor” act as embodied in section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendatory acts in reference to the same”
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: “his wife Diana Johnson and his minor children Ann Eliza, Samuel and Limus Johnson all under the age of sixteen years”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 177; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JPY : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 98; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Johnson, Shadrack
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 12
Year: 1881
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1873, and the Acts of the General Assembly in reference to the same
Description of Land Claimed: “ten acres of land in the 17th Dist of said County, bounded by the lands of A.J. Hendry, T.S. Bradley, Samuel Bradly and M. Bradley”
Description of Family: “his wife, Susan A.P. Johnson”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 12; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V3P : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 134; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Johnson, Simon
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 55
Year: 1875
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 22 acres land
Description of Family: “three children under the age of sixteen years”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 55; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VC5 : 26 Jun 2025), image(s) 35; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Johnson, Titus
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 190-1
Year: 1880
Law Claimed Under: “Honest Debtor” act as embodied in section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendatory acts in reference to the same”
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: “his wife Maria Johnson, and his minor children Harriet and Titus Johnson, under sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 190-1; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JYP : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 105; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Johnson, Wallace
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 24-5
Year: 1882
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: “fifty acres of land bounded by lands of H.A. Swindle and Washington Moody, situated in the Fifteenth District G.M. of said county and five acres in addition for each of said children under the age of sixteen years”
Description of Family: “his wife, Estha [alt: Esther] Johnson, and ten minor children under the age of twenty years to wit: Miles, Maycyann, Nancy, John, Martha, Margaret, Rachel, Sarah, and Mary Johnson”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 24-5; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J2N : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 140; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Jone, Isaac
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 315-6
Year: 1895
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “one tract of land in said County of Liberty containing seventy five acres, more or less, and bounded as follows, to wit: on the north by Savannah and Darien public road and lands of Barnard, on the east bylands of estate of King and Mrs. Hope, on the south by lands of Wm. Spencer and J.W. Law and on the west by lands of Henry Winn, being the land on which said Isaac Jones now resides”
Description of Family: “his wife, Affey Jones, and six grandchildren, minors under the age of sixteen years, who are living with said Isaac Jones and who are dependent upon said Isaac Jones for support and maintenance, to wit: Willie Jones, Alice Jones, Hagar Jones, Mary Jones,
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 315-6; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VQC : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 290; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Jones, Cupid
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 307-8
Year: 1895
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “one tract of land containing fifty acres, situate, lying and being in said County of Liberty, in said State, bounded by lands of Levi Blue, Sam Winn and Annie Way, being the place on which said Cupid Jones now resides”
Description of Family: “his wife, Judie Jones, and one minor child over [SIC] sixteen years of age, to wit: Mary Ann Jones”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 307-8; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V36 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 286; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Jones, Fred
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 169-70
Year: 1889
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Five acres of land situate, lying and being in the 1359th Dist. G.M. of Liberty County, Georgia, and bounded on the South East by the public road leading from Dorchester to Riceboro, and on the other sides by lands of Dick Cummings, W.A. Jones and Samuel Harris”
Description of Family: “his wife Tena Jones and four minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Thomas Jones, Katie Jones, David Jones and Anna Jones”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 169-70; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JNH : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 217; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Jones, Joseph
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 172-3
Year: 1879
Law Claimed Under: “Honest Debtor” act as embodied in section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendatory acts in reference to the same”
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: “his wife Mary and one minor child under sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 172-3; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JRD : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 96; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Jones, Marlborough
Court Book: Superior Court Deed Book Q
Page(s): 188
Year: 1872
Law Claimed Under: “exemption of personalty under the laws of Georgia”
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “head of a family”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): Filed by Ben Howard as agent for Marlborough Jones; “being the crop raised by petitioner the present year 1872 in the place of J. LeConte called Syphax.”; Wm. B. Gaulden identified as attorney; https://theyhadnames.net/2024/04/05/personal-property-of-marl
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, 1870-1874, Book Q, page 188; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-5Y5H : accessed 4 Apr 2024), Family History Library microfilm 008564334, “Deeds & Mortgages, v. Q-R, 1870-1877,” image 124 of 607, item 1 of 2; citing original records of Liberty County Superior Court, Georgia.
Name: Jones, Morris
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 217-8
Year: 1892
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code 1873 and the amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Sixty acres of land lying in said County of Liberty State of Georgia, in 1132d Dist. G.M. and bounded by lands of Rob Porter, Charles Moore, Raiford Kicklighter, Henry Kicklighter and Est. March Kicklighter, being the place on which said Morris Jones now lives.”
Description of Family: “his wife, Lettie Jones, and two minor children, both under sixteen years of age, to wit: Alvin Jones and Ada Jones”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 217-8; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JJR : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 241; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Jones, Peter
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 12
Year: 1872
Law Claimed Under: Section 2013 of Irwin’s Revised Code of Georgia
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “head of a family”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 12; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J56 : 26 Jun 2025), image(s) 13; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Jones, Prince
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 13
Year: 1872
Law Claimed Under: Section 2013 of Irwin’s Revised Code of Georgia
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “head of a family”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 13; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J56 : 26 Jun 2025), image(s) 13; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Jones, Seaborn E.
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 164-5
Year: 1879
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873 and acts amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: wife and six children under 16
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 164-5; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JJ2 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 92; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Justice, William
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 359-60
Year: 1897
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Mollie Justice and six minor children, all under sixteen years of age, to wit: George [page turn] Louisa Justice, Babe Justice, Willie Justice, Richard Justice and Della Justice”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 359-60; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JR4 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 312; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Kannady, Sallie
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 358-9
Year: 1897
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Fifty acres of land in the 16th District G.M. of Liberty Co. with improvements thereon to the value of fifty dollars”
Description of Family: “head of a family consisting of Louis Kanady her son who is under sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “…by said Sallie Kannaday, her husband E.A. Kannaday refusing to file his schedule”
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 358-9; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JR4 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 312; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Keaton, M.B.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 40
Year: 1882
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife Florida Keaton, and one child under sixteen years of age [not named]”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): He refused to make the application so his wife did
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 40; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V9D : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 148; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Kelley, James
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 349-50
Year: 1897
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Emma Kelly”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 349-50; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V79 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 307; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Kelsey, Lewis I.
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 135
Year: 1877
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873 and acts amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land
Description of Family: wife and three children under sixteen years of age
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 135; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JYW : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 77; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Kennedy, Cap
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 146
Year: 1878
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873 and acts amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: wife and four children under 16
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): [See him under Capt Kennedy in the 1880 census]
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 146; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JTS : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 83; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Kicklighter, H.S.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 367
Year: 1898
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of Georgia of 1882 and the acts amendatory thereof and sections 5212, 5214 of said Code
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife, Alice R. Kicklighter”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 367; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V4L : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 316; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Kicklighter, Raiford
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 158-9
Year: 1889
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Twenty five acres of land, situate lying and being in the 1132nd Dist. G.M. of Liberty County, Georgia, and bounded East by Eben Bacon, West by Morrice Jones, North by Lucy Turner and South by Henry Kicklighter, said Raiford Kicklighter residing upon said described land, the value of said land including the improvements being fifty dollars” “Twenty five acres of sand hill land belonging to Anna Porter formerly Anna Kicklighter said lot lying and being in the 1132nd Dist. G.M. of said County and bounded on the North by lands of the Est. of Lucy Turner, East by lands of E. Bacon and south by lands of E. Kicklighter, and on the West by lands of Morris Jones, being cut from south side of a tract formerly belonging to Lucy and March Kicklighter, cut off on the day and date above written [July 27, 1898] by J.J. Barnard Local Surveyer”
Description of Family: “his wife Anna Kicklighter and two minor children under sixteen years of age to wit: Freddie Kicklighter and Effie Kicklighter”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): includes a drawn plat of the 25 acres belonging to Anna Porter
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 158-9; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V97 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 212; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Kicklighter, Raiford
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 332
Year: 1896
Law Claimed Under: Not listed
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “Amended schedule of Raiford Kicklighter, a resident of said County, and head of a family as set forth in his schedule or property, filed, approved and recorded in Exemption Book “B” Pages 158 and 159, June 24th 1889, said family in addition to the person
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 332; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J1C : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 299; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: King, Scipio
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 233-4
Year: 1892
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “one tract of land in said County of Liberty State of Georgia, containing twenty five acres more or less, bounded by lands of John Lambert, Shadrick Bacon, Henry Stevens, and Ann Norman, being the place on which I now live”
Description of Family: “his wife, Mary King and one minor child, Nancy King, under sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 233-4; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JNM : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 249; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Knorby, Fredrick
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 154-5
Year: 1889
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “One house and lot or parcel of land situate in the 15th Dist. G.M. of said Liberty Countycontaining eighteen acres with all improvements thereon, the place whereon said Fredrick Knorby now resides of the value of one hundred dollars and bounded (at this date) as follows, to wit, on the East by Land [of] Thomas Quarterman South by Thomas Gordon, North and West by land [of] Fred Lyons”
Description of Family: “his wife, Esther Knorby and two minor children all under sixteen years of age, to wit, Charles W. Houston, Esther M. Knorby”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 154-5; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JJY : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 210; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Lambert, Jack
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 105
Year: 1886
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882
Description of Land Claimed: “Fifty acres of land lying in said County adjoining lands of the heirs of Primus Jones and Ritter Law, being the land on which the said Jack Lambert now resides”
Description of Family: “his wife Rachael Lambert, and six minor children all under sixteen years of age, to wit: Nannie Lambert, Chloe Lambert, Jacky Lambert and William Lambert” [SIC, only four children named]
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 105; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V4T : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 184; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Lambert, John L.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 84-5
Year: 1884
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882
Description of Land Claimed: “Twenty four and ond half acres of land lying in said Liberty County, adjoining lands of James Stacy, John Bacon, Sr, and Crawford Cassels, on the North, and on the East by lands of Wm. C. Stevens, and on the South by the lands of Wm. John Winn and T.W. Winn, and on the West by the lands of C.J. E. Harris; whereon the said John L. Lambert now resides”
Description of Family: “his wife, Lucy Lambert, and seven children under sixteen years of age, to wit, Annie Low [or Lou], Scipio Lawrence, Peter, Patsy, Mathew [alt: Matthew], Matilda and Joe Wallace Lambert”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 84-5; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V7P : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 172; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Law, Alex (also listed as Elick)
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 75-76
Year: 1884
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882
Description of Land Claimed: “Thirty acres of land lying in said county, adjoining lands of Doll Anderson & Mrs. Ann Barnard on the North, and on the East by lands of Doll Anderson and Isaac Jones, on the South by lands of Jackson Lambert and Bristow Bradwell, on the West by lands of Jacky Lambert and Mrs. Ann Barnard”
Description of Family: “his wife Philis [alt: Phyllis] Law, and three minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Annie Law, Nancy Law and one baby girl about two months old, not yet named”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 75-6; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VW8 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 166; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Law, Dick
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 93-4
Year: 1885
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife, Amy Law, and five minor children, all under sixteen years of age, to wit: Richard, Maria, John, Dennis, Jackson, Law”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 93-4; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V7X : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 176; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Law, Peter
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 16
Year: 1882
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1873, and the Acts of the General Assembly in reference to the same
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Amelia Law, and two children under sixteen years, to wit: Rosa Law and Annie Law”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 16; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J5Q : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 136; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: LeConte, Hercules
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 11
Year: 1872
Law Claimed Under: Section 2013 of Irwin’s Revised Code of Georgia
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “head of a family”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): Hercules LeConte signed by mark, then Tom Right (also by mark) signed as his agent)
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 11; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JYK : 26 Jun 2025), image(s) 12; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: LeConte, John
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 101
Year: 1877
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 65
Description of Family: wife and three children under 16
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 101; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J2X : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 59; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: LeConte, Morris
Court Book: Superior Court Deed Book Q
Page(s): 181
Year: 1872
Law Claimed Under: “exemption of personalty under the laws of Georgia”
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “head of a family”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “The above corn, rice and cotton being the crop of petitioner raised by him on the place of Frederick R. Lyons in said County for the present year 1872 and now in his possession in said County””; Filed by “his attorney,” W.B. Gaulden; https://theyhadnames
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, 1870-1874, Book Q, page 181; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-5RGD : accessed 4 Apr 2024), Family History Library microfilm 008564334, “Deeds & Mortgages, v. Q-R, 1870-1877,” image 120 of 607, item 1 of 2; citing original records of Liberty County Superior Court, Georgia.
