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What’s Happening at They Had Names in 2025
The Liberty County Martin Luther King Jr Observance Association put on a wonderful series of events in January. During their awards ceremony, Flanders Pray, a
Bryan County Bill of Sale (Blitch/Smith)
Enslaved People Named: John On May 3, 1853 Thomas Blitch, in charge of the estate of James Hunt of Effingham County, sold at auction “a
Bryan County Bill of Sale (Johnston/Smith)
Enslaved People Named: Rachel, Sopha, Lydia, John On January 9, 1852, at Savannah, W.W. Johnston sold to Solomon Smith for $1350 “my negro woman and
Bryan County Marriage Contract (Hines/Perry)
Enslaved People Named: George On August 26, 1852, Thomas A. Hines, Bryan County, and Mary R. Perry, also of Bryan County, entered into a marriage
Bryan County Deed of Gift (Baley/Calder)
Enslaved People Named: Peggy, Jeffry On August 28, 1852, John Baley, Bryan County, gifted to his daughter Malinda E. Calder, wife of George Calder, via
Bryan County Estate Settlement (Shuman/McGillis)
Enslaved People Named: Milly, Stephen, Moses On January 1, 1849, in Bryan County, Henry M. McGillis, acknowledged receipt from James Shuman, guardian of the orphans
Bryan County Bill of Sale (Fergerson/Lipperman)
Enslaved People Named: Betsey On July 12, 1852, in Savannah, Charles W. Fergerson [alt: Fergurson] gave a promissory note, due the next day, for $150
Bryan County Bill of Sale (Dutton/Cox)
Enslaved People Named: Joe, Joe, Carlton, Affa, Hetta On September 7, 1852, T.C. Dutton, Bulloch County, sold to B.C. Cox, Bryan County, for $2537 “Joe,
Bryan County Bill of Sale (Barber/Newman)
Enslaved People Named: Cassander On December 31, 1851, Isaac Barber, Bryan County, sold to James Newman, Bryan County, for $362.50 “a negro girl named Cassander
Bryan County Chattel Mortgage (Law/Stoddard)
Enslaved People Named: William On March 12, 1852, William Law, Savannah, Chatham County, used as collateral on a promissory note of $890 to John Stoddard,
Bryan County Bill of Sale (Hines/Hines)
Enslaved People Named: Daniel In 1852, an enslaved man named Daniel who had been part of the estate of Lewis Hines, Bryan County, was sold
Bryan County Chattel Mortgage (Hines/Hines)
Enslaved People Named: Sulpher, Charlotte, John, Ferdy On February 11, 1852, Benjamin T. Hines, Bryan County, used as collateral on a promissory note to Charlton
Bryan County Estate Settlement (Butler)
Enslaved People Named: Lucy, Tom On January 1, 1852, the estate of the late John G. Butler of Chatham County was distributed, according to records
Bryan County Chattel Mortgage (Law/Stoddard)
Enslaved People Named: Jiny, Phoebe, Lizzy, Harriet, Jonas, Amanda, Peter, April, Susannah, Louisa, Scipio, Ellen, Charley, Polly, Charles, Peggy, Hannah, Morris, Sukey, Morris, Sarah, Charles
Bryan County Bill of Sale (Harn/Clark)
Enslaved People Named: Bucksheer On December 4, 1851, Thomas Harn, Bryan County, sold to Levi S. D’Lyon, trustee of Edith Rebecca Clark, wife of William