These antebellum estate inventories and appraisals generally included all the deceased person’s “property,” including enslaved persons. Only those names are documented here for historical and genealogical purposes. Anyone interested in the actual property owned by the deceased may find it at the link at the bottom of the page. Names are listed in the original order, as this often gives very valuable information about family groupings or the age of children (who may be listed in age order).
Location: Liberty County, Georgia
Deceased: Nathaniel Law
Date Sworn: 1836-02-11
Appraisers: William Maxwell, Peter W. Fleming, Joseph Law
Estate Administrator: Revd. S.S. Law
Court Officer: John Dunwody, J.J.C.L.C.
Date Recorded: 1836-02-11
Recording Official: E. (Elijah) Baker, Clk.
Total Value of Property Appraised: $44,980.50
Value of enslaved persons: $42,050.00
Comments: None
Enslaved Person Named | Value | Desc. |
Joe | 600 | |
Charlotte | 600 | Big Charlotte |
Richard | 300 | |
Affy | 250 | Little Affy |
Miley | 175 | |
Paul | 700 | |
Bacchus | 700 | Jobber |
Affy | 500 | Big Affy |
Cormus | 600 | or Carmus |
Isaac | 550 | Big Isaac |
Chatham | 450 | name smudged |
Susan | 400 | |
Nat | 250 | |
Moses | 200 | |
Kate | 175 | |
Mary | 500 | Big Mary |
Stephen | 500 | |
Green | 350 | |
Milton | 350 | |
Ritter | 350 | |
Maria | 200 | Little Maria |
Tartar | 100 | Little Tartar |
Linda | 400 | |
Minda | 500 | |
Eliza | 275 | |
Judy | 150 | |
Louisa | 150 | |
Phebe | 500 | |
Hastings | 350 | |
Peter | 225 | |
Alley | 500 | |
Hannah | 250 | Little Hannah |
Mary | 125 | Little Mary |
William | 300 | |
Ellick | 250 | |
Chloe | 300 | |
Dye | 500 | |
Ben | 300 | |
Sary | 150 | Little Sary |
Prince | 50 | |
Rose | 500 | |
Thomas | 350 | |
Sue | 500 | |
Dorcas | 500 | |
Fortune | 600 | |
Flora | 400 | |
Leah | 400 | |
Charlotte | 500 | Young Charlotte |
Smart | ? | Little; value smudged |
Elsey | 500 | |
Nelly | 500 | |
Violet | 500 | |
Hannah | 500 | |
Ann | 450 | |
Orange | 350 | |
Sambo | 275 | Little Sambo |
Mary | 500 | Long Mary |
Richard | 350 | |
Daphne | 300 | |
Sam | 275 | Little Sam |
Sandy | 150 | |
Bella | 75 | |
January | 450 | |
Murriah | 250 | |
Tenah | 500 | |
Kate | 175 | |
Charlotte | 350 | Old Charlotte |
Amey | 500 | |
Hannibal | 400 | |
Maria | 400 | |
Julia | 300 | |
Henry | 200 | |
Jane | 500 | |
Plenty | 50 | |
Bob | 600 | Long Bob |
Betty | 350 | |
Nelly | 375 | Little Nelly |
Jim | 375 | |
Daphne Jack | 600 | |
Lucy | 500 | |
Reuben | 600 | |
Tennessee | 400 | |
Toney | 650 | driver |
Sary | 25 | Old Sary |
Peggy | 400 | Young Peggy |
Clarinda | 400 | |
John | 400 | |
Phebe | 300 | |
Peggy | 200 | Little Peggy |
Tom | 500 | |
Sam | 350 | |
Belfast | 600 | |
Shadrach | 500 | |
Tartar | 350 | Old Tartar |
Smart | 500 | |
Dublin | 600 | |
March | 1000 | carpenter |
March | 600 | Little March |
Isaac | 500 | |
Affy | 500 | |
Book Jack | 500 | |
Bob | 600 | Short Bob |
Lucy | 50 | Old Lucy |
Dinah | 150 | |
Cinda | 100 | |
Sambo | 650 | driver |
Meshech | 600 | |
Henry | 600 | |
Peggy | 300 | |
Peggy | 250 | Old Peggy |
Diana | 500 | |
John | 300 |
Find the digitized original at: “Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990,” images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-893L-GHR8?cc=1999178&wc=9SYT-PT5%3A267679901%2C268032901 : 20 May 2014), Liberty > Wills, appraisements and bonds 1790-1850 vol B > image 534 of 689; county probate courthouses, Georgia.