Name: LeConte, Paul
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 10
Year: 1881
Law Claimed Under: allowed by the Laws of Georgia
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Matilda LeConte and four children under sixteen years old, to wit: Alfred, Belfast, Fraances and Eva LeConte”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 10; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VCZ : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 133; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: LeConte, Prime
Court Book: Q
Page(s): 183-4
Year: 1872
Law Claimed Under: under the laws of Georgia
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “head of a family”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “The corn, cotton and rice, above being the crop raised by petitioner and now in his possession on the Syphax Plantation of Joseph LeConte in said County, the present year 1872.”; https://theyhadnames.net/2024/04/04/personal-property-of-prime-leconte-1872
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, 1870-1874, Book Q, page 182-3; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-5935-R : accessed 4 Apr 2024), Family History Library microfilm 008564334, “Deeds & Mortgages, v. Q-R, 1870-1877,” image 121 of 607, item 1 of 2; citing original records of Liberty County Superior Court, Georgia.
Name: LeConte, Thomas
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 78
Year: 1884
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife Dianah LeConte and two mintor children, both under sixteen years of age to wit: Betsey LeConte and Hariette LeConte”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 78; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JG1 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 168; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: LeConte, Toney
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 91
Year: 1876
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 65
Description of Family: wife and three children under 16
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 91; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JFR : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 54; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: LeConte, William
Court Book: Superior Court Deed Book Q
Page(s): 123
Year: 1872
Law Claimed Under: “Homestead laws of this State”
Description of Land Claimed:
Description of Family: “head of a family”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): filed by Amos Harris as agent of LeConte; https://theyhadnames.net/2024/04/05/personal-property-of-william-leconte-1872/
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, 1870-1874, Book Q, page 186-7; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-5157 : accessed 4 Apr 2024), Family History Library microfilm 008564334, “Deeds & Mortgages, v. Q-R, 1870-1877,” image 123 of 607, item 1 of 2; citing original records of Liberty County Superior Court, Georgia.
Name: Leggett, Sarah Isabella
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 167-8
Year: 1889
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of Georgia and the Acts Amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “wife of Wm. Legget, said Wm. Leggett being her husband and head of a family”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “on the 11th day of Feb. 1885 she as the wife of Wm. Legget, said Wm. Leggett being her husband and head of a family and refusing to fake [sic, maybe meant file?] an exemption on his property under Section 2040 of the Code of Georgia and the Acts Amendato
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 167-8; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JX5 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 216; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Leggett, W.F.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 237
Year: 1892
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife, Mary Jane Leggett, and five minor children, all under sixteen years of age, to wit: Ivason F., Charles, Maude, Laura, and Roland”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 237; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J2M : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 251; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Leslee, Gaston
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 270
Year: 1893
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife Sarah F. Leslee and a minor child under the age of sixteen years to wit: Jeams Archie Evanda Leslee (age 3 years old)”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 270; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JNV : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 268; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Lewis, H.R.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 183-4
Year: 1890
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife, Lavina Caroline Lewis and three minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Uretta Adverta Lewis, Martha Lavina Lewis and Mary Chifina Lewis”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 183-4; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JFF : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 224; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Lewis, William R.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 185-6
Year: 1890
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife Ella [or Ellen] V. Lewis and one minor child under sixteen years of age to wit: Anna Prunella Lewis”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 185-6; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JP4 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 225; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 364; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VWQ : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 315; citing Family History Library film #008628
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 363
Year: 1898
Law Claimed Under:
Description of Land Claimed:
Description of Family:
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): plat of his land – 60 acres
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 363; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VMK : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 314; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Lively, Isaac
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 236
Year: 1892
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Millie Ann Lively, and six children under sixteen years of age, to wit: Cleveland, Richard, Levy, Zada, Isaac and Esther”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 236; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J2M : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 251; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Livingston, John
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 64
Year: 1884
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife, Laura Livingston, and two minor children, both under sixteen years of age, to wit: Roxeanna Livingston and James Livingston”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 64; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J5P : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 160; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Loggins, Ramsey
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 124
Year: 1877
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873 and acts amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land
Description of Family: wife and one child under 16
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 124; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V7M : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 72; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Long, John H.
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 58
Year: 1875
Law Claimed Under: Act of 1870 embraced under section 2040 Code
Description of Land Claimed: 75 acres of land
Description of Family: “wife and five children”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 58; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JLZ : 26 Jun 2025), image(s) 37; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Long, Martin
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 323-4
Year: 1895
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Sixty acres of land situate, lying and being in the 1476th Dist. G.M. of Liberty County, Georgia, bounded by lands of C.N. Johnson, General Hendry, Fountain and others with the improvements – said land being the place on which said Martin Long now resides”
Description of Family: “his wife Joanna Long and three minor children, to wit: Reuben K. Long, Luvincey Long and John G. Long, the last named two being under sixteen years of age, to wit Luvincey and John G. Long”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 323-4; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JLW : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 294; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Long, Robert
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 112
Year: 1877
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: “wife Isabella J. Long and three children under sixteen years of age to wit: Mary Ellen, Eddice Matilda and Eliza Long”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 112; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JGG : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 66; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Low, June A.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 240
Year: 1892
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Twenty acres of land situate, lying and being in the 15th Dist. G.M. of Liberty Co Ga, bounded north by lands of Prince LeConte and Jack Brown, East by lands of Saml A. Winn and Susan James, South by lands of John L. Harden and West by lands of W.A. Bacon, said land being the place upon which said June A. Lowe now resides”
Description of Family: “his wife, Violet Low, and six minor children, five of which are under sixteen years of age, to wit: Georgia Low, June A. Low Jr. Calvin Low, Tyre Low and Toby J. Low”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 240; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JYD : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 253; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Maidfield, Jacob
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 333-4
Year: 1896
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “One tract of land in Liberty County Georgia in the 1476 District G.M. bounded on the east by lands of Jacob Brown, on the South and West by lands of Grant Wilkins and North by lands of Isael Bacon, containing fifteen acres more or less”
Description of Family: “his wife, Lizzie Maidfield, and five minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Charlie Maidfield, R??st Mendell Maidfield, Anna Maidfield, Blanzie Maidfield, and Laura Maidfield”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 333-4; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J1C : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 299; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Mallard, Joe
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 29-30
Year: 1882
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1873
Description of Land Claimed:
Description of Family: ”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): Originally filed his schedule of exemption in Bryan County on February 1, 1875 and was a resident of Bryan County but is now a resident of Liberty Couny so is filing to supplement his original schedule. No land or unusual property listed. Original Bryan C
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 29-30; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JFC : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 142; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Martin, John
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 116
Year: 1877
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: “wife Rosa Martin and two children to wit: Agnes & Clora Martin, both under sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 116; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JLQ : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 68; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Martin, Mrs. Mary Talula
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 106
Year: 1877
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 60
Description of Family: Herself and two children under 16 years of age
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “Mrs. Mary Talulah Martin her husband refusing in the presence of the ordinary to make the application”
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 106; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V45 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 62; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Martin, Stephen
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 79
Year: 1876
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 60
Description of Family: wife and two children
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 79; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V49 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 48; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Mauzon, Wallace
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 178-9
Year: 1889
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife Rachel Manzon, and three minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Joseph Mauzon, ? Gertie ? Mauzon and Maggie Mauzon”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 178-9; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J5J : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 222; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Maxwell, Jonas
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 138
Year: 1878
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873 and acts amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: “Thirty five acres of land on which I now reside”
Description of Family: “his wife Laura Maxwell and two children under sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 138; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JY9 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 79; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: McGeth, Henry
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 368-9
Year: 1898
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and the amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “Gussie L. McGeth his wife and two minor children both under sixteen years of age, to wit: Alice McGeth and Charles E. McGeth”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 368-9; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V9N : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 317; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: McGillis, Stephen
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 120-1
Year: 1877
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873 and acts amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: “his wife Frances McGillis and three children under sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 120-1; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VH2 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 70; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: McGowen, J.E.
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 64
Year: 1875
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 60 acres of land
Description of Family: wife and two children under 16 years
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 64; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VHY : 26 Jun 2025), image(s) 40; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: McIntosh, Manda
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 390-1
Year: 1900
Law Claimed Under: benefit of the statutory or short homestead provided by section 2866 of the civil [code]
Description of Land Claimed: “One tract of land in said Liberty County, State of Georgia, bounded north by land of Fraser, South and East by lands of Prince Stevens and West by the Public Road, contianing fifty acres more or less, and upon which said Manda McIntosh now lives”
Description of Family: “head of a family consisting of two minor children, to wit: Magaline, aged fifteen years, and Johnny, aged twelve years”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “herewith a schedule of property belonging to the estate of Byron McIntosh of said County, deceased, which estate is insolvent, and said Manda McIntosh is the widow of said Byron McIntosh, dec’d, and the two minors above named his children”
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 390-1; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J2H : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 328; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: McIver, F.H.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 353-4
Year: 1897
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Ten acres of land, situate, lying and being in Liberty Co. Ga. eight acres of said land lying near the Dorchester Academy and bounded North by Julia Snelson, East by Israel Morrison, West by Seaborn Snelson and South by Dorchester Academy Lot, two acres of said land bounded north by Richarson [sic], East by Shadrach Walthour, South by Affey Pinkney and West by York Stevens”
Description of Family: “his wife Mary E. McIver and one minor child, to wit Julius A. McIver eight [y]ears old”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 353-4; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JPC : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 309; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: McIver, Thomas
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 75
Year: 1876
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 60
Description of Family: wife and two children
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 75; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JKX : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 46; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Mells, William
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 380-381
Year: 1899
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and the amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “One tract of land situate, lying and being in the 15th Dist. G.M. of Liberty County, Georgia, containing 75 acres, more or less, and bounded north by Nero Bell, east Nattie Jones, South by Dr. Harris and West by Mary Harris”
Description of Family: “his wife, Judie Mells and five minor children, all under sixteen years of age, to wit: Jimmie Mells, Joseph Mells, William Anderson, Rilla Anderson, and Lee Anderson”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 380-381; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JK5 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 323; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Michail, London
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 80
Year: 1884
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “head of a family, consisting of four minor children under sixteen years of age, to wit: Turner, Jackson, James M. and Axson, Michael”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 80; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JJ1 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 169; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Middleton, Robert
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 218
Year:
Law Claimed Under: “Honest Debtor” act as embodied in section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendatory acts in reference to the same”
Description of Land Claimed: “Twenty acres of land in the 15th District of said County, bounded by the lands of Preston Waite, Edward W. Delegal and Salter’s C[reek]”
Description of Family: “his wife, [name cut off, starts with N] Middleton”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 218; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JY3 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 122; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Middleton, Rose
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 22-3
Year: 1882
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of Georgia, 1873, and the acts of the General Assembly amendatory thereof”
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “she is a married woman, the wife of Alexander A. Middleton”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “further that her said husband Alexander A. Middleton, being in life, and a resident of said County, refuses to avail himself of the Exemption Laws of the State of Georgia” Signed by Alexander A. Middleton as agent for Rose Middleton
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 22-3; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VC4 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 139; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Middleton, Virgil
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 269
Year: 1893
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereof and sections 5212 and 5214 of said Code
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife Sarah Middleton, and five minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: James V., Martha L., Ida, Rufus V., and baby un-named”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 269; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JYR : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 267; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Miller, Guy
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 138-9
Year: 1888
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Forty (40) acres of Land in said County and bounded North, East and South by lands of F. Sapp, on the West by lands of J.W. Parker, and being the place on which said Guy Miller now resides”
Description of Family: “head of a family consisting of two minor children under sixteen years of age, to wit: Martha Jane Miller and Margaret Miller”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 137-8; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VSV : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 201; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Miller, Guy
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 63
Year: 1875
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: “40 acres of land lying and being in the 17th district of Liberty County, bounded by the lands of John Sapp and others”
Description of Family: wife and seven children under age 16
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 63; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JPR : 26 Jun 2025), image(s) 39; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Miller, James
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 268
Year: 1893
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereof and sections 5212 and 5214 of said Code
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife Lydia Ann Miller and one minor child under sixteen years of age; to wit: an infant un-named”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 268; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JYR : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 267; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Miller, Shelman
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 378-9
Year: 1899
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto (section 2866 of the Code of 1895)
Description of Land Claimed: “One tract of land in said County of Liberty containing Fifty acres, more or less, and bounded North by lands of Eben Kicklighter, East by lands of Steve Murray, South by lands of Dick Walker and West by lands of James Murphy, being the place on which said Shelman Miller now resides”
Description of Family: “his wife Annie Miller and two minor children, to wit: Hattie Miller, aged seventeen years, and Otelia Miller, aged sixteen years”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 378-9; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VSB : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 322; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Miller, Thomas T.
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 145
Year: 1878
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873 and acts amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: wife and four children under 16
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 145; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JGZ : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 82; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Mobley, Lambert
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 327
Year: 1895
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereof and sections 5212 and 5214 of said Code
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Mary Jane Mobley, and seven minor children, to wit: William John Mobley and Matilda Viola Mobley over sixteen years of age; and James Henry Mobley, Robert Cleaveland Mobley, Walter Lee Mobley, Estella Mobley and Lambert Joseph Mobley under sixte
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 327; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VWS : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 296; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Monroe, Jacob
Court Book: Superior Court Deed Book Q
Page(s): 107
Year: 1877
Law Claimed Under: Act of 1868 entitled an act for setting apart a Homestead of realty & personalty
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: Not mentioned
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): https://theyhadnames.net/2024/03/20/schedule-of-personal-property-of-jacob-monroe/
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, 1870-1874, Book Q, page 107; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-593Y-L: accessed 20 Mar 2024), Family History Library microfilm 008564334, “Deeds & Mortgages, v. Q-R, 1870-1877,” image 73 of 607, item 1 of 2; citing original records of Liberty County Superior Court, Georgia.
Name: Monroe, John C.
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 153-4
Year: 1878
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873 and acts amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: wife and four children under 16
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 153-4; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JP9 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 86; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Monroe, Sam (Jr)
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 340-1
Year: 1896
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Thirty acres of land lying and being in the 1359th Dist. G.M. of Liberty County Ga, bounded north by Charles Wing, east by Joe Baker, South by James Golphin and West by Smart Chip, said land being the place upon which said Monroe now lives”
Description of Family: “his wife Clara Monroe and two minor children under sixteen years of age to wit, Sam Monroe and Albert Monroe”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 340-1; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J15 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 303; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Moody, Frank
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 261-2
Year: 1893
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “One tract of land containing twenty-eight acres, more or less, and bounded by lands of Bond Stewart, Simon Johnson, Washington Moody and H.A. Swindle the tract on which said Frank Moody resides, said land in Liberty County, Georgia”
Description of Family: “his wife Lucretia Moody and two minor children under sixteen years of age, to wit, Emeline Moody and March Allen Colquitt Moody”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 261-2; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JBZ : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 263; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Moody, Harry
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 81
Year: 1876
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 60
Description of Family: wife and two children
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 81; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JV4 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 49; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Moody, Joshua
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 69-70
Year: 1884
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code and other laws now of force in this State
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife, Priscilla Moody, and two minor children both under sixteen years of age, to wit: Allice [alt: Alice] P.L. Moody, Joshua E. Moody”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 69-70; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JLX : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 163; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Moody, Lucy
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 151-2
Year: 1878
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873 and acts amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: “a widow and the head of a family consisting of two children under sixteen”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 151-2; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V7S : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 86; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Moody, Washington
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 69
Year: 1876
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 60 acres of land
Description of Family: wife and two children under age 16
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 69; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JF4 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 42; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Moore, Jerry
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 198-9
Year: 1881
Law Claimed Under: “Honest Debtor” act as embodied in section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendatory acts in reference to the same”
Description of Land Claimed: “50 acres of land and five additional acres for each child; said land being in the 17th Dist. of said County, and bounded by lands of R.S. Hendry, D. Smith, estate Jesse Futch”
Description of Family: “his three minor children, to wit: Mary E, Samuel, and Ida Moore, all under sixteen years oage”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 198-9; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VQN : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 109; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Moore, Perry
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 124-5
Year: 1887
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882
Description of Land Claimed: “Seventy acres of land situate, lying and being in said County of Liberty, and State of Georgia, and bounded North, by lands of Arthur Floyd, East by lands of Lucy Moody, South by lands of Nelson Collins, West by lands Lucy Moody, with improvements thereon, it being the place on which said Percy Moore now resides”
Description of Family: “his wife, Delia Moore, and four minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Aneliza Moore, Willie Moore, Joseph Moore, and Rosco Moore”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 124-5; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VSG : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 194; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Moore, Sam
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 110
Year: 1886
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882
Description of Land Claimed: “Fifty acres of land in said County, bounded on the North by D.B.M. Sheppard, on the South by lands of Henry Elarbee, on the West by lands of James Easterling, and on the East by lands of D.B.M. Sheppard, and being the place on which said Sam Moore now resides”
Description of Family: “his wife, Lillie Moore, and one minor child under sixteen years of age, to wit Milley Moore”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 110; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J2D : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 187; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Morgan, James W.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 241-2
Year: 1892
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “a wife Eugenia Morgan and one minor child, under the age of sixteen years to wit: Laura G. Morgan”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “Petitioner respectfully shows that the said James W. Morgan refuses to claim exemption…and that she desires to claim to be exempt from levy and sale out of the Property of the said James W. Morgan”
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 241-2; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JYD : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 253; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Morgan, Lewis
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 128
Year: 1888
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1872 [“8” was written, then “7” written over it]
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Agnes Morgan”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 128; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V95 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 196; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Morris, M.W.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 325-6
Year: 1895
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code
Description of Land Claimed: “Fifty five acres of land in the 1476th District bounded on the North by lands of Wm. Hill, East by lands of C.B. Scaff, South by lands of T.B. Hilton and West by lands of L.W. Hook”
Description of Family: “his wife Lucy and one child named Johnnie under the age of sixteen”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 325-6; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JFP : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 296; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Morrison, Ulyses H.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 376-7
Year: 1898
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto (section 2866 of the Code of 1895)
Description of Land Claimed: “One tract of land in said County of Liberty, State of Georgia, containing one fourth of an acre, and bounded on the North by the Sunbury Public road, East by lands of [left blank] South and West by lands of Seaborn Snelson”
Description of Family: “his wife Mamie E. Morrison”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “Library of a school teacher”
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 376-7; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JTH : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 321; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Myers, Joseph
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 230-231
Year: 1892
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code 1873 and the amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Sixty acres of land in said County bounded by lands of Jack Wilson, on West, Sam Winn, on North Fort Barrington Road, on East and Hardee, on South, being the land on which petitioner now resides”
Description of Family: “his wife, Harriet Myers, and six minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Betty Walker, Robert Walker, Frank Myers, Benjamin Myers, Hattie Myers and Morris Irwin Myers”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “…by said Alice Harper, her said husband Isom Harper refusing to file his schedule”
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 230-231; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VWL : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 248; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Nelson, Joe
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 144-5
Year: 1888
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife Hattie Nelson, and two minor children both under the age of sixteen years, to wit: Malisia Nelson and Willie Nelson”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 144-5; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VW9 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 205; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Nelson, Joe
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 187
Year: 1890
Law Claimed Under: “under section 2040”
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: not listed
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “Amended schedule of Joe Nelson, who filed his schedule under section 2040 November 3rd 1888” added one ox, one loom, one spinning wheel and two pairs of cards, and one hundred pounds of lint cotton
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 187; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J18 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 226; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Norman, Aaron
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 62
Year: 1884
Law Claimed Under: “Laws of the State of Georgia now in force”
Description of Land Claimed: “Five acres of land on Walthourville in the fifteenth Dist. G.M. of said County, adjoining lands of Kate Brown and [left blank] Gotte”
Description of Family: “his wife Julie Norman and two minor children under sixteen years old, to wit: Matilda Jane Norman, and Corine Norman”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 62; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VS6 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 159; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Ogrean, John
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 220
Year: 1892
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code 1873 and the amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Roena [Rowena?] Ogrean and one minor child under sixteen years of age to wit Hattie Ogrean”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “…by said Roena Ogrean her husband John Ogrean refusing to file his schedule” Witnessed by W.B. Way; Description of stock animals and household items; [Name appears to have been Ogren; John and Renie Ogren, married 1887, found in 1900 census in Charlest
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 220; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V7B : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 243; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Olliver, Andrew
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 1-2
Year:
Law Claimed Under: Statutory or short homestead provided by section 3416 of the Code of Georgia
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Patience Oliver and seven minor children, to wit, Stella aged fifteen years, John aged thirteen years; Evelyn aged eleven years; Nolie aged nine years; Sheppard aged seven years; James R. aged five years and Andrew aged two years”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 1-2; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V7V : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 128; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Osgood, Sambo A.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 35
Year: 1882
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife Adeline Osgood, and one minor child, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Edward Osgood”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 35; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VWW : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 145; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Owens, R.B.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 238
Year: 1892
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code 1873 and the amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “50 acres of land with improvements thereon situate, lying and being in the 16th Dist. G.M. of said County and State, and bounded as follows, to wit: North by lands of W.B. Way or wife, East by vacant land, South by vacan land and West by land of George Herbert and John Barrett”
Description of Family: “his two sisters, to wit: Amelia R. Owens and Mary A. Owens, who are dependent upon said R.B. Owens, who has the care and support of said dependent females”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 238; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JYF : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 252; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Parker, Cuyler
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 371-2
Year: 1898
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and the amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife M.E. Parker and six minor children to wit John O. Parker and James A. Parker over 16 years; and William C. Parker, George H. Parker, David B. Parker and Robert L. Parker, under 16 years old”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 371-2; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JK2 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 318; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Parker, M.C.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 271-2
Year: 1893
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Seventy acres of land situate, lying and being in the 1476th Dist. G.M. of said County, being part of a one hundred acre tract bounded on all sides by lands of Mrs. C.W. Hendry, and to be cut off of said tract so as to include the improvements thereon, which said improvements do not exceed in value the sum of two hnundred dollars”
Description of Family: “his wife Elizabeth parker and four minor children, all under sixteen years of age, to wit: Martha Henrietta Parker, Elijah McPherson Parker, Reppard Parker and Rufus Parker”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 271; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JNV : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 268; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Parker, W.H.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 301-2
Year: 1894
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Two acres of land in said County of Liberty, State of Georgia, bounded on the north by lands of James B. Fraser, on the east by lands of James B. Fraser and on the south by lands of Silas Sapp and on the west by lands of Parker being the place on which W.H. Parker now resides”
Description of Family: “his wife, T.V. Parker and one minor child to wit: L.L. Parker, who is under sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 301-2; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VMB : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 283; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Perry, Edwin R.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 90
Year: 1884
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife, Mary E. Perry, and one minor child six months old, to wit William H. Perry”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 90; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V3R : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 175; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Perry, Samuel H.
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 108-9
Year: 1877
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: “Fifty five acres of land valued at $200.00 lying about midway between Dorchester and Sunbury in said County”
Description of Family: “wife Mary Julia and one child Viola under sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, 1870-1874, Book Q, page 178; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-59MK-J : accessed 4 Apr 2024), Family History Library microfilm 008564334, “Deeds & Mortgages, v. Q-R, 1870-1877,” image 119 of 607, item 1 of 2; citing original records of Liberty County Superior Court, Georgia.
Name: Phabean, John (Fabian)
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 122-3
Year: 1877
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873 and acts amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: “wife Patty Phabean” and four children under sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 122-3; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JNN : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 71; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Pinckney, Edward
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 366
Year: 1898
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of Georgia of 1882 and amendments thereto, section 2866 of Code of 1895
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Georgia A. Pinckney and four minor children, three of whom are under sixteen years of age, to wit: Mary Olga, Hattie and Abram under sixteen years of age, and Emma Jane who is sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “The library of a minister of the Gospel and Edward Pinckney being a minister of the Gospel”
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 366; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V4L : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 316; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Pinkney, Toby
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 31
Year: 1882
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed:
Description of Family: “his wife Hannah Pinkney and Isaac Pinkney and Ceaser Pinkney, minors under the age of sixteen years”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 31; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JP1 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 143; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Polite, Boston
Court Book: Q
Page(s): 182-3
Year: 1872
Law Claimed Under: Not specified
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “head of a family”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “The above corn, cotton, rice and hogs being raised on the plantation of J. LeConte in said County, known as Woodland, by labor of petitioner during the present year 1872, and now in possession of petitioner in said County.”; https://theyhadnames.net/2024
FamilySearch Record Citation: Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on October 24, 1872.
Name: Poppell, James A.
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 125-6
Year: 1877
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873 and acts amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: “his wife Jane Ann Poppell and eight children under sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “…& whereas the said J.A. Poppell refuses to avail himself of the exemptions…I therefore Jane Ann Poppell wife of the said J.A. Poppell do file…”
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 125-6; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V7M : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 72; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Porter, Dublin
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 143
Year: 1888
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife Lucy Porter and five minor children, all under sixteen years of age, to wit: Joe Porter, Angus Porter, Quarterman Porter, Willie Porter and Jimmie Porter”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 143; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JRP : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 204; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Porter, Dublin
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 253
Year: 1893
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: None named
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): Originally filed on October 18, 1888, in the Liberty County Ordinary’s office, and amended now because at the earlier time he did not own all the property allowed by law. He added one sorrel mare, named “Mollie,” about nine or ten years old, one fifteen m
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 253; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VWK : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 259; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Porter, John B.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 207
Year: 1891
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Mary Lou Porter and four minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: John E. Porter, Harriet L. Porter, Daisy Porter, and Harry Porter”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 207; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V44 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 236; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Powell, Charlie
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 362-3
Year: 1898
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of Georgia of 1882 and amendments thereto, section 2866 of Code of 1895
Description of Land Claimed: “One lot of land in Liberty County, Georgia, containing one half acre, more or less, and bounded on all sides by lands of Israel Powell, being the land on which said Charlie Powell now resides”
Description of Family: “his wife, Mary E. Powell, and two minor orphan children, to wit: Delia Smith and Bector Smith, both under sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 362-3; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VMK : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 314; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Powell, George
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 137
Year: 1878
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873 and acts amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: wife and four children under sixteen years of age
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 137; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JVV : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 78; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Powell, Israel
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 34
Year: 1882
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife, Betsey Powell, and eight minor children, all under sixteen years of age, to wi: Ceaser [alt: Caesar] Powell, Charlotte Powell, Charles Powell, Lydia Powell, Isaiah Powell, Harry Powell, Albert Powell, and Paul Powell”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 34; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VWW : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 145; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Powell, J.K.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 350-1
Year: 1897
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife, F.M. Powell”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 350-1; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JJP : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 308; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Price, Oliver
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 17-18
Year: 1882
Law Claimed Under: “Exemption Law, now of force in this state”
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “wife Mary Jane Price and five minor children under sixteen years of age, to wit: John Oliver, Hampton J. Alonzo B. Laura, & Robert L. Price”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 17-18; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J5Q : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 136; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Proctor, A.H.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 348-9
Year: 1897
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife, S.M. Proctor and four minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Daniel H. Stephen Proctor, Benjamin Scoven Proctor, Bailey Mitchel Proctor and Ada Irene Proctor”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 348-9; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V79 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 307; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Quarterman, Bina
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 392-3
Year: 1900
Law Claimed Under: Section 2866 of Code of 1895 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “one tract of land situate and being in said County of Liberty, State of Georgia, containing eight acres, more or less, and bounded by the lands of Charles Williams, Clarinda Williams and W.R. Shave, being the place on which said Bina Quarterman now lives.”
Description of Family: “head of a family consisting of five minor children, two of whom to wit: Edward Quarterman and Amanda Williams are over sixteen years of age, and three of whom, to wit: Joseph Quarterman, Samuel Quarterman and Charles Patterson are under sixteen years of
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 392-3; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JTF : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 329; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Quarterman, Joshua
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 99
Year: 1876
Law Claimed Under: Section 2013 of Irwin’s Revised Code
Description of Land Claimed: 60
Description of Family: two children under 16
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 99; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VM3 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 58; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Quarterman, Robert
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 85
Year: 1876
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 55
Description of Family: wife and one child under 16
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 85; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JBR : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 51; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Quarterman, Simon
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 147
Year: 1878
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873 and acts amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: wife and one child under 16
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 147; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JTS : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 83; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Reed, Robert
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 110-1
Year: 1877
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: “wife Rebecca Reid” and two children under 16 “to wit: Willie and Teresa Reid”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): Name could also be Reid
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 110-1; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JKH : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 65; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Richardson, Milton
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 223-4
Year: 1892
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code 1873 and the amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife, Delia Richardson, & six minor children, to wit: Rebeca Richardson, Emilie Richardson, John Milton Richardson, Lettie Richardson, Lonon Richardson, and Pollie Richardson, all under sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 223-4; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JVN : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 245; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Ring, F.A.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 295-6
Year: 1894
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife, Mary Etta Ring and two minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Annie Victoria Ring and Ellis Bertrand Ring”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “…by said Mary Etta Ring, her said husband F.A. Ring, refusing to file his schedule”
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 295-6; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J58 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 280; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Roberson, George E.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 360-1
Year: 1897
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and the amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Lizzie Roberson and three minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: James Roberson, Gertrude Roberson and Evelon E. Roberson”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 360-1; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V4K : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 313; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Roberts, Ben
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 343-4
Year: 1896
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Nannie Roberts and three childn under sixteen years of age, to wit: Celia Roberts, Asa Roberts, and the baby un-named”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 343-4; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JNX : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 304; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Roberts, Cyrus
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 262-3
Year: 1893
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “One tract of land in said County of Liberty and State of Georgia, containing seventeen acres, more or less, bounded West and South by lands of William Baker, East by lands of Ned Williams and North by lands of Wm. R. Shave, being the tract of land upon which applicant (said Cyrus Roberts) now lives”
Description of Family: “his wife, Amy Roberts, and one minor child under sixteen years of age, to wit, Barbara Roberts”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 262-3; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VHN : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 264; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Roberts, Edward
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 330-1
Year: 1895
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Fifty-three acres of land, more or less, situate lying and being in Liberty County, Georgia, bounded on the north and east by lands of Isaac Morrison, on the West by lands of William Morrison and on the South by the Snelson Lands, being the place upon which said Edward Roberts now resides”
Description of Family: “head of a family, consisting of his minor children, to wit: Diana Roberts, Marian Roberts, Edward Roberts, Abram Roberts, Susannah Roberts, Hezekiah Roberts, Louis Roberts, William Roberts, and Angie Roberts, eight of said minor children being under sixt
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 330-1; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J5C : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 298; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Roberts, Jack
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 225-6
Year: 1892
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Amelia Roberts & daughter Hattie”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 225-6; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JV3 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 245; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Roberts, Jacob
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 118-9
Year: 1877
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873 and acts amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: “wife Diana and four children under sixteen years of age” [not named]
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 118-9; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VQ1 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 69; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Roberts, John
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 215-6
Year: 1892
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife, Josephine Roberts, and three minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Daisy Roberts, Benjamin Roberts and Malachi Roberts”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 215-6; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V7Z : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 240; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Roberts, Joseph
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 136
Year: 1878
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873 and acts amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land
Description of Family: wife and three children under sixteen years of age
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 136; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JVV : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 78; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Roberts, May
Court Book: Superior Court Deed Book Q
Page(s): 185
Year: 1872
Law Claimed Under: “exemption of personalty under the laws of Georgia”
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “head of a family”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “The above corn, cotton and rice being raised by petitioner in the year 1872 in the County of Liberty on the place of Frederick R. Lyons and now in the possession of Petitioner on said place.”; filed by “his attorney,” W.B. Gaulden; https://theyhadnames.n
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, 1870-1874, Book Q, page 185; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-5BP4 : accessed 4 Apr 2024), Family History Library microfilm 008564334, “Deeds & Mortgages, v. Q-R, 1870-1877,” image 122 of 607, item 1 of 2; citing original records of Liberty County Superior Court, Georgia.
Name: Roberts, Titus
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 131
Year: 1877
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873 and acts amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: none listed
Description of Family: “his wife Millie Roberts and two children under sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 131; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VZ1 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 75; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Roberts, William R.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 70-1
Year: 1884
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and other acts of the Legislature now of force in this state
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife, Celia Roberts, and six minor children, all under sixteen years of age, to wit: Harriet, Catharine, Betsey, Macon, Charlie, Thomas, Roberts”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 70-1; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JY1 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 164; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Robins, A.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 209
Year: 1891
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of Georgia and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife M.A. Robins and three minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: William, Alonzo and Alute Robins”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 209; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JBW : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 237; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Rogers, J.H.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 208
Year: 1891
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Clifford A. Rogers and three minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Mande E. Rogers, John W. Rogers and Inez M. Rogers”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 208; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JBW : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 237; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Rogers, Julius
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 19
Year: 1873
Law Claimed Under: Section 2013 of Irwin’s Revised Code of Georgia
Description of Land Claimed: 70 acres of land all together in one tract; land bounded on East by lands of Mrs. L. [?], Mr. McCullough, on North by lands of ? Harriss Junr. and William Ward, West by lands of Rev. Mr. Danniels & on the South by lands of Mr. Thomas Quarterman said tract of land lying situate and being in said County and State”
Description of Family: “his four children being under sixteen years of age, to wit: Annie Maria, Jane, Rosa, and John”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 19; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VQY : 26 Jun 2025), image(s) 17; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Rozier, S.J.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 2-3
Year: 1912
Law Claimed Under: Section 2866 of the Code of Georgia and Acts amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Lizzie and eight minor children to wit: Gertrude age 17; Frank age 14, Eva age 13, Belle age 12, Aada age 10, Laurence age 8, Queenie age 5, and Willie age 2”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 2-3; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VCV : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 129; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Ruis, Solomon H.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 194
Year: 1891
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife Letitia Ruis and one minor child under sixteen years of age to wit Mary Ellen Ruis”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): only “one medium sized sorrel mare with blaze face, about fifteen years old and named “Maggie””
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 194; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VC7 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 230; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Rustin, B.W.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 148-9
Year: 1888
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Fifty acres of land situate, lying and being in Liberty County, Georgia, and bounded on the North by the lands of George Hendry, on the East by lands of Hicks Miller, on the South by lands of Smith and on the West by lands of G.W. Hendry together with the improvements thereon”
Description of Family: “his wife Alice Rustin, and two minor children both under the age of sixteen years, to wit: Ernest Rustin and Annie Bird Rustin”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 148-9; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JGH : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 207; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Ryan, Elvyra A.
Court Book: Superior Court Deed Book S
Page(s):
Year:
Law Claimed Under:
Description of Land Claimed: “255 1/4 acres of land more or less situate lying & being in the 17th Dist G M in teh County of Liberty & State of Georgia on the Sunbury Road between Taylors Creek & Little Canoochee including dwelling house store house & known as the Warnell Old Stand valued at $800.00”
Description of Family:
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): Via her attorney J.W. Farmer, she filed an amended schedule. “We the jury find for the applicant Elvyra A. Ryan a homestead on the property as described in her amended schedule May 16, 1878. James Clark, Foreman.” Page 170 (Image 119) included a plat of h
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Court of Ordinary, Superior Court Deed Book S, pages 165-166, 170; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-RSVT-V : 29 July 2025), images 116-117, 119; citing Family History Library film #008564335.
Name: Sandiford, Mell
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 117
Year: 1887
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882
Description of Land Claimed: “Eight and one fourth acres of land, in the 15th Dist. G.M. of said County and State, and bounded on all sides by lands of Maritta Law and being the land whereon the said Mell Sandiford and his said family now reside”
Description of Family: “his wife, Sophia Sandiford, and three minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: John Sandiford, Willie Sandiford, and Silvia Sandiford”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 117; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VZ9 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 190; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Scott, Isaac
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 87
Year: 1876
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 50
Description of Family: head of a family (no further details)
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 87; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VML : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 52; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Sharp, Elisabeth
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 100
Year: 1876
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 60
Description of Family: “head of a family, consisting of two minor children”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 100; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J2X : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 59; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Shuman, Andrew
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 182-3
Year: 1890
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife, Betsy Shuman, and one minor child under sixteen years old, Eddie Shuman”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 180-1; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JFF : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 224; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Shuman, Charles
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 19
Year: 1882
Law Claimed Under: “Exemption Law, now of force in this state”
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife, Liza Shuman and three minor children under sixteen years of age, to wit, Florence, Estella and Charles Henry”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 19; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J2Q : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 137; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Sikes, Mitchell by Providence Sikes next friend
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 33
Year: 1874
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “by Providence Sikes wife of Mitchell Sikes, as the head of a family”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 33; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V72 : 26 Jun 2025), image(s) 24; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Simmons, Tom
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 222
Year: 1892
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code 1873 and the amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Ellen Simmons, and six minor children under sixteen years of age, to wit: William Simmons, Thomas Simmons, Patsy Simmons, Ellen Simmons, Isabella Simmonds and Johnson Simmons”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 222; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JVN : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 244; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Simpson, Emily
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 47-8
Year: 1883
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Twenty five acres of land and all the improvements thereon, said land lying in said County and State, bounded by the lands of Jane ? Cowley ?, Est. of James Winn and Charles Harris, and being the place on which petitioner now resides”
Description of Family: “wife of Isaac Simpson, and resident of said County, who is the head of a family consisting of his wife, said EmilySimpson, petitioner, and six minor children under sixteen years of age, to wit: Rosa Jane Simpson, Lewis Simpson, Harriet Simpson, Pirdy Sim
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “by the said Emily Simpson, her said husband Isaac Simpson refusing to file his schedule and the said property in the following schedule enumerated being the property of the said Emily SImpson”
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 47-8; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VQ4 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 151; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Sims, E.G.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 382-3
Year: 1899
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882, (section 2866 of the Code of 1895) and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “One tract of land in said County of Liberty, said State, containing ten acres and bounded South by lands of Wm. Clark; West by public road and North and East by lands of Jos. Haymans”
Description of Family: “his wife, Mary L. Sims and one minor child, under sixteen years of age, to wit Fannie Sims”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “…by said Mary L. Sims, her said husband E.G. Sims regusing to file his schedule”
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 382-3; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JXL : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 324; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Singleton, Cato
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 199-200
Year: 1891
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Forty-four acres of land situate, lying and being in the 1458th Dist. G.M. of Liberty Co. Ga. and bounded on the North by Frank Gortte, on the Easy by the Public road leading from Walthourville to Johnston Station, on the South by Noah Oliver and on the West by Col. E.P. Miller and upon which place said Cato Singleton now resides”
Description of Family: “his wife Ellen Singleton and seven minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Samuel , Emma Lou, Ida, Addie, Mabelle, Henrietta and John Singleton”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 199-200; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V8F : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 232; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Singleton, John
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 188-9
Year: 1890
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife Martha Singleton and four minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: David Singleton, Jonas Singleton, Charlie Singleton and Rosa Lee Singleton”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 188-9; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J11 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 227; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Slater, Gus
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 149-50
Year: 1878
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873 and acts amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: “his wife Sarah Slater, and three children under sixteen”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 149-50; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JKV : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 84; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Small, Titus
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 142
Year: 1878
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873 and acts amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: wife and six children under 16
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 142; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JT6 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 81; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Smiley, William
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 251-2
Year: 1893
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “One hundred acres of land situate, lying and being in the 1132d Dist. G.M. of Liberty County Ga, bounded by lands of William Shepard on the North by lands of Robert Martin on the East: and south & west by lands of S.S. Swindle and being the place upon which said William Smiley now resides”
Description of Family: “his wife Adeline A. Smiley and eleven minor children, ten of them under sixteen years of age, to wit: Sarah A., Lelia T., Charlie W., William G., Manda G., Eulicious H., Lelia, Lalie [or Lolie], Henry G. and Webster Smiley”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 251-2; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V7C : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 258; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Smith, Bryan
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 396
Year: 1901
Law Claimed Under: Section 2866 of the Code of 1895 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife, Gracy Smith, and four minor children under sixteen years of age, to wit: Nancy Susannah, Bryan Thomas, Queen Victoria, Luvina”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 396; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JFM : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 331; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Smith, Henry S.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 218-9
Year: 1892
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code 1873 and the amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Ninety acres of land lying in the 16th Dist. G.M. of Liberty County Ga. bounded on the North by lands of William Wallace, on the East by lands of E.P. Miller, on the South by lands of J.H. Pinholster and on the West by lands of Mrs. Eva Russ, being the place upon which said Henry S. Smith now resides.”
Description of Family: “his wife Hannah E. Smith, and eight minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Wilton C., Clara C., Christopher C., Horace, Johnnie, Melvin C., David and baby un-named”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 218-9; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VW1 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 241; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Smith, John
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 179-80
Year: 1879
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873 and acts amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: “his wife Georgiane Smith and six children under sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 179-80; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VQT : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 100; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Smith, Peter
Court Book: P
Page(s): 614-5
Year: 1870
Law Claimed Under: provisions of the act of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, commonly known as the Homestead Act, passed in pursuance of the requirements of the first section of the seventh article of the constitution of Georgia now in force, and entitled an ac
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “head of a family”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): https://theyhadnames.net/2024/01/16/personal-property-of-peter-smith-1870/
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, 1860-1870, Book P, page 614-5; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-RSPB-H : accessed 16 Jan 2024), Family History Library microfilm 008564333, “Deeds & Mortgages, v. O-P 1854-1870,” image 684 of 699, item 2 of 2; citing original records of Liberty County Superior Court, Georgia.
Name: Smith, Pharis
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 256
Year: 1893
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Pharisa Smith, and two minor children both under sixteen years of age, to wit: Clifton Alexander Smith and George Fletcher Smith”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 256; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VCD : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 261; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Smith, R.G.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 373-4
Year: 1898
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and the amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Twenty-five acres of land in the 1132nd Dist. G.M. of Liberty County and bounded by lands of Jas. Barnard, Baxter and Purcell”
Description of Family: “his wife, Mary C. Smith, and two minor children, both under sixteen years of age, to wit: Ardelia Smith and Fannie Maggie Belle Smith”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 373-4; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V8H : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 319; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Smith, Solomon
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 180-1
Year: 1890
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “a wife, Jane Smith, and nine minor children, all under sixteen years of age, to wit: Daniel Smith, Joshua Smith, Lula Smith, Lilie Smith, Henry Smith, Fannie Smith, Sina Smith, James Smith, Jane Smith, and one orphan, grandchild, dependent upon said Solo
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 180-1; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JNG : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 223; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Spencer, Cuffee
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 54
Year: 1883
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: “Forty acres of land in Liberty County bounded by lands of Watson Cooper on the north, on the east by lands of Charles Tutty, south by lands of Wm. Price, west by lands of John Chapman, and whereon said Cuffie Spencer now resides”
Description of Family: “his wife, Jane Spencer, and one minor child under sixteen years of age, to wit: Charlie Spencer”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 54; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VQ3 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 155; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Spencer, John
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 185
Year: 1880
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873 and acts amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: 65 acres of land
Description of Family: “his wife Amelia and his three minor children to wit, Louisa, Abram, and Edward Henry Spencer”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 185; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JJH : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 102; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Spencer, William
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 90
Year: 1876
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 70
Description of Family: wife and four children under 16
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 90; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JFR : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 54; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Stacy, James
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 65-66
Year: 1884
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Forty acres of land (more or less) lying in said County adjoining lands of Crawford Cassels, Andrew Stacy, Joshua Green and Scipio King, whereon the said James Stacy now resides, and which contains not more than fifty-five acres and improvements and dwelling house””
Description of Family: “his wife, Nancy Stacy, and one minor child under sixteen years of age to wit, Charlotte Stacy”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 66; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J5P : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 161; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Stafford, Eli
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 255-6
Year: 1893
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Mary Jane Stafford, and seven minor children, all under sixteen years of age, to wit: Sarah Jane Stafford, Millard Winfield Stafford, Lula T. Stafford, Joshua C. Stafford, Mitchel E. Stafford, Laura Catherine Stafford and Clara Jane Stafford”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 255-6; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J1Q : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 260; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Stafford, Nat
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 47
Year: 1875
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land
Description of Family: family consisted of his “indigent mother and sister”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 47; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JP7 : 26 Jun 2025), image(s) 31; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Stephens, Augustus
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 130
Year: 1877
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873 and acts amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: none listed
Description of Family: “his wife Dica Stevens and three children under sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 130; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VZ1 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 75; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Stevens, A.H.
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 83
Year: 1876
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 60
Description of Family: wife and two children under age 16
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 83; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JNR : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 50; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Stevens, Alfred C.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 299
Year: 1894
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Forty acres of land lying, situate, and being in the 1359th Dist. G.M. of Liberty County Georgia, bounded by lands of Stephen Bacon, Peter R. Stevens, and the Est. of Jack Bacon and the Public Road running from Sunbury to Midway; said place being the place upon which said Alfred C. Stevens now resides”
Description of Family: “his wife Nancy Stevens”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 299; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JTQ : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 282; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Stevens, Benjamin J.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 289-90
Year: 1894
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Two acres of land, lying in Liberty County, Georgia, and bounded on the North by Jerry Wood, East by estate of Washington Stevens, South by E.P. Miller and on the West by Maria Peterson, and being the place upon which said Benjamin J. Stevens now resides”
Description of Family: “his wife Tamar Stevens and five minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Willie Stevens, Loring Stevens, Edward Stevens, Lucy Ann Stevens and Thomas Stevens”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 289-90; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JT1 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 277; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Stevens, Dick
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 370-1
Year: 1898
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and the amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “One tract of land in Liberty County Georgia, containing nine acres more or less, bounded by the lands of Billy Bacon, Tina Maxwell, or A.R.W. Maxwell, Joe Stevens, Margaret James, Wm. James, Josie Richardson and Dye Dunham, being the place on which said Dick Stevens resides”
Description of Family: “his wife, Diana Stevens, and one minor child under sixteen years of age, to wit, Geoman Stevens”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 370-1; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JK2 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 318; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Stevens, Jos. [could be Jas.]
Court Book: Court of Ordinary Exemptions Register (1872-1884)
Page(s): 13
Year: 1872
Law Claimed Under: Exemption Laws of this State
Description of Land Claimed: “Sixty acres of land in McIntosh County known as the Old Tom Gill [or Sam Gill] place, valued at $200”
Description of Family: “head of a family”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Register (1872-1884), page(s) 23; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C34P-NWJC-9 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 176; citing Family History Library film #008623299.
Name: Stevens, Luke
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 156-7
Year: 1889
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “one tract of land in the County of Liberty containing two (2) acres, more or less, and bounded North and South by lands of Alfred Stevens, east by lands of Stephen Bacon and West by lands of Pompey Gould, with improvements thereon, the place whereon said Luke Stevens now resides, of the value of Fifty Dollars”
Description of Family: “his wife, Sarah Jane Stevens, and Julia Stevens, a minor child under sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 156-7; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VZ3 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 211; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Stevens, Peter
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 95
Year: 1876
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 60
Description of Family: wife and two children under 16
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 95; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VQG : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 56; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Stevens, Richard
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 56
Year: 1875
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: “50 acres land and five additional acres for each of his five children”
Description of Family: five children mentioned, but not named
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 56; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V76 : 26 Jun 2025), image(s) 36; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Stevens, Washington
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 89
Year: 1884
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882
Description of Land Claimed: “Eight acres of land in Liberty County and said State, and bounded on the North by lands of Jerry Wood, on the East and South by lands of Estate of E.H. Bacon, and on the West by lands of Doctor Winn.”
Description of Family: “his wife, Betsey Stevens”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 89; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JLS : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 174; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Stevens, William R.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 264-5
Year: 1893
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “Thirty-five acres of land situate, lying and being in Liberty County Georgia, and bounded on the North by Est. of Prince Wilson Sr, on the East by Laurilla Maxwell, on the South by Cora Lambert and on the West by Est. of Prince Wilson Jr and being the place upon which said WIlliam R. Stevens now resides”
Description of Family: “his wife Ophelia Stevens, and two minor children, both under sixteen years of age, to wit, Rufus Stevens and Oscar Stevens”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 264-5; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JKQ : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 265; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Stevens, Windsor
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 60
Year: 1875
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 75 acres of land
Description of Family: wife and five children under 16 years
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 60; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VCN : 26 Jun 2025), image(s) 38; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Stewart, Daniel
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 215-6
Year:
Law Claimed Under: “Honest Debtor” act as embodied in section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendatory acts in reference to the same”
Description of Land Claimed: “Fifty acres of land and five additional for each child under sixteen, situate in the 17th District G.M. of said County and bounded by lands of Wallace Johnson, Isaac Stewart and others.”
Description of Family: “his wife Martha Stewart and seven minor children, under sixteen yeras of age, to wit: William, Jemmie, Henry, Isaac, Boson, Wallace, and Aaron L. Stewart.
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 215-6; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V77 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 117; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Stewart, Frank
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 167
Year: 1879
Law Claimed Under: “Honest Debtor” act as embodied in section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendatory acts in reference to the same”
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: “his wife Matilda Stewart and his minor child Cretia Stewart under the age of sixteen”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 167; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VZV : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 93; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Stewart, Isaac
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 66
Year: 1875
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land
Description of Family: wife and two grandchildren under 16 years
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 66; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JKM : 26 Jun 2025), image(s) 41; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Stewart, Isaac (Jr)
Court Book: Court of Ordinary Exemptions Register (1872-1884)
Page(s): 20
Year: 1881
Law Claimed Under: “Honest Debtors” act as embodied in section 2040 of teh Code of 1873 and the amendatory acts of the General Assemly”
Description of Land Claimed: “Twenty two acres of land in the 17th Dist. G.M. of said County, and bounded by the lands of Isaac Stewart Snr, Daniel Stewart and Madison Sheppard”
Description of Family: “his wife Amanda Stewart, and his minor children to wit: Eliza, Nancy Z., William R., and Elias, Stewart, all under the age of sixteen years”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Register (1872-1884), page(s) 20; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C34P-NWNF-W : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 180; citing Family History Library film #008623299.
Name: Stewart, James
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 113
Year: 1887
Law Claimed Under: “under the laws of this State now in force”
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife, Tyre Stewart, and three minor children, under sixteen years of age, Sandy, Gustus & Lester
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “that on the 25th day of September 1878 he filed in the office of the Ordinary of Liberty County his schedule for exemption…but at the time of filing and recording said schedule, your petitioner did not own a horse nor a one-horse wagon but since has bo
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 113; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V7K : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 188; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Stewart, James
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 144
Year: 1878
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873 and acts amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: wife and three children under 16
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 144; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JGZ : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 82; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Strickland, Alfred A.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 387
Year: 1899
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto (section 2866 of the Code of 1898)
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Edna Strickland and five minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Josephine Strickland, Jesse Wm. Strickland, James Robert Strickland, George Walter Strickland and Flora Manola Strickland”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 387; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JN2 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 327; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Strickland, E.S.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 227
Year: 1892
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code 1873 and the amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife, J.J. Strickland and eight minor children all under sixteen years of age to wit: George R. Strickland, Malvina Strickland, Emma V. Strickland, Elihu Strickland, Zoie D. Strickland, Elias Strickland, Paul Strickland, Rebecca Strickland”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “…by said J.J. Strickland, her said husband E.S. Strickland refusing to file his schedule”
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 227; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JB3 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 246; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Strickland, Luke N.
Court Book: Superior Court Deed Book S
Page(s): 34-5
Year: 1878
Law Claimed Under: under the provision of Section first Article Seven of the Constitution of Georgia or under the Constitution of 1877 of said State and an act of the General Assembly entitled an act to provide for setting apart a homestead of realty & personalty and for th
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Caroline aged 30 years and four sons to wit Daniel aged 11 years Luke aged 8 years William aged 4 years & John aged 4 months and one daughter Dyce Jane aged 6 years”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Superior Court Deed Book S, pages 34-35; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-RS23-P : 29 July 2025), images 50-51; citing Family History Library film #8564335.
Name: Strickland, Peter
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 126
Year: 1887
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife Georgia Strickland and two minor children, both under sixteen years of age, to wit: Gilbert Strickland two years old and Hylton Strickland, one month old”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 126; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JJW : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 195; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Strickland, Sampson
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 205-6
Year: 1891
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Mary Strickland, and four minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Sammy [or Sawney] Strickland, Alief [Alice?] Pauline Strickland, Henrietta Strickland and Esther Strickland”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 205-6; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VC2 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 235; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Stutts, W.F.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 385-6
Year: 1899
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto (section 2866 of the Code of 1895)
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife, Lelia [or Lelis] Stutts and two minor children under sixteen years of age, to wit: Leon Franklin Stutts and Winnifre Stutts”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 385-6; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V4B : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 325; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Sullivan, George W.
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 163-4
Year: 1879
Law Claimed Under: “Honest Debtor” act as embodied in section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendatory acts in reference to the same”
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: “his wife Jerusha H. Sullivan and my minor children Rufus L. Laura A., John M., and George G. Sullivan all under the age of sixteen”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 163-4; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JJZ : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 91; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Swindle, Chas. S.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 328
Year: 1895
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife, America Swindle”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 328; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J2Z : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 297; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Swindle, George D.
Court Book: Superior Court Deed Book S
Page(s): 30-1
Year: 1877
Law Claimed Under: act of the General Assembly entitle an act to provide for setting apart a Homestead of realty and personalty and for the valuation of said property and approved October 3, 1868 and the amendatory acts approved February 26, 1876
Description of Land Claimed: “Five hundred and four acres of land in Liberty County lying & being in the 16th District G M of said County and known as the Johnson old place valued at $504.00”
Description of Family: “his wife Easter Swindle age 44 years and his four children Emma Swindle age 19 years Brooke Swindle age 17 years ? Wealthann ? Swindle 13 years Harris Swindle 7 years”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Superior Court Deed Book S, pages 30-1; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-RS23-P : 29 July 2025), images 48; citing Family History Library film #8564335.
Name: Terrell, James F.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 281-2
Year: 1894
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “One tract or lot of land in said County of Liberty, State of Georgia containing fifty acres, bounded north, by lands of J.O. Garrason; East by lands of Laura Long; South by lands of Milton Smith and West, by lands of D.H. Flowers”
Description of Family: “Martha C. Terrell, and three minor children under sixteen years of age, to wit: Martha Caroline Terrell, Lula Jane Terrell and James F. Terrell; and one between sixteen and twenty one years of age, to wit: Emily May Terrell”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “by said Martha C. Terrell, her said husband, James F. Terrell refusing to file his schedule”
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 281-2; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VHS : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 273; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Thomas, Alfred
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 168
Year: 1879
Law Claimed Under: “Honest Debtor” act as embodied in section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendatory acts in reference to the same”
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: “his wife Adeline Thomas and Victoria, Reuben, Hendry, Julia Viola, four minors under sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 168; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JJ9 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 94; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Tillman, Peter
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 169-70
Year: 1879
Law Claimed Under: “Honest Debtor” act as embodied in section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendatory acts in reference to the same”
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: “his wife Matilda Tillman, and his minor children, George W., Silvania, Jane, Margaret, Ida and Simon P. Tillman, all under sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 169-70; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JJ9 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 94; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Tullis, W.L.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 288-9
Year: 1900
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto (section 2866 of the Code of 1895)
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Linnie Tullis, and four minor children under sixteen years of age, to wit: George Tullis Laura Tullis Willie Tullis and Dellah Tullis”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “…by said Linnie Tullis, her said husband, W.L. Tullis, refusing to file his schedule”
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 288-9; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V3K : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 327; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Wady, Washington
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 160-1
Year: 1889
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “One lot or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the 24th Dist. G.M. of Liberty County, Georgia, Containing twelve acres, more or less, and bounded on the North by lands of Jake Sloan, on the East by lands of E.P. Miller, and on the South and West by Charles Brown with the improvements thereon, said place being the place upon which said Washington Wady now resides and of the value of fifty dollars”
Description of Family: “his wife, Eady Wady, and three minor children all under sixteen years of age, to wit: Andrew J. Wady, Mamie Wady and Laura Wady”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 160-1; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JGV : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 213; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Walker, Jack
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 115
Year: 1877
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: “head of a family” [children mention but number and names not specified]
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): [did not sign by mark, possibly indicating literacy]
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 115; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V48 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 67; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Walker, Moses
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 182
Year: 1879
Law Claimed Under: “Honest Debtor” act as embodied in section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendatory acts in reference to the same”
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: “his wife Hannah Walker and six minor children, all under the age of sixteen years”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 182; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JP5 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 101; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Walthour, Brister
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 184
Year: 1879
Law Claimed Under: “Honest Debtor” act as embodied in section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendatory acts in reference to the same”
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: “his wife Phebe Walthour and his minor child, Brister Walthour under the age of sixteen”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 182; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JJH : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 102; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Walthour, Daniel
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 97-9
Year: 1885
Law Claimed Under: provisions of the Homestead and Exemption Acts of the State of Georgia, embodied in the Code of 1873 and Supplement thereto, as also of the amendatory acts relative thereo, passed and adopted since that date by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia
Description of Land Claimed: “eleven acres of land, being a tract situate, lying & being in the County of Liberty and State of Georgia, known as a part of lot No. 4 of Hutchinson Plantation according to a survey made by S.L. Fleming and bounded on the north by lands of Jonas Maxwell and Sambo Fraser, on the East by lands of Flora Roberts, and on the West by lands of ?Neger? Law and William Beatt?? [missing section] interest in one other [missing] containing thirty five acres, more or less, being Lot no. Part Three, bounded north by lands of H. Stevens, South by B.& S. West, East by S. Jones, and West by S. Fraser, including one undivided third part or interest in the Dwelling House located on said last mentioned tract; the said Dwelling House not exceeding in value the sum of two hundred dollars. The said tracts or lots of land comprising in all only forty six acres.”
Description of Family: “a person of color, living and residing in said County of Liberty and State of Georgia…that he is and has been for sometime past, that is to say, for years past, the head of a family…” [no names or specifics given]
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): Unusually, this was submitted by attorney Henry M. Law (which probably explains the excessive legal language compared to other similar records).
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 97-9; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JF1 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 179; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Walthour, George
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 81-2
Year: 1884
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife, Sarah Walthour and three children under sixteen years of age, to wit: Saunders Walthour, Abraham George Walthour, and Benjamin Walthour”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “one sorrel mare colt about twenty months old bought from Harry Ripley Nov 3rd 1883, the said colt being the property of my wife Sarah Walthour and put in this schedule at her request”
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 81-2; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VMV : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 169; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Walthour, James
Court Book: Court of Ordinary Exemptions Register (1872-1884)
Page(s): 24-5
Year: 1881
Law Claimed Under: Honest Debtors Act, as embodied in section 2040 of the Code of 1871 and the Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: “Fifty acres of land and five acres additional for each child under sixteen years of age”
Description of Family: “his wife, Amy Walthour, and hi sminor children to wit: Selia, Henry, Alice, Susan, Preston, all under the age of sixteen years”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Register (1872-1884), page(s) 24-5; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C34P-NWFC-1 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 181; citing Family History Library film #008623299.
Name: Walthour, S.A. (Mrs)
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 106-7
Year: 1886
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of Georgia
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “personal property claimed…by Mrs. S.A. Walthour who is living separate and apart from her husband W.L. Walthour and is the head of a family consisting of herself and 6 children – Samuel age 15 Palmer age 12 Tatnall age 11 Russell age 10 and Jim and Rob
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): Witnessed by William E. Rambo
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 106-7; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JLV : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 184; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Walthour, Shadrack
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 197
Year: 1880
Law Claimed Under: “Honest Debtor” act as embodied in section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendatory acts in reference to the same”
Description of Land Claimed: “60 acres of land in the 15th Dist. G.M. of said County bounded by the Old Sunbury Road and Manda Irwin’s land”
Description of Family: “his wife Lydia Walthour and their minor children, the following of whom, to wit, Emily, Mary Eliza, Floyd, Shadrach, Henry and Thomas Walthour, are under sixteen years”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 197; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JBX : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 108; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Washington, Henry
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 282-3
Year: 1894
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife Serena Washington and four minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Eliza Washington, Isaac Washington, Eva Washington and Estella Washington”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 282-3; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VHV : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 274; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Watkins, Henry
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 162-3
Year: 1889
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife Nora Watkins and one minor child under sixteen years of age, to wit: Daisey Watkins”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “…by said Nora Watkins, her said husband Henry Watkins, refusing to file his schedule” “…common tools of trade of said Henry Watkins he being a farmer and the common tools of trade of said Nora Watkins, she being the keeper of a restaurant, said tools
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 162-3; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V9L : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 214; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Way, Henry
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 159
Year: 1879
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873 and acts amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land
Description of Family: “his wife named Hannah R. Way”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 159; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J22 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 89; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Way, Jack
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 37
Year: 1874
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: not mentioned
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 37; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J1T : 26 Jun 2025), image(s) 26; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Way, John
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 103
Year: 1886
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife Fannie Way, and seven children all under sixteen years of age, to wit: Robert Way, Prince Way, Emiley Way, Polly Way, Ida Way, Clarinda Way and Rachel Way”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 103; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JRB : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 183; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Way, Porter
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 114
Year: 1877
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land
Description of Family: “wife, Phillis Way”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 114; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V48 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 67; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Way, William H.
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 160
Year: 1879
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873 and acts amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: wife and three children under 16
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 160; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V3Q : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 90; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Wells, David E.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 43
Year: 1883
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres in the 16th district, bounded north by the estate of Washington Parker, on the east by William Wells, on the south by lands of Nancy Wells, and on the west by Est. Washington Parker and Nancy Wells”
Description of Family: “his wife, Isabella Wells, and one minor child under sixteen years of age, to wit: Amanda Wells”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 43; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V73 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 149; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: West, Benjamin
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 166
Year: 1879
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873 and acts amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres
Description of Family: his wife only
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 166; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VZV : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 93; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: West, Caleb
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 384-5
Year: 1899
Law Claimed Under: the benefit of the staturtory or short homestead provided by section 2866 of the Civil Code
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Harriet West, and seven minor children to wit: Martha aged fifteen years, Loyd aged twelve years, Willie aged nine years, Ella aged seven years, Emma Joe aged six years, Caleb aged four years and Jeffren aged seven months”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 384-5; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V4B : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 325; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: West, Josiah
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 129-30
Year: 1888
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife, Betsy West, and five minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Josiah West, Georgia West, Samuel M. West, John Allen West, Annie Sarah West”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “by said Betsey West, her said husband Josiah West refusing to file his schedule” statement witnessed by Isaac Simpson
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 129-30; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V95 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 196; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: West, Sandy
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 18
Year: 1873
Law Claimed Under: Section 2013 of Irwin’s Revised Code of Georgia
Description of Land Claimed: “26 (twenty six) acres of land at Capt. P.W. Fleming’s plantation”
Description of Family: “his wife Rhina”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 18; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VQY : 26 Jun 2025), image(s) 17; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: West, Toney
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 157
Year: 1879
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873 and acts amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: wife only
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 157; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J16 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 88; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: West, Tony
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 9
Year: 1872
Law Claimed Under: Section 2013 of Irwin’s Revised Code of Georgia
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “head of a family”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 9; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JXB : 26 Jun 2025), image(s) 11; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Wheler, Julius A.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 67
Year: 1884
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife M???? Wheler”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): Only thing claimed was “one chest of carpenters tools the tools of trade of Julius A. Wheler”
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 67; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JVB : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 161; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Wheler, Thombas B.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 53
Year: 1883
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: “Twenty one acres of a tract of land lying in the 16th Dist. G.M. of said County, bounded on all sides by lands of E.P. Miller, and whereon said Thomas B. Wheler now resides, including the improvements thereon.”
Description of Family: “his wife, Sarah A. Wheler”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): She filed because he refused to do so.
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 53; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JJQ : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 154; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: White, William
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 314
Year: 1895
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Mary White and four minor children, all under sixteen years of age, to wit: Robert White, Orie White, Eugene White and Early White”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “…by said Mary White, her said husband, William White, refusing to file his schedule”
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 314; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VQC : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 290; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Wiggins, J.A.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 300
Year: 1894
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife, M.S. Wiggins, and one minor child under sixteen years of age, to wit: R.J. Wiggins”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 300; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VMB : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 283; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Wilkins, Ned
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 245
Year: 1892
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Grace Wilkins, and four minor children, Samuel Lee Wilkins, Susan Ann Wilkins, Joseph Benjamin Wilkins and Laura Wilkins”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 245; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JK7 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 255; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Williams, Charley
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 339-40
Year: 1896
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “fifteen acres of land in Liberty CountyGa. 1476 Dist. G.M. and bounded north by Wm. R. Shave, East by Paul Haskell, South by Wm. R. Shave, and West by Clandra Williams and being the place upon which said Charley Williams now resides”
Description of Family: “Anna Williams his wife and Esther Williams and Charley Williams his minor children who are under sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 339-40; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JL5 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 302; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Williams, Clarenda
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 303
Year: 1894
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “One tract of land in Liberty County Ga, containing five acres more or less and bounded by lands of Mr. W.R. Shave, Fleming Martin and John LIvingston”
Description of Family: “head of a family consiting of herself and four minor children to wit: Charles WIlliams, Nancy Williams, Frank Williams and Joseph Ellery Williams”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “said property above described except cow, belonging to the intestate insolvent estate of applicant’s late husband Joshua Williams late of said County deceased”
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 303; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VWP : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 285; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Williams, Edward
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 119
Year: 1887
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: “Sixty five acres of land in the 1359 Dist. G.M. of said County, bounded by lands of L.M. Newman, John Artell, Russell Dunwoody and others, and being the place on which petitioner now resides”
Description of Family: “his wife Lettie Williams, and three minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Moria Williams, Judy Williams, and Rebeca Williams”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): He says he filed his original exemption on January 22, 1877, but that at the time he did not own any land but has since purchased land and also now owned a one-horse wagon used for farming purposes. He wanted to add them to his schedule. “One one-horse wa
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 119; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J1W : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 191; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Williams, Edward
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 103
Year: 1877
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 65
Description of Family: Wife and three children under 16
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 103; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7J12 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 60; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Williams, Frank
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 65
Year: 1875
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 60 acres of land
Description of Family: wife and three children under age 16
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 65; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VHY : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 40; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Williams, George
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 97
Year: 1876
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 60
Description of Family: wife and two children under 16
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 97; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JP3 : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 57; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Williams, Hasting
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 146-7
Year: 1888
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “his wife Amy Williams and three minor children, all under sixteen years of age, to wit: Charles Williams, Judy Williams and Phibey [alt: Phoebe] Williams”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 146-7; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VC9 : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 206; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Williams, James
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 188-9
Year: 1880
Law Claimed Under: “Honest Debtor” act as embodied in section 2040 of the Code of 1873 and the amendatory acts in reference to the same”
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: “his wife Lucy Williams and minor children Leah Williams, James Henry WIlliams, Ella Louisa Williams & Annie Williams, all under the age of sixteen”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 188-9; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VHQ : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 104; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Williams, Joseph
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 107
Year: 1877
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873
Description of Land Claimed: 50
Description of Family: “head of a family”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation:
Name: Williams, Nelson W.
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 267
Year: 1893
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: none
Description of Family: “head of a family consisting of his three minor children, to wit, Mary Ida Lee, James Reppard Williams, and Maggie Amanda Williams, the last mentioned two being under sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 267; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7V3F : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 266; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Williams, Sumner
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 297-8
Year: 1894
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: “One tract of land in said County of Liberty, State of Georgia, containing seventy acres, more or less, and bounded North by lands of Lewis Blue, East by lands of Lewis Blue, South by lands of O.C. Smith, and West by lands of Henry Mullis”
Description of Family: “his wife Charlotte Williams, and four minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Benjamin Williams, Thomas Williams, Louisa Williams, and Sumner Silliams”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “…by said Charlotte Williams, her said husband, Sumner Williams refusing to file his schedule”
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 297-8; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VHH : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 281; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Wilson, Prince Jr
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 39
Year: 1874
Law Claimed Under: Sec. 2013 Code (Old Code Georgia)
Description of Land Claimed: “Ten (10) acres land”
Description of Family: “$10 [of provisions] additional for each child eight child making $80 total”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 39; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VMJ : 26 Jun 2025), image(s) 27; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Wilson, Robert
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 134
Year: 1877
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1873 and acts amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: 50 acres of land + 5 acres for each child under 16
Description of Family: “his wife Amelia Nelson and seven children under sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 134; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JYW : 1 Jul 2025), image(s) 77; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Wing, Charles
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 276-7
Year: 1893
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Patsy Wing and the following minor children, to wit: Anna Wing, Sarah Wing, Gabriel Wing, over sixteen years of age, and Carolina Wing, Johny Wing, Mack Wing and Cornelia Wing, under sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 276-7; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JNY : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 271; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Winn, Doctor
Court Book: Court of Ordinary Exemptions Register (1872-1884)
Page(s): 14
Year: 1872
Law Claimed Under: Laws of this State…by virtu eof the provisions of the Act of October 27, 1870
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: None mentioned
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Register (1872-1884), page(s) 14; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C34P-NWFN-K : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 177; citing Family History Library film #008623299.
Name: Winn, Henry
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 58
Year: 1883
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of Georgia of 1873 and the Acts of the General Assembly amendatory thereof
Description of Land Claimed: “Fifty acres of land in said County and bounded north by the Darien Public Road, East by lands of Isaac Jones, South by lands of Dr. R. Harris and west by Richard Anderson”
Description of Family: “a wife and one child under the age of sixteen years of age”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 58; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VWM : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 157; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Winn, Sam
Court Book: Superior Court Deed Book Q
Page(s): 182-3
Year: 1872
Law Claimed Under: “exemption of personalty under the laws of Georgia”
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “head of a family”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary): “Said property above described raised on the plantation of J. LeConte, called Woodland, by petitioner during the present year, and said horse, corn, rice and cotton, now in his, petitioner’s possession, in said place in said county.”; Filed by “his attorn
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, 1870-1874, Book Q, page 182; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-5935-R: accessed 4 Apr 2024), Family History Library microfilm 008564334, “Deeds & Mortgages, v. Q-R, 1870-1877,” image 121 of 607, item 1 of 2; citing original records of Liberty County Superior Court, Georgia.
Name: Wright, Samuel
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 246
Year: 1892
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Mary Ann Wright, and six minor children four of whom are under sixteen years of age, to wit: Samuel Wright Jr., Isaiah Wright, Elizabeth Wright and Abram Wright”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 245; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7VZG : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 256; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Wright, Tom
Court Book: Exemptions Book A (1873-1881)
Page(s): 10
Year: 1872
Law Claimed Under: Section 2013 of Irwin’s Revised Code of Georgia
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “head of a family”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book A (1873-1881), page(s) 10; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JYK : 26 Jun 2025), image(s) 12; citing Family History Library film #008628957.
Name: Young, Simon
Court Book: Exemptions Book B (1881-1912)
Page(s): 342-3
Year: 1896
Law Claimed Under: Section 2040 of the Code of 1882 and amendments thereto
Description of Land Claimed: None
Description of Family: “his wife Mary Young and eight minor children, under sixteen years of age, to wit: Rosa, Anna, Josiah, Sam, Mary Celia, Eva, Simon and Henry Young”
Notes (anything out of the ordinary):
FamilySearch Record Citation: Liberty County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Exemptions Book B (1881-1912), page(s) 340-1; digital database, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7JNX : 11 Jul 2025), image(s) 304; citing Family History Library film #008628957